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Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
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 nanostructured FeNiMnAl
Awards
- Mayo D. Hersey Award (ASME) 2012
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow elected 1997
- Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Fellow elected 1994
Professional Activities
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Editor, ASME Journal of Tribology (1993-1998)
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Associate Editor, Applied Mechanics Reviews, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers International Journal, Tribology International, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
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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
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Member, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi member, Tau Beta Pi honorary societies
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Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer, Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Visiting Research Scientist, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest (Romania) and AIST Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (Tsukuba, Japan)
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Research Faculty Fellow, NASA/Lewis Research Center (Cleveland, Ohio)
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Visiting Research Professor, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (Lyon,France), University of California at Berkeley, King Mongkut Institute of Technology (Ladkrabang, Thailand)
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All Together Now
Dartmouth Medicine Magazine
March 20, 2007
In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine
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The Engineering Pipeline
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Travelers' Tales: Students learn more than technology in Thayer School's new Thailand exchange program
Winter 2010 -
Just One Question: Your Favorite Classes
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Investiture: Class of 2004
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