- Ph.D. - Duke University 2013
- M.S. - Duke University 2011
- B.S. - The University of Texas at Austin 2009
BIO
Dr. Ballard received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009. He then went on to earn his masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, where he did research on the nonlinear dynamics of ocean buoys with energy harvesting applications. After two years doing postdoctoral research at the University of Notre Dame on , he began teaching at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ in 2015.
Courses
ME 1120 - Dynamics ME 1140 - Mechanics of Solids ME 1210 - Thermodynamics ME 2120 - System Dynamics ME 2240 - Materials and Mechanics Lab ME 3360 - Renewable Energy Harvesting ME 3590 - Computational Solid Mechanics
Publications
Area(s) of expertise
Dynamics, renewable energy, solid mechanics, computational solid mechanics, finite element analysis, numerical simulation
Bio
Dr. Ballard received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009. He then went on to earn his masters and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, where he did research on the nonlinear dynamics of ocean buoys with energy harvesting applications. After two years doing postdoctoral research at the University of Notre Dame on , he began teaching at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ in 2015.
Courses
ME 1120 - Dynamics ME 1140 - Mechanics of Solids ME 1210 - Thermodynamics ME 2120 - System Dynamics ME 2240 - Materials and Mechanics Lab ME 3360 - Renewable Energy Harvesting ME 3590 - Computational Solid Mechanics
Publications
Areas of Expertise
Dynamics, renewable energy, solid mechanics, computational solid mechanics, finite element analysis, numerical simulation