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As Dean, Mr. Kozik’s primary role in the School of Engineering and Computer Science is to provide strategic direction and administrative oversight that enhances the program’s technological content, student participation level, faculty credentials, and partnerships with other institutions and industries. Continuing improvement initiatives focus on providing both expansion of technical fundamentals and exploration of new technologies while meeting the overall learning goals of the Graduate College.
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| Mr. Kozik holds a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and an MS. Degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University. Prior to his association with the Graduate College of Union University, Mr. Kozik was an executive with General Electric, Westinghouse, and Bechtel providing division-wide leadership for their technical and administrative infrastructure, process improvement initiatives, internal and external quality, training programs, procurement strategy and subcontract execution in support of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. |
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MS. Degree in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University |
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MER 501 - Transport Phenomena
MER 580C - Principles of Thermal Systems
MER 552 - Convection Heat Transfer
MER 540 - Thermodynamic Analysis
MER 541 - Thermal Energy Processes
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| Dr. Bessler has practiced mechanical engineering in the field of thermal systems, heat transfer and refrigeration for over 30 years. He is named as an inventor on 33 United States Patents, a licensed professional engineer, and an independent engineering consultant.
Dr. Bessler worked at the General Electric Global Research Center where he pioneered the use of lasers to visualize airflow patterns within refrigerator compartments. The research led to his invention of the first electronically controlled damperless refrigerator (United States Patent 6,196,011) and was instrumental in the development of General Electric’s award winning Artica refrigerator models. |
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BS, MS, PhD Mechanical Engineering RPI |
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MER/EER 600 - Disruptive Technologies
MER/EER 601 – Sustainability
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| Mr. Bowman is currently the manager of Steam Turbine Conceptual Design for GE Energy. In this role, Mike is responsible for leading the technology development efforts in both systems and component design. Prior to this role Mike worked at GE Research where he conducted research on various energy conversion systems well as lead the efforts in understanding climate change and CO2 science. He has also held the position of Energy Systems Lab Manager where he led a team of engineers that were responsible for advanced research on a wide array of energy conversion technologies. Mike is an active member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Greentech Innovation Network. He has multiple technical publications as well as over 20 filed patents. In 2003 Mike was selected as one the TR100 by MIT’s Technology Review Magazine. The TR100 consists of 100 individuals under age 35 whose innovative work in technology has a profound impact on today’s world. |
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BS 1995, MS 1996, Union College |
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| James Bray |
Adjunct Faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
518-387-7744
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MER/EER 551 - Superconductivity
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| Dr. Bray, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, did his Ph.D. under Prof. John Bardeen on unusual mechanisms for superconductivity. He joined GE Global Research after graduation. Until 1979, he worked as a theoretical condensed matter physicist in support of several programs. Since then, he has held several technical management positions supervising R&D on various physical science topics, biotechnology, electronic materials processing (e.g., molecular beam epitaxy, chemical vapor deposition), electronic devices, electronic packaging, and high-temperature superconductivity. He was manager of the Measurements Systems Program, containing the bulk of the NDE projects, and manager of the Optical Measurements and Processing Lab. In 2001, he became Program Manager of the Superconducting Generator Program. He presently is a Chief Scientist within Power Conversion Systems. |
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BS, Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1970; MS, PhD, Physics, University of Illinois, 1971, 1974 |
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MER 580B - Turbine Technology
MER 538 - Fluid Dynamics of Turbo machinery
MER 536 - Compressible Fluid Flow
MER 534 - Viscous Flow
MER 552 - Convection Heat Transfer
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| Dr Brilliant served as an engineering officer in the US Air Force for 24 years; his assignments included engineer, professor, engineering manager, and program manager, mainly in the propulsion and fluid mechanics areas. He is now working as a heat transfer engineer for General Electric, having worked on jet engines, gas turbines, generators, and currently steam turbines. |
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BSME 1966, University of Pittsburgh; MSE 1967, PhD (Aerospace Engineering) 1971, University of Michigan. |
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| William Carter |
Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
518-387-6452
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MER 506 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials
MER 515 - Processing and Selection of Engineering Materials
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| Dr. Carter has been an industrial researcher for General Electric for more than 25 years where he specializes in advanced processing of metals, primarily for aircraft engines and land-based gas turbines. He has published 75 technical papers and has 40 US patents. He is a member of ASME and TMS and joined the adjunct faculty at Union Graduate College in 2006. |
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B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology, 1981; M.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983; Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1990. |
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EER 574 - Solid State Electronics
MER 580A - Photovoltaic Technology
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| Dr. Dashiell began his career in 1992 as a Research Engineer with AstroPower Inc. (currently GE Solar), where he developed high-efficiency silicon and GaAs solar photovoltaics. From 1997 to 2000, he was with the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware, followed by a one year post-doctoral fellowship at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Physics, Stuttgart, Germany. During this time, he conducted research regarding epitaxial growth, electrical and optical characterization of metastable silicon-germanium and silicon-carbide-based alloys, tunnel diodes, and self-assembled nanostructures. Since 2002, he has been an Electrical Engineer with the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, where he conducted research and development and provided technical leadership on low bandgap III–V thermophotovoltaic energy converters and high-performance permanent magnet motor drives for high-power propulsion applications. He has authored or coauthored over 45 technical publications. |
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B.S. 1992, M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2001 in Electrical Engineering, University of Delaware |
