Edwin G. Wiggins


Professor Edwin G. Wiggins

Mandell and Lester Rosenblatt Professor of Marine Engineering

 

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1965

M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 1968

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1976

 

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  • Mandel & Lester Rosenblatt Professor of Marine Engineering, 2000 – Present
  • Professor of Marine Engineering, 1992 – 2000
  • Dean and Professor of Marine Engineering, 1987 – 1992
  • Head of Engineering, US Merchant Marine Academy, 1982 – 1987
  • Marine Engineering Dept. Head, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 1978 – 1982
  • Ensign through lieutenant commander, tours of duty included chief engineer of a guided missile destroyer, and docking officer at Charleston Naval Shipyard, U.S. Navy, 1965 – 1978
  • Materials Science
  • Thermodynamics
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering Economics
  • Marine Engineering V (renumbered as IV in 2007)
  • Science Laboratory (lab for Materials Science)
  • Chemistry Laboratory
  • “Finite Element Analysis in Heat Transfer,” submitted for consideration to Computers in Education Journal.
  • “Using CAD to Analyze Journal Bearing Friction,” submitted for consideration to Computers in Education Journal.
  • “Using CAD to Help Students Learn Statics,” accepted for publication in Computers in Education Journal.
  • “Heat Exchanger Design,” presentation at the November 10, 2011 meeting of the New York Metro Section of SNAME.
  • “COGAS Propulsion for LNG Ships,” Journal of Marine Science and Application, vol. 10, no.2, June 2011, p. 175.
  • “Transient Heat Conduction in a Sphere,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XX, no. 4, October – December 2010, p 1.
  • “Lecture Visuals from a 3-D CAD Program,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 4, October – December 2009, p 63.
  • “Alternative Computer Solution Methods for Free and Forced Vibrations,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 3, July-September 2009, p. 66.
  • “The Speed of Sound in Steam,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 2, April – June 2009, p. 93.
  • “Iron-Iron Carbide Phase Diagrams in Mathcad,” Computers in Education Journal, vol. XVIIII, no. 2, April – June 2009, p. 60.
  • Mock ABET Visit, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Columbia, 2014
  • SHIPPING Insight 2013
  • Combined Cycle User Group 2012
  • Combined Cycle User Group 2011
  • Mock ABET Visit, ESPOL, Guayaquil, Ecuador, January 2013
  • Fellow of Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology
  • Fellow of Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
  • Distinguished Service Award, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 2001
  • Centennial Certificate, American Society for Engineering Education
  • Centennial Medallion, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
  • Best Teacher Award at Merchant Marine Academy, 1987
  • Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
  • Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • Faculty Honor Committee, Chair
  • Admissions Committee, 1978 – 2013
  • ABET Board of Directors, 2005 – 2008
  • ABET EAC, 1991 – 1997 and 2000 – 2005
  • ABET TAC, 1988 – 1991
  • ABET Board of Directors
  • ABET International Visits as program evaluator and team chair
  • SNAME Section Librarian
  • SNAME Scholarships Committee
  • ASEE OMED abstract reviewer