PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

Post-Doctoral Research in Aeronautics
California Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
Auburn University
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Florida
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Florida

APPOINTMENTS

2002 - Present:                            Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
                                                     University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Mechanical/Structural Engineer, 1989 - 1997
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Nuclear Services Division, Pensacola, FL

Responsibilities

Perform Stress Analysis and Fracture Mechanics of reactor vessel internals, steam generator internals and pressure boundaries.

Perform seismic and vibration analysis.

Write stress analysis reports to be submitted to customers and government agencies.

Conduct tests to support analysis.

Design steam generator components.

Provide technical support to utilities customers.

Evaluate, prescribe modifications, and design lifting fixtures used in manufacturing.

Perform 2 and 3-D finite element static, thermal, modal, harmonic response, and dynamic transient analyses on linear and non-linear systems.

Assess effects of power plant rerating.

Reconcile manufacturing deviations with original design specifications.

Position also required extensive knowledge of computer programming and of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel, Section III and Section XI code.

 

Private Engineering Consultant, 1997 – 2000

Auburn, AL

 

Provided engineering consulting services to industries and businesses throughout the state on pressure vessel and design issues.

REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER

TEACHING RECORD

Mechanics of Materials and Machine Design Laboratories, Spring 1998

Machine Design, Fall 2000

Mechanical Engineering Experimentation, Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Fracture Mechanics, Spring 2003

Dynamics, Spring 2004

TRAINING EMPHASIS

Elasticity, Experimental Stress Analysis, Fracture Mechanics, Composite Materials, Theory of Plates, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Electronics Packaging, Applied Mathematics, Electron Microscopy.

Optics: Well versed in various optical methods such as Coherent Gradient Sensing, Twymann-Green interferometry, Mach-Zehnder Interferometry, Photoelasticity, Moiré.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Member, Society of Experimental Mechanics.
Member, American Geophysical Union.

REFERENCES

Graduate Advisors Dr. Hareesh V. Tippur Alumni Professor Mechanical Engineering 202 Ross Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 334-844-3327 htippur@eng.auburn.edu Dr. Jeffrey C. Suhling Quina Distinguished Professor  Mechanical Engineering 202 Ross Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 334-844-3332 jsuhling@eng.auburn.edu Dr. Bor Z. Jang Professor and Chairman Mechanical Engineering Dolve 114 North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-8836 Bor.Jang@ndsu.nodak.edu Dr. Stephen E. Stuckwisch Assistant Professor of Mathematics 218 Parker Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 334-844-4290 stuckse@mail.auburn.edu

Post-Doctoral Advisor Dr. Ares J. Rosakis Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics California Institute of Technology Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories 105-50 Pasadena, CA 91125 626-395-4523 rosakis@atlantis.caltech.edu