G. E. Otto Widera, Ph.D.

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EDUCATION

B.S. (1960), M.S. (1962), Ph.D. (1965, Engineering Mechanics)
University of Wisconsin, Madison

FELLOWSHIPS

Sept. 1961-May 1963      Graduate Fellow, University of Wisconsin  
Summer, 1966                  NASA Fellow in Space Systems Engineering,                                            Stanford University
Sept. 1968-Aug. 1969     Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow,                                            University of Stuttgart, Germany

HONORS

Pressure Vessel and Piping Award and Medal, ASME, 1995
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow, 1984
Board of Governors, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, (Citations)
Fellow, ASME
Honorary Consultant, Second China Standards Committee for Pressure Vessels
Welding Research Council, 1995 (Citation)
Pressure Vessel and Piping Division, ASME, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994, (Citations)
Illinois Section, ASCE, 1977, (Citation)
U.S. National Academy of Science, 1972 (Award)
Tau Beta Pi, Emminent Engineer, 2000
Listed in Who’s Who in America, American Men and Women in Science, Who’s Who in Engineering, Who’s Who in the World, and others

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

  • University
    -- Director, Center for Joining and Manufacturing Assembly, 1995-Present
  • Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
    -- Chair,  1991-99
    -- Chair,  Executive Committee,  1991-99
    -- Chair,  Freshman Committee, 1997-98
  • College of Engineering
    --  Interim Dean, 1998-99, 2003
    -- Senior Associate Dean, 1999 - Present
    -- Member, Administrative Council, 1991-Present
    -- Chair, Mechanics Committee, 1993-2001
    -- Member, Facilities Committee, 1994-98
    -- Supervisor, Mechanical Staff, 1992-2001
    -- Supervisor, Computing Staff, 1999-Present
    -- Director, Discovery Learning Center, 2002-Present 
  • Graduate School
    -- Member,  Graduate Board,  1992-97
    -- Co-Developer and Director, Engineering Management Program,
    1995-2001

  
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

  • Department of Materials Engineering
    --  Elected Member of Advisory Committee for twelve years; also served on numerous other committees, such as Accreditation Committee
    --  Seminar Chair,  1977-1979
    --  Coordinator (unofficial), Mechanical Analysis and Design Program, 1978-1982
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    -- Acting Head, 1982-1983
    -- Head, 1983-1991
  • Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    -- Acting Head,  1985-1986
  • College of Engineering
    --  Member of Executive Committee, 1967-1978, 1979-1980; also served on many other College Committees, such as Curriculum, etc.
    -- Director, Off-Campus Programs, 1987-1988
  • University Senate
    --  Member, Campus Planning and Nominations Committees,
    1976-1977, 1980-1982, 1985
    -- Member,  Faculty Judiciary Committee, 1975-1976
    -- Member,  Executive Committee, 1985-1987
  • Graduate College
    -- Member,  Executive Committee,  1970-1972
    -- Chair,  Natural Science Area Subcommittee, 1971-1972
  • Campus Research Board
    -- Member, 1972-1973, 1975-1977
    -- Member, Biomedical Research Sub-Committee, 1976-1977
  • University
    --  Member, University Search Committee for Vice-Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate College, 1985
    --  Member, All Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure, 1975-1976
    -- Member, Committee on International Education, 1972-1973
    --  Member,  Advisory Board of SofTech  (Software Technologies Research Center),  1989-1991
    --  Member, Campus-wide Information Management Advisory Committee, 1990-1991
  • School of Urban Sciences
    -- Member,  Promotion and Tenure Committee,  1978
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    --  Member, Search Committee for Head of Department of Mathematics, 1980
  • Honors College
    -- Member, Search Committee for Dean, 1981-1982
    -- Fellow
  • College of Dentistry
    -- Member, Search Committee for Dean, 1988-1989 

Professor and Senior Associate Dean
College of Engineering
Phone: (414) 288-3543
Fax: (414) 288-1647
Email: geo.widera@marquette.edu

Marquette University
Haggerty Engineering 279
1515 W. Wisconsin Ave.
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-1881