J. Roger Parsons
Professor |
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Roger Parsons
202 Dougherty Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37966-2210
Office : (423) 974-6650
Fax : (423) 974-5274
email : jparsons@utk.edu |
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Teaching
Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Systems Design
Design Methodology |
Education
Ph.D 1979, North Carolina State University
MS 1972, Carnegie-Mellon University
BS 1969, University of Illinois
Bettis Reactor Engineering School, 1970.
Naval Reactors Program. |
Research
Experimental Heat Transfer
Experimental Fluid Flow
Energy Systems
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Promotion of innovation in design education with alternate problem solving strategies.
Assessment of teaching techniques to promote creative problem solving. Applications of
chaos theory in design education. Thermal control of consumer electronics. Thermal and
fluid based instrumentation systems. Energy system analysis.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1988 - Present |
Professor, The University of Tennessee |
| 1983 - 1988 |
Associate Professor, The University of Tennessee |
| 1979 - 1983 |
Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee |
| 1975 - 1978 |
Research/Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University |
| 1969 - 1974 |
Engineer, Westinghouse-Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory |
| 1969 |
Engineer, McDonnell-Douglas Astronautics Corporation |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASME National Student Section Committee, 1981-82
ASME Student Section Faculty Advisor, 1980-83, 1993-97
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Tennessee
National Effective Teaching Institute, Washington, DC, June, 1996
ASME K-18 Committee on Low Temperature and Arctic Regions Heat Transfer, 1988-1995 |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Radcliff, T.D., Parsons, J.R., Johnson, W.S., and Ruggles, A.E., "Use of Transport
Delay to Avoid Compensatory Effects in Sonic Orifice-Based Gas Concentration Probes",
Review of Scientific Instruments. (in press)
J. Seat, W. Poppen, and J. R. Parsons, "Making Design Teams Work," Proceedings
of the Frontiers In Education Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, November, 1996. (in
press)
P.G. Klukken, J.R. Parsons and P.J. Columbus, "The Creative Experience in
Engineering Practice: Implications for Engineering Education," Proceedings of the
Fourth World Conference on Engineering Education, St. Paul, Minnesota, October, 1995,
pp. 289-294., also Journal of Engineering Education. (in press)
J. Roger Parsons and P. Gary Klukken, "An Introductory Design and Innovation
Course at the University of Tennessee," Proceedings of the Frontier in Education
Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 1995, pp. 3a5, 13-15.
T.D. Radcliff, J.R. Parsons, W.S. Johnson, and D.E. Ekeroth, "Visualization of the
Lower Plenum Anomaly in the Westinghouse AP-600 Reactor," Nuclear Technology,
Vol. 106, April 1994, pp. 100-109.
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