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Joseph C. Mollendorf, Ph.D.


Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
and
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics


Office:
Engineering, 335 Jarvis Hall, North Campus
and
Medical School, 105 Sherman Hall, South Campus
Telephone: (716)645-2593 x2319
FAX:(716)645-2883

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1971

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1969.

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, 1966


COMPLETE C.V.

Research Areas:
Design, heat transfer and fluid mechanics, mathematical modeling, manufacturing processes,biomedical Engineering.
Other:
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  • Current Projects
    -Diver Thermal Protection


  • Past Projects
    • -Head-Supporting, Back-Aligning Brace
    -FEM simulation of a tank drop

  • Class Web Page(s):
    •
    - MAE336 - Heat Transfer

    Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations:

    Samimy S., JC Mollendorf and DR Pendergast, ˇ°A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Diver Technique in Underwater Fin Swimmingˇ±, J Sports Engineering, (2005).8:27-38

    Pendergast DR, JC Mollendorf, Zamparo P, Termin A, Bushnell D and Paschke D, ˇ°The Influence of Drag on Human Locomotion in Waterˇ±, J Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, 32(1):45-47, 2005.

    Zamparo, P, DR Pendergast, JC Mollendorf, B Termin and AE Minetti, "An Energy Balance of Front Crawl", Eur J Appl Physiol (2005), 94:134-144

    Bardy, E, JC Mollendorf and DR Pendergast, "Thermal conductivity and compressive strain of foam neoprene insulation under hydrostatic pressure", J Phys D: Appl Phys 38 (2005) 3832-3840

    Bardy, E, JC Mollendorf and DR Pendergast, "Thermal resistance and compressive strain of underwater aerogel-syntactic foam hybrid insulation at atmospheric and elevated hydrostatic pressure", J Phys D: Appl Phys 39 (2006) 1908-1918

    Bardy, ER, JC Mollendorf, DR. Pendergast, "Thermal conductivity and compressive strain of aerogel insulation blankets under applied hydrostatic pressure", Journal of Heat Transfer, 129 (2007) p. 232-235

    Bardy, ER, JC Mollendorf, DR. Pendergast, "A comparison of the thermal resistance of a foam neoprene wetsuit to a wetsuit fabricated from aerogel-syntactic foam hybrid insulation", Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39 (2006) p. 4068-4076

    Kahn, KR, JC Mollendorf and DB Balliram-Manohalal, "The clinical consequences of loose lips", Contemporary OB / GYN (2007) 36-42

    Balikowski, JR and JC Mollendorf, "Performance of phase change materials in a horizontal annulus of a double-pipe heat exchanger in a water-circulating loop", Journal of Heat Transfer, 129 (2007) 265-272

    Pendergast, DR, JC Mollendorf, R Cuviello and AC Termin, II, "Application of theoretical principles to swimsuit drag reduction", Sports Engineering, 9 (2006) 65-76

    Pendergast DR and JC Mollendorf, "Thermal protection of divers in hot and cold water", Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2005

    D.R. Pendergast, C. Capelli, A.B. Craig Jr., P.E. di Prampero, A.E. Minetti, JC Mollendorf, A. Termin II, P. Zamparo, "Biophysics of Swimming" J.P. Vilas-Boas, F. Alves, A. Marques (eds.), Book of Abstracts of the Xth International Symposium Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming. Portuguese Journal of Sport Sciences, Suppl 1, 2006

    Bardy, ER, JC Mollendorf, DR. Pendergast, "Active heating/cooling requirements for divers in water at varying temperatures", ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver British Columbia, 2007

    Pendergast, DR and JC Mollendorf, "Diver thermal protection in cold water: a new approach", Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, 2007

    JC Mollendorfand Pendergast, DR, "An active system to thermally protect divers in cold water", Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Maui, Hawaii, 2007

    Enderle, JD and B Hallowell, Editors, "National Science Foundation 2003 Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled", chapter 11, pp. 131-177 http://nsf-pad.bme.uconn.edu/, appeared in 2005

    D.R. Pendergast, C. Capelli, A.B. Craig Jr., P.E. di Prampero, A.E. Minetti, JC Mollendorf, A. Termin II, P. Zamparo, "Biophysics of swimming". In: Swimming dicine X. J.P. Vilas-Boas, F. Alves, A. Marques (eds.), Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming X. Portuguese Journal of Sport Sciences, Suppl 2, 2006

    Enderle, JD and B Hallowell, Editors, "National Science Foundation 2004 Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled", chapter 13, pp. 165-201 http://nsf-pad.bme.uconn.edu/, appeared in 2006

    Enderle, JD and B Hallowell, Editors, "National Science Foundation 2005 Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid the Disabled", chapter 11, pp. 121-184 http://nsf-pad.bme.uconn.edu/, appeared in 2007

    "A Fluid / Solid Model for Predicting Slender Body Deflection in a Moving Fluid", Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, October 28, 2005

    "A Fluid / Solid Model for Predicting Slender Body Deflection in a Moving Fluid", University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, February 24, 2006

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