Dr. Ballard is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, as well as the chair of the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at UVU. He has gained a variety of experience through working as a mechanical engineer and flight test engineer at NAVAIR's Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California, through two graduate internships at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California, and through teaching Mechanical Engineering courses at UVU, at Saint Martin's University, and at Georgia Tech Lorraine in Metz, France. Dr. Ballard earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2017 and 2014, respectively, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2009. Dr. Ballard teaches primarily in the areas of fluid and thermal sciences, and coaches UVU Capstone teams, including the UVU Unmanned Aerial Vehicle team. Further, Dr. Ballard is currently actively pursuing research in the areas of biofluid mechanics, design of microfluidic devices and applied aerodynamics. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and by Utah Valley University. He is open to collaborations with industry, national labs and academia, and to giving students opportunities to develop through doing meaningful ground-breaking research. To learn more, don't hesitate to reach out directly to Dr. Ballard.
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Spring 2025
Undergraduate Research Project, Spring 2025
