Richard Englund

Associate Professor of Engineering

Office Location:

Burke 232

Phone:

(814) 898 6470

Email:

rbe4@psu.edu

Profile

Biography

Mr. Richard Englund is an associate professor of engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Technology department at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He earned the B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, where he graduated cum laude in 1974, and the M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York SUNY at Buffalo in 1990. Mr. Englund is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He received the National University Continuing Education Association Ùs Award of Excellence in 1991 and the Guy W. Wilson Award for Excellence in Academic Advising in 1997.

Mr. Englund came to Penn State Behrend with thirteen years of industry experience in 1987. He formerly was employed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and C-E Air Preheater. Mr. Englund is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education.

Teaching

Courses for Spring 2012

Machine Design
Strength of Materials Lab

Courses taught

Introductory Engineering Graphics
Production Design Laboratory
Mechanics for Technology: Statics
Strengths and Properties of Materials
Strength of Materials Lab
Dynamics and Machine Elements
Product Design
Mechanical Measurements and Instrumentation
Advanced Machine Design
First-Year Seminar

Courses and workshops taught in support of outreach-based instruction

IE T 212, Production Design Lab
ME T 210W, Product Design

Research

Research projects completed

Freeman, C. [Principal Investigator]; J. Lubahn, T. Cooney, and R. Englund, Effect on Fracture Healing and Antimicrobial Chemoprophylaxis of Silver Coated Intramedullary Nails: A Rodent Model, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), $14,925, July 2009-June 2010.

Will, R. [Principal Investigator]; T. Cooney and R. Englund, Giomechanical Evaluation of Fixation of midshaft Clavicle Fractures, Bynthes, Inc., $18,000, April 2006-December 2008.

Wallace, A. [Principal Investigator]; J. Lubahn, R. Englund, and T. Cooney, Effect of Interleuking-6 Ablation on Fracture Healing in Mice, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), $14,426, July 2007-June 2008.

Englund R. [Principal Investigator], Engineering Evaluation Services, Tool-O-Matic, Inc., $8,573, 1997-1998.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Aluminum Scrap Melting/Beneficiation, Erie Weld Products/Advanced Design Center, $200, February 1996-March 1997.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Design of Femur Impact Tester, Hamot Hospital, Advanced Design Center/Ben Franklin Partnership, $3400, September 1995-July 1996.

Parry, B. [Principal Investigator], and Englund, R. and Cooney, T. [Co-investigators], In Vitro Strain Analysis and Fracture Patterns Associated with Total Knee Arthroplasties, Hamot Second Century Foundation, $5600, July 1995-July 1996.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Design of Femur Impact Tester, Hamot Hospital, Advanced Design Center/Ben Franklin Partnership, $3,000, June 1994-September 1995.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Design of Torque Test Machine, Port Erie Plastics, Advanced Design Center/Ben Franklin Partnership, $12,000, June 1994-December 1994.

Roth, D., Johnson, D., Lasher, W., and Englund, R. [Co-investigators], Huber Reversible Fan, Ben Franklin Grant, $136,000, November 1992-August 1993.

New product development

PSU Invention Disclosure No. 99-2133, “Liquid Level Sensor,” July 1999.

List of grants and contracts awarded for improvements of instruction for training programs

R. Englund, Purchase of Four Videotapes for Classroom Instruction, Fund for the IMprovement of Undergraduate Instruction, $400, Fall 1992.

List of grants for equipment, facilities, or other purposes that do not provide salary support for faculty members or graduate students

R. Englund [Principal Investigator], DCC Gauge, Brown & Sharpe Metrology equipment Grant Program, $34, 999, April 2002-September 2002.

R. Englund [Principal Investigator], Acquisition of Gauge 2000 P Coordinate Measuring Machine System, Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, $12, 450, March-August 2001.

R. Englund [Principal Investigator], Metrology Enhancement Proposal, funded by local industry, $5,000, January 2001.

R. Englund and R. Progelhof [Co-Principal Investigators], Acquisition of a MciroVal Personal Coordinate Measuring Machine System, Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Compqany, $8,686, 1995-1996.

R. Englund [Principal Investigator], Manufacturing Laboratory Equipment Purchase, Pennsylvania Department of Education, $51,232, July 1, 1990-June 30, 1991.

R. Englund [Principal Investigator], Automated Manufacturing Technology Laboratory Equipment Purchase, Pennsylvania Department of Education, $89,865, July 1, 1989-June 30, 1990.

Publications

Articles published in refereed journals

Wallace, A., Cooney, T. E., Englund, R., and Lubahn, J. D., “Effects of Interleukin-6 Ablation on Fracture Healing in Mice,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 1437-1442, September 2011.

Will, R., Englund, R., Lubahn, J., and Cooney, T. E., “Locking plates have increased torsional stiffness compared to standard plates in a segmental defect model of clavicle fracture,” Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, vol. 131, pp. 841–847, 2011.

Lubahn, J., Englund, R., Trinidad, G., Lyons, J., Ivance, D., and Buczek, F., “Adequacy of laboratory simulation of in-line skater falls,” The Journal of Hand Surgery, vol. 30a, no. 2, March 2005.

Keverline, J., Englund, R., and Cooney, T., “Takeoff forces transmitted to the upper extremity during water-skiing,” Orthopedics, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 707-710, July 2003.

Englund, R., and Weissbach, R., “Interdisciplinary laboratory exercises for the design and construction of an LVDT position measurement system,” Journal of Engineering Technology, 8 pp., 2002.

Parry, B., Ganley, T. J., Bortel, D. T., Englund, R., and Cooney, T., “In vitro analysis of periprosthetic strains following total knee arthroplasty,” Orthopedics, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 1051-1056, 2000.

Englund, R., and Johnson, D., “Finite element analysis of a threaded connection compared to experimental and theoretical research,” Journal of Engineering Technology, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 42-47, 1997.

Articles published in refereed proceedings

Sweeney, S. K., Englund, R. B., and Edwards, R. C., “Direct assessment of mechanics of material learning,” Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education National Conference, Honolulu, HI, 2007.

Englund, R., Sweeney, S., and Johnson, D., “A demonstration of heat affected zone from welding”, Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 1150-1133, 9 pp., published on CD, June 2005.

Johnson, D. H., and Englund, R. B., “Mechanical stress relief simulation,” 2004 International ANSYS Conference Proceedings, published on CD-ROM, file: \papers\91.pdf, 13 pp., May 2004.

Evans, E. R., and Englund, R. B., “A bridge to high-school girls: A versatile recruiting tool,” American Society for Engineering Education 2001 Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, CD-Rom: Session 3550, 7 pp., 2001.

Englund, R. B., Lubahn, J. D., Buczek, F. L., and Cooney, T. E., “Wrist fracture dynamic testing system to simulate skating falls,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, paper number BED-4C, 2 pp., 2001.

Englund, R. B., Buczek, F. L., and Cooney, T. E., “Wrist fracture cooperative biomechanics research project,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, paper number METDH-3, 4 pp., 2001.

Englund, R. B., “Case study for first year seminar – A plan which (mostly) worked,” American Society for Engineering Education 2000 Annual Conference Proceedings, [CD-Rom: Session 2793, file 00055.pdf], 6 pp., 2000.

Johnson, D., Englund, R., McAnlis, B., Sari, K., and Columbet, D., “Three-dimensional modeling of a bolted connection,” 9th International ANSYS Conference and Exhibition, CD Rom: ANSYS 2000 Conference Proceedings, Contact and Impact 1, 6 pp., 2000.

Englund, R., Johnson, D., and Sweeney, S., “A finite element analysis of nonlinear behavior in a bolted connection,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, DE-102:73-79, 1999.

Englund, R., “Design of bi-directional loadcell for biomechanics measurement,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, paper number 98-WA/DE-3, 6 pp., 1998.

Taylor, K. D., Buchanan, W. W., Englund, R., O’Connor, T., and Yates, D., “Professional registration issues for engineering technology graduates: A range of perspectives,” Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference 1997 ASEE/IEEE, [CD-ROM: FIE97\papers\1146.pdf-5 pages], 1997.

Englund, R., and Grode, J., “Getting more from a manufacturing lab exercise,” Proceedings of the 1993 ASEE North Central Section Annual Conference, pp. 3A-13-18, 1993.

Englund, R., and Freeman, M., “CAM software for an associate degree MET program,” Proceedings of the 1992 ASEE National Conference, pp. 1475-1479, 1992.

Articles published in non-refereed proceedings

Parry, B., Ganley, T. J., Bortel, D. T., Englund, R., and Cooney, T., “In vitro analysis of periprosthetic strains following total knee arthroplasty,” Hamot Medical Center, Orthopaedics and Research Departments, Hamot Research Day, 23 pp., 1997.

Englund, R., “Engineering technology experience with distance education,” Proceedings of the 18th International Council for Distance Education World Conference, University Park, PA, [CD-ROM: ICDE-CD\papers\red\r8englun.pdf-10 pp.], 1997.

Ganley, T. J., Parry, B., Englund, R., and Cooney, T., “In vitro strain analysis and fracture patterns associated with total knee arthroplasties phase I: Development of the impact system,” Hamot Medical Center, Orthopaedics and Research Departments, Hamot Research Day, 18 pp., 1995.

Service

Active participation in professional and learned societies

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Supermilage Competition, rules committee member, 9/2002-7/2007.

ASME, Olean, NY Chapter

Membership Development Committee Chairman, 1986-1987.

ASME, Erie, PA Chapter

Secretary, 5/2009-5/2011
Treasurer, 5/2011-9-2012
Session Chair, “Innovative Teaching Techniques II,” American Society for Engineering Education, North Central Section, Penn State Erie, Erie, PA, April 9, 1999.
Secretary, 1994-95.
Membership Interests Committee Chairman, 1991-1994.
Honors and Awards Committee Chairman, 1990-1991.
Membership Development Committee Chairman, 1988-1990.

Service to government agencies

National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Review Panel, member, January 21-24, 1998.

Service to community

Judge, Academic Fair, Erie County Homeschoolers, McKean, PA, November 9, 1996.

Presentation on Engineers careers at Fairview High School, November 10, 1993.

Erie Engineers Week Show - Booth operator, February 24, 1988.

Participation in campus and/or University-wide governance bodies and related activities

University Faculty Senate, member 9/2005-6/2009.
Behrend College Faculty Council, member, 9/2001-5/2002.
University Faculty Senate, member, 9/1996-7/2000.
Course Chairman IE T 215, 216 (all Univ.), 1994-present.
Course Chairman MCH T 213, 214 (all Univ.), 1989-present.

General Engineering Department Meeting/SETCE Meetings, fall meetings at University Park, PA, spring meetings at western CES campus location, 1988-2002.

Contributions to the University's programs to enhance equal opportunity and cultural diversity

Math and Science Summer Camp, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA. Conducted a two-hour session on structural engineering for junior high girls, July 12, 2000.

Math Options

Service to student organizations

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Student Chapter

Faculty adviser, Fall 2000-present.
Supermileage Team Adviser, Fall 2000-present.
Organizer, Introduction to Composite Design, 2004.

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