Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Faculty and Staff

Address:
101 Engineering and Computing Center
Saint Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498

Faculty

Professor
Ph.D. 1993, University of Cincinnati
Exploiting interactions between mechanical design, material science, and manufacturing processes for product design and/or failure analysis including applications in the biomedical, aerospace, and computer industries. Specific areas include materials selection, solid mechanics, fatigue and failure analysis, finite element methods, stress analysis, composite materials, and manufacturing processes. Laboratory experience includes uniaxial/biaxial servo hydraulic mechanical testing, optical/SEM/AFM microscopy, material process simulations, fractography, and LabVIEW software.

Professor
Master of Engineering Management Program
Ph.D. 1999, Swinburne, Australia
Manufacturing engineering and engineering management, computer integrated manufacturing.

Associate Professor
Ph.D. 2003, Purdue University
Manufacturing process, materials processing, CAD/CAM,CAPP metrology/instrumentation, precision engineering, nano-technology, and fixture/tool design, machine/tool design.

Professor, Director - Master of Engineering Management Program
Ph.D. 2008, Eastern Michigan University
Lean manufacturing, Delphi technique, curriculum development, trends and improvements in online teaching systems.

Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Computational multiphase/multi-scale flow, particulate transport, particle collision and adhesion, computation methods in high speed energy production (biofuel combustion), sustainable energy systems and energy efficiency characterizations, aerosol/air pollution, nanoparticle/nanotube suspensions in spin coating, and to biotechnologies

Professor
Ph.D. 1990, Michigan Technological University
Control systems, machine controls, automated machine design, robotic systems design and control, robust control, quality engineering, design of experiments, robust product design.