Madhukar Vable

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931
Tel: (906) 487-2747
Fax: (906) 487-2822
Contact Email: mavable@mtu.edu

EDUCATION


  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • M. Tech., Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
  • B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

    • HONORS


  • Fellow of Wessex Institute of Great Britain, 2002
  • Distinguished Faculty Member Award from Michigan Association of Governing Boards of State Universities, 1999.
  • Michigan Technological University Distinguished Teacher Award, 1998.
  • Member of Academy of Teaching Excellence of Michigan Technological University.
  • Most valuable research project award from Michigan Materials and Processing Institute for 1994/95 year.
  • Member of Editorial Board of The International Journal of Boundary Element Methods Communications. (1994-present).

    • SCHOLARSHIP

    Vable conducts research in the area of computational mechanics and has developed algorithms for finite element method, finite difference method and boundary element method. A list of selected publication and brief description of software development can be obtined by clicking on the links below.


  • Selected Publications
  • Computer Program BEAMUP

    Textbooks

    A brief description of the textbooks can be obtained by clicking on the links below.
  • Mechanics of Materials, Oxford University Press, 2002
  • Errata for first print of the Mechanics of Materials
  • Intermediate Mechanics of Materials, Oxford University Press, 2007

    Educational Material

    Sample Syllabus, Lecture slides and Sample Exams are available as pdf files on the links below.


  • Introductory course of Mechanics of Materials
  • Intermediate Mechanics of Materials
  • Introduction to Finite Element Method

    COURSES

    Semester Spring 2008


  • Office Hours
  • MEEM 2150 Syllabus
  • MEEM 2150 Course Policy
  • Missing answers to homework problems

    Miscellaneous


  • ME-EM Department Charter
    Send comments to:
    mavable@mtu.edu

    Last Updated: January 14, 2008