EW #8434is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Union College. Since joining Union College in September of 1993, he has taught courses and laboratories in engineering mechanics and design. His other responsibilities include undergraduate academic advising, senior design project supervision, undergraduate research supervision, and graduate research supervision. Heis currently advisor to the International Virtual Design Studio project that is currently being conducted in conjunction with the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey and ESIGELEC in Rouen, France. He is working to expand this program to several other international universities and corporations. He is also advisor to the Mini-Baja and Formula SAE racing teams at Union College. He has taken a leadership role in developing undergraduate laboratories, the new undergraduate curriculum, and revisions to the graduate program for the Mechanical Engineering Department at Union College. He is the director of the engineering mechanics and composite materials manufacturing laboratories at Union College.

Hisresearch areas include mechanics of composite structures, test method development, and design. He has been awarded NASA Summer Fellowships in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997; an NSF ILI Grant in 1998; and an NSF MRI Grant in 2000. He currently is working on grants from NASA, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Airforce, and U.S. Army. He is also working with several small businesses to develop their composite materials technology. Heis also working with the New York State Department of Transportation on introducing composite materials into the infrastructure of New York State.

Prior to joining Union College, hewas employed by Materials Sciences Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a research engineer for four years. His responsibilities included the development of thermal-mechanical models to predict the response of composite materials and structures, test method development, and material processing models. Prior to this hewas employed by Hercules Aerospace Corporation in Salt Lake City, UT, for three years. While at Hercules he was actively engaged in research activities that focused on the application of advanced materials to rocket motors. Some of the rocket motor programs that hehas participated on include Titan IV, Delta II, SRAM, Small ICBM, Trident, Peace Keeper (MX), Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motors, and many others. Hehas also employed by Boeing Aerospace in Seattle, Washington and the Dyna East Corporation in Philadelphia, PA. In 1990 he co-founded the company Innotech (518/783-0800) that provides a variety of engineering design and analysis services to corporate and government clients.

EW #8434holds the degrees of B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from Drexel University; and a Ph.D. from Drexel University. From 1987 to 1990, he held the position of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah and from 1992 to 1994 held the position of Adjunct Assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Temple University.

Heis a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New York. He is currently a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), American Society for Engineering Education, and Sigma Xi (Honorary Research Society). He is the Co-Editor of the Journal of Composite Technology and Research. He is chairman of the ASTM D30 Ring and Filament Wound Test Methods Task Group (D30.04.05) and Chairman of the ASTM D30 Research and Mechanics Subcommittee (D30.02). Hewas the chairman of the ASTM VII Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture to be held in St. Louis on 5-8 May 1997. Heis listed in Marquis Whos Who in Engineering, Marquis Whos Who in Finance and Industry, and in Marquis Whos Who in the World. He has authored many papers in the field of composite materials, has presented his work at technical symposia, and has been invited to speak at several government installations.

His civic activities include the introduction of a NSF/Smithsonian hands-on-science program to the Elmer Avenue Elementary School, in Schenectady, NY, in the 1st and 3rd grade during the 1994-95 school year. This program was so successful that in 1995 a Goals 2000 grant was awarded to the Schenectady School District to introduce this hands-on science program in grades 1 through 4 in five of the Schenectady elementary schools. Additionally in 1995, ehewas awarded a grant from Sigma Xi to pilot a hands-on science program in the 5th grade of the Elmer Avenue Elementary School. Heis a member of the local school district Parent Teacher Organization and has served as a member of the Local School Shared Decision Making Team. He has also served on school district committees to bring technology into k-12 education. He is also a Cub Scout den leader and Boy Scout advancement chairman. He is currently a Boy Scout merit badge counselor for space exploration, engineering, scholarship, drafting, astronomy, climbing, and personal fittness. He also coaches youth league baseball, hockey, and football.