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Dr. Dick J. Wilkins

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Delaware
105 Spencer Lab.
Newark, DE 19716
E-mail: wilkins@udel.edu

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DEGREES
Ph.D. Engineering Science, University of Oklahoma, 1969
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University. of Oklahoma, 1965
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1964


SERVICE
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, U. of DE, 1986-present
Director, Inst. For Applied Composites Technology, 1991-1993
President, Delaware Technology Park, 1991-1993
Director, Center for Composite Materials, U. of DE, 1986-1991


OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
General Dynamics Corporation, Ft. Worth, TX
Engineering Staff Specialist (1983-86), Engineering Specialist Senior (1982- 83)
Senior Structures Engineer (1968-82)


CONSULTING
Electric Boat Corporation, 1995-
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, 1995-


STATE REGISTERED
NONE


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


SOCIETIES
President, American Society for Composites, 1990-1991 (founding member, 1985)
Vice President, American Society for Composites, 1989
Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Composites Manufacturing, 1989-1995
Member, Advisory Panel for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment Study on Composites, 1985-1987
Member, Committee on Thermoplastic Composites as Structural Components, National Materials Advisory Board, 1985-1986
Chairman, Symposium on Effects of Defects in Composites, American Society for Testing and Materials, San Francisco, CA, 1983
Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Composites Technology and Research, 1981-present
Vice-Chairman, American Society for Testing and Materials Committee E-9 .03 on Fatigue of Composites, 1975-1985
Member, Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Member, ASEE


HONORS & AWARDS
Fellow, American Society for Composites, 1993


COURSES TAUGHT
Machine Design-Elements, Spring 2002-present
Senior Design, 1995-present
Engineering Science Laboratory, Spring 1994, 1995
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, Fall 1993-present
Multidisciplinary Design, Fall 1994
Creativity in Engineering Design, Fall 1989
Design of Composites, Fall 1988
Applications of Composites, Fall 1986 and Fall 1987

OTHER INFORMATION
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