UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York UB Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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  • Andres Soom, Professor

  • Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
    Office: 1012 Furnas Hall
    Phone: (716) 645-1431
    FAX: (716) 645-2883
    E-mail: soom .at. eng.buffalo.edu
    Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF
    Research Interests: Tribology, machinery diagnostics, mechanical design, acoustics & noise control, dynamic testing & modeling.

    Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations:

    • D. Chicot, F. Roudet, A. Soom and J. Lesage. "Interpretation of instrumented hardness measurements on stainless steel with different surface preparations." Surface Engineering, Jan2007, V. 23 No. 1, 2007 pp32-39.
    • J. Lesage, D. Chicot, A. Pertuz, P.-Y. Jouan, N. Horny, A. Soom " A model for hardness determination from standard microhardness tests" Surface Coatings and Technology, V 200 (No. 1-4), 2005, pp. 886-889.
    • C.-H. Wang, A. Soom and G. F. Dargush, "Transient Thermoelastic Contact of Sliding Rings with Axisymmetric Surface Roughness," Trans. ASME J. Trib., 126(2), 2004
    • C.-H. Wang, G. F. Dargush, A. Soom and M. M. Grigoriev "Multiscale Thermomechanical Analysis of sliding Rings from Short-Time Transients to Steady-State" Transient Processes in Tribology, 30th Leeds-Lyon Symposium, Lyon, Sept 2003. Elsevier Science B.V. (2004)
    • A. Soom, C. I. Serpe and G. F. Dargush, "High Frequency Noise Generation from Components in Sliding Contact: Flutter Instabilities Including the Effects of Surface Roughness and Friction" Transient Processes in Tribology, 30th Leeds-Lyon Symposium, Lyon, Sept 2003. Elsevier Science