Biographical Sketch
Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1994
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1990
Positions
Held:
- Professor of Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvia State University, 2007-Present
- Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, 2000-2007
- Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994-2000
- Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1996
- American Society of Precision Engineers Director Award, 2005
- Joel and Ruth Spira Teaching Award, 2003
- Premier Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 2002
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1998
- NSF Faculty Career Award, 1997
- Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Year, 1996
- Lawrence J. Perez Memorial Student Advocate Award, 1996
- R&D 100 Award, 1994
- MIT Carl T. Sontheimer Award for excellence in graduate research, 1993
- A. G. Friedrich Memorial Award for excellence in design, 1992
- National Machine Tool Builders Association Scholarship, 1990
- American Society of Mechanical Engineering Scholarship, 1990
- General Motors Scholarship, 1989
- James W. Bayne Award, 1989
Affiliations:
- Machine Dynamics Research Lab
- American Society of Mechanical Engineering
- American Society of Precision Engineering