Faculty Expertise Guide - College of Engineering - Virginia Tech

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College of engineering faCulty expertise listing 2010-2012 E-mail: kraige@vt.edu Specialty: Engineering Mechanics Education, Statics, Dynamics, Vibration, Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control Expertise: Development of course software for statics, dynamics, mechanics of deformable bodies, and vibrations; authoring engineering mechanics textbooks; curriculum design Examples of Funding Sources: State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, National Science Foundation, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ENGINEERING EDUCATION Name: Vinod K. Lohani Department: Engineering Education and Environmental Engineering Office Phone: 540-231-9545 FAX: 540-231-6903 E-mail: vlohani@vt.edu URL: www.enge.vt.edu Specialty: Engineering Education, Hydrology and Water Resources, Interdisciplinary Research Applications: Web-based decision support system for watershed management; energy use in water supply and treatment; introduction of sustainability and systems concepts at freshman level; reformulations of engineering curriculum using educational theories; assessment in engineering education; technology integration in engineering instruction; undergraduate research; design in freshman year; internationalization of freshman engineering courses; design of study abroad experiences and international collaboration in engineering education Expertise: Hydrologic modeling; drought analysis; engineering education research Examples of Funding Sources: National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Education, Virginia Water Resources Research Center ENGINEERING EDUCATION Name: Tom Walker Department: Engineering Education Office Phone: 540-231-9539 FAX: 540-231-6903 E-mail: twalker@vt.edu Specialty: Use of Educational Technologies in Engineering Education Applications: Modern engineering classrooms; distance-learning; computer-enhanced learning ENGINEERING EDUCATION Early Design, Freshman Programs, Graduate Programs, Learning Systems Name: Odis Hayden Griffin, Jr. Department: Engineering Education Office Phone: 540-231-6555 FAX: 540-231-6903 E-mail: griffin@vt.edu URL: www.enge.vt.edu/People/faculty/Profiles/griffin.html Specialty: Design and Assessment of Engineering Education, Courses and Programs, Early Design, Freshman Programs, Design of Learning Environments, Failure Analysis, Mechanical System Performance Analysis Applications: All educational settings; design and analysis of mechanical parts; consulting in the area of failure of mechanical systems, including, but not limited to, automotive equipment, construction equipment, and power tools, including safety features and performance; industrial training Expertise: Engineering education, including course and curriculum design, including ABET considerations; theory and application of closed form solutions and finite element analysis to 47
College of engineering faCulty expertise listing 2010-2012 solid mechanics problems; postmortem analysis of mechanical systems Examples of Funding Sources: National Science Foundation ENGINEERING MECHANICS see Biomedical Engineering, Grant ENGINEERING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION Name: Bevlee A. Watford Department: Engineering Education Office Phone: 540-231-3244 FAX: 540-231-1831 E-mail: deuce@vt.edu Expertise: Student recruitment and retention; K-12 outreach; diversity; student support programs Examples of Funding Sources: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, National Science Foundation, NASA, Alltria, Northrup Grumman, Nucor ENGINES see Aerodynamics, Telionis Energy Conversion, Ekkad ENVIRONMENT see also Agriculture, Dillaha Air Pollution, Marr Fluid Dynamics, Puri Water, Moglen ENVIRONMENT Name: W. Cully Hession Department: Biological Systems Engineering Office Phone: 540-231-9480 FAX: 540-231-3199 E-mail: chession@vt.edu Specialty: Fluvial Geomorphology and Aquatic Ecosystem Linkages, Watershed Hydrology Applications: Research and consulting to quantifying physical characteristics of streams and their relationships to aquatic ecosystem health; develop and review stream/river restoration designs; watershed management; constructed wetlands for pollution abatement Expertise: Emphasis on cross-disciplinary stream and wetland research, relating physical processes (hydrology/hydraulics/ sediment transport) to aquatic habitat Examples of Funding Sources: National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-STAR, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service and Agricultural Research Service, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation ENVIRONMENT Name: John Novak Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Office Phone: 540-231-6132 FAX: 540-231-7916 E-mail: jtnov@vt.edu Specialty: Bioremediation, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Hazardous Waste Treatment, Sludge Treatment, Solid Waste Management Applications: Advanced anaerobic digestion processes for the reduction of solids and odors; treatment of contaminated sites including waste petroleum products, creosote, chlorinated solvents and industrial chemicals; studies of the benefits of landfill bioreactors; sludge conditioning and dewatering processes and the economical application of conditioning chemicals Expertise: Advanced sludge digestion for improved solids destruction and reduction of odor causing compounds; treatment 48
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