Matt Polley

My name is Matt Polley and I was a student at the University of Illinois for six years from the fall of 1997 to the summer of 2003.  For my final two years at the university I was a part of the ARG.  While a member of the ARG, I studied the performance of scaled tires for vehicle dynamic testing applications.  My work included the development of a scaled tire testing apparatus and proving that a scaled tire behaved similarly to a full sized tire.  After leaving the ARG in August of 2003, I took up a position with MPC Products Corporation in Skokie, Illinois near my hometown of Park Ridge.

Contact Info

1921 Walnut St.
Park Ridge, IL 60068

(847) 341-3026

polley@illinoisalumni.org or polley79@hotmail.com

Last Updated: August 6, 2003

Education

M.S. - Mechanical Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2003.
B.S.  - Mechanical Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2001.

Publications at ARG

M.S. Thesis - Size Effects On Steady State Pneumatic Tire Behavior: An Experimental Study