Philip Pritchard, PHD

Education

PHD, Columbia University
MPHIL, Columbia University
MS, SUNY Stony Brook
BS, University of Bradford

About

Dr. Pritchard's main interest is in the area of engineering education. In recent years he has specialized in the use of computer software in teaching engineering analysis, in particular the use of Mathcad and Excel. My main efforts are in maintaining and updating my two textbooks.

Professional Experience

Industrial Experience:

• Design Engineer, Ford Motor Company, Livonia, Michigan. Design and development of automobile transmission components, 1977-1978.
• Engineer, British Rail, York, England. Training in methods of vehicle fabrication, equipment maintenance, etc., 1967-1971

Consulting:

• Principle Investigator in Manhattan College Project Contract #56.236. Evaluating fuel additive for private company.

Publications & Professional Activities

Co-author of:

• Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 7th Ed., Wiley, New York, 2008.

Author of:

• Mathcad: A Tool for Engineering Problem Solving, 2nd Ed, McGraw Hill, New York, 2008.
• PC Applications and the Engineering Curriculum, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, Middle Atlantic Section, April 15, 2000.
• Invited main speaker: The Role of Mathcad in Mechanical Engineering, seminar at the University of Waterloo, Canada, December 8, 1998.
• Mathcad: A Tool for Engineering Problem Solving, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1998.
• Use of Mathcad as a Primary Interface for Teaching Engineering Mathematics,Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education, Middle Atlantic Section, November, 1994.
• Use of Mathcad to Compute Experimental Uncertainties, Computers in Education Journal, Vol. ii, No.2, 1992.
• Deformed Surface Curve Measurements Using Photogrammetric Techniques, (with Zella L. Kahn-Jetter and James A. Turso) Experimental Techniques, Vol. 16, No.1, 1992.
• Inviscid Flow at the Trailing Edge of an Airfoil, International Journal of Applied Engineering Education, Vol. 7, No. 5, 1991.

Editor of:  

• Two-Phase Flows in Chemical Engineering, David Azbel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1981.

Honors & Awards

• Recipient of Sabbatical Leave, 2009-2010.
• Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Teacher of the year, Manhattan College 1988, 1995, 2007.
• Recipient of Manhattan College Summer Grant, 1991 and 1996.
• Recipient of Manhattan College Merit Bonus, 1995.

Professional Memberships

• American Society for Engineering Education

Courses Taught/Teaching

ENGG 614      Engineering Mathematics
ENGS 115      Introduction to Engineering
ENGS 116      Introduction to Engineering Computation
MECH 231      Solid Mechanics Laboratory
MECH 302      Applied Thermodynamics
MECH 318      Fluid Mechanics I
MECH 319      Fluid Mechanics II
MECH 405      Thermal/Fluids Laboratory