Patrick F. Dunn, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor of aerospace and
mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, where he
has been a faculty member since 1985. Prior to 1985, he was a
mechanical engineer at Argonne National Laboratory from 1976 to
1985 and a postdoctoral fellow at
1976. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering
from
over 160 scientific journal and refereed symposia publications and
a licensed professional engineer in
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics. He is the recipient of departmental, college, and
university teaching awards.
Professor Dunn's scientific expertise is in fluid mechanics and
microparticle behavior in flows. He is an experimentalist with over 40 years
of experience involving measurement uncertainty. He is the author of the texts
Introduction to Measurements and Data Analysis
(first edition by McGraw-Hill, 2005; second edition by Taylor & Francis / CRC Press, 2010),
Fundamentals of Sensors for Engineering and Science
(Taylor &Francis / CRC Press, 2011), and
Uncertainty Analysis for Forensic Science
with R.M. Brach (first and second editions by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, 2004 and 2009).
Further information about Prof. Dunn and his research activities is at AME - Dunn.
The link to his publications and patents is Journal Publications and Patents.
The link to his Measurements class (AME20213) is Introduction to Measurements and Data Analysis.