MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY

Department Chair

 

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

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.

Michael.Doria@valpo.edu

DUNCAN, G. Scott

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Florida, 2006.

Vibrations, machine tool dynamics, rotor dynamics, and high speed machining.

Scott.Duncan@valpo.edu

GOEHLER, Craig M.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2007.

Kinematics, dynamics of mechanisms, and robotics.

Craig.Goehler@valpo.edu

NUDEHI, Shahin S.

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2005.

Mechatronics, system modeling and control, DC motors, vibration suppression, and robotics.

Shahin.Nudehi@valpo.edu

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.


Robert.Palumbo@valpo.edu

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.


John.Steffen@valpo.edu