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Curriculum Vitae


Stephen E. Bechtel

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Ohio State University
Telephone: (614) 292-6570
650 Ackerman Road
Fax: (614) 292-3163
Columbus, OH 43202
E-mail: bechtel.3@osu.edu


EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (June 1983)
  • Thesis Title: “Interaction of a Piezoelectric Transducer with an Elastic Half-Space”
  • Department: Mechanical Engineering
  • Major: Continuum Mechanics
  • Research Advisor: Professor D.B. Bogy
  • B.S. in Engineering, summa cum laude, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (April 1979)
  • Department: Applied Mechanics and Engineering Science
  • Major: Engineering Science


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (August 1983-present)
Department of Engineering Mechanics
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Aviation
Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Assistant Professor, 1983-1989
  • Associate Professor, 1989-1996
  • Professor, 1996-present

University of California, Berkeley, California (September 1979-August 1983)
Research Assistant supported by an IBM Fellowship: Analysis of piezoelectric materials and piezoelectric transducers. Study of the stability of non-Newtonian fluid jets

IBM Research Laboratory, San Jose, California (summers of 1979 and 1980)
Academic Associate, Applied Science Department: Analysis and experiments pertaining to drop-on-demand ink jet printing technology

Inland Steel Company, Indiana Harbor Works, East Chicago, Indiana
Student Engineer, No. 11 Coke Battery (summer of 1978)
Student Engineer, No. 3 Cold Strip Mill (summer of 1977)
Laborer and Millwright Helper, Plant 2 Blast Furnace (summer of 1976)


HONORS AND AWARDS

Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

University of Michigan:

  • James B. Angell Scholar, 1976-79
  • Honors Convocation Committee for 1978-79, one of two student members
  • William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize, 1976
  • College of Engineering Department of Humanities Cooley Writing Contest Honorable Mention Prize, 1979
  • College of Engineering Dean’s Honor List, 1975-79
  • Tau Beta Pi, 1977-79
  • Graduated summa cum laude

University of California:

  • IBM Fellowship, 1979-83
  • 1990 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Henry Hess Award for young authors of outstanding technical papers, for “The Oscillation of Slender Elliptical Inviscid and Newtonian Jets: Effects of Surface Tension, Inertia, Viscosity, and Gravity”
  • 1998 Best Proposal Award, Materials Division of the National Textile Center, for “Draw Induced Morphology Development and Fiber Architecture”
  • 2000 College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, The Ohio State University
  • 2003 College of Engineering Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award (with Kurt Koelling), The Ohio State University
  • Included in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the Midwest, Who’s Who in Engineering Education


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • American Academy of Mechanics, member
  • Society of Rheology, member
  • Society of Engineering Science, member