Professional Experience

Dr. Mann worked in the Military Electronics Equipment Departments, General Electric Co.. Syracuse, NY (1961-1993). 

 

From 1980-93, Dr. Mann was Manager, Mechanical Analysis and Materials Engineering. He directed studies associated with the design of complex radar and sonar systems subjected to natural and weapon environments.

 

From 1970-79, he performed vulnerability studies to investigate the damage to “hardened” structures subjected to air blast, thermal radiation and debris associated with nuclear weapon environments. He designed hardened phased array structures and performed finite element analysis and photoelastic studies on scaled models. Dr. Mann planned and conducted simulated thermal radiation and air blast tests at several National Laboratories including: Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, US Naval Weapons Laboratory, Dahlgren, VA and Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD.

 

For his work in “hardened radar structure design”, Dr. Mann was nominated for the 1979 General Electric Company Steinmetz Award. This annual award is given to the most outstanding engineer in GE.

 

From 1970-92, Dr. Mann developed and taught ten “in-house” GE Courses including - Response of Structural Systems to Dynamic Loads, Experimental Stress Analysis, Engineering Materials, Introduction to Finite Element Analysis and Shock and Vibration of Electronic Equipment.

 

He also served as Structures Panel Chairman, GE Aerospace Business Group – Advanced Development Council (1981-88).

 

Engineering Education Experience

Dr. Mann was an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Syracuse University from 1981- 1996. He taught several courses including; Statics and Dynamics, Introduction to Design, Synthesis of Mechanical Systems, Design Engineering Analysis and Mechanical Behavior of Materials.

 

From 1986-94, he served as the ASME Student Section Advisor and Faculty Advisor of Pi Tau Sigma. From 1985-1990, he was a Mechanical Engineering Program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

 

In January 1996, Dr. Mann was appointed Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of South Florida. He has taught courses in Mechanics of Solids and Machine Design and is presently teaching Capstone Design. He has served as the Faculty Advisor of the USF ASME Student Section since 1998. Under his guidance the ASME Student Section has grown in size and prominence as an outstanding group of student engineers in the Southeast Region of the U.S., winning numerous Regional Awards and having several students compete for National Awards.