Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Bruce S. Berger
Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dynamical systems, machine tool vibrations, and numerical methods

(301) 405-5262 |  berger@umd.edu | Room 2143 Martin Hall, Bldg 088

Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1962

Recent Publications
Berger, B.S., "A Review of the Numerical Simulation of Mixers ", S.S.E. and T.S.E. (1994-2003) Parts 1&2, Center for Energetic Concepts Development, Feb. 2005, p. 1-35.

Berger, B.S. and C. Belai, "Toeplite Matrices and Time Series," Proceedings of the 38th Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute, University of California, Sacramento.  June 2-4, 2004. pp, 1-15.

Berger, B.S., C. Belai, and D. Anand, "Chatter Identification with Mutual Information", Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 267(1), Oct. 2003, p.178-186.

Berger, B.S., C. Belai, and D. Anand, “Toeplitz Matrices and Cutting State Identification,” Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Hong Kong, China, pp. 1877-1884, 2001.

Berger, B.S., J.A. Manzari, D. Anand, and C. Belai, “Auto-Regressive SVD Algorithms for Cutting State Identification,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 248, No. 2, pp. 351-370, 2001.

Berger, B.S., C. Belai, and D. Anand, “Cutting State Identification with AR Models,” Transactions of the Society of Engineering Science Tech. Meeting, Vol. 37, 2000.

Berger, B.S. and I. Minis, “Modeling Analysis and Characterization of Machining Dynamics,” Chapter 5 in Dynamics and Chaos in Manufacturing Processes, F.C. Moon, ed., Wiley, 1998.

Scientific and Professional Membership
Member of Board of Directors, ASME, Washington Section; Research proposal reviewed for DOE; Journal reviewer, Intl. Journal of Engineering Sciences, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of Applied Mechanics.

Honors and Awards
Van Nostrand Prize; Otto Wolf Prize; ASME Award for Development of Mechanical Engineering

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