Archie Mathews


Archie Mathews
Associate Professor
Archie Mathews
213 Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37966-2030
Office : (423) 974-7668
Fax : (423) 974-7663
email : Arch-Mathews@utk.edu

Teaching

  Mechanics of Materials
Rigid-body Dynamics
Fracture-Safe Design

Education

Ph.D. 1959, University of Illinois
M.S. 1954, University of Michigan
B.S. 1953, University of Massachusetts

Research

  Mechanical Testing of Components
Fatigue Testing and Analysis
Mechanical Testing of Composites


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Consultant to students and faculty on problems in mechanical testing of materials and components. Development of fatigue tests for beam specimens that simulates a gear tooth.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1962 - Present Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science Department, University of Tennessee.
1963 - Present Local Industry, Material Testing, Structural Analysis and Dynamics.
1965 - 1968 Consultant, Union Carbide Corporation (Health Physics Division of Mine Safety Structures).
1962 - 1963 Babcock and Wilcox Company (summers).
1959 - 1962 Assistant Professor, University of Florida.
1957 - 1959 Construction Engineer, Illinois State Highway Department (summers).
1956 Research Assistant, Illinois State Water Survey Hydraulic Laboratory. (summer).
1955 - 1959 Instructor, Mechanics and Graphics, University of Illinois.
1954 - 1955 Instructor, Mechanics and Research in Prestressed Concrete, Lehigh University.
1953 - 1954 Graduate Assistant, Structural Engineering and Soil Mechanics, University of Michigan.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society for Testing and Materials 
Sigma Xi
American Society for Engineering Education

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"Characterization of Uniaxial Graphite Fiber/Epoxy Composites by Mechanical Testing and Scanning Electron Microscopy," (co-author), Advances in Polymer Technology, Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall 1989.


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Mechanics of Materials

Rigid-Body Dynamics

Fracture-Safe Design