Research Expertise
| • | Dynamics of rigid and deformable bodies |
| • | Advanced computational methods in mechanics |
| • | Biomechanics |
| • | Simulation of multisegmented biosystems |
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Education
| • | Ph.D. | : | Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1986 |
| • | M.S. | : | Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1982 |
| • | B.S. | : | Mechanical Engineering, Texas A & M University, 1980 |
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Employment
| • | 1986-date | : | Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, The University of Arizona: Assistant Professor 1986-92; Associate Professor 1992-date; Associate Head for Undergraduate Studies 8/07-date |
| • | 1977-date | : | Biomedical Engineering Interdisciplinary Program, The University of Arizona: Member |
| • | 5/02-8/02 | : | American University of Armenia, Visiting Professor |
| • | 1/00-8/00 | : | Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research: Visiting Scientist (sabbatical) |
| • | 9/99-12/99 | : | University of Southern California: Visiting Professor (sabbatical) |
| • | 1986-date | : | Applied Mathematics Program, The University of Arizona: Member |
| • | 3/93-95 | : | American University of Armenia, Yerevan: Visiting Associate Professor 3/93-8/93; Associate Director, Engineering Research Center, 1993-95 |
| • | 6/86-8/86 | : | Garrett Corporation, Torrance, California: Mechanical Design Engineer |
| • | 1981-86 | : | Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California: Research and Teaching Assistant |
| • | 1984-86 | : | Physical Education, University of California: Consultant |
| • | 1981-84 | : | Adelberg Laboratories, Encino, California: Engineering Consultant |
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Honors and Awards
| • | NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2003 and 2004 |
| • | Biographee in Dictionary of International Biography, 1995-date |
| • | Biographee in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1991-date |
| • | Boeing A. D. Welliver Faculty Fellowship, 1997 |
| • | NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990 |
| • | ARCO Corporation Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 1981 |
| • | Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society, 1980 |
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Courses Taught (since 2000)
| • | AME 250 | : | Dynamics |
| • | AME 324a | : | Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials |
| • | AME 324b | : | Engineering Component Design |
| • | AME 352 | : | Dynamics of Machines |
| • | AME 412b | : | Mechanical Engineering Design [coordinator] |
| • | AME 413a/b | : | Mechanical Engineering Design Lab [supervised projects] |
| • | AME 460 | : | Mechanical Vibrations |
| • | AME 461 | : | Finite Element Methods |
| • | AME 463 | : | Finite Element Methods with ANSYS |
| • | AME 550 | : | Advanced Dynamics |
| • | ENGR 102 | : | Introduction to Engineering |
| • | ENGR 211I | : | Engineering Science Module - Dynamics |
| • | ENGR 498a | : | Cross-Disciplinary Design [supervised projects] |
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Professional Societies
| • | ASME | : | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
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Research Grants (since 2000)
| • | Advanced Engineering Dynamics with MATLAB, College of Engineering, University of Arizona, 6/1/99-12/31/01. |
| • | Basic Engineering Dynamics, GE Foundation, 6/1/99-12/31/01, |
| • | Testing and Mitigation of Vibration in the RMC Ultramicrotome, RMC Corp., 9/15/99-6/15/00. |
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Consulting (since 2000)
| • | Bioptics, Inc. |
| • | Raytheon Company |
| • | RMC Corporation |
| • | U. S. Government |
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