Seattle University - ME PACCAR Professorship

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Endowed Professors/Chairs

Bannan

PACCAR

Department of Mechanical Engineering

PACCAR Professorship

The goal of the PACCAR Professorship is to improve the overall educational experience of students in the Mechanical Engineering program by supporting faculty development and scholarship, providing research opportunities for mechanical engineering undergraduate students, and allowing more active participation and mentoring in PACCAR/Kenworth sponsored senior design projects. The activities that can be catagorized as: faculty research projects, undergraduate research projects, padagogical development, and senior design projects.

Faculty Research	Torsion of Curved Beams of Arbitrary Cross Section Application of Neural Networks to Machine Component Design
Undergraduate Research	Measurement of Drive-Shaft Pinion Angles
Pedagogical Developments	A Novel Approach to Teaching Engineering Computer Program Development
Kenworth Sponsored Senior Design Projects	Passive Cab Extender (2006) Sleeper Insulation Analysis Methods (2006) Fan Shroud Redesign and Air Flow Management (2005) Performance Enhancements of Underhood Cooling Components (2004) student project web site Dual-Purpose Aero Panels (2003) Dynamic Cab Extender Project (2002) student project web site Vision Enhancement System (2002) student project web site

Please direct questions or comments to balayj@seattleu.edu