Ali Erkan Engin
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Emeritus
The Ohio State University, 1995 - & University of South Alabama, 2011, USA
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) Michigan State University, 1965
M.S. (Engineering Mechanics) The University of Michigan, 1966
Ph.D. (Engineering Mechanics) The University of Michigan, 1968
1966-1968 Teaching Fellow, Engineering Mechanics Department of the University of Michigan.
• 1968-1969 Associate Research Engineer, The Highway Safety Research Institute of the University of Michigan.
• 1969-1970 Assistant Professor, Engineering Sciences Department of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
• 1970-1971 Associate Research Engineer, The Highway Safety Research Institute of the University of Michigan.
• 1971-1974 Assistant Professor, Engineering Mechanics Department of The Ohio State University.
• 1974-1977 Associate Professor, Engineering Mechanics Department of The Ohio State University.
• 1977-1994 Professor, Engineering Mechanics Department and Director of Biomechanics Laboratory of The Ohio State University.
• 1994-1995 Professor, Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Aviation of The Ohio State University (Professor Emeritus, 1995 - ).
• 1995-2003 Professor and Chairman of Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama.
• 2003-2011 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama (Professor Emeritus, 2011-)
Biomechanics: head injury problems, experimental and theoretical mechanics of the major articulating joints of the human body, biological material properties, biodynamic modeling of various parts of the human body.
Mechanics: Continuum mechanics, emphasizing fluid-solid interaction problems, wave propagation theory, dynamic analyses of shells, optimization, and numerical methods.