Alex Fowler

faculty

Alex Fowler, PhD

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

508-910-6407

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Violette Research 217

Education

1993Duke UniversityPhD in Mechanical Engineering
1987Wesleyan UniversityBA in Philosophy

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

A continuation of the study of mechanics initiated in EGR 241. Work and energy methods are emphasized. Motion in accelerating coordinate systems and dynamics of system particles lead to the discussion of rigid body dynamics in three dimensions. A number of examples of rigid body motion are discussed.

Basic conservation equations in integral and differential forms. Eulerian and Lagrangian description of mass, momentum, and energy. Elements of potential flow. Analysis is primarily limited to inviscid and viscous incompressible fluids with applications to external and internal flows. Discussion of similarity and scaling. Both experimental and CFD laboratories and CFD project are integrated with the course.

Basic conservation equations in integral and differential forms. Eulerian and Lagrangian description of mass, momentum, and energy. Elements of potential flow. Analysis is primarily limited to inviscid and viscous incompressible fluids with applications to external and internal flows. Discussion of similarity and scaling. Both experimental and CFD laboratories and CFD project are integrated with the course.

Basic conservation equations in integral and differential forms. Eulerian and Lagrangian description of mass, momentum, and energy. Elements of potential flow. Analysis is primarily limited to inviscid and viscous incompressible fluids with applications to external and internal flows. Discussion of similarity and scaling. Both experimental and CFD laboratories and CFD project are integrated with the course.

Basic conservation equations in integral and differential forms. Eulerian and Lagrangian description of mass, momentum, and energy. Elements of potential flow. Analysis is primarily limited to inviscid and viscous incompressible fluids with applications to external and internal flows. Discussion of similarity and scaling. Both experimental and CFD laboratories and CFD project are integrated with the course.

Visiting professors or members of the faculty present current topics of interest in their areas of expertise.

Visiting professors or members of the faculty present current topics of interest in their areas of expertise.

Topical courses not offered in regular course rotation--e.g., new courses not in the catalog, courses by visiting faculty, courses on timely topics, highly specialized courses responding to unique student demand. Conditions and hours to be arranged. Prerequisites: Submission of a proposal, including the course description, goals, deliverables, time allocation and grading procedure; approval by the instructor, department chairperson, department graduate director and college dean.

Research

Research interests

  • Thermal Science
  • Biotransport
  • Cryopreservation

Select publications

  • Fowler AJ and Bejan A (1991).
    "The effect of shrinkage on the cooking of meat"
    International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 12, 375-383.
  • Fowler AJ and Bejan A (1993).
    "Contact melting during sliding on ice"
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 36, 1171-1179.
  • Lim JS, Fowler AJ and Bejan A (1993).
    "Porous medium model for a space filled with a fluid and fibers coated with a phase change material"
    Journal of Heat Transfer, 115, 1044-1050.

Biography

Dr. Fowler joined the faculty at UMass Dartmouth in 1994 where he received tenure in 2000 and was promoted to Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2007. During that time he also served as a Research Fellow in the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and as a Faculty Affiliate for the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

His prior administrative experience includes serving as Chairperson of Mechanical Engineering, as the founding director of the Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology PhD program, as Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and as Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and Research Development.

Dr. Fowler also served brief periods as the Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs and as Interim Director of the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center.