PERSONAL DATA

Date of Birth: October 23, 1936

Marital Status: Married: August 24, 1957

Wife: Wanda

Three Adult Children: Robert, Jr.; Rita; Randal

EDUCATIONAL DATA

Earned Degrees:

BS in Mechanical Engineering; University of Evansville; Evansville Indiana; 1958

MS in Mechanical engineering; University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland; 1962

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering; University of Maryland; College Park, Maryland; 1965

Additional Education:

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Continuum Mechanics and Tensor Calculus

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Finite Element Methods in Solids Mechanics

Imperial College of Science & Technology; London, England: Post Experience Course on Hydrostatic Extrusion

Pennsylvania State University: Metalworking Under High Pressures

University of Tennessee Space Institute: Applied Interactive Computer Graphics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Managing Systems of People and Machines for Improved Quality and Productivity

EMPLOYMENT PROFILE

IBM Consulting Scholar Program

Computers have changed the educational process on the nation's college and university campuses. Their effects are felt across all disciplines. To help disseminate significant advances in instructional computing, the International Business Machines Corporation initiated the IBM Consulting Scholar Program. IBM selected five scholars from the following universities/disciplines: Cornell/Humanities; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill/Mathematics; Pennsylvania State University/Education; University of Illinois/Chemistry; and the University of Missouri-Rolla/Engineering. These scholars took one-year leaves of absence from their university positions to study the fundamental direction computing is taking in their disciplines, to discuss strategies for the advancement of instruction with modern computing technology, and to assess pedagogical needs for the future. During my tenure as the IBM Consulting Scholar representing the engineering profession I visited and lectured at over 50 colleges and universities in the US and abroad, and I played a major role in developing and hosting a major Academic Computing Conference.

PROFESSIONAL DATA

Affiliations - current and past:

• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Missouri Academy of Science
• Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE)
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
• Registered Professional Engineer (Missouri) No. E14818

Honors:

• Phi Kappa Phi (Scholastic Honor Society)
• Tau Beta Pi (Honorary Engineering Fraternity)
• Pi Tau Sigma (Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity)
• Sigma Xi (Honorary Research Fraternity)
• Past Member - UMR Graduate and Doctoral Faculties

Awards:

• Outstanding Teaching Awards at UMR in 1970, 1976, 1978, 1997, 1998, 1999
• Faculty Excellence Award, 1999
• Outstanding Student Advisor Award, Alumni Association, 1999
• Outstanding Faculty Member Award, 1997, Sigma Chi
• Outstanding Faculty Member Award, 1999, Chi Omega
• Outstanding Assistant Professor Award at UMR (cash)
• American Society of Materials Testing National Award (cash)
• Patent Award (Navy, certificate and cash)
• Patent Award (UMR)
• Beneficial Suggestion Award (Navy, cash)
• Citizenship Award (Medal)
• Alumni Merit Award

ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dean, School of Engineering
University of Missouri-Rolla
(Written near the end of my term as Dean)

The School of Engineering involves six departments: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Management and Engineering Mechanics. Approximately 4000 undergraduate and 600 graduate students are enrolled in the School which makes UMR the 9th largest producer of B.S. degree engineers in the United States. The School has M.S. programs in St. Louis, Springfield, Jefferson City, and at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. These programs service approximately 700 students. The School of Engineering also hosts several national conferences and offers non-credit extension classes which attract several hundred visitors to the campus each year. The credit and non-credit extension programs operate with a current annual soft-dollar budget of 1.5 million dollars. During my tenure as dean, the School of Engineering has achieved several milestones. The most notable achievement has been the dramatic increase in private and state support that has been used primarily to develop new undergraduate engineering laboratories. The decision was made early in my tenure to form a strong alliance with industry and to focus their support on the enrichment of the undergraduate program. The stagnation of state support during the mid-eighties accented the importance of a viable university/industry partnership. Some of the specific examples of these achievement are:

• Acquired over 5.5 million dollars of industrial, State and federal support to establish a major computer-aided engineering program. IBM, as a consequence of the Consulting Scholar Program, made a major unrestricted gift.
  
