M M DILLON portrait
  • Professor (Lecturer), Mechanical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
801-585-0947

Professional Service

  • ASEE Virtual Community of Practice to Promote LGBTQ+ Advocacy in STEM. Role: member. participate in monthly meetings and trainings. 08/2020 - present
  • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. manuscript reviewer. 12/2018 - present
  • United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation. Proposal reviewer. 12/2018 - 02/2019
  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics. manuscript reviewer. 10/2018 - present
  • Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres . manuscript reviewer. 10/2018 - present
  • ASME. Guest Associate Editor. 05/2018 - present
  • NSF. Panel Reviewer for Fluid Dynamics Program. 02/2018 - present
  • American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics. Role: member. External Relations Committee. 01/01/2017 - 12/30/2020
  • NSF. Role: member. Review Panel, Graduate Fellowship. 12/11/2014 - 02/05/2016
  • APS-DFD. Create Synopsis for annual meeting. 10/2013 - 11/2013
  • Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. reviewer. 01/2008 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Dean's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching. University of Utah, College of Engineering. 08/2022
  • Utah Pathways to STEM Fellowship. 08/2022
  • Student Choice Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah. 08/2022
  • Dean's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching. University of Utah, College of Engineering. 08/2020
  • Dean's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching. University of Utah, College of Engineering, 08/2015
  • Dean's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching. University of Utah, College of Engineering, 08/2012

Internal Service

  • Teaching Committee. Chair, 08/20/2022 - present. Department service.
  • PhD Supervisory Committees (5); MS Supervisory Committees (1). 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
  • Biomedical Engineering Faculty Search Committee. member, 10/2018 - 03/2019. Department service.
  • ABET Committee, Chair. Chair, 08/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Sub-Committee for Development of new TFES Lab. Chair, 08/2016 - present. Department service.
  • ABET Committee. member, 08/2016 - 07/2018. Department service.
  • Faculty Ambassadors for Student Success. Engineering Representative, 01/2015 - 12/2019. University service.
  • Global Change and Sustainability Center. College of Engineering Representative (alternate), 01/2015 - 12/2017. University service.
  • Adhoc Computer Committee. Chair, 01/2015 - 12/2015. Department service.
  • Teaching Excellence Committee. member, 12/2014 - 12/2016. College service.
  • Grand Challenge Scholar Program. Director, 07/2014 - 12/31/2016. College service.
  • Mechanical Engineering Mechanics Search Committee. Chair, 07/2014 - 06/2015. Department service.
  • Seed Grant . reviewer, 05/2014 - present. University service.
  • Academic Standards Committee. member, 01/2014 - present. Department service.
  • Strategic Planning Committee. member, 01/2014 - 12/2016. Department service.
  • University Teaching Assistantship, The Graduate School. Reviewer, 01/2014 - 12/2014. University service.
  • Global Change and Sustainability Center, Seminar Committee. member, 01/2014 - 12/2014. University service.
  • Adhoc Senate Committee on Student Textbook Savings. Chair, 12/31/2013 - 12/31/2014. University service.
  • College Council. member, 11/01/2013 - 06/30/2016. College service.
  • Curriculum Committee. Chair, 08/2013 - 03/2017. Department service.
  • Mechanical Engineering Design Search Committee. member, 08/2013 - 06/2014. Department service.
  • Academic Senate. member, 08/01/2013 - 06/30/2016. University service.
  • Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series Committee. member, 07/2013 - 07/2014. Department service.
  • Academic Senate Executive Committee. member, 06/2013 - 06/2014. University service.
  • Adhoc SPIRAL Review Committee. member, 06/2013 - 08/2013. Department service.
  • Executive Committee. member, 01/2013 - 03/2017. Department service.
  • Mechanical Engineering Sustainability Search Committee. member, 08/2012 - 06/2013. Department service.
  • Peer Teaching Evaluations for RPT. reviewer, 01/2012 - present. Department service.
  • RPT Committee. member, 07/2011 - present. Department service.
  • Mechanical Engineering TFES Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 07/2011 - 06/2012. Department service.
  • Mechanical Engineering TFES Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 07/2010 - 06/2011. Department service.
  • Mechanical Engineering Chair Internal Search Committee (appointed by Dean). member, 01/2009 - 12/2009. College service.
  • PhD Qualifying Exam Committee. member, 08/2006 - 12/30/2021. Department service.
  • Mechanical Engineering Department Seminar Series. co-organizer, 01/2006 - 12/2007. Department service.
  • Committee to develop new graduate seminar course. member, 01/2005 - 12/2005. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District (SLCMAD). 01/01/2019 - present

Outreach

  • FIRST Lego League Mentor. 08/2021 - 05/2022

In the Media

  • Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Can Offer Cheaper Electricity for Urban and Suburban Areas, "Editor's Pick", AIP. 08/03/2017.