Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Norman L. Whitley

Past Interim Provost, Past Interim Dean, Past Associate Dean

Education

  • Ph.D., Stanford University
  • MS, Stanford University

Research Interests

Mechanisms; Surface design; Collaborative design information architectures; Simulation-based design; Rigid body dynamics; Applied mathematics

Current Research

  • Simulation-Based Design
  • Collaborative Design Architectures
  • Modern Optimization Techniques
  • Perturbation methods