Nanoprobe Network

Matt Allen

• User Name:

  mattsallen

• Member Since:

  Mon, April 13, 2009

• Website:

  http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~msallen

• Occupation:

  Assistant Professor

• Areas of Expertise:

  AFM Calibration, vibration and dynamic aspects of AFM imaging.

• Employer:

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Department:

  Engineering Physics

• Sector:

• City:

  Madison

• State:

  Wi

• Country:

  United States

• Description:

  Matt Allen joined the faculty of the Engineering Mechanics program in the department of Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2007. He was previously employed as a post-doctoral researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and received Doctoral and M. S. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005 and 2004 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2001. His current interests include: modal parameter identification, micro- and nano- scale systems, uncertainty in dynamic systems, nonlinear dynamic systems, force reconstruction, admittance (impedance) coupling techniques, time-periodic systems, rotating machinery, and controls. Matt�s Doctoral thesis was concerned with Multi-Input-Multi-Output modal parameter identification algorithms. As an undergraduate, he worked in testing and developing carbon fiber materials with a unique viscoelastic damping treatment. He also enjoys downhill skiing, tennis, mountain biking, Spanish and spending time with his wife and two kids.