Dr. Mark Nagurka

Present Position

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

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

CV

Experience

  • Associate Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering.
    January 2019 - present
    Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.

  • Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering.
    August 1996 - December 2018
    Director, Fluid Power and Mechatronics Research Laboratory.
    January 2015 -
    December 2018
    Director, Machine Design Laboratory, Opus College of Engineering.
    August 2011 - December 2018
    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

  • 2016 Outstanding Teacher Award, Opus College of Engineering, Marquette University, 2015-2016.

  • Lafferty Professor in Engineering, Marquette University, July 2010 - June 2014.
    (Endowed professorship in engineering pedagogy)

  • Best Paper Presentation in Mechanics Division, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, June 2014.

  • Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University, 2006-2007.

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

  • Best Presentation of Session, American Control Conference, 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)

  • Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) 

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