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MER/EER 580 - Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Engineering
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| Dr. Glenn Eisman is the CEO of H2Pump LLC, Latham, NY., the Principal Partner of Eisman Technology Consultants, LLC, and an Adjunct Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Materials Science & Engineering. His previous positions include Director, Center for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research (RPI), Chief Technology Officer, Plug Power, Inc.; Technical Leader, The Advanced Materials Program, The Dow Chemical Company; and Robert A. Welch Research Fellow, University of Texas-Austin. Dr. Eisman has extensive experience in R&D and product development related to fuel cells and hydrogen processes. He is a member of the Electrochemical Society. He has published over 20 technical papers and has been awarded over 20 U.S. patents. Nationally, he sits on the FreedomCAR review committee for the National Academy of Sciences as well as acts as a reviewer for DOE and NIST. |
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BS Chemistry, Temple University 1975; Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Northeastern University, 1980 |
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EER/MER 522 - Linear Control Systems
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| Mr. Goodman holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since 1977, he has worked in the field of automatic control systems, designing high performance industrial and commercial products. Among his accomplishments are the anti-wheelslip system for the GE AC4400 and AC6000 locomotives, and the x-ray dose control system for the GE Innova 2000 cardiovascular x-ray machine. In September 2001, Mr. Goodman became a licensed U.S. patent agent. He joined the Adjunct Faculty of Electrical / Mechanical Engineering in Fall 2007. |
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BSME 1977, MSME 1984 Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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MER 509 - Current Approach to Fatigue in Design
MER 510 - Advanced Dynamics
MER 525 - Applied Optimization
MER 575 - Armament Engineering
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| Dr. Kathe is currently serving as the innovation scientist for the United States Army’s Benet Laboratories. Located at the Watervliet Arsenal, Benet is devoted to large caliber armament technology. Dr. Kathe has served as supervisor of the Modeling and Simulation branch consisting of nominally two dozen direct reports including several Ph.D.´s, contract employees, one dozen professionals and over 50,000 square feet of industrial lab facilities. His notable achievements include breakthrough demonstrations and inventions in electromagnetic railguns, rarefaction wave guns, and accuracy enhancement devices. Dr. Kathe has served as a private consultant in the field of shock and vibration. He holds several patents and is well published in the field. |
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BS 1988, MS 1991, PhD 2002, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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MER 212 - Engineering Vibration
MER 225 - Engineering Optimization
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| Dr. Minas got his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College and his PhD on Vibrations & Dynamics from University at Buffalo. He worked as an individual contributor at GE GRC for 9 years, and as project manager at Intermagnetics for 4 years. He joined MTI MicroFuelCells in 2003. He is currently a principal engineer, the 6-sigma Master black belt, and the Systems Optimization manager. He is involved with the fuel cell system structural and thermal design, and the systems testing and optimization. He is the author of 38 journal and conference papers, and currently holds 13 US Patents. |
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BS 1986 Imperial College; MS 1988 University at Buffalo; PhD 1989, University at Buffalo |
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MER 507 Design for Manufacturing
MER/EER 573 Case Studies in Failure and Ethics in Engineering
MBA 506 Statistical Models for Management
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| Dr. Poeth is a hands-on manufacturing expert who has worked in all areas of engineering, manufacturing, and technical management including research, design, and production of mechanical, electronic, and electromechanical systems. Dr. Poeth has participated in, managed, and coordinated a wide variety of multidisciplinary industrial and government programs in advanced manufacturing systems, automation, robotics, quality improvement, and technology transfer. Dr. Poeth is a principal engineer at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.
Licensed professional engineer (P.E. - Ohio), certified manufacturing engineer (C.Mfg.E.), US citizen. Lockheed Martin LM21 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified. Trained Lockheed Martin Black Belt.
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Ph.D., 1993, Penn State University, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Systems |
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MER 500 - Elasticity
MER 502 - Engineering Analysis
MER 576 - Motor Acoustics
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| Prior to joining Applied Physical Sciences Corp. (APS), Dr. Pollack worked at Knolls Atomic Power Lab specializing in acoustics and vibration control. He is currently a Corporate Scientist at APS specializing on analytical modeling of dynamic systems. |
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BSAE, 1972, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; MS Applied Mechanics, 1973, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; PhD. Applied Mechanics, 1975, Polytechni |
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EER 542B - Modern AC Machines
EER 542 - Electronic Power Conversion
EER 542A - Modeling and Control of Power Electronics and Electric Machines
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| David Torrey has held faculty positions at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, supervising fourteen doctoral theses in power electronics and electric machines. Torrey has been full time with AEC since July 2002. He has approximately eighty publications in the areas of power electronics and electric machines and is a named inventor on several patents. |
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: BS 1981, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; SM 1985, EE 1986, PhD 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| George Young |
Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
518-395-7413
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MER 580D - Welding Metallurgy
MER 508 - Fracture Mechanics of Materials
MER 506 - Mechanical Behavior of Materials
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| Dr. Young holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in Materials Science and is employed at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory as an Advisory Scientist . His experience, research, and teaching interests include physical, mechanical, and welding metallurgy, embrittlement & fracture of solids, diffusion in solids, and computational methods in Materials Science. Dr. Young is a Principal Reviewer for the Welding Journal Research Supplement and has published over 30 peer reviewed article. He recently authored a book chapter entitled ‘Welds for Nuclear Systems, and was the 2009 recipient of the William H. Spraragen award for best research paper in the Welding Journal. |
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A.S. Hudson Valley Community College, B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S. and Ph.D. The University of Virginia. |
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