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Hall, Dr. David E.
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering Program Chair

James F. Naylor, Jr. Endowed Professor

Degrees

PhD-Mechanical Engineering: Georgia Institute of Technology
MS-Mechanical Engineering: Georgia Institute of Technology
BS-Mechanical Engineering: Louisiana Tech University

Contact Info

Office: Bogard Hall 255
Email: dhall@latech.edu
Phone: 318-257-4127

Fax: 318-257-2306
Home Page: http://www.latech.edu/~dehall

Areas of Specialization

Engineering Curriculum Development

Trenchless Technology
Fracture mechanics (solid mechanics) and computer graphics

Finite element analysis

Research Areas/Interests

· Development of engineering curricula to meet the needs of "The Engineer of 2020" and beyond, focusing on project-based educational experiences in the freshman and sophomore years. Implementation of a "Living WITH the Lab" educational approach were students own and maintain their own laboratory and design platform to boost experiential learning, creativity and innovation.

· Implementation and analysis of trenchless technologies, including analysis of pipeline rehabilitation liners, laser-based pipeline measurement and condition assessment, and advanced impact mole applications.

· Application of the finite element method to study the driving forces for high temperature, creep-brittle fracture.

· Computer graphics techniques for visual realism based on the principles of radiant heat transfer.

Publications

1. Zhao, W., Nassar, R. and Hall, D.E., "Design and Reliability of Pipeline Rehabilitation Liners," Trenchless Technology Research as part of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 20 (2005) 203-212.

2. Hall, D and Matthews, J., "Fluid Migration in the Annular Space of Rehabilitated Pipelines: A Comparison of Insituform’s Inverted and ILS Products," Trenchless Technology Report, August 2004, 39 pages.

3. Barker, M. and Hall, D., "Teaching Innovative Product Development Skills to Freshmen Engineering Students," Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Salt Lake City, June 2004, 10 pages.

4. Hegab, H., Hall, D., Pan, J., Swanbom, M. and Dettmer, A., "Three-Dimensional Wireframe Models of Pipelines Using a Computer Vision Inspection System," Proceedings NO-DIG 2004, NASTT, New Orleans, March 21-24, 2004, 8 pages.

5. Zhao, W. and Hall, D., "3D Modeling of Pipe Liners with Thickness Variations," Proceedings NO-DIG 2004, NASTT, New Orleans, March 21-24, 2004, 10 pages.

6. Jordan, W., Parameshwaraiah, V. and Hall, D., "Long-Term Material Characterization of a Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) Material," Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 2003, pp. 285-286.

7. Hall, D and Crittenden, K., "Design, Fabrication and Testing of Wooden Trusses for Undergraduate Mechanics," Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, June, 2003, 24 pages.

8. Zhao, W., Nassar, R. and Hall, D., "Incorporating Reliability into the Design of Pipeline Rehabilitation Liners," Proceedings of the International No-Dig 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2003.

9. Leangsuksun, C., Corley, M. and Hall, D., "Enabling Information Technologies for Innovative Product Design," Proceedings of the Conference for Information Technology Curriculum, Society for Information Technology Education, Rochester, New York, 2002.

10. Kapasi, S. and Hall, D., "Monitoring Deflections of Pipe Liners Under External Water Pressure During Liner Buckling Experiments," Proceedings of the North American NO-DIG 2002, NASTT, Montreal, Canada, April 28-30, 2002, 13 pages.

11. Zhu, M. and Hall, D.E., "Creep Induced Contact and Stress Evolution in Thin-Walled Pipe Liners," Thin Walled Structures, 39 (2001) 939-959.

12. Zhao, Q., Nassar, R. and Hall, D.E., "Numerical Simulation of Creep-Induced Buckling of Thin Walled Pipe Liners," Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 123, August 2001, pp. 373-380.

13. Hall, D., Hadala, P., and Roberts, F., "Laboratory Exercises for Statics and Mechanics of Materials on a Shoestring," Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2000, 24 pages.

14. Hall, D.E. and Zhu, M., "Recent Findings and Ongoing Liner Buckling Research at the Trenchless Technology Center," Proceedings of the North American No Dig 2000, April 2000, Anaheim, California, pp. 77-84.

115. Saxena, A., Hall, D.E. and McDowell, D.L., "Assessment of Deflection Rate Partitioning for Analyzing Creep Crack Growth Data," Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 62 1 (1999) 111–122.

16. Hall, D.E., and Jordan, W.M., "Fabrication and Testing of Micro-Embossed Polycarbonate Composites," Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Composites Engineering, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 1997.

17. Hall, D.E., McDowell, D.L. and Saxena, A., "Crack Tip Parameters for Creep-Brittle Crack Growth," Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol 21, 1998, pp. 387-401.

18. Jordan, W.M. and Hall, D.E., "Development of Strong Lightweight Polymeric Plates using Micromachining," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Composites Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 1996.

19. Hamilton, B.C., Hall, D.E., Saxena, A. and McDowell, D.L., "Creep Crack Growth Behavior of Aluminum Alloy 2519: Part I -- Experimental Analysis," ASTM STP 1297 - Elevated Temperature Effects on Fatigue and Fracture, 1997, pp. 3-18.

20. Hall, D.E., Hamilton, B.C., McDowell, D.L. and Saxena, A., "Creep Crack Growth Behavior of Aluminum Alloy 2519: Part II -- Numerical Analysis," ASTM STP 1297 - Elevated Temperature Effects on Fatigue and Fracture, 1997, pp. 19-36.

21. Hall, D.E., McDowell, D.L. and Saxena, A., "Some Aspects of Crack Growth in Creep Brittle Materials," International Symposium for Inelastic Deformation, Damage and Life Analysis, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 30-August 3, 1995.

22. Hall, D.E., McDowell, D.L. and Saxena, A., "Numerical Analysis of Crack Growth in Creep-Brittle Aluminum Alloy 8009," 1995 NSF Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Grantees Meeting, Institute for Mechanics and Materials, La Jolla, California, January 4-6, 1995.

23. Hall, D.E. and Rushmeier, H.E., "An Improved Explicit Radiosity Method for Calculating Non-Lambertian Reflections," The Visual Computer (International Journal of Computer Graphics), Vol. 9, No. 5, March 1993, pp. 278-288.

24. Rushmeier, H.E., Baum, D.R. and Hall, D.E., "Accelerating the Hemi-Cube Algorithm for Calculating Radiation Form Factors," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 113, No. 4, November 1991, pp. 1044-1047.

25. Hall, D.E. and Lowther, J.D., "Application of an Expert System to Thermal Insulation Problems," Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Microcomputer Applications in Energy, Tucson, Arizona, November 1988, pp. 345-350.