  
• Developed a new Machines and Drives Lab and a Signal Processing Lab in Electrical Engineering utilizing over one million dollars in private support.
  
  
• Established a showcase Computer-Integrated Manufacturing and Packaging Lab in the Engineering Management building with significant support from industry.
  
  
• Played a lead role, with the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, to garner the political support necessary to introduce and pass legislation that established an Engineering Equipment Fund for the University. The Rolla campus has received over $2.7 million for the purchase of engineering equipment as a consequence of this action.
  
  
• Developed a Freshman Engineering Program for the campus to provide better advising and counseling service and to improve student retention.
  
  
• Established enrollment management procedures for the purpose of protecting program quality within the School of Engineering.
  
  
• Established an Engineering Honors Program.
  
  
• Established the Nation's first Ph.D. program in engineering management.
  
  
• Acquired the necessary funding to construct a new engineering management building.
  
  
• Established three new Institutes/Centers to promote interdisciplinary research and development in newly emerging areas. These centers and institutes are:

  The Intelligent Systems Center

  The Biochemical Processing Institute

  The Electric Motor Design Institute

• Established eight new "named" faculty positions.
  
  
• Developed a resident "Teaching Fellow" classification for highly qualified Ph.D. candidates.
  
  
• Achieved a several-fold increase in industrially sponsored research.

As dean, many contacts were made with various agencies and organizations. Examples of these interactions are:

Local Government

• Served as a founding member of the Board of Directors for the Missouri Enterprise Business Assistance Center.
  
  
• Established a City of Rolla sponsored student design award.

State Government

• Participate in the "Saturn Summit" Program at the invitation of Governor John Ashcroft.
  
  
• Developed a portion of the Saturn Proposal for the state of Missouri.
  
  
• Obtained a commitment from the State to provide $6 million in matching support to the University to help acquire the Engineering Systems Development Program sponsored by the Electronic Data Systems Corporation.
  
  
• Interacted with numerous State officials and testified at two legislative hearing regarding the Engineering Equipment Bill and the State bond issue for capital improvements.
  
  
• Participated in the Governor's Conference on International Trade at the invitation of Governor Ashcroft.

Federal Government

• Worked with the Committee on Science and Technology in Washington to obtain an additional $2.5 million for the support of research in thermochemical conversion technology (House of Representative Report No. 98-81).
  
  
• Worked with Congressman Ike Skelton and his staff to develop legislation for a forgivable loan program.
  
  

Professional Organizations

• Served as President of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers for 1991-92.
  
  
• Served (1988-90) on the Executive Committee of the Engineering Council. This Council represents all of the accredited engineering programs in the United States.
  
  
• Served (1989-90 as the chairman of the Graduate Studies Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
  
  
• Served as president of the Rolla Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.
  
  
• Served as president of the Rolla Chapter of Sigma Xi.
  
  
• Appointed to the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers Task Force on the Role of Engineers and engineering Educational Institutions in Missouri Developing High Tech and Industrial Economy. Elected chairman for 1984-85.
  
  
• Appointed to the National Society of Professional Engineers Engineering Education Task Force.
  
  
• Served as a member of the National Association of Universities and Land Grant Colleges Subcommittee on Engineering Education.
  
  
• Served on behalf of the American Council of Education as a reviewer of educational programs at the General Motors Technical Center.
  
  
• Served as an invited member of the North American Manufacturing Research Council.
  
  
• Served as Program Chairman of the Graduate Studies Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.
  
  
• Attended, as an invited participant, the National Academy of Engineers Conference on Issues in Engineering Education.
  
  
• Participated as an invited speaker at more than twelve major conferences sponsored by International Business Machines, Inc.
  
  
• Visited over fifty universities to give presentations and to discuss computing in higher education.

