Daniel V. Swenson
Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Room 351, Durland Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-2320
swenson@ksu.edu
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Professional Experience
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Education
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My primary areas of teaching include graphics, computer use for engineers, machine design, finite elements, and fracture mechanics.
Areas of research include modeling of geothermal reservoirs, elastic and elastic-plastic fracture, coupled non-linear problems (gas-driven fracture, fluid flow through faulted rock), finite element methodology, and interactive computer graphics. Research supported by NASA, DOE, Los Alamos National Laboratory, PVRC, Boeing, and NSF.
The University has allowed me to have a 50% appointment at KSU for the Spring semester of 2003. This allows me, without conflict of interest, to spend 50% of my time at Thunderhead Engineering, an engineering software company. I am very thankful for this opportunity.