Francis E. Kennedy Jr.
Professor of Engineering
603/646-2094
Francis.Kennedy@Dartmouth.edu
Education
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1963
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University 1965
- Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1973
Research Interests
Surface mechanics and tribology (friction, wear, lubrication, surface deformation); mechanical design; mechanical behavior of materials; biomechanics.
Current Research Projects
- Biomechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Joint replacement technology
- Orthopaedic biomaterials and tribology
- Wear of nanocrystalline metals and alloys
Teaching, 2008-2010
- ENGG 309 Topics in Computational Science: Computational Solid Mechanics (course description)
- ENGG 347 Topics in Surface Mechanics (course description)
Awards
- Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Fellow elected 1994
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow elected 1997
Professional Activities
Editor, ASME Journal of Tribology (1993-1998)
Associate Editor, Applied Mechanics Reviews, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers International Journal, Tribology International, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
Division Chair, Section Chair, Committee Chair or Conference Chair, ASME, STLE, the Society of Automotive Engineers, Sigma Xi, Gordon Research Conference on Tribology, and the Fulbright Advisory Committee for Engineering
Member, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi member, Tau Beta Pi honorary societies
Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer, Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand)
Visiting Research Scientist, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest (Romania) and AIST Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (Tsukuba, Japan)
Research Faculty Fellow, NASA/Lewis Research Center (Cleveland, Ohio)
Visiting Research Professor, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (Lyon,France), University of California at Berkeley, King Mongkut Institute of Technology (Ladkrabang, Thailand)
In the News
- New Hampshire Union Leader
December 8, 2005
"NH inventor: Idea breaks new ground"
By Stephen Seitz