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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Faculty
Department Chair
PALUMBO, Robert D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and formerly Head: High Temperature
Solar Laboratory(1998-2004), Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland; Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota, 1987.
Thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and solar energy.
Faculty
DORIA, Michael L.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins
University, 1968.
Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, numerical methods, computational
fluid dynamics, and automatic control.
DUNCAN, G. Scott
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D
JOHNSON, Peter E.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.,Iowa State University,
2003.
Computational fluid dynamics, virtual reality in education, complex adaptive
systems, engineering service (national and international), developed technology
for developing populations, and sustainable energy design.
Peter.Johnson@valpo.edu
SCHOECH, William J.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1971; Registered
Professional Engineer -- Indiana.
Product design, production systems, manufacturing processes, computer
graphics, computer-aided design/manufacturing, robotics, computer numerical
control, and statistical process control.
SEVENER, Kathleen M.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of California
at Santa Barbara, 1999.
Materials, mechanics, materials processing, ceramics, composites and heat
transfer.
Kathy.Sevener@valpo.edu
STEFFEN, John R.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Alfred W. Sieving Chair of Engineering;
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1974; Registered Professional Engineer -- Indiana.
Finite-element techniques, mechanism synthesis and analysis, experimental
stress analysis, and mechanical design.
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