Dr. Matt Aldeman

Associate Professor

Technology

Office

Turner Hall - TUR 109

Office Phone

(309) 438-0644office
phone

maldema@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Biography

Matt Aldeman is an Associate 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

287.002Independent Study

293.001Mechanical Properties of Materials

259.001Power Generation: Production, Conversion and Storage

240.001Electric Circuits & Machines

293.001Mechanical Properties of Materials

258.001Renewable Energy Technology Applications

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

ISU Department of Technology Service Award

Illinois State University

2021

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

Aldeman, M., & Branoff, T. J. (2021, July), Impact of Course Modality on Student Course Evaluations Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. https://peer.asee.org/37275

Aldeman, M., Jo, J.H. (2021). A Model Passive Solar Home Student Design Project. Proceeding of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2021 Annual Conference, July 26-29, 2021.

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)

Journal Article

Aldeman, M.R., Jo, J.H., Loomis, D.G., Krull, B. (2023) Reduction of Solar Photovoltaic System Output Variability with Geographical Aggregation. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transitions 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2023.100052

Brown, H.A., McDaniel, T.J., West, C.P., *Bondzie, E.H., Aldeman, M.R., Molnar, B.T., Mulligan, C.C., Fedick, P.W. (2022) Characterization and optimization of a rapid, automated 3D-printed cone spray ionization-mass spectrometry (3D-PCSI-MS) methodology. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 474, 116781 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2021.116781

Antink-Meyer, A. & Aldeman, M. (2021) Middle grades teachers’ content knowledge for renewable energy instruction design. Research in Science & Technological Education, 39:4, 421-440. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2020.1767048

Chris Thankan, August Winters, Jin Ho Jo, Matt Aldeman. Feasibility of applying Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) to the Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District[J]. AIMS Energy, 2021, 9(1): 117-137. doi: 10.3934/energy.2021007

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

Presentations

Sustainability of Utility-Scale Solar PV Systems. Energy, Utility, and Environment Conference. EUEC. (2022)

Aldeman, M., Meyer, A.A., Jo, J., Williams, J., Zamudio, M. (2022). SUPERCHARGE: STEM-based University Pathway Encouraging Relationships with Chicago High schools in Automation, Robotics and Green Energy. NSF ITEST Annual PI Meeting, Nov. 1-3, 2022.

Why we need electric vehicles AND Why electric vehicles are not enough. An Evening with Tesla. (2021)

Aldeman, M. (presenter), Branoff, T.J. (2021). Impact of Course Modality on Student Course Evaluations. Proceeding of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2021 Annual Conference, July 26-29, 2021.

Aldeman, M. (presenter), Jo, J.H. (2021). A Model Passive Solar Home Student Design Project. Proceeding of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2021 Annual Conference, July 26-29, 2021.

Aldeman, M.R., Jo, J.H., Loomis, D.G. (2021) Mitigation of Solar Energy Variability with Geographical Aggregation (poster presentation), CLEANPOWER Annual Conference, June 7-10, 2021.

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.

Grants & Contracts

Designing Equitable and Sustainable STEM Education with Renewable Technologies (DESSERT). Illinois Innovation Network. State. (2022)

Energy for a Sustainable Future Seminar Series. ISU Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Illinois State University. (2022)

Repowering Schoools. U.S. Department of Energy. Federal. (2022)

SUPERCHARGE: STEM-based University Pathway Encouraging Relationships with Chicago High schools in Automation, Robotics and Green Energy. National Science Foundation (NSF). Federal. (2022)

ISU Horticulture Center Wind Turbine. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2021)