KSU Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

Degrees:  

Ph.D.            1986, Civil Engineering, Cornell University

M.S.              1978, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

B.S.              1972, Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University

Years of Service:

19 years of service at KSU

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, KSU (1996-present)

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, KSU (1989-1996)

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, KSU (1986-1989)

Related Experience:

Courses Taught: Taught 10 different courses since 1986.  Recent courses include:

ME 212 Engineering Graphics

ME 400 Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering

ME 533 Machine Design I

ME 610 Finite Element Applications in Mechanical Engineering

ME 862 Finite Elements

ME 701 Development of Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering

Industrial Experience:

President, Thunderhead Engineering (engineering software) (1998-present)

Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories (1978-1986)

Engineer, Westinghouse Advanced Reactors Division (1973-1978)

Consulting and Patents:

American Petroleum Institute (2003-2005)

Unocal (2004)

Geothermal Energy Research and Development, Tokyo, Japan (1997-1999)

GeothermEx, Richmond, CA (1998-1999)

Patents:

Nuclear Reactor Removable Radial Shielding Assembly Having a Self- Bowing Feature, Patent number 4,070,241; 1978

States in Which Registered:  none

Principal Publications in Last Five Years:

• Bhat, Ashish, Daniel Swenson, and Shekhar Gosavi. “Coupling the HOLA Wellbore Simulator with TOUGH2”, Thirtieth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 31-February 2, 2005.  SGP-TR-176
• Swenson, Daniel, Kotaro Sekine, Kazuo Hayashi, and Takatoshi Ito. “Numerical Study on Optimum Injection Temperature Inferred from Coupled-Hydro-Thermal-Mechanical Behavior of Rock.” Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, Vol. 27, October 12-15, 2003.
• Swenson, Daniel, Shekhar Gosavi, and Brian Hardeman. “Integration of Poroelasticity into TOUGH2.” Twenty-Ninth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 26-28, 2004.
• Swenson, Daniel, Brian Hardeman, Steve Butler, Casey Persson, and Charlie Thornton. “The PetraSim Pre- and Post-Processor for TOUGH2, TETRAD, AND STAR.” Twenty-Seventh Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 28-30, 2002.
• Swenson, Daniel, Robert DuTeau, and Takashi Okabe."Fracture Deformation Effects in Deep-Seated Rock Masses." Int’l Workshop on Potential Thermal Extraction from Deep-Seated Rock Masses, October 25-26, 2001, Tohoku University, Japan.
• Hardeman, B., S. Kulkarni, and D. Swenson. “A 3-D Finite Element Model of Flow in Fractured Reservoirs.” Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress, Kyushu-Tohoku, Japan, May 28 - June 10, 2000.
• Chopra, Prame, Doone Wyborn, and Daniel Swenson. “Initial Calculations of Performance for an Australian Hot Dry Rock Reservoir.” Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress, Kyushu-Tohoku, Japan, May 28 - June 10, 2000.
• Okabe, T., K. Kirihara, K. Hayashi, K. Karasawa, D. Swenson, and R. Schroeder. “Analysis in Preparation for Hijiori Long Term Circulation Test.” Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress, Kyushu-Tohoku, Japan, May 28 - June 10, 2000.
• Liu, Tan, and Daniel Swenson. “An Effective Logarithmic Finite Element for Flow Near a Well.” Proceeding 23^rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, January 29-31, 2001, Stanford Geothermal Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

Memberships: 

American Society for Engineering Education

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Pi Tau Sigma

Honors and Awards:  none

Institutional and Professional Service:

University:  none

College:  none

Department:  (1) Promotion and Tenure Committee, (2) Lab Committee, (3) Web Development Lead, (4) Sponsor, Applied Computational Laboratory, KSU

Professional:  none

Professional Development:

No formal development.  Learning from students and my work, including graduate student supervision, research projects, and consulting.

Other Notable Achievements in Last Five Years:

Advisor for 1 Ph.D. and 3 M.S. students; 

$620,000 of research funding at KSU in last five years;