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Eben C. Cobb

Visiting Assistant Professor

Office: Higgins Laboratories, 211
Phone: +1-508-831-5035
Fax: +1-508-831-5680
eccobb@wpi.edu

Educational Background

• B.S., Norwich University, 1977
• M.S., The University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978
• M.S., Boston University Overseas Program in conjunction with the University of Heidelberg, 1981
• Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1985
  

Research & Teaching Interests

Application of science of generic design to high speed precision equipment; Kinematic and vibration analysis of high speed rotating equipment; Application of smart structures for the control of vibration;

IQP Advising Interests

effect of technology on social systems; technology and organizational behaviors; history; history of technology; foreign policy.

Recent Publications

• Hoffman, J. and Cobb, E.C., "A Simplified Analytical Approach to the Response of Systems with Non-linear Characteristics," submitted for publication in the International Journal of Computers and Structures

• Cobb, E.C., Cheu, T.C., and Hoffman, J., "Reduction of Excitation Forces Using Optimal Circumferential Placement of Cylindrical Thermocouple Probes," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 115, No. 2, pp 418-423, April, 1993.

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Honors & Awards

• Tau Beta Pi
• Pi Tau Sigma
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Member, American Society of Engineering Education