Vita

Short vita (pdf)

1961 B. Dr. John Warner Hospital Clinton, Illinois
1979 Diploma Wapella High School Wapella, Illinois
1983 BSME University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Bronze Tablet former Dept. Mech. Ind. Eng.
1985 MSME University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign former Dept. Mech. Ind. Eng.
Advisor: Herman Krier
1985 Visiting Scientist former Naval Weapons Center China Lake, California
1986 Teaching Fellow University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign former Dept. Mech. Ind. Eng.
1987 Visiting Student Cornell University former Dept. Theo. Appl. Mechanics
1988 Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign former Dept. Mech. Ind. Eng.
Advisor: Herman Krier
Advisor: D. Scott Stewart
1988 Visiting Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign former Dept. Mech. Ind. Eng.
1989-1995 Assistant Professor University of Notre Dame Dept. Aero. Mech. Eng.
1990 NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field (former NASA Lewis) Propulsion Systems Technology Branch
1991 NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field (former NASA Lewis) former Aerothermochemistry Branch
1995 AFOSR Summer Faculty Research Associate Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB Munitions Directorate
1995-2008 Associate Professor University of Notre Dame Dept. Aero. Mech. Eng.
1998-2003 Guest Scientist (summers) Los Alamos National Laboratory DX-2, D-5
2005 Guest Scientist (summer) Argonne National Laboratory Chemistry Division
2006-2007 Kaneb Faculty Fellow University of Notre Dame Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
2006-2008 Concurrent Associate Professor University of Notre Dame Dept. Mathematics
2008-2010 Concurrent Professor University of Notre Dame Dept. Mathematics
2008- Professor University of Notre Dame Dept. Aero. Mech. Eng.
2009- Guest Scientist (summer) Chinese Academy of Sciences Lab. Sci. Eng. Comput.
2010- Concurrent Professor University of Notre Dame Dept. Appl. Comp. Math. and Stat.
2012-2017 Associate Chair University of Notre Dame Dept. Aero. Mech. Eng.
2012-2018 Director of Undergraduate Studies University of Notre Dame Dept. Aero. Mech. Eng.


This page maintained by J. M. Powers. Send me your inquiries.