Faculty Accomplishments

Ramiro H. Bravo, PH.D., P.E.

Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
Allen School of Engineering and Technology

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Wade Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Internal Accomplishments (service)

• Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies. Marketing the Master of Engineering program using a new original technique for distant online education
• Member of Academic Standards Committee. Chair of this committee until the beginning of this semester
• Chair of the committee to review of the mechanical engineering curriculum. The new curriculum was approved by the department and the school.
• Developed architectural engineering minor with Dr. Doug Schmucker from Civil Engineering Department.
• Approved by the ME and CE departments
• Designed and built laboratory equipment in the senior design class for the HVAC laboratory with funds provided by ASHRAE.
• Developing an electronics cooling laboratory using funds from 21st Century Grant

External Accomplishments/Activities

• Presented the paper “Using Equation Solver Programs to Teach Design of Pipe Networks” during the 2006 summer ASEE meeting
• Abstract accepted for the paper “Design of a Micro-Scale Cooling System for High Power Electronics, Industry-University Partnership” based on the 21st Century Grant
• Member of the ASHRAE and ASEE professional organizations
• Received grant from ASHRAE for the senior design course
• Meet with visiting prospective students
• Advisor of the SAE student organization
• Renewed a grant from Intergraph for the SmartSketch software
• Regular summer consulting job in HVAC
• Sponsored students for the ASHRAE undergraduate scholarship. A senior in mechanical engineering received a $3,000 scholarship last summer.
• Worked with Purdue, Delphi, and other companies in 21st Century Grant