Industrial Interactions

• Orchestrated the development of a major proposal (approximately $100 million) for an Engineering Systems Development Program for the Electronic Data Systems Corporation. The intent of this effort was to develop a world-class educational program in computer integrated manufacturing. UMR was one of four finalists when EDS terminated the project.
  
  
• Interacted with several hundred engineers and managers at General Motors Corporation over a period of four months (1982) to determine existing deficiencies in engineering education and future needs and tools for practicing engineers.
  
  
• Delivered invited presentation at IBM, General Electric, and General Motors Corporation.
  
  

International Projects

• Served on a two-person evaluation team that reviewed programs at the University of Malawi-Polytechnic University.
  
  
• Conducted a Program Review at the Kassem Bundit College, Bangkok, Thailand.
  
  
• Visited several companies in Saudi Arabia to promote the Boeing/UMR Engineering Management Program.
  
  
• Visited schools and companies in Norway and Sweden as part of a Rotary Friendship Exchange Team.
  

Instructional Software Development Center

The Instructional Software Development center was founded in 1995 to focus the efforts of a cross-section of faculty-students, and skilled programmers to create and acquire appropriate multimedia tools that can be used to produce quality instructional/learning software programs in a timely fashion. It is our firm belief that these instructional programs will: a) provide a new visual and interactive dimension for instruction; b) enhance the learning process and shift more responsibility for learning to the students; c) increase the effectiveness and productivity of our faculty; and d) provide the needed educational tools for delivering distance education. Statics On-Line and the BEST (Basic Educational Software for Teaching) Software series are examples of ISDC products.

ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Teaching

Undergraduate Level: Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, Vibrations, Materials Testing, Materials Science, Thermodynamics and Engineering Graphics.

Graduate Level: Numerical Methods of Mechanics, Finite Element Methods I and II*, Theory of Plasticity I and II*, Theory of Elasticity, Theory of Plates, Continuum Mechanics*, Energy Methods and Special Topics.

*New courses developed by the author.

Invited Lectures:

University of Iowa, Washington University, Pennsylvania State University, Caterpillar Tractor Company (Peoria, Illinois), Chillicothe High School Science Club (Missouri), Pennsylvania Modern Metal Forming short course, Florida International University, University of Missouri-Rolla (8 short courses and 2 departmental seminars), Center for Professional Development (Pennsylvania).

Short Courses Directed:

Finite Element Methods in Engineering (1969); Metalworking Under Pressure (1972).

Funded Research

Mazoon College for Management and Applied Sciences; 5-year contract to assist with the establishment of the College. Involves several visits to Oman and weekly exchange of information needed to start a new college.

GAANN Fellowships, with Ann Miller, et. al., Department of Education

Developing Introductory Engineering Simulation Software, Halliburton Foundation

Utilization of High Pressure Forming for Converting Waste Glass into Usable Structural Elements, Bureau of Mines

Weld Test Program, Missouri Public Service Commission

Study of Performance of Six Inch Aldyn (P.E.) Pipe, Missouri Public Service Commission

Investigation of a Variable Viscosity Fluid Flow Through Circular Ducts, National Science Foundation

Determination of High-Pressure Forming Capabilities of Titanium, McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Analysis of Skirted Vessels, Nooter Corporation

Finite Element Analysis of Split-Set Friction Rock Stabilizers, Bureau of Mines

Rupture of Freon Containers; Hamilton, Inc.

Computer Analysis of Bourdon Tubes, Pressure Technology

Research Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Testing and Performance Validation of PVC Plastic Pipe, Missouri Public Service Commission

Analysis of Fan Belt Stresses, Dayco Corporation

Pressure Distribution in Powder Compactions, Olin Corporation

Thermal Expansion of Nickel-Clad Iron Wire, GTE Sylvania

Finite Element Analysis of the Cahokia Dam, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Analysis of a High-Pressure Container, Pressure Technology Corporation of America

Analysis of a Pile Connector for North Sea Drilling Platform, Marathon Oil Company

