Redeveloping The Mechanics And Vibration Laboratory: A Problem Solving Approach

Constantin Ciocanel, University of Toledo Constantin Ciocanel graduated with bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the “Gh. Asachi” Technical University of lasi, Romania. He served as a lecturer in the Strength of Materials Department at the same university, where he taught undergraduate and graduate level courses on Strength of Materials, Elasticity and Finite Element Analysis. Presently, he is a Research Associate at the Dynamic and Smart Systems Laboratory at the University of Toledo (Ohio, USA). He has expertise in elasticity, piezoceramics and field responsive particulate suspensions. He is coauthor of 27 publications in international journals and conference proceedings. His current interest is in magnetorheological (MR) fluids and magneto-mechanical characterization of magnetic shape memory alloys.