CONTINUUM MECHANICS for ENGINEERS

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G. Thomas Mase, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
Kettering University (formerly GMI Engineering & Management Institute),
Flint, Michigan. Dr. Mase received his B.S. degree from Michigan State University
in 1980 from the Department of Metallurgy, Mechanics, and Materials
Science. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1982 and 1985, respectively,
from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
California, Berkeley. Immediately after receiving his Ph.D., he worked for
two years as a senior research engineer in the Engineering Mechanics Department
at General Motors Research Laboratories. In 1987, he accepted an assistant
professorship at the University of Wyoming and subsequently moved to
Kettering University in 1990. Dr. Mase is a member of numerous professional
societies including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of
Automotive Engineers, American Society of Engineering Education, Society
of Experimental Mechanics, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi, and others. He received
an ASEE/NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship in 1990 and 1991 to work at
NASA Lewis Research Center. While at the University of California, he twice
received a distinguished teaching assistant award in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include design with explicit
finite element simulation. Specific areas include golf equipment design and
vehicle crashworthiness.
George E. Mase, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor, Department of Metallurgy,
Mechanics, and Materials Science (MMM), College of Engineering, at Michigan
State University. Dr. Mase received a B.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering
(1948) from the Ohio State University, Columbus. He completed his Ph.D. in
Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI),
Blacksburg, Virginia (1958). Previous to his initial appointment as Assistant
Professor in the Department of Applied Mechanics at Michigan State University
in 1955, Dr. Mase taught at Pennsylvania State University (instructor),
1950 to 1951, and at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (assistant professor),
1951 to 1954. He was appointed associate professor at Michigan State
University in 1959 and professor in 1965, and served as acting chairperson of
the MMM Department, 1965 to 1966 and again in 1978 to 1979. He taught as
visiting assistant professor at VPI during the summer terms, 1953 through
1956. Dr. Mase holds membership in Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi. His research
interests and publications are in the areas of continuum mechanics, viscoelasticity,
and biomechanics.