Ken English

PhD

Ken English.

Ken English

PhD

Ken English

PhD

Research Topics

Innovation in Engineering Education; Cyberinfrastructure in Engineering Design; Socio-Technical Impacts on Engineering Design Processes; Multidisciplinary Design Synthesis; Optimal Design

Biography Publications Teaching Research Synergistic Activities

Courses

  • MAE 550 Optimization in Engineering Design
    • Arora, J., Introduction to Optimum Design (3rd edition), Elsevier, Boston, MA, 2012. ISBN 978-0-12-381375-6  (required text)
    • http://www.elsevierdirect.com/v2/companion.jsp?ISBN=9780123813756 (companion material)
    • Ravindran, A., Reklaitis, G. V., Ragsdell, K. M., Engineering Optimization: Methods and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2006. ISBN 0-471-55814-1 (optional text)
    • Vanderplaats, G. N., Numerical Optimization Techniques for Engineering Design, Vanderplaats Research & Development, Inc, Colorado Springs, CO, 2001. (optional text)
    • Venkataraman, P., Applied Optimization with MATLAB Programming, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-08488-5 (optional text)
  • LAI 647 Selected Topic: Procuring External Funding

  • MAE 416 Aerospace Structural Analysis
    • 
Donaldson, B. K., Analysis of Aircraft Structures (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993) (required text)
    • Megson, T. H. G., Aircraft Structures for Engineering Students (Edward Arnold, England, 1980) (optional text)
  • 
MAE 409/509 Cyberinfrastructure in Engineering Design
    • 
Welling, L., Thomson, L., MySQL Tutorial, MySQL Press, Indianapolis, 2004. (optional text)

    • Maggiora, P. D., Doherty, J., Cisco Networking Simplified, Cisco Press, Indianapolis, 2003. (optional text)

  • MAE 494 Senior Design Project Team Adviser

    • Spring 2008 – Design of an Inverted Six Axis Projection Mount System
    • Spring 2007 – Design of a Driving Simulation Vehicle Buck Frame

    • Spring 2006 – Design of a Medical Scrubbing Device

Graduate Student Supervision

Gautam Agrawal Tyler Morris
Nikhil Aphale Aziz Naim
Ian Duncan Sumeet Parashar
Aliakbar Eranpurwala Xinnan Peng
Antony George Arjun Prakash
Nachiket Kasarekar Rikson Vareed
Steven Korzelius Laxmikant Vyavahare
Vivek Mehra Ameya Wadekar

Undergraduate Student Supervision

Jonathan Ahmedu Dan Snitzer
Nichaela Bald Hamlet Spencer
Adam Bettencourt Dan Wahl
Nandun Edirisinghe Kanishka Wanninayaka
Akshay Sivadas Monica Wild

Research Experiences for Teachers

Julia Goodwin Lewiston-Porter High School
Cheryl Aldrich Heritage Heights Elementary 
Leanne Fischer-Zlotek Heritage Heights Elementary 
Tracy Langlotz Heritage Heights Elementary 
Pat Rexford Heritage Heights Elementary