Faculty Directory
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Office: 1418G Wiggins Hall |
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PhD, Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin, 1985 Experimental Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, Advanced and Composite Materials, Finite Element Analysis and Computational Mechanics, Continuum Modeling, Electronic Packaging, Silicon Sensors, Solder Joint Reliability, Mechanics of Paper and Other Wood-Based Materials. |
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Office: 1432 Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 1966 Thermal and Mechanical Design; Energy Utilization/Optimization; Boiler/Steam System Design and Optimization; HVAC Design/Optimization; Safety. |
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Office: 3418C Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1988 Virtual and physical machine prototyping; Design, simulation and construction of automatic machinery and mechanisms; Application to manufacturing equipment for composites and braiding machinery. |
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Office: 2418F Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2001 Vehicle Dynamics, Navigation, and Control; Sensor fusion for navigation and control (including GPS/INS); On-line state and parameter estimation (primarily for vehicle control). |
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Office: 1418C Wiggins Hall Class Pages: MECH-6210 |
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Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1987 Thermal management of electronics, phase-change heat transfer in microchannels, pool boiling, heat transfer enhancement, lost foam casting, gas turbines, solar energy, refrigeration, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, bio-energy, hybrid vehicles. |
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Office: 2418H Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1990 Energy utilization, boiler safety, novel applications of materials and processes. |
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Office: 2418C Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, 1991 Architecture, design, analyses and controls of mechatronic, power source, power conversion system. (Hybrid system, Fuel cell system and Micro power device using new PZT materials, Ultra-high accurate position and speed controls of actuators). |
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Office: 3430 Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Engineering Science/Acoustics, Liverpool University, 1969 Dynamical Properties of Composite Materials; Prediction of Noise and Vibration of Spacecraft at Launch; Acoustical Properties of Road Pavement Surfaces. |
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Office: 3428 Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988 Dynamics, vibration, and control of rotating machinery (including magnetic bearing controller development, simulation modeling, and experimental testing). Vibration analysis and testing of electronic systems (including electrical connectors, automotive electronic systems and components, and MEMS devices). |
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Office: 2418B Wiggins Hall Research: Auburn TherMal Management Laboratory (AuTherMML) |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1997 Thermal Management of ground based radars, space-based assets, and advanced propulsion systems; Waste Heat Recovery And Use Strategies; Heat pipe technology; Metal felt porous media as conformal wick structures for heat pipes; MEMS cooling technologies and micro-channel heat pipes. |
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Office: 2418E Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at U-C, 1986 Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Materials Processing, Microfluidics, Experimental Fluid Mechanics. |
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Office: 3418E Wiggins Hall |
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Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004 Multiscale (Macro, Micro and Nano) Tribology, Bearing Testing and Modeling, MEMS, Friction and Wear Fundamentals, Contact Mechanics, Hydrodynamic Lubrication, Bearing Dynamics, Electrical and Thermal Contact Resistance. |
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Office: 3418G Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 1990; Design methodology, propulsion system design, off-road vehicle dynamics, radiation and combined mode heat transfer, radiative materials properties. |
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Office: 3418B Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas, 1986 Thermal Sciences, Thermal Issues in Electronics Packaging and Manufacture. |
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Office: 1438 Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 1993 Finite Element for Continua and Structures; Thermo-mechanics, Reliability and Life-Prediction of Electronics Failure-Mechanisms (including solder joints); Prognostics and Structural Health Monitoring of Electronic Structures; Transient Dynamics of Microcircuits and MEMS in Shock and Vibration; Multi-scale Modeling of NANO-Structures; High Strain-rate Constitutive Behavior of Electronic Materials; Models for Human Body Trauma and Injury. |
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Office: 3418H Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1987 Development of mathematical/numerical models for the prediction of radiation scattering and absorption properties of small particles. Applications to radiation transfer in combustion environments and atmospheric radiative transfer, Investigations of particle formation in flames: predictions and measurement of the mechanisms which govern the growth of soot particles that are formed during hydrocarbon oxidation, Investigations of heat and mass transfer in rarefied/highly nonequilibrium conditions, using both continuum--based formulations and direct simulation molecular dynamics methods. |
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Office: 1301 Shelby Center |
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Ph.D., Mechanics & Hydraulics, University of Iowa, 1978 Engineering education, Motion capture. |
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Office: 2418G Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1994, Mechanical Impact, Mechanisms and Robots, Nonlinear Dynamics. |
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Office: 1454 Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, 1976 Residual Stresses, Elasto-Plastic Deformation, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Machine Tool Design, Computer Aided Thermal Analysis of Grinding and Welding Processes, Advanced Mechanical Design, Design for Manufacturing, Modeling of Production Processes, Crack Analysis. |
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Office: 1452 Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1977 Acoustics, Noise Control, Vibration, Non Destructive Evaluation, Engineering Education and Outreach, Technology transfer. |
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Office: 2418D Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Wayne State University), 1977 Dynamics, Vibration and Control of Systems and Structures. Stability and bifurcation of Systems with Periodic Coefficients. Structural Stability under In-Plane Dynamic Loading, Symbolic and Computational Dynamics, Linear and Nonlinear Control of Parametrically Excited Systems, Applications to Vehicle dynamics, Rotor-Bearing Systems, Helicopter Blades, etc. |
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Office: 3418D Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D., Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1983 Electronic and nonlinear optical properties of novel organic conduction materials and molecular crystals. Photonic devices utilizing organic materials and microstructures. Organic single-crystal films, picosecond time-resolved measurements, nonconjugated conductive polymers, electro-optics, nano-optics and sensors. |
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Office: 1446 Wiggins Hall |
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York (Stony Brook), 1988 Fracture and Failure Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, Optical Metrology, Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Failure, High-Strain Rate and Impact Failure of Multiphase Materials (FRP and polymer blends, particulate composites, functionally graded materials, syntactic foams, nanocomposites, biocements). |
