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Education

  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
  • S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982
  • S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981

Teaching Interests

Professor Colton’s teaching interests include undergraduate and graduate courses in manufacturing and design.

Research Interests

Professor Colton’s research focuses on manufacturing and design. The research actively involves both graduate and undergraduate students in advancing fundamental understanding and applied engineering solutions.

Recent Publications 

  • Adeyeye, K., Ijumba, N., and Colton, J., Optimizing a Novel Wind Turbine for Sub-Saharan Africa: A Techno-Economic and Multicriteria Evaluation, International Journal of Energy Research (2025).
  • KD Humfeld, GY Kim, JH Jeon, J Hoffman, A Brown, J Colton, S Melkote, V Nguyen, Co-training of multiple neural networks for simultaneous optimization and training of physics-informed neural networks for composite curing, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing (2025).
  • GY Kim, SN Melkote, JS Colton, Ensemble cure kinetics network (ECK-Net): A method to derive cure kinetics of thermosetting resin, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing (2025).
  • Mesmer, G., and Colton, J., “Variation of the friction conditions in cold ring compression tests of aluminum 1100-O and aluminum 6061-T6,” Cogent Engineering, (2024).
  • Rana, M.S., Rahman, A.N.M.A, Ahmed, R., Hossain, M.P., Shadman, M.S., Majumdar, P.K., Islam, K.S., and Colton, J., “Design, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of a Food Solar Dryer,” AgriEngineering (2024).