Single and Multiple Author Publications

"An Analysis of the Stress Distribution Under Elastically Deformable Bridgman-Type Pressure Anvils," Pressure Technology Session, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, New York (1964), Paper No. 64-WA/PT-27

"A Plastic Stress Analysis of Cylindrical Wafers Under Elastically Deformable Compression Plates," Metals Engineering Conference, ASME, Houston, Texas (1967), Paper No. 6-MET-10. Also published in the transactions of the ASME Journal of Basic Engineering

"Formulation of Pressure Dependent Yield and Fracture Surfaces for Select Engineering Materials," Research Session, SESA Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1966)

"Circumferential Welds in Multilayer Pressure Vessels," 1970 Winter Annual Meeting, ASME, New York, Paper No. 70-WA/PVP-6

"Macroscopic Model of Material Behavior Under Variable Pressures," International Colloquium on the Physics of Solids Under Pressure, Grenoble, France, September, 1969

"Effects of Elevated Pressure and Temperature on Notched Tensile Specimens," 1970 SESA Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Paper No. 1735

"The Use of Hydrostatic Extrusion for Reclaiming Waste Glass and Plastics," Symposium on Technology for the Future to Control Industrial and Urban Wastes, 1971

"Finite Element Analysis of Pressure Vessels," 1971 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Washington, Paper No. 71-WA/PT-10

"Effects of Cold Working Under Pressure on Subsequent Yield," 1971 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Washington, Paper No. 71-WA/HT 11

"Forming of 7075-T6 Aluminum in High Pressure Environments," 1971 ASMA Winter Annual Meeting, Washington, Paper No. 71-WA/HT-11

"Fatigue Analysis of a Cladded Multilayer Pressure Vessel," 1971 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Washington, Paper No. 71-WA/HT-21

"Extrusion - A Means of Recycling Waste Plastic and Glass," Third Mineral Waste Utilization Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1972

"A Study of the Effects of pressure Induced Viscosity Changes on the Fluid Flow Characteristics in a Circular Tube," published in the AIAA Journal, Volume II, No. 7, July, 1973

"Plastic Deformation of Thin Plates with a Spherical Indenter," Missouri Academy of Science, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April 1972

"Tubular Extrusions," 1974 Winter Annual Meeting of ASME

"A Yield and Fracture Model for Titanium," 1974 Winter Annual Meeting of ASME

"An Investigation of the Work-Hardening Hypothesis for Non-Virgin Materials," 11th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Sciences, Inc., Durham, North Carolina

"The Mechanical Behavior of 6061-T651 Aluminum," AIAA Journal, Volume 13, No. 12, December, 1975

"Analysis of Split-Set Friction Rock Stabilizers," International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 1978

"The Effect of Backward Extrusion on Materials Properties," Sixth North American Metalworking Research Conference, April 1978

"Finite Element Analysis of Round to Square Extrusion Processes," Sixth North American Metalworking Research Conference, April, 1978

"Finite Element Analysis of Bourdon Tubes," ASME Spring Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1978

"Development of a Friction Element for Metalforming Analyses," Second International Conference on Lubrication Challenges in Metalworking and Processes, Chicago, Illinois, 1979

"A Quadratic Finite Element for the Three-Dimensional Convective Transport Equation," 1979 National Heat Transfer Conference

"Thernal Analysis of In-Situ Conversion of Coal," Advances in Coal Utilization Technology IV, 1981

"Development of a Friction Element for Metal Forming Analysis," ASME, Paper, No. 82-Prod-6, 1982

"Revamping a School of Engineering From the Bottom Up," Academic Computing, September, 1987

"Development of an Engineering Dynamics Class Using ToolBook," May, 1993

"Using Multimedia and Simulations to Teach Total Quality Management," 1999 International Conference on Simulation and Multimedia in Engineering Education

"Integration of Video, Simulation and The World Wide Web," 2000 International Conference on Simulation and Multimedia in Engineering Education

"Designing Effective Web-Based Learning Environments Using the Keller Plan and Media-Friendly Tools," American Society for Engineering Education, 2000 Annual Conference

