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Dr. Manohar Lal Arora , Research Associate Professor, Office Phone: (303)273-3403 @:marora@mines.edu
Academic Appointment & Responsibilities
2000 – Present: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Mining Engineering
Research Associate Professor
Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching in the following subjects: Theory of Plates & Shells, Statics, and Dynamics.
1999-2000 University of Denver, Engineering Department
Adjunct Professor
Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching:
Polymer Science and Visco-elasticity , Mechanics of Material and Dynamics
1984-1990 University of Colorado
Adjunct Professor
Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching:
Theory of Plates and Shells, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Material, Structural Dyanmics
1980-1984 University of Houston
Adjunct Professor
Undergraduate level teaching:
Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Material
1969 – 1972 University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Research Assistant
Conducted analytical research in the field of solid mechanics.
1962 - 1969 Regional Engineering College, Durgapur ( India)
Assistant Professor
Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching in the following subjects: Strength of Materials, Structural Engineering, Fluid Mechanics.
Professional Experience
1984 – 1999: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Group, Denver, CO
Staff Engineer
Peacekeeper Missile Program: Lead engineer on small motion transfer function studies; developed missile component math models; generated frequency response plots; computed transfer function feedback matrix and documented and presented the results at technical meetings.
Titan Launch Vehicle Program: Lead engineer on payload integration tasks. Performed load analyses for several launch events; generated payload response shock spectra plots, interface load time histories, spacecraft clearance loss and C.G. load factors. Interfaced and coordinated all project tasks with customers and associated contractors.
Intelligent Transportation Systems: System engineering supervision; sub-contract management; procurement, & contract award; project plan and master test plan development; interface requirements, system requirements development.
Space Based Laser: Requirements flowdown/analysis; test & integration; error budgets development and allocation; probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) as applied to the development of nuclear safety for space application and launch vehicles.
1978 – 1983: Davy-McKee Corporation, Houston, TX
Staff Engineer
Developed several design guides and computer programs for the analysis and design of industrial plant structures, vibrating equipment pile supported foundations, seismic analysis, piping stress analysis and blast-resistant design.
1975 – 1978: Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Houston, TX
Senior Structural Engineer
Designed equipment support structures and foundations for reciprocating and rotating compressors, clarifiers, storage tanks, dryers and centrifuge for seismic, wind and dynamic loads.
1974 – 1975 S & B Engineers Inc., Houston, TX
Senior Structural Engineer
Responsible charge of analysis & design of Petro-Chemical Plant structures.
1973 – 1974 Dyer & Moody Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
Senior Engineer
Designed, supervised drafting and checked shop drawings for Refinery Equipment Foundations.
1972 – 1973 Department Of Public Works, Baton Rouge, LA
Senior Structural Engineer
Performed design calculations and checked engineering drawings of Water-front & Earth Retaining Structures and Industrial Buildings.
Professional Certifications
Professional Engineering Registrations:
State of Mississippi: Reg. #5611 (1971)
State of Louisiana: Reg. #13491 (1972)
State of Texas Reg. #39193 (1974)
State of Minnesota Reg. #26196 (1998)
State of Arizona Reg. #33358 (1999)
Education
University of Mississippi , Mississippi
Ph.D. (Engineering Mechanics) 1972
Academic Emphasis: Dissertation: ”Studies of Crack Tip Stresses in Bending of Plates with Multiple Cracks by Complex Eigenfunction and Integral Transform Techniques”
University of Burdwan , India
M.S. (Structural Engineering) 1967
University of Roorkee , India
B.S. (Civil Engineering) 1962
Professional Societies & Organizations (2005/2006)
Member: American Society of Civil Engineers
Member: National Society of Professional Engineers
Member: Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Society)
Research and Related Activities
Dynamic Analysis & Design of Soil and Pile Supported Equipment Foundations.