Design Automation Committee
Timothy W. Simpson, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Engineering Design
The Pennsylvania State University
314D Leonhard Building
University Park, PA 16802, USA
Phone: (814) 863-7136
Fax: (814) 863-4745
Email: tws8@psu.edu
URL: http://edog.mne.psu.edu/
Design Education
Prof. Gul Kremer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Engineering Design
The Pennsylvania State University
213-T Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-1530
E-mail: gek3@psu.edu
Design for Manufacturing
Edward P. Morse, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte NC, 28223
Phone: (704)-687-3345
Fax: (704)-687-6069
Email: emorse@uncc.edu
Design Theory and Methodology
Michael J. Scott, Ph.D. (07/07 - 06/08)
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Illinois
842 W. Taylor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Phone: (312) 996-4354
Email: mjscott@uic.edu
Fastening and Joining
Endel V. Iarve, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Engineer
University of Dayton Research Institute
300 College Park Avenue
Dayton, OH 45469-0168
Ph: (937) 255 9075
Fax: (937) 258 8075
Email: Endel.Iarve@wpafb.af.mil
Mechanisms and Robotics
Gordon R. Pennock
School of Mechanical Engineering
585 Purdue Mall
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2088
Phone: (765) 494-5728
Fax: (765) 494-0539
Email: pennock@ecn.purdue.edu
Micro & Nano Systems (MNS)
Laxman Saggere
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago
2039 Engineering Research Facility (M/C 251)
842 W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: (312) 413-1031
Fax: (312) 413-0447
Email: saggere@uic.edu
Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics
Kurt Anderson
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering (JEC 4006)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Phone: (518) 276-2339
Fax: (518) 276-2623
Email: anderk5@rpi.edu
Power Transmission and Gearing
Ahmet Kahraman, Ph.D.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ohio State University
650 Ackerman Road
Columbus, OH 43202
Phone: (614) 292-4678
Fax: (614) 292-3163
Email: kahraman.1@osu.edu
Reliability, Stress Analysis & Failure Prevention
Toshiyuki Sawa
Professor of Mechanical System Engineering
Hiroshima University, Japan
Phone and Fax: +81-82-424-7577
E-mail: sawa@mec.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Vehicle Design
Moustafa El-Gindy, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
The Pennsylvania State University
201 Research Office Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814)863-7930
FAX: (814)865-3039
Email: mxe15@psu.edu
Vibration and Sound
Dr. Chris Rahn (07/08 – 06/10)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
150A Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-6237
Fax: 814-863-7222
Email: cdrahn@psu.edu
