Department of Mechanical Engineering

Eugene Brown


Eugene Brown


Eugene Brown
Professor

Mechanical Engineering
112 Randolph Hall
(540) 231-7199
(540) 231-9100 FAX
efbrown@vt.edu



Education Research
Teaching
Experience
Honors
Publications


Education

Ph.D. University of Illinois   1968
M.S. University of Illinois   1964
B.S. University of Wisconsin   1963

 

Research


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Teaching Activities

3114: ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS
General treatment of the basic laws of thermodynamics with emphasis on engineering applications. This course is for curricula not requiring 3105. Pre: MATH 2214. (3H,3C) I,II,IV.

3134: FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMODYNAMICS
Fundamental concepts, first and second laws, gas and vapor processes with emphasis on chemical reactions, statistical interpretation of entropy, limited use of thermodynamic property tables. This course is for AOE and ESM students. Pre: MATH 2214. (3H,3C) I,II.

4015-4016: ENGINEERING DESIGN AND PROJECT
Team oriented, open-ended, multi-disciplinary design projects focused on industrially relevant problems. A specific, complex engineering design problem is normally taken from problem definition to product realization and testing. Emphasis is placed on documenting and reporting technical work, idea generation and selection, application of design and analysis tools developed in previous courses, project management, selling technical ideas and working in teams. Pre: (4005, 3614, 3304), (3504 or 4504). 4015: (2H,1L,3C) 4016: (3H,3C) 4015: I; 4016: II.

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Experience

Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		 1985 - Present
Associate Professor

 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		 1975 -
1985
Assistant Professor

 Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA		 1969 -
1975

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Honors

  • Virginia Tech College of Engineering Award for Outreach Excellence, 2008

  • ONR N-STAR Award, Office of Naval Research, 2007

  • Certificate of Appreciation, National Science Foundation, 2004

  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Public Service, 1996

  • Eminent Engineer, The Tau Beta Pi, 1993

  • Honarary Committee, First Joint Europe-U.S. Short Course in Hypersonics, Paris, 1987

  • Outstanding Performance Award, Department of Navy, London, England, 1987

  • Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1987

  • Heineman Fellow, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium, 1978-79

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Publications

Conference Papers

  • Timothy W. Sirk, Amadeu Sum, and Eugene F. Brown, "Modeling of Biological Membranes in the Study of Tea Flavonoids," International Conference for the Bioscience of Lipids, Maastricht, Netherlands, Aug 26-30, 2008, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids.

  • Timothy W. Sirk, Amadeu K. Sum, Eugene F. Brown, and Mendel Friedman, "A Molecular Dynamics Study on the Biophysical Interactions of Seven Green Tea Catechins with Lipid Bilayers of Cell Membranes," J. of Agric. and Food Chem.
    2008 46 (17) 7750-7758.

  • Sirk, Timothy W. and Eugene F. Brown,  “A Diffusion-Based Approach For Nanobead Drag,” International Conference on Integration and Commercialization of Micro and Nano-Systems, Sanya, Hainan, China, January 10-13, 2007.
  • Brown, Eugene F, and Mark Pierson, “Nuclear Energy and Virginia Tech—The Lynchburg Connection,”  Poster,  Deans' Forum on Energy Security and Sustainability, October 16, 2006.
  • McDuffie, E.L., E. Millam, R.A. Kavetsky, Eugene .F. Brown, “NNCS Leadership Symposium:
    Adding a Leadership Component to Science Education,” Paper 2006-2367, ASEE Annual
    Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2006.

  • Brown, E.F., R.A. Kavetsky, R.L. Stiegler, P.N. Squire, J.J. Matkins, G.B. Harding, J.A.
    McLaughlin, “VDP--A Mentor-Focused Middle School Outreach Program,” Paper 2006-991, ASEE Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 18-21, 2006.


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