Dr. Matt Aldeman

Assistant Professor

Dean of Applied Sci & Tech

Office

Turner Hall - TUR 109

Office Phone

(309) 438-0644office
phone

maldema@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Biography

Matt Aldeman is an Assistant Professor of Technology at Illinois State University, where he teaches in the Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology programs. Matt joined the Technology department faculty after working at the Illinois State University Center for Renewable Energy for over five years. Previously, he worked at General Electric as a wind site manager at the Grand Ridge and Rail Splitter wind projects. Matt’s experience also includes service in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear propulsion officer and leader of the Reactor Electrical division on the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. Matt is an honors graduate of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University, a Master of Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Current Courses

240.001Electric Circuits & Machines

293.001Mechanical Properties of Materials

259.001Power Generation: Production, Conversion and Storage

Teaching Interests & Areas

Thermal, Mechanical, and Electrical Power Systems, Sustainability, Invention and Innovation, Fluid Dynamics, Electric Vehicles

Research Interests & Areas

Acoustic Localization using microphone arrays and advanced beamforming algorithms, Optimization of Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Systems, Smart Grid technologies, Electric Vehicles

Ph D Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

MS

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Other

U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School

North Charleston, SC

BS Mechanical Engineering

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University

2020

ISU Department of Technology Teaching Award

Illinois State University

2019

CAST Outstanding Researcher Award (pre-tenure category)

ISU College of Applied Science and Technology

2019

ISU Department of Technology Research Award

ISU Department of Technology

2017

Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Team Research Award for 2016

Illinois State University

2016

Million Dollar Club

Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP), Illinois State University

2015

Conference Proceeding

Krull, B.T., Aldeman, M., Jo, J.H. (2020) Mitigation of Solar Photovoltaic Production Variability with Geographical Aggregation. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2020 Annual Conference, June 22-26, 2020.

Weber, B. (presenter), *Dunnagan, K.R. (presenter), Aldeman, M. (2020). Photovoltaic Solar Grill. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2020 Annual Conference, June 22-26, 2020.

Aldeman, M. Improving Students’ Understanding of Electromagnetic Principles with an Alternator Design-Build-Test Project. American Society for Engineering Education (2019)

Aldeman, M., Jo, J., & Loomis, D. Quantification of Uncertainty Associated with Wind Assessments of Various Intervals. International Symposium on Wind and Tidal Power (2017)

Aldeman, M., Chelliah, K., Patel, H., & Raman, G. Effects of array scaling and advanced beamforming on the angular resolution of microphone array systems (2016)

Journal Article

Aldeman, M. (2020). A Hybrid Spiral Microphone Array Design for Performance and Portability. Applied Acoustics. Vol. 170 (15 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107512

Aldeman, M.R., Jo, J.H., Loomis, D.G. (2020). Wind energy production uncertainty associated with wind assessments of various intervals. Wind Engineering 44 (4) 373-389. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309524X19849865

Aldeman, M.R., Jo, J.H. (2019). An Exploration of Compact Microphone Array Applications for Small Musical Groups. Akustika. Vol. 31 (March 2019), 153-163.

Bushur, A., Ward, K., Flahaven, T., Kelly, T., Jo, J.H., Aldeman, M. (2019). Techno-economic evaluation of installing EV and PV combined infrastructure on Academic Institution’s Parking Garages in Illinois, USA. AIMS Energy/AIMS Press. Vol. 7(1): 31-45.

Aldeman, M., & Raman, G. Experimental Determination of the Effects of Boundary Reflection on the Angular Resolution of Microphone Arrays. Building Acoustics 25.3 (2018): 249-286.

Presentations

Mitigation of Solar Photovoltaic Production Variability with Geographical Aggregation. American Society for Engineering Education 2020 Annual Conference. (2020)

Photovoltaic Solar Grill. American Society for Engineering Education 2020 Annual Conference. (2020)

Promoting Sustainable Energy Infrastructure on an Academic Institution. Energy, Utility, and Environment Conference. EUEC. (2019)

Aldeman, M.R. (presenter). “Improving Students’ Understanding of Electromagnetic Principles with an Alternator Design-Build-Test Project.” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2019 Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.

Vinney, L.A. (presenter), Aldeman, M.R., Byers, L., Kostecki, K., Vinney, C., “The Influence of Glotta Fry in Audio-Only Media on the Vocal Behavior Patterns of College-Age Women,” Fall Voice Conference, Dallas, TX, 2019.

PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS FOR COST-OPTIMAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATION. Energy, Utility, and Environment Conference. EUEC. (2018)

Wind Turbine Energy Production Errors Associated with Wind Resource Assessments of Various Lengths. American Wind Energy Association. (2018)

Quantification of Uncertainty Associated with Wind Assessments of Various Intervals. International Symposium on Wind and Tidal Power. (2017)

Effects of array scaling and advanced beamforming on the angular resolution of microphone array systems. Berlin Beamforming Conference (BeBeC). Humboldt University - Berlin. (2016)

The Development of Pre-service Science Teachers Competencies for Teaching about Renewable Energy Technology as Context and Concept. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) International Conference. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE). (2016)

Grants & Contracts

Mitigation of Solar Energy Variability with Geographical Aggregation. ISU CAST (URG). Illinois State University. (2020)

Scott M. Elliott Cross-Disciplinary Pilot Grant. Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences. Illinois State University. (2020)

Solar Grill. ISU Office of Sustainability. Illinois State University. (2019)

Angular Resolution Performance of an Innovative New Microphone Array Geometry. ISU College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST). Illinois State University. (2017)

Microphone Array System for Localization of Acoustic Sources in Small Musical Groups. ISU College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST). Illinois State University. (2016)