D. Gary Harlow
Probability and statistical modeling of failure processes in materials, aluminum alloys, steels, and composites; Stochastic fracture mechanics; Mechanical and system reliability; Applied probability modeling.
Herman F. Nied
Position: Professor Emeritus
Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, MS and PhD in Applied Mechanics, Lehigh University
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Professor Nied made major research contributions in polymer processing, flexible composites, fracture mechanics, electronic packaging, welding, and shock-and-vibration loading. He developed advanced finite-element simulation tools that have been widely adopted in manufacturing and materials-processing research. His work has been supported by NSF, DARPA, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, and numerous industry partners.
Dr. Nied joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics in 1995 and served as department chair from 2002 to 2008. A dedicated educator and mentor, he supervised 30 doctoral and 39 master’s students, published 115 scholarly works, and holds 11 U.S. patents and three European patents. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is a member of the scientific research honor society Sigma Xi. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and he received a Fulbright Scholarship to teach and conduct research at Graz University of Technology in Austria.
Donald Rockwell
Dr. Rockwell is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). He was appointed an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, elected an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College at Cambridge University, and named the Paul B. Reinhold Professor at Lehigh University. He received the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fluid Dynamics Award for outstanding contributions to the behavior of gases and liquids and was the first recipient of the Research Leadership Award at Lehigh University, Rossin College of Engineering.
Dr. Rockwell served as Editor and Editor-In-Chief of Experiments in Fluids for 15 years and Associate Editor of Journal of Fluids and Structures, since its founding, for 33 years. He authored (with E. Naudascher) Flow-Induced Vibrations: An Engineering Guide, as well as over 210 journal articles, including Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (2), Journal of Fluid Mechanics (47), AIAA Journal (35), Journal of Fluids and Structures (32), Physics of Fluids (26), and Experiments in Fluids (25). He led sustained research programs for over four decades, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, and Air Force of Scientific Research, and was invited by ONR and AFOSR to organize three international workshops, which led to long term research priorities in the areas of flow-structure interaction and unsteady flows. Dr. Rockwell also directed (jointly with E. Naudascher) the decade-long, internationally-based Volkswagen Foundation program on flow-induced vibrations.
He has delivered 16 invited plenary lectures and keynote addresses at international conferences including the Mueller Prize lecture (Karlsruhe), International Symposium on Shallow Flows (Delft), Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (Melbourne), American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics (two lectures, Atlanta and Tampa), and International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (Marseille).
Arkady Voloshin
Position: Professor Emeritus
Education: Dipl in Solid State Physics, Polytechnic (USSR); PhD in Experimental Mechanics, Tel-Aviv University (Isreal)
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Professor Voloshin’s research focused on modeling cell motility and surface interactions; developing MEMS-based systems to evaluate cellular mechanical properties; and studying the effects of dynamic loading on the human musculoskeletal system. His work also examined thermomechanical deformations in micro- and optoelectronic packages using interferometric techniques. He received the M. Hetenyi and Brewer Awards from the Society for Experimental Mechanics and was active in professional societies spanning mechanics and biomechanics. He was named an academic advisor by the International Academy of Science in Russia for his scientific achievements in engineering mechanics, held visiting appointments at institutions in Brazil, Japan, Israel, Slovenia, and France, received a Certificate of Recognition from NASA for technical innovation, and holds a U.S. patent related to vehicle safety systems.
Dr. Voloshin served as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics. He joined the Lehigh faculty in 1984 after serving on the faculty at Iowa State University and as a senior research officer at the Institute of Non-Destructive Tetsing in Russia.