HUNTER MACK, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Energy Engineering Graduate Program

Hunter Mack joined the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2014.  Before joining the faculty at UMass Lowell, Mack was a Lecturer and Project Scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, where he also received his doctoral and master’s degrees. After his completion of his Ph.D., he held a post-doctoral research position at UC Berkeley and worked at a successful solar energy start-up before returning to academia. He additionally holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and a B.A. in Physics from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.

Dr. Mack’s research focuses on overcoming the scientific and technical barriers shaping the future of energy and transportation. Working closely with government and industry, his research group develops transformative approaches to energy conversion that increase efficiency and resilience while lowering the carbon intensity and emissions. Through an approach that spans computational modeling, machine learning techniques, and detailed experiments, they are able to systematically investigate the underlying thermal, fluid, and chemical processes that drive practical devices. Topics of interest transportation, combustion, gas turbines, internal combustion engines, aerospace propulsion, laminar flames, data analysis, machine learning, turbulent flows, biofuels, energy resilience, hydrogen, low-carbon fuels, energy conversion devices, optical diagnostics, constant volume combustion chambers, chemical kinetics, energy storage, emissions, air quality, and renewable energy.

Current ECRL Researchers

Md Nayer Nasim
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering

Behlol Nawaz
PhD Candidate, Energy Engineering

Shubhra Kanti Das
PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering

Olivia Albanese
MS, Mechanical Engineering

Josh Landis
MS, Mechanical Engineering

 

Former ECRL Graduate researchers

Travis Kessler
PhD, Computer Engineering

Oliver Dyakov
MS, Mechanical Engineering

Amina SubLaban
Visiting Graduate Researcher, Mechanical Engineering

Shantanu Khopkar
MS Candidate, Industrial/Engineering Management

Martia Shahsavan
PhD, Mechanical Engineering

Mohammad Rasool Morovatiyan
PhD, Mechanical Engineering

Mammadbaghir Baghirzade
Mechanical Engineering

Logan Appel
Mechanical Engineering

Ashlesa Mohapatra
MS, Mechanical Engineering

David Birch
MS, Mechanical Engineering

Evan Batterman
MS, Mechanical Engineering

Abhinay Pise
MS, Mechanical Engineering

GuoQuan Liang
MS, Mechanical Engineering

Kushlani Sellahennedige
MS, Energy Engineering

 

Former Undergraduate ecrl researchers

Bethany de Groot
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Kieron Sharwood
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Brian Breda
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Jhonatan Londono
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Marcelo Sosa-Mena
BS, Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan Aguilar
Mechanical Engineering

Samuel Burns
Mechanical Engineering

Jack Sacco
Mechanical Engineering

Logan Mann
Computer Science

Hernan Gelaf-Romer
Computer Science

Iris Irwin
Chemical Engineering

Gregory Dorian
Mechanical Engineering

Arbens Pacius
Computer Science

Brett Wadman
Mechanical Engineering

Sanskriti Sharma
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Spencer Culpepper
Mechanical Engineering

Tracy Strickel
Mechanical Engineering

William Sprague
Mechanical Engineering

Andrew Bowler
Electrical & Computer Engineering

Stephen Blake
Computer Science

Joe McDonald
Mechanical Engineering

Jacob Cross
Mechanical Engineering

Erik Hansen
Mechanical Engineering

Franciel Gusberti
Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Delaware [BSMP Summer Researcher]


(left to right) Prof. Hunter Mack, Evan Batterman, Tracy Strickel, Jonathon Aguilar, David Birch, Greg Dorian, Andrew Bowler, Joe McDonald, Martia Shahsavan, Travis Kessler, Mohammad Morovatiyan, Sanskriti Sharma, Stephen Blake [May 2017]