Ronald E. Smelser, Ph.D.

Professor

Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

rsmelser@charlotte.edu

704-687-8245

Duke 222

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1978
• S.M.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1972
• B.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 1971

Research

• Deformation Processing
• Materials Process and Structure Relations
• Failure of Materials