James Gerdeen
Professor Emeritus
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of Colorado Denver
1200 Larimer St.
North Classroom Building, Room 3502
Denver, CO 80217
Mailing Address:
Campus Box 112
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
Phone:
Fax: 303-556-6371
Email:
Courses Taught:
Solid modeling Using Pro/E
Finite Element Analysis Using Pro/Mechanica
Methods of Engineering Analysis
Properties of Engineering Materials lab
Rapid Product Development
Manufacturing Seminar
Theory of Elasticity
Research Interests:
sheet metal forming (automotive and beverage cans)
polymers and composites
pressure vessels
rapid prototyping
electronic manufacturing
electronic packaging
stress analysis of printed circuit boards
plasticity
creep
fatigue
fracture mechanics
Consulting:
Battelle, Alcoa, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors,
US Bureau of Mines, USAF, NASA, Motor Wheel Corp,
Whirlpool, Ball Packaging , Pillsbury, Lear
Ziegler, Gardner Denver, Pre-Finish Metals,
Abbott Labs, Michigan Gas Co., Proctor & Gamble,
Coors, Gates, Budd Co., US Ind. Chemicals,
PVRC/WRC, NSF, Argonne Labs, Sandusky Foundry,
Libby Owens Ford, Latrobe Steel, HITCO, AISI.,
Animal Care, NREL