MARC CALAF portrait
  • Associate Chair, Mechanical Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Professional Service

  • Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. Associate Editor. 08/01/2022 - present
  • Associate Editor Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energies. Associate Editor. 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2022
  • APS-DFD. Role: Co-Chair. Co-Chair of the organizing committee for the APS-DFD 2024 Salt Lake City meeting. 07/01/2019 - present
  • American Geophysics Union. Convener of a session on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence. 01/01/2019 - 12/01/2022
  • European Geophysics Union. Convener of a session on Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence. 01/01/2019 - 12/01/2022
  • American Geophysics Union. Convener and Chair of a Session in Boundary Layer Turbulence. 12/10/2018 - present
  • Boundary Layer Turbulence. Chair on two sessions during the BLT conference 2016. 06/22/2016 - present
  • WINDFARMS Conference. Chair on a session during the WINDFARMS conference 2016. 05/20/2016 - present
  • APS-Fluids Annual Meeting. Session Chair. 11/22/2015 - present
  • APS- Annual Meeting. Session Chair. 11/24/2014 - present
  • Science Journals. Assisted in reviewing journals for several peer-reviews journals. 01/2013 - 12/2013

Internal Service

  • Associate Chair. 01/01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • College of Engineering EDI Committee. 01/01/2023 - present. College service.
  • Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 09/01/2021 - 03/01/2022. Department service.
  • University of Utah Teaching Awards Committee. 08/15/2021 - present. College service.
  • Senator. 08/15/2021 - present. College service.
  • Teaching Committee. 06/15/2021 - present. University service.
  • Global Climate and Sustainability Center . Executive Committee Member, 06/15/2021 - present. University service.
  • Undergraduate Council. 06/15/2021 - 08/15/2023. University service.
  • Curriculum Committee. 07/01/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Faculty Success Committee. 07/01/2020 - 05/15/2023. Department service.
  • Faculty Success Committee. 08/15/2018 - 06/30/2019. Department service.
  • Athletics Advisory Council. 08/22/2016 - 06/30/2019. University service.
  • CHPC Allocation Committee. 08/22/2016 - 06/30/2019. University service.
  • Graduate Committee . 08/24/2015 - 08/15/2018. Department service.
  • Sustainability Committee. Member, 08/24/2015 - 08/15/2018. Department service.
  • Distinguished Seminar Series Committee. Member, 08/26/2013 - present. Department service.

Outreach

  • STEM Ambassador Program at University of Utah. 08/24/2015 - present
  • Science Fellow at the Natural History Museum of Utah. 01/01/2015 - present

In the Media

  • NSF; 4 Awesome Discoveries you probably didn’t hear about, Ep. 31. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVJEgHdYy-g&feature=youtu.be ). 08/01/2019.
  • Based on my collaboration with the STEM Ambassador program form Prof. Nalini Nadkarni at University of Utah, I hosted a group of REFUGE program students in my research laboratory. This event was featured by KSL. “Professor helps students to find Refuge in education”   https://www.ksl.com/?sid=45348836&nid=148&title=professor-helps-students-to-find-refuge-in-education . 12/12/2017.