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MBE welcomes new staff, faculty

Every year brings new faces to the MBE family. Join us in welcoming our newest members of the department!

  • Brayden Wadsworth

    Brayden Wadsworth

    Student Purchasing Agent

    Join us in welcoming Brayden Wadsworth to the ME Office Support Team. Brayden is a 2nd-year student attending BSU for Mechanical Engineering and aspiring for a career in the aerospace industry. He’ll be taking on the critical role of purchasing agent for the department, supporting research labs, academic activities, and senior design teams. Swing by the MBE office and say hello!

    Join us in welcoming Brayden Wadsworth to the ME Office Support Team. Brayden is a 2nd-year student attending BSU for Mechanical Engineering and aspiring for a career in the aerospace industry. He’ll be taking on the critical role of purchasing agent for the department, supporting research labs, academic activities, and senior design teams. Swing by the MBE office and say hello!

  • Grey Beaudry

    Grey Beaudry

    Adjunct Faculty - Optimization Theory and Practice

    You may have seen Grey’s smiling face in the Engineering Innovation Studio as he makes his way to TechHelp’s New Product Development Lab (aka studio/blu). An MBE alumni, Grey is excited by the challenge of teaching in the classroom as well as with the students working with him in the NPD.

    You may have seen Grey’s smiling face in the Engineering Innovation Studio as he makes his way to TechHelp’s New Product Development Lab (aka studio/blu). An MBE alumni, Grey is excited by the challenge of teaching in the classroom as well as with the students working with him in the NPD.

  • Rachel Nutting

    Rachel Nutting

    Adjunct Faculty - HVAC Principles

    Rachel is a project engineer with kW Engineer, focused on energy efficiency analysis and developing whole building energy models using OpenStudio, SketchUp, EnergyPlus, and Ruby. Her experience revolves around performing energy savings analyses of HVAC systems. She has her Engineer-In-Training (EIT) License and Certification and is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) association.

    Rachel is a Boise State University grad, with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Applied Mathematics and Music.

    Rachel is a project engineer with kW Engineer, focused on energy efficiency analysis and developing whole building energy models using OpenStudio, SketchUp, EnergyPlus, and Ruby. Her experience revolves around performing energy savings analyses of HVAC systems. She has her Engineer-In-Training (EIT) License and Certification and is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) association.

    Rachel is a Boise State University grad, with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Applied Mathematics and Music.

  • Conner Patricelli

    Conner Patricelli

    Adjunct Faculty - Experimental Methods II

    Conner Patricelli got his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering before pursuing his Ph.D. in Biomolecular Science working with Julia Oxford (he plans to defend this semester). His research focused on understanding the impact of doxorubicin (DOX) on cardiac fibroblasts and its modulation of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) signaling pathway.

    Conner’s hidden life includes a passion for entertaining which promises a lively classroom environment.

    Conner Patricelli got his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering before pursuing his Ph.D. in Biomolecular Science working with Julia Oxford (he plans to defend this semester). His research focused on understanding the impact of doxorubicin (DOX) on cardiac fibroblasts and its modulation of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) signaling pathway.

    Conner’s hidden life includes a passion for entertaining which promises a lively classroom environment.

  • Steve Russ

    Steve Russ

    Adjunct Faculty - Design I with Lab

    Steve Russ is a Materials Science and Engineering graduate, currently working at QTI Sensing Solutions as a Ceramics Engineering. In this position he performs ceramics research, process development, characterization, and testing of ceramics materials for use in thermistor applications.

    Steve Russ is a Materials Science and Engineering graduate, currently working at QTI Sensing Solutions as a Ceramics Engineering. In this position he performs ceramics research, process development, characterization, and testing of ceramics materials for use in thermistor applications.

  • Danielle Siegel headshot

    Danielle Seigel

    Adjunct Faculty - Experimental Methods I

    Danielle Siegel received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minors in both Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Danielle is currently a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. candidate in the Boise Applied Biomechanics of Infants (BABI) Lab.

    Danielle Siegel received her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with minors in both Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. Danielle is currently a Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. candidate in the Boise Applied Biomechanics of Infants (BABI) Lab.

  • Dr. Katelyn Wada portrait

    Dr. Katelyn "Kati" Wada

    Adjunct Faculty - Thermal/Fluids I

    Dr. Katelyn (Kati) Wada received her B.S. in Physics from Boise State University in Fall 2018. She later joined the Advanced Nanomaterials and Manufacturing Laboratory to pursue her Doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering working with the Idaho National Laboratory and the DOE’s Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation program to develop thermal conductivity measurements for extreme environments.

    Dr. Katelyn (Kati) Wada received her B.S. in Physics from Boise State University in Fall 2018. She later joined the Advanced Nanomaterials and Manufacturing Laboratory to pursue her Doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering working with the Idaho National Laboratory and the DOE’s Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation program to develop thermal conductivity measurements for extreme environments.