D. Gary Harlow
Phone: (610) 758-4127
Fax: (610) 758-6224

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Appointed to Lehigh Faculty: 1982

Education:
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, 1977
M.S. Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, 1976
B.A. Mathematics, Western Kentucky Univ., 1973

Related experience - teaching, industrial, etc.:
Adjunct Professor; Mathematical Sciences - Tompkins-Cortland Community College, 1974-1979
Assistant Professor; Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics - Drexel University, 1979-1982
Research Associate; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Cornell University, 1977-1979
ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellow - Naval Research Laboratory, 1985
NRC Research Fellowship - Naval Postgraduate School, 1988

Research activities, consulting, patents, etc.:
Applied probability and statistical modeling of failure processes in materials, aluminum alloys, steels, and composites; mechanistically based probability modeling of damage evolution; mechanical and system reliability. Recent research has focused on pitting corrosion and corrosion fatigue crack growth in aging aircraft components and systems and on microelectronic reliability and interfacial damage nucleation and growth.

Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
Sigma Xi
Sigma Pi Sigma
Pi Mu Epsilon

Honors and awards:
Lehigh University Award for teaching, 1985
Tau Beta Pi Teacher of the Year - Lehigh University, 1992