# Susan Mantell

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**Susan C. Mantell** is an American mechanical engineer interested in the design, fabrication, and longevity of structures made from [polymers](/source/Polymer) and [composite materials](/source/Composite_material), and the use of these structures in renewable energy systems and energy-efficient architecture. Her research has also included work on [microelectromechanical systems](/source/Microelectromechanical_systems). She is James J. Ryan Professor, Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the [University of Minnesota](/source/University_of_Minnesota).[1]

## Education and career

Mantell majored in [mechanical engineering](/source/Mechanical_engineering) at [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), graduating in 1981. After working in industry in Massachusetts for several years, she returned to graduate study for a master's degree at [Northeastern University](/source/Northeastern_University) in 1987, and then a Ph.D. from Stanford in 1991.[1]

She became an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota in 1991, choosing the university in part to solve a [two-body problem](/source/Two-body_problem_(career)) with her husband, who was entering graduate study at the same time. There, she became the only woman in the university's Department of Mechanical Engineering.[2] She was promoted to associate professor in 1998 and full professor in 2003. She has been James J. Ryan Professor, and head of the mechanical engineering department, since 2019.[1]

## Recognition

Mantell was elected as an [ASME Fellow](/source/ASME_Fellow) in 2016.[3]

The University of Minnesota Alumni Association gave Mantell the Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, and she was given the permanent designation as a Distinguished University Teaching Professor, in 2011.[4]

## References

1. ["Susan Mantell"](https://cse.umn.edu/me/susan-mantell), *Mechanical Engineering*, University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, retrieved 2023-04-04

1. Harrington, Rebecca (December 6, 2012), ["The only woman in the room"](https://mndaily.com/201381/uncategorized/only-woman-room/), *The Minnesota Daily*, retrieved 2023-04-04

1. ["All fellows"](https://www.asme.org/getmedia/356e1810-c2f4-41d8-80c2-f5de20f64442/fellows-all-updated-2022.pdf), ASME, 2022, retrieved 2023-04-04

1. ["Horace T. Morse Award Recipients"](https://scholarswalk.umn.edu/faculty-awards-programs/university-awards/awards-outstanding-contributions-education/horace-t-morse), *Scholars Walk*, University of Minnesota, retrieved 2023-04-04

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