Patrick Dunn

Patrick Dunn

Professor Emeritus, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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Patrick F. Dunn  joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1985 and retired in 2014. Prior to 1985, he was a mechanical engineer at Argonne National Laboratory from 1976 to 1985 and a postdoctoral fellow at Duke University from 1974 to 1976.

He is the author of over 160 scientific journal and refereed symposia publications, mostly involving experimentation, and a professional engineer in Indiana and Illinois. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the recipient of departmental, college, and university teaching awards. His scientific expertise is in fluid mechanics with an emphasis on aerosols. He is an experimentalist with over 45 years of laboratory experience.

He has authored the following texts:

            Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science

            Fundamentals of Sensors for Engineering and Science

            Uncertainty Analysis for Forensic Science

For further information about Professor Dunn see:

            Journal Publications and Patents

Education

B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., Department of Aerospace Engineering, Purdue University (1970, 1971, and 1974).