Biosketch Dr. William B. Fagerstrom PE

Position

Supplemental Faculty, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Delaware (2/94 –present)

Degrees

Ph. D. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1972

BSME University of Wisconsin-Madision 1961

Service to UDel

Lecture “Manufacturing” in MEEG202

Lecture “Bearings” in MEEG304

Panelist MEEG401

Related Experience

Adjunct Professor 1995 Temple Univ. taught Eng521 Manufacturing Systems & Technology Strategy

Corporate Consultant, E. I. DuPont; 1972-1991

Instructor, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (67-69)

Engineer-Regional Consultant, E. I. Dupont; 1961-67

Consulting past clients include

Lewis Research

W. L. Gore

E. I. DuPont

Medical Center of Delaware

Reliance Electric

Zeneca

Rodel

State Registered

Delaware Registration No. 9907

Selected Publications and Talks

Shafting Chapter 37, STANDARD HANDBOOK OF MACHINE DESIGN, McGraw-Hill, 1986.

Fretting Corrosion in Connectors, (with E. T. Nicotera) 1981 Annual Connector and Interconnection Symposium Proceedings; awarded outstanding paper.

Two-Plane Balancing via Programmable Calculators Vibration Institute 1980 Seminar on Balancing.

Calculating the Area Moment of Inertia of Complex Cross Sections, ASME Advances In Computer Technology 1980 Vol. 2, pp.471-476.

Dynamic Stiffness and Damping of Machined Interfaces and Their Effect on the Dynamic Stiffness of a Structure, Ph. D. Thesis, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972.

Keynote Speaker at Maintenance Reliability Conference, Wilmington, May 2000.

Vibration Shape - A Major Clue to Causes and Solutions, Vibration Institute-Philadelphia Chapter, 1999.

Vibration - A Guide to Equipment Maintenance, American Society of Lubrication Engineers-Philadelphia Chapter, 1984.

"Natural Frequency," "Detecting Bad Bearings," "Advanced Vibration Measurements," and "Quality Monitoring" at DuPont conferences.

Societies

American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Life Member

Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Paper at Connector Conference, see above

Engineering Excellence (DuPont)

Courses Taught

MEEG453/653 Manufacturing Processes and Systems

EGTE418 Manufacturing

MEEG401 Sr. Design, Faculty Advisor 2011fall

Continuing Education Course, U. of Delaware Maintenance Best Practices co-presenter,

Continuing Education Course, U. of Delaware Preventive Predictive Maintenance

Other Information

Chairman of Delaware Chapter – Society of Manufacturing Engineers 1996, 2000

A past Examiner for Delaware Quality Award

Chairman Programmable Calculators in ASME's Computer Division 1979-80.

Member ASME's Design Division Committee 1970's

Chairman DuPont Mechanical Standards Committee

Member DuPont Predictive Preventive Maintenance Committee