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Education
Areas of Interest
Current Projects
Background
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Contact Information
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 Position
Education
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnical Institute, 1966
- MS, Engineering Design, Case Institute of Technology, 1968
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1972
Areas of Interest
- Precision machining systems
- Real-time control
- Metrology
Current Projects
Background
After receiving his PhD degree from Northwestern University in 1972,
Dr. Dow joined the Tribology Section of Battelle Columbus Laboratories
and worked there for ten years. His research interests were in the areas
of friction and wear and included studies on a wide variety of topics
from lubrication of cold-rolling mills using oil-in-water emulsions to
wet braking effectiveness of bicycle brakes to elastohydrodynamic lubricant
film generation in ball and roller bearings. He developed experimental
apparatuses, established analytical models, and corroborated those analyses
with experimental measurements.
Dr. Dow joined the faculty at North Carolina State University in 1982
and was instrumental in developing the academic and research program in
precision engineering. His current research interests include the design
of precision machining systems, real-time control, and metrology. He was
one of the founders of the American
Society for Precision Engineering and currently acts as its Executive
Director.
Selected Publications
Contact Information
| Phone |
(919) 515-3096 |
| Fax |
(919) 515-3964 |
| E-mail |
thomas_dow@ncsu.edu |
| Office location |
Room 104, Research Building No. 1, Centennial Campus |
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