Matt Jones

Matt Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University, College of Engineering. His work spans heat transfer, thermodynamics, and optical property characterization, with a focus on reduced order modeling, biomass cookstoves, and radiative surface control.

• PhD in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1993)
• MS in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1990)
• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University (1988)

Professor Jones conducts research in heat transfer, radiative property measurement, and reduced order modeling. His projects include dynamic control of radiative surfaces with origami-inspired designs, low-cost optical particle counters, and clean-burning biomass cookstoves. Articles show trends in radiative transfer modeling, thermal diagnostics, and energy system optimization.

• Certificate of Appreciation, ASME Heat Transfer Division (2005, 2007, 2016-2018)
• Certificate of Merit for Flow Visualization Animation Technical Paper (2015)

He advises PhD students like Cameron Quist (Biomass Cookstoves) and Nicholas Wallace (Additive Manufacturing Thermography), and has advised 16 graduates since 2002. Jones serves as Committee Chair for ASME Heat Transfer Division and contributes to organizations like SeaPerch Utah and International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer.