Greg Walker
[Education]
[Skills]
[Publications]
[For More Information]
Education
- Bachelor degree
- Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 1990.
- Master's degree
- Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, 1993.
Thesis: The Effects of Thermal Creep on Physical Vapor Transport in Microgravity Conditions.
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, currently working.
Dissertation: Nonuniform, Unsteady Mulit-dimensional Heat Flux Estimation
from DiscreteTemperature Measurements.
- Fellowship
- NASA Graduate Student Research Program
Skills
Computer
- Operating Systems - UNIX, DOS, MAC
- Programming Languages - Fortran, COBOL, C, Basic, Visual Basic, html, Pascal
- Scientific Software - EAL, AVS, PV_Wave, NCSA xds, SpyGlass Dicer, Adobe Photoshop
Academic
- Heat Transfer - Specializing in Conduction
- Fluid Dynamics
- Scientific Computation and Numerics
- Inverse Problems, Parameter Estimation, and Optimization
Pedagogical
- College Teaching Class (EDCI 6699)
- Training the Future Professoriate
- Team Teacher for Thermodynamics I
Publications
Walker, D.G., Mackowski, D.W. and Knight, R.W., "The Effects of Thermal Creep on Physical Vapor Transport
in Microgravity Conditions", 32nd Annual Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 1994.
Walker, D.G. and Scott, E.P., "One Dimensional Heat Flux Estimation from Discrete Surface
Temperature Measurements", 8th Annual Inverse Conference, 1995.
Walker, D.G. and Scott, E.P., "One Dimensional High Heat Flux Estimation from Discrete
Temperature Measurements",ASME 1995 International Congress and Symposium, Vol. 317-1, p. 175.
Walker, D.G. and Tidwell, P., "Self-Training for College Teaching", accepted for presentation at
1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
Return to Greg Walker's Homepage
which provides access to current research, visualization project and other pertinent information.
Send Suggestions or Comments to greg.walker@vt.edu
Last updated: March 2, 1996
http://www.vt.edu:10021/H/htlab/gw_resume.html