Matthew David Fronk, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

California Polytechnic State University, Pomona

3801 West Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768-2557

Office: 9-233G

Phone: (909)-869-2509

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020

M.S.,  Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014

Appointments

2025 - Present: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, California

2020 - 2025: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

2020 - 2025: Visiting Professor, Acoustics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 

Research Interests

Acoustics and Vibrations, Periodic Media, Lattice Materials, Phononic Crystals, Acoustic Metamaterials, Nonlinear Dynamics