Susan C. Mantell is an American mechanical engineer interested in the design, fabrication, and longevity of structures made from polymers and composite materials, and the use of these structures in renewable energy systems and energy-efficient architecture.
[1] Mantell majored in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, graduating in 1981.
After working in industry in Massachusetts for several years, she returned to graduate study for a master's degree at Northeastern University in 1987, and then a Ph.D. from Stanford in 1991.
She has been James J. Ryan Professor, and head of the mechanical engineering department, since 2019.
[3] The University of Minnesota Alumni Association gave Mantell the Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, and she was given the permanent designation as a Distinguished University Teaching Professor, in 2011.