Present Position

Prof. Mark Nagurka, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
Marquette University
P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

414-288-3513 (work)
414-288-7790 (fax)
mark.nagurka@marquette.edu

Education

• Ph.D. (1983) in Mechanical Engineering
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
  (Thesis: Curving Performance of Rail Passenger Vehicles
   Advisor: Professor J. Karl Hedrick)

• M.S.E. (1979) in Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics
  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
  (Thesis: Leg Motion Gait Analysis by Multi-Axial Accelerometry
   Advisor: Professor Wilson C. Hayes)

• B.S.E. (1978) in Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics
  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Experience

• Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering.
  August 1996 - present
  Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.

• Senior Research Engineer.
  June 1994 - August 1996
  Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.

• Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
  September 1989 - May 1994
  Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
  August 1983 - August 1989
  Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.

Professional Registration

• Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  (registered 1988).

• Professional Engineer, State of Wisconsin
  (registered 2000).

Honors and Awards

• Fulbright Scholar, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics,
  The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, September 2001 – June 2002.

• American Control Conference, Best Presentation of Session, 1988, 1991, 1993.

• Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1985.
   

Membership in Professional Societies

• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
   

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