Randy H Ewoldt

Randy H Ewoldt
Randy H Ewoldt he/him/his
Alexander Rankin Professor
(217) 333-6532
4418 Mechanical Engineering Lab

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Education

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2004

Academic Positions

  • Professor, UIUC, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, August 16, 2021-date
  • Kritzer Faculty Scholar, UIUC, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, August 16, 2020-date
  • Associate Professor, UIUC, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, August 16, 2017-August 15, 2021
  • Guest Professor, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), Department of Materials, January - June 2018
  • Assistant Professor, UIUC, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, August 16, 2011-August 15, 2017
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications & Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2009-2011

Research Interests

  • Prof. Ewoldt conducts fundamental research in fluid mechanics and rheology of complex fluids motivated by both their unavoidable and opportunistic novel functionality. Work often involves interdisciplinary collaborations and is a combination of experiment and theory. Complex fluids are ubiquitous in nature and in man-made applications and therefore research extends from bioengineering to manufacturing and robotics.

Research Areas

  • Computation and Applied Math
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Health and Bio
  • Manufacturing
  • Security and Defense
  • Solid Mechanics and Materials
  • Thermo and Heat Transfer

Chapters in Books

Selected Articles in Journals

Professional Societies

  • Member, The Society of Rheology
  • Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • Member, American Physical Society (APS)

Teaching Honors

  • Included in "List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent By Their Students," 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Five-Year Alumni Effective Teaching Award, MechSE Alumni, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
  • Two-Year Alumni Effective Teaching Award, MechSE Alumni, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
  • Two-Year Alumni Effective Teaching Award, MechSE Alumni, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
  • Five-Year Alumni Effective Teaching Award, MechSE Alumni, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019
  • Collins Award for Innovative Teaching, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
  • Two-Year Alumni Effective Teaching Award, MechSE Alumni, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
  • Rose Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015

Research Honors

  • Journal of Rheology Publication Award 2021: for the best paper published in the Journal of Rheology during the preceding two years
  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Research for Associate Professor, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE), 2017
  • Dean's Award for Research Excellence, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016
  • Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award, The Society of Rheology, 2014
  • NSF-CAREER Award, 2014
  • 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2014
  • DuPont Young Professor Award, 2014
  • ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, 2013
  • Doctoral New Investigator Award, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, 2013
  • Distinguished Young Rheologist Award, TA Instruments, 2013
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, 2009-2011 (2009-2011)
  • Luis de Florez Award for Outstanding Ingenuity and Creativity, M.I.T., 2009

Other Honors

  • Campus Distinguished Promotion Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
  • Outstanding Advising Award, Engineering Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019
  • Campus Distinguished Promotion Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017

Recent Courses Taught

  • ME 310 1ZJ (ME 310 3ZJ, ME 310 AL1, ME 310 AL3, ME 310 AE1) - Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics
  • TAM 335 AE2 (TAM 335 AEO) - Introductory Fluid Mechanics
  • TAM 435 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
  • TAM 498 RE (ME 498 NMR, TAM 598 ONL, TAM 598 RE) - Rheology
  • TAM 532 - Viscous Flow
  • TAM 534 (TAM 498 NMR) - Non-Newt Fl Mech & Rheol
  • TAM 598 RE - Non-Newt Fl. Mech. & Rheology