David Hoeppner - Professor
Director, Quality and Integrity Design Engineering Center
Formerly-Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering (May 1985-Sept.1992)
Phone: (801) 581-3851
Fax: (801) 585-9826
e-mail: hoeppner@eng.utah.edu
Office: 1410a MEB (50 S Central Campus Dr.)
Lab: 1176, 1410b, 1199a MEB
(Ph: 581-4130, 581-4025, 585-6225)
Education
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1963. (Concentration areas of study-Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Statistics and Probabilities. Thesis in area of Fatigue Behavior
M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1960
B.M. E. (Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering)
Marquette University, 1958
Research Interests
Structural integrity based design of components and systems, quality and reliability based design, material behavior and modelling, fatigue behavior of engineering materials, corrosion fatigue, fretting fatigue, fracture mechanics, failure analysis, and HOLISTIC Structural Integrity Based Design Processes.
Teaching
Courses taught over past ten years:
1. ME EN 4050. Concurrent engineering II. 2 credits. (Failure and Reliability Considerations in Design or Practical Reliability Engineering for Mechanical Engineers). Usually taught in spring term.
2. ME EN 6500-5500. Engineering Elasticity. 3 credits. Usually taught in alternate years in the fall term.
3. ME EN 7060. Fatigue and Creep Considerations in Engineering Design. 3 credits. Taught in alternate years in the fall term.
4. ME EN 7070. Tribology and Corrosion Considerations in Engineering Design. 3 Credits. Taught in alternate years in the spring term.
5. ME EN 7530. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 3 Credits. Taught in alternate years in spring term.
6. ME EN 5040/6040. Quality Assurance Engineering - "Quality Control". 3 Credits. Taught in alternate years in spring term.
7. ME EN 7960. Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering-Fatigue crack propagation. 3 Credits. Taught in spring of 2002.
8. ME EN 5960/6960-Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Ethics. 3 Credits. Taught on numerous occasions over the past 19 years.
9. ME EN 2400 Dynamics. 4 Credits. Taught in spring term 1996. Also taught on many occasions over the years.
10. ME EN 3300 Strength of Materials. 4 Credits. Taught numerous times from 1985-1995. Also taught at other universities on many occasions.
11. ME EN 5300 Advanced Strength of Materials. 3 Credits. Taught numerous times from 1985-1998 and taught many times at other universities.
12. ME EN 7500 Engineering Material Science. 3 Credits. Taught in 1998 and numerous times from 1985-98.
13. ME EN 5960 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering. Taught Engineering Ethics as an elective three times from 1988-1998.
14. ME EN 6975 Research and Thesis: Master of Science. Supervise students as needed virtually every term over past five years.
15. ME EN 6955 Master of Engineering Project. 1 to 4 Credits. Supervise students as needed. Currently supervising one student during summer of 2003.
16. ME EN 7970 Ph.D. Dissertation. 1 to 12 Credits. Supervise students as needed virtually every term over past 20 years.
17. ME EN 7980 Faculty Consultation: Doctoral. 3 Credits. Supervise students as needed.
18. Currently (2004/5) Teaching ME EN 7060-Fatigue and Creep Considerations in Engineering Design.
In addition to the courses listed above I have taught many other ME EN classes at UU and other universities. Included in this list would be the following: Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Statics for Engineers, Mechanical Behavior of Solids, Mechanical Component Design, Introduction to Engineering Design, and many design projects for undergraduate students with emphasis on senior projects. While at the University of Toronto Dr. Hoeppner directed at least 250 undergraduate senior projects and senior theses as a part of his mechanical engineering department duties as well as those associated with the Directorship of the Cockburn Centre of Engineering Design.