Directed Research

MS Students - Advisor

"Comparison of Plastic Stress-Strain Material Properties as Determined from Conventional Experiments," Wen-Mo Chen, 1966

"Plastic Deformation of Thin Plates with a Spherical Indenter," Benjamin Chang, 1967

"Effects of Pressure on the Mechanical Properties of Magnesium," Joseph Hoeg, 1968

"A Study of the Effects of Pressure-Inducted Viscosity Changes on the Fluid Flow Characteristics in a Circular Tube," Robert Weber, 1970

"Hydrostatic Extrusion of Tubular Products," John Roth, 1971

"An Analysis of Split Rings," Jack Strosnider, Jr, 1976

"Finite Element Analysis of Bolted Tubular Connections," Darrel Lee, 1978

"Development of a Quadratic Finite Element Solution of the Convective-Transport Equation," David Dillard, 1978

MS Students - Advisory Committee

Engineering Mechanics - 45
Mechanical Engineering - 5
Civil Engineering - 2
Computer Science - 2
Chemical Engineering - 2
Metallurgical Engineering - 1
Mining Engineering - 1

Ph.D. Students - Advisor

"An Investigation of Subsequent Yield Surfaces," Joseph Hoeg, 1971

"A Yield and Fracture Model for Ti-6A1-4V Titanium and 7075-T651 Aluminum," Richard Pendelton, 1972

"The Effects of Elevated Pressure and Temperature on 6061-T651 Aluminum," Patrick Davidson, 1974

"A Finite Element Method for Three-Dimensional Analysis of Metalforming" Nuguyen Don Phu, 1974

"A Three-Dimensional Analysis of Extrusion and Metalforming by the Finite Element Method," William Webster, 1978

Ph.D. Students - Advisory Committee

Mechanical Engineering - 12
Mathematics - 3
Mining Engineering - 3
Engineering Management - 3
Civil Engineering - 2
Chemical Engineering - 2
Ceramic Engineering - 2
Nuclear Engineering - 1
Computer Science - 1

Research Conferences

1980 North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC VIII), University of Missouri-Rolla, Co-Chairman

19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Sciences, University of Missouri-Rolla (October, 1982), Co-Chairman

Service

• School of Engineering Executive Committee (Chairman)
• Planning and Advisory Committee (Chairman)
• Graduate Faculty Council Committee (Chairman)
• Selection Committee for District Lecturer Committee
• Dean of Engineering Search and Screening Committee (Chairman)

Campus-Wide Committees:

• Graduate Faculty Council
• Graduate Faculty Advisory Committee (Chairman)
• Graduate Faculty Membership Committee (Chairman)
• Campus Promotion and Tenure Committee
• Chancellor Search Committee (Chairman)
• Dean of Graduate Studies Screening Committee (Chairman)
• Registrar Screening Committee
• Woman of the Year Selection Committee

National Committees:

• ASME Committee on Pressure Measurement Research
• ASME Committee on Metalworking Under Pressure (Secretary)
• Organizing Committee for the Joint US-USSR Symposium on Metalworking Under Pressure

University-Wide Activities

Doctoral Faculty Council: This council was composed of the four graduate school deans, the Vice President of Academic Affairs and eight elected members from the doctoral faculties of the four campuses. Elected to this council twice and served as chairman for one year.

Presidential Screening Committee: Served as the UMR Campus representative.

President's State Revenue Increase Planning Committee.

Other Activities

Member:

Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce (Past Member)

Rolla Rotary Club

Board of Directors:

University of North Carolina Institute for Academic Technology (1989-92)

DemMaTec Manufacturing Facility (1985-94)

Billings Energy Corporation (1981-84)

Center for Technology Development (1983-87)

Missouri Incutech Foundation - Missouri Enterprise (1985-92; Treasurer, 1987)

Production Credit Association (1975-78)

Rotary Club, 1985-89; President, 1988-89

Advisor:

UMR Campus Club (1968-1986)

Phelps County Extension Council - Elected Position

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE