The Ohio State University

• Developed (as part of a team) and taught an Introduction to Engineering Laboratory (ENG 181) for first year undergraduate engineering students, centered on the study of the bicycle and camera as engineering structures.
• Developed and taught a second level graduate course in continuum thermomechanics (Engineering Mechanics/Mechanical Engineering 840). Prepared a complete, self-contained 239 page set of class notes.
• Developed and taught a graduate course in advanced elasticity (Mechanical Engineering 843). Prepared a complete, self-contained 120 page set of class notes.
• Developed and taught a graduate course in linear elasticity (Mechanical Engineering 740). Prepared a complete, self-contained 164 page set of class notes.
• Developed and taught an introductory graduate level course in continuum mechanics (Engineering Mechanics/Mechanical Engineering 743).
• Developed and taught a graduate course in elastic wave propagation (Engineering Mechanics/ Mechanical Engineering 833).
• Developed and taught a graduate course in non-linear dynamics (Engineering Mechanics/
• Mechanical Engineering 732).
• Developed and taught a graduate course in advanced engineering dynamics (Engineering Mechanics/Mechanical Engineering 711).
• Developed and taught a refresher session for undergraduate dynamics in preparation for the Professional Engineer examination (part of Mechanical Engineering 763).
• Taught undergraduate courses in particle and rigid body statics (Engineering Mechanics 210, 220, Mechanical Engineering H210, 400, 410), particle and rigid body dynamics (Engineering Mechanics 410, 430, Mechanical Engineering 430), and strength of materials (Engineering Mechanics 420, 440, Mechanical Engineering 440).

• Kuanchung J. Lin, dissertation title: “Modeling Viscoelastic Jets,” 1988.
• Dongbu Cao, dissertation title: “Modeling of Nonisothermal Channel Flows and Elongational Flows in Polymer Processes,” 1995.
• Samir K. Naboulsi, dissertation title: “Modeling the Manufacturing of Industrial Heterofilaments,” 1995.
• V. Venkataramanan, dissertation title: “Material Characterization in Elongational Flows,” 1997.
• Hsien-fu Hsiao, dissertation title: “Mechanical Behavior and Heat Transfer in Polymer Fiber Melt-Spinning and Drawing Processes,” 1997.
• Wen-fu Pon, dissertation title: “A Model for the Electromagnetic Ring Expansion Experiment and its Application to Material Characterization”, 1997.
• Sunil Kulkarni, dissertation title: “A Continuum Model for Foam Generating Processes”. 1999.
• Grant M. Henson, dissertation title: “Analytical and Computational Studies of Non‑Isothermal Fiber Spinning,” 1999.
• Nivine T. Youssef, dissertation title: “Dynamic Surface Tension and Strain rate Dependent Viscosity: Material Characterization of Oscillating Jets,” 1999.
• Fengtai M. Hwang, dissertation title: “Material Characterization of Agricultural and Industrial Solutions and Melts in Elongational Processes,” 2000.
• Guowen Tan, dissertation title: Material Characterization of Polymer Solutions and Surfactant Systems Using Free Surface Measurements,” 2002.

• Karen D. Bolinger, dissertation title: “Pointwise Closure Models for Slender, Non-Newtonian Free Jets,” 1988, with M.G. Forest, Mathematics.
• Jianzhong Cao, dissertation title: “Modeling Slender Viscoelastic Jets and Fibers with Torsion,” 1992, with M.G. Forest, Mathematics.
• C. David Carlson, Jr., dissertation title “Part I: Asymptotic Analysis of Capillary Instability of Free Jets; Part II: The Behavior of Flexible Belts Under Tension,” 1996, with M.G. Forest, Mathematics.

Advised three thesis-plan M.S. students through completion:

• V. Venkataramanan, thesis title: “Determination of Dynamic Surface Tension and Elongational Viscosity from Oscillating Jet Measurements,” 1993.
• N.M. Youssef, thesis title: “The Oscillation of Slender-Elliptical Newtonian Jets: Effects of Varying Surface Tension Along the Length of the Jet,” 1995.
• R.L. Lowe, thesis title: “A Model for Multifilament Melt-Spinning Processes Incorporating Filament/Quench-Air Interaction and Boundary Layer Coalescence,” 2005.

• Jeff Ellis, project title: “Study of Dynamic and Static Surface Tension of Surfactant/Water Solutions,” 2004, with Jack Zakin, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Instructor, Ohio State University Engineering Refresher Course. Section I. Fundamentals - Dynamics, 1986-2005, Fundamentals - Statics, 2001.
• Instructor, E.I.T. Review Session of Mathematics (organized by the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers - Ohio State University Student Chapter), 1986-1988.
• Mentor for four visiting students from Morehouse College (Georgia) and Hampton University (Virginia) in the National Security Agency Program for Attracting Under-represented Minority Students to Graduate Schools and Research Careers in Mathematics and Computational Sciences, summer 1991.
• Advisor for Jenny Flory and Ryan Thompson, Jonathan Alder High School calculus project, Plain City, Ohio, 2002.
• Co-P.I., National Science Foundation Planning Grant for the Department-Level Reform of Undergraduate Engineering Education, 2002-2003.
• Participant, NSF National Computational Science Institute Workshop on Modeling and Simulation in the Undergraduate Environment, Columbus, Ohio, June 2002.
• Invited participant, McGraw Hill Statics and Dynamics Symposium – Trends, Technology, and Teaching, Chicago, Illinois, October 2002.
• Advisor, Nadia Anguiano, College of Engineering Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, “Analysis of MRI Angiogenesis Data,” 2003.
• Advisor for Eddie Burtch, Parkway Middle School career project, Rockford, Ohio, 2004.
• Faculty Advisor, National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship Program (IGERT) – Molecular Engineering of Microdevices.