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(Iowa State University) Dr. Batson has significant research and development experience in compressor controls and is an expert in all aspects of patent prosecution. His current interests are in CFD of non-Newtonian fluids, signal processing for denoising, compressor controls, CFD algorithm development, alternative energies and improving pedagogy. Dr. Batson primarily teaches courses in the thermo-fluid sciences. Contact: 260.665.4238 or batsonb@tristate.edu
M.S., Ph.D. (University of Iowa) P.E. (Indiana) Dr. Bravo is an expert in industrial heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), heat transfer and thermal systems design. His current research focus is in micro-scale cooling of electronics. He is also the student section advisor for TSU’s chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and is frequently involved in the Mini-Baja car project in which students design and build a small dune-buggy to compete in an annual nationwide competition. He primarily teaches courses in the thermal-fluid sciences. Dr. Bravo is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Indiana. Contact : 260.665.4232 or bravor@tristate.edu
Assistant Professor M.S. (Istanbul University) M.S., Ph.D. (University of Missouri-Rolla) CMfgE, CQE Dr. Ertekin received his BS. degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ). Then, he attended the Business School of Istanbul University and received a MS degree in Production Management. After completing his military service in the Turkish Navy, he worked for Chrysler Truck Manufacturing Company in Turkey as a project engineer. He received dual MS. degrees in Engineering Management and Mechanical engineering in 1993 at University of Missouri Rolla. He worked for Toyota Motor Corporation as a quality assurance engineer for two years and lived in Toyota City, Japan for four months during that time. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of Missouri-Rolla in 1999. While working on his Ph.D. dissertation, he worked as a quality engineer for Lumbee Enterprises in St. Louis, Missouri. His first teaching position was at the Architectural and Manufacturing sciences department of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green-Kentucky. He came to Tri-State University in 2003 to teach mainly graduate courses in Master of Science in Engineering Technology (MSET) program as well as undergraduate courses in engineering technology and mechanical engineering. His area of expertise is in manufacturing processes, CAD/CAM, CNC machining, quality control and dimensional metrology. His research interest is in sensor based CNC machining, machine tool accuracy enhancement, cutting tool wear, machining process optimization, lean manufacturing, design for manufacturing and Quality Control. He likes very much living in Angola and enjoys the surrounding lakes and parks. High performance cars including Formula 1 racing, swimming, soccer and bicycle riding are among some of his hobbies. He is married and has one daughter Aylin (seven years old).
Associate Professor and Chair Dr. Flocker is an expert in machine design and structural dynamics. He has industrial experience in the design of electric power generation equipment and in the analysis of offshore and subsea structures. His current research interests include high-speed cam dynamics and high strain-rate material testing and modeling. He is also the student section advisor for TSU’s chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). For the past few years he has been involved in the Basic Utility Vehicle competition in which students design and build a small multi-purpose vehicle for developing countries. He teaches courses primarily in machine design and engineering sciences. Dr. Flocker is a Registered Professional Engineer in the states of Missouri, Colorado, and Indiana. Contact: 260.665.4233 or flockerf@tristate.edu
Allen School of Engineering
M.S. (Massachusetts
Institute Ph.D. (University of Maryland) Dr. Roger Hawks is the dean of the Allen School of Engineering and Technology. On the faculty for 29 years, he has received numerous awards from Tri-State University, including the Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Teacher Award, McKetta-Smith Outstanding Teacher, Moore Award for Teaching, and the Barrenbrugge Award for Faculty Excellence. Hawks has a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati, a Master of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a doctor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland. In the last five years, Hawks has served as a faculty adviser to AIAA, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Gamma Tau. He has also chaired the Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee. In addition to his time at TSU, Hawks has taught engineering at the Clarkson College of Technology and the University of Maryland, and has worked with NASA and as a consultant in automobile racing. His special areas of interest include machine design, vehicle dynamics, and vehicle design. A member of the Baseball Science Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research he has taught Honors Seminars on various baseball topics. Contact: 260. 665.4228 or hawksr@tristate.edu
Dr. Kiefer is an expert in mechatronics, the integration of mechanical devices and electronics. He is the developer of TSU’s very popular mechatronics course, which is offered each spring. For the past few years Dr. Kiefer has been involved in the design of firefighting robots, a student competition in which students design and build autonomous robots capable of locating and extinguishing fires in buildings. He is also is the student section advisor for TSU’s Habitat for Humanity chapter, an international group that helps build houses for the needy. Dr. Kiefer teaches courses primarily in machine design and computer-aided engineering design. Contact: 260.665.4230 or kiefers@tristate.edu  Dr.
Susan A. LantzAssociate Professor B.S., M.S. (University of Kentucky) Ph.D. (University of Illinois-Chicago) Expertise: Orthopedic biomechanics, structural mechanics, finite element analysis. Dr. Lantz is an expert in orthopedic biomechanics, the application of the principles of mechanics to the human body. She has spent more than 25 years experimentally determining injury mechanisms of the spine and also has significant experience testing the strength and/or stability of medical devices, particularly spinal fixation devices and prosthetics. She is also the student section advisor for TSU's chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), as well as a past chair of the society's national Women in Academia committee and a past member of _SWE Magazine's_ editorial board. Dr. Lantz primarily teaches courses in mechanics and machine design. In addition to published articles based on engineering, structural mechanics, and biomechanics, she is the author (under a nom de plume) of five comedy of manners novels (à la Jane Austen) and two novellas set in England in the early 19th century, as well as articles on various aspects of life in Regency Britain. Contact: 260.665.4229 or lantzs@tristate.edu Dr. A dedicated teacher, Dr. Lin strives to integrate broader critical thinking skills and social impacts into selected core technical materials. Dr. Lin creates a learning environment in which carefully selected lectures, laboratory experiments, and real life engineering challenges form a “maze”, so that students will be active explorers, not passive information absorbers. Dr. Lin has also served as a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. In addition to teaching, he enjoys doing advanced research and publishing research papers. He is also a member of the ASME Intelligent Systems Panel and helps to organize sections in the annual ASME international mechanical engineering congress and exposition (IMECE). In his spare time, he likes soccer and playing with his young children. Contact:
260.665.4187 or linf@tristate.edu
P.E. (Missouri) Dr. Swenson came to Tri-State University after teaching at the University of Iowa, University of Missouri, Stirling University (Scotland) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Swenson enjoys the direct contact with students and the closeness between the students and faculty in the small institution, small-town environment. Although officially retired since 1998, Dr. Swenson is still very active at TSU, teaching courses in mechanical engineering, geology, and astronomy. In his spare time, Dr. Swenson enjoys traveling with his wife Jan to visit their three children and five grandchildren. Contact: 260.665.4229 or swensonf@tristate.edu
M.S. (University of Montana) Professor Webber is an expert in foundry practices and metallurgy and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Rolla. He is the student section advisor for TSU’s chapters of the American Foundry Society, the Materials Society, and the American Society for Metals. Professor Webber is active in the Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF), a group dedicated to providing a steady supply of trained engineers for the foundry industry. Professor Webber is the FEF Key Professor at TSU, a role that helps maintain TSU’s acclaim as one of the top two metallurgy programs in the nation. Professor Webber teaches courses primarily in the metallurgy field. Contact: 260.665.4235 or webberd@tristate.edu |
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