Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. George Dieter
Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering

2145 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742

                        Phone: 301.405.5248
                        Fax: 301.314.9477
                        Email: gdieter@umd.edu

Research Interests

Materials processing; engineering design; quality engineering; engineering education.

Education

Sc.D., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1953

Select Publications

• Dieter, G., Engineering Design, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill Book Co., 798 pages, 2000.
  
• Dieter, G.E., “Overview of the Materials Selection Process,” ASM Handbook, Vol. 20, Materials Selection and Design, ASM International, 1997.
• Dieter, G.E., “Relationship Between Materials Selection and Materials Processing,” ASM Handbook, Vol. 20, Materials Selection and Design, ASM International, 1997.
• Dieter, G.E., and E.R. Schnell, “Total Quality Management in Research,” The Elements of Academic Research, R.H. McCuen, Ed., ASCE Press, 1996.
• Dieter, G., Mechanical Metallurgy, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill Book Co., 751 pages, 1986.

Scientific and Professional Membership

President, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 1993-1994; Engineer’s Public Policy Council, AAES, 1996; ASME Design Education Curriculum Innovation Award; Co-editor, Series of Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing, Marcel Dekker, Inc; Editor, ASM Handbook, Vol. 20, Materials Selection and Design, 1994-1997; Director, American Association of Engineering Societies, 1993-1994; Presented 1995 Honorary Engineering Lecture, Pennsylvania State University; Chair, Evaluation Panel for Advanced Research Programs in Engineering, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, August 1995; Chair, Armaments and Armor Panel, Technical Review Committee for Army Research Lab, 2000-2004.

Honors and Awards

Educator Award, Minerals, Metals and Materials Society of AIME; Lamme Medal, ASEE; Fellow of American Society for Metals (ASM), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering (AIME); Member, National Academy of Engineering.

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