SHAD ROUNDY

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

  • Professor
    Mechanical Engineering
  • Adjunct Professor
    Electrical & Computer Engineering

BIO

Shad Roundy is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah and holds an adjunct appointment in Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on small-scale electromechanical transducers with applications in sensing, energy harvesting, and wireless power transfer. He received his BS degree from Brigham Young University and his MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to his appointment at the University of Utah, he was a senior lecturer at the Australian National University and spent a decade working in the MEMS industry developing pressure sensors, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and energy harvesting devices. He is a member of IEEE and a fellow of ASME. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture, Analog Devices Inc., and SEMI.

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Professor
    Mechanical Engineering1 Jul 2025 - present
  • Adjunct Professor
    Electrical & Computer Engineering1 Jul 2025 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Mechanical Engineering1 Jun 2012 - 30 Jun 2018
  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Mechanical Engineering, United StatesJul 2018 - Jun 2025

DEGREES

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering
    Brigham Young University
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering
    University of California, Berkeley
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering
    University of California, Berkeley

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish; Castilian

FIELDS OF RESEARCH