**Bryan J. Lewis** (Professor)

Bryan J. Lewis is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University - Idaho, where he teaches courses in numerical analysis, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and product design. He also mentors students in undergraduate research and product development projects.

Prior to BYU-Idaho, Dr. Lewis worked in oil field research and product development for Halliburton Energy Services. As a senior research engineer, he assisted in development of hydraulic fracturing pumps, sand transport systems, and fluid-sand blending equipment. Dr. Lewis was the lead engineer for Halliburton's sound-mitigated hydraulic fracturing units. That project required strong partnership with internal and 3rd-party manufacturing firms, Halliburton field operations, oil companies, and state environmental regulators to develop, deploy, and field-validate the technology. Dr. Lewis published several articles on hydrajet-assisted hydraulic fracturing, as well on research in transient formation stress realignment during hydraulic fracturing events. Dr. Lewis holds more than 20 U.S. and international patents for various technologies he helped develop at Halliburton.

Dr. Lewis completed his PhD at The Pennsylvania State University, under the direction of Dr. John Cimbala. His PhD research focused on computational fluid analysis of hydroturbines and high-performance computing. He also was involved in the Global Engineering Teams program, working with a team of graduate student engineers from South Africa to develop a rural mobile health clinic for the South African Department of Health. The mobile clint designed by the team was manufactured and entered service with the health department in 2015.

Dr. Lewis also serves in a variety of roles for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has been the faculty advisor for the BYU-Idaho ASME Student section since 2017, and has no plans of leaving that position any time soon. In 2019 Dr. Lewis served as the regional student section coordinator for the US/Canada Northwest Region. In 2020 he joined the executive committee for the newly formed Member Development and Engagement Sector. In 2021 he was elected as chair of the Idaho Section.

When he is not helping students, or working on improving his courses, Dr. Lewis enjoys spending time with his wife and their eight children. He and his wife are avid marathon runners, and enjoy books, movies, food, and traveling to new places with their children.
