Mandell and Lester Rosenblatt Professor of Marine Engineering
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1965
M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 1968
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1976
- Mandel & Lester Rosenblatt Professor of Marine Engineering, 2000 – Present
- Professor of Marine Engineering, 1992 – 2000
- Dean and Professor of Marine Engineering, 1987 – 1992
- Head of Engineering, US Merchant Marine Academy, 1982 – 1987
- Marine Engineering Dept. Head, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1978 – 1982
- Ensign through lieutenant commander, tours of duty included chief engineer of a guided missile destroyer, and docking officer at Charleston Naval Shipyard, U.S. Navy, 1965 – 1978
- Materials Science
- Thermodynamics
- Dynamics
- Engineering Economics
- Marine Engineering V (renumbered as IV in 2007)
- Science Laboratory (lab for Materials Science)
- Chemistry Laboratory
- “Finite Element Analysis in Heat Transfer,” submitted for consideration to Computers in Education Journal.
- “Using CAD to Analyze Journal Bearing Friction,” submitted for consideration to Computers in Education Journal.
- “Using CAD to Help Students Learn Statics,” accepted for publication in Computers in Education Journal.
- “Heat Exchanger Design,” presentation at the November 10, 2011 meeting of the New York Metro Section of SNAME.
- “COGAS Propulsion for LNG Ships,” Journal of Marine Science and Application, vol. 10, no.2, June 2011, p. 175.
- “Transient Heat Conduction in a Sphere,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XX, no. 4, October – December 2010, p 1.
- “Lecture Visuals from a 3-D CAD Program,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 4, October – December 2009, p 63.
- “Alternative Computer Solution Methods for Free and Forced Vibrations,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 3, July-September 2009, p. 66.
- “The Speed of Sound in Steam,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 2, April – June 2009, p. 93.
- “Iron-Iron Carbide Phase Diagrams in Mathcad,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 2, April – June 2009, p. 60.
- Mock ABET Visit, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Columbia, 2014
- SHIPPING Insight 2013
- Combined Cycle User Group 2012
- Combined Cycle User Group 2011
- Mock ABET Visit, ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 2013
- Fellow of Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology
- Fellow of Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- Distinguished Service Award, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 2001
- Centennial Certificate, American Society for Engineering Education
- Centennial Medallion, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- Best Teacher Award at Merchant Marine Academy, 1987
- Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
- Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Faculty Honor Committee, Chair
- Admissions Committee, 1978 – 2013
- ABET Board of Directors, 2005 – 2008
- ABET EAC, 1991 – 1997 and 2000 – 2005
- ABET TAC, 1988 – 1991
- ABET Board of Directors
- ABET International Visits as program evaluator and team chair
- SNAME Section Librarian
- SNAME Scholarships Committee
- ASEE OMED abstract reviewer