Undergraduate Research & Independent Study

I mentor a student or two on research project in mechanics and materials science related topics, typically under the framework of Directed Independent Study. Besides scholarly reseach, student also conduct indivial independent studies on industry projects, topics of student interest, or laboratory development.

Student
Projects
Andrew Enke '06
Mechanics of Surgical Instruments
Spr 2006
Fuselage Metal Laminate Study  
Fall 2005
Interfacial Shear Strength of Metal Laminates
Sum 2005
Mechanics of Biological Systems2
Win 2004
Andrew Lybarger1 '07
Mechanics of Surgical Instruments3
Sum 2006
Strength of Tubular Welded Joints (pictures)
Sum 2005
Daniel Strickland1 '06
 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Material4
Fall 2005
Dan'l Knowles1 '05
Instrumentation and Experiment Design at SU3
Sum 2004
Dain Engebretsen '04

Mechanics of Composite Ski5

Spr 2004
William Gibbs '08
 Test Fixture Design
Win 2006
David Zegers1 '06
Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanisms
Spr 2006
Nathan Heitzinger '07
ME Instructional Lab Improvement (pictures)
Sum 2006
Graham Bratzel '09
 Composite Material Research
Win 2007
1
Bannan Scholars
2
Appeared in the defunct SUJUR Vol. 1 No. 2 in Spring 2004 as "A 3-Dimensional Finite Element Stress Analysis of a Biomechanical Test in Dental Implants," modelling an earlier work.
3
Supported by Bannan Scholar Summer Research Stipend 
4
Resident student advisor for a NSF REU project conducted by the student during Summer 2005 at my former department at UC Irvine
5
Report "Torsional Distribution of Composite Skis" submitted to K2

Affiliated Alumni (merely informational)

Student
After Seattle University
Dain Engebretsen '04

Consulting Engineer in Sweden, received a Master's degree in Automotive Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

Dan'l Knowles1 '05
Kenworth Trucks, Kirkland, WA
Andrew Enke '06
Graduate Student at UCLA
Daniel Strickland1 '06
 Graduate Student at Stanford
David Zegers1 '06
Electroimpact, Mukilteo, WA
Andrew Lybarger1 '07
Senior student at Seattle University
Nathan Heitzinger '07
Senior student at Seattle University
William Gibbs '08

Junior student at Seattle University

 


Wearing a FUBU shirt my summer research students picked out for me
We did what Arnold said, we got to "da chooper." On a field trip to the Museum of Flying,
aka the old Douglas Aircraft lot, Santa Monica, CA (circa 1999)