Rate My Professor Matthew Mench

University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Electrochemistry Energy Technology Renewable Energy Computational Engineering Biomedical Engineering

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5.05/4/2026

Always kind, respectful, and approachable.

4.06/27/2025

Makes every class a rewarding experience.

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Matthew Mench serves as the Wayne T. Davis Dean's Chair, Chancellor's Professor, and Condra Chair, and Dean of the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville since July 2021. He previously held positions as Interim Dean (March-June 2021), Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement (2019-2020), and Head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (multiple periods 2013-2021). Mench joined the University of Tennessee in 2010 as Professor with a 25% joint appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Energy and Transportation Science Division. Earlier in his career at Pennsylvania State University, he progressed from Assistant Professor/Research Associate (2000-2002) to Assistant Professor (2002-2007) and Associate Professor (2007-2010), where he founded the Fuel Cell Dynamics and Diagnostics Laboratory. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering (1994), MS in Mechanical Engineering (1996), and PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2000) from Pennsylvania State University, as well as an MBA (2022) from the University of Tennessee at Martin.