Dr. Melany Hunt

Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering · Caltech · company speakers →

Melany L. Hunt is the Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where she has been a faculty member since 1988 and has served in major leadership roles including Executive Officer for Mechanical Engineering and Vice Provost. She earned her B.S. from the University of Minnesota and her M.S. and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley before establishing a research program focused on the mechanics and transport of multiphase systems—particularly granular and particulate flows, fluidized beds, porous media, and related energy applications. Widely recognized for both her scholarship and her educational leadership, Hunt received Caltech's Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the Institute's CCID Agent of Change Award for contributions to diversity and inclusion. She also founded Caltech’s Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach, reflecting her long-standing commitment to mentorship and broadening participation in STEM.

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