Teaching:
While teaching various courses in the ME department,
I was perturbed that students had to pay up to $180 per text book, so
I decided to develop web based textbooks, freely available to the
world, for example Engineering
Thermodynmics, A Graphical Approach. I
did not require an editor, since students obtained 5 bonus points for
every mistake they found.
Another example, after completing my PhD
thesis on A
Computer Simulation of Stirling Cycle Machines,
I presented a paper on the subject in Seattle and met William
Beale,
the inventor of the free piston stirling engine, and he invited me
for a 2 year sabbatical to his company Sunpower
Inc.
While there I joined Ohio University, and taught a course on Stirling
engines. Since there was no text book available I developed the web
based textbook on Stirling
Cycle Machine Analysis.
April Fool's Day 2006: The ME Department Survivors Club
September 2005: Proposed Pictures for the New ME Web Design
Winter 2007: Ordinary Differential Equations
Winter 2004: Using MATLAB to evaluate an Electric Scooter (updated 3/9/2011)
Winter 2002: Ordinary Differential Equations
Winter 2002: DFX - the eBici Handlebar Stem Clamp
Winter 2002: The eBici Handlebar T Fixture
Education:
Recreation & Fun:
Various Travel Highlights:Family & Friends:
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