David A. Willis, Ph.D.
ASME Fellow
SPIE Senior Member
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
P.O. Box 750337
Dallas, TX 75275-0337
(214) 768-3125
dwillis@lyle.smu.edu
David A. Willis, Ph.D. ASME Fellow SPIE Senior Member Associate Professor and Associate Chair Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering P.O. Box 750337 Dallas, TX 75275-0337 (214) 768-3125 dwillis@lyle.smu.edu | |
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EDUCATION: PhD Mechanical Engineering Purdue University 2001 MS Mechanical Engineering Purdue University 1997 BS Mechanical Engineering N.C. State University 1995 |
TEACHING INTERESTS: Heat TransferFluid Mechanics Thermodynamics Optics and Laser Assisted Materials Processing Convection Heat Transfer |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS: Laser-assisted microfabrication & micromachiningSuperhydrophobic surfaces Microfluidics Heat transfer and phase change Microscale heat transfer and fluid flow Biomedical engineering Laser Micromachining Laboratory Publications |
RESEARCH SUPPORT: National Science FoundationRetina Foundation of the Southwest (Innovation Center for Advancement of Age-Related Macular Degeneration) Hewlett-Packard Teaching for Technology Grant Society of Manufacturing Engineers Research Initiation Grant Southern Methodist University Research Council |
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HONORS AND AWARDS: Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, 2008-2010Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Faculty Award, 2008 ASME North Texas Section Young Engineer of the Year, 2008 Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 2006 Rotunda Outstanding Professor Award, 2005-2006 SMU Golden Mustang Award, 2005 Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, 2003 Magoon Award, Purdue University, 2000 |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, American Society for Engineering Education
Member, Laser Institute of America
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