Robert Jackson

Mechanical Engineering
Albert Smith Jr. Professor
3418E Wiggins Hall
334.844.3340
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Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Wear
Surface Fatigue
Surface Engineering
Tribology
Friction

Keywords/Tags

Wear Surface Fatigue Surface Engineering Tribology Friction Bearings Lubrication Nanoparticles Surface Roughness Biotribology

In The News

Two mechanical engineering professors named ASME Fellows

Mechanical engineering professors Robert Jackson and Jay Khodadadi were recently named fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a prestigious title awarded to an ASME member with 10 or more years of active practice and corporate membership who has demonstrated outstanding engineering achievements. 

Tribology professor honored for grease advancement

Robert Jackson, Albert J. Smith Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was recently awarded the Ralph Beard Memorial Academic Award by the National Lubricating Grease Institute. This award is given to candidates who have contributed “valuable work in the technical development of greases, grease tests or the promotion of grease usage.”

Mechanical engineering trio wins Best Presentation at international symposium

Two mechanical engineering students and a professor of mechanical engineering recently won the Best Presentation Award at the International Tribology Research Symposium.