Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor and dean of engineering, has appointed Dr. Luis San Andres holder of the Mast-Childs Chair in Mechanical Engineering. The endowed appointment is effective Oct. 1.
San Andres is a professor in mechanical engineering. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1985. He also earned master’s and bachelor’s degrees, both in mechanical engineering, from the University of Pittsburgh and Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador, respectively.
San Andres’ research interests include analysis, design and testing of fluid film bearings and gas bearings and seals for oil-free turbomachinery, rotordynamics of turbomachinery, structural vibrations and computational mechanics.