Ronald J. Hartranft
Phone: (610) 758-4109
Fax: (610) 758-6224

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Appointed to Lehigh Faculty: 1966

Education:
Ph.D. Applied Mechanics, Lehigh University, 1966
M.S. Applied Mechanics, Lehigh University, 1964
B.S. Engineering Mechanics, Lehigh University, 1963

Related experience - teaching, industrial, etc.:
NSF Cooperative Graduate Fellow, Lehigh University, 1963-66
Assistant Professor of Mechanics, Lehigh University, 1966-72
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, 1972-77
Chair of the MEM Solid Mechanics Division, Lehigh University, 1991-97

Research activities, consulting, patents, etc.:
Occasional engineering consultant in stress analysis and fracture mechanics

Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
ASME
SAE
Sigma Xi

Honors and awards:
General Motors Scholar, 1959-63
Honorable Mention, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Competition, 1963
NSF Cooperative Graduate Fellow, 1963-66