Robert Johnson (Chair)
Dean, College of Engineering Motorsports
313 Duke Halll, UNC Charlotte Website: view website
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Overview Academic/Research Interest Areas Recent Publications - "Modeling vertical continuous casting with temperature dependent material properties," H. Cherukuri and R.E. Johnson, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 43, 1243-1257 (2001).
- "Vertical continuous casting of bars," R.E. Johnson & H. Cherukuri, Proc. Royal Soc. A 455, 227-244 (1999).
- "A die design model for thin section extrusions," Patrick Ulysse & R. E. Johnson, International Journal of Mech. Sci., 41, 1067-1088 (1999).
- "An asymptotic model of work roll heat transfer in strip rolling," R. E. Johnson & R. Keanini, International Journal Heat & Mass Transfer 41, 871-879 (1998).
- "A study of the effect of the process variables in unsymmetrical single-hole and multi-hole extrusion processes," P. Ulysse & R. E. Johnson, Journal of Materials Proc. Tech., 73, 213-225 (1998).
Professional Affiliations - NASA Microgravity Research Review Panel Oct. 1995
- ASME Session co-Chair, Nov. 1994, Nov. 1995
- Member of ASME, ASEE, SME
- Member of ASM International
- Member of the Heat Treating Society
- Executive Committee College of Engineering UIUC (1988-1992)
- Member of the Technical Committee of the ASME on Mechanics of Materials Processing and Manufacturing
- Advisory Committee, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, UIUC
- Administrative Committee, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, UIUC
Research Grants - National Science Foundation, "Analysis, Design and Testing of Profiled Radial-Thrust Bearings" 2001-2004, co-investigators: N. Manring (Univ. of Missouri), H.P. Cherukuri ($510k, $270k to UNCC).
- National Science Foundation (DMII 98-20880): "Integrated Process Models to Predict Thermal Distortion and Residual Stress" 1999-02 [co-PIs: Dr. Harish Cherukuri (UNC Charlotte) and Dr. R. Smelser, (Univ. of Idaho)].
- Macsyma, Inc. "Academic Grant for Symbolic Software Application in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum" 1996.
- National Science Foundation (DMI-9409680): "Engineering Research Deployment Teaching Initiative: Asymptotic Methods for Deformation Processing" 1994-96.
- National Science Foundation (DMI 93-22714): "Asymptotic Meth?ods for Deformation Processing" 1993-97.
- National Science Foundation (DDM 90-16496): "Shape Rolling and Lateral Spread" 1990-93.
Educational Background - B.S., Mechanical Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, 1973.
- M.S., Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, 1974.
- Ph.D., Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, 1977.
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