Wayne Whiteman

Director of the Office of Student Services and Senior Academic Professional

Office:	MRDC, Room 3102
Phone:	404.894.3204
Fax:	404.894.1658
E-mail:

Education

• Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996
• S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
• B.S., United States Military Academy, 1979

Research Areas and Descriptors

• Vibrations, structural dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, and engineering education

Background

Dr. Whiteman joined Georgia Tech after serving as an assistant, associate, and full professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. During that time, Dr. Whiteman served as the Mechanical Engineering Program Director for an undergraduate program with approximately twenty-five faculty members in the fields of mechanical systems, thermal sciences, aeronautical systems, and engineering design. He also directed and served as a senior mentor at annual workshops to improve teaching skills and enhance learning environments.

Dr. Whiteman served 24 years in the United States Army prior to arriving at Georgia Tech in 2003. He retired from military service as an officer in the Corps of Engineers at the rank of Colonel. His military field assignments culminated in his command of the 577th Engineering Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Research

Dr. Whiteman's management and supervisory responsibilities in the Office of Student Services limit his ability to be heavily engaged in research. As such, he maintains a modest scholarship program that contributes to the Woodruff School while remaining consistent with the vision for the Senior Academic Professional position he holds in the Academic Office.

Dr. Whiteman has been involved with research exploring the use of displacement-dependent dry friction damping to improve the performance of mechanical systems, with particular emphasis on turbine blade applications. To date, this research has provided a good basis for the enhanced use of dry friction to improve the stability characteristics of mechanical systems and control flutter in aerodynamic applications.

Dr. Whiteman is also involved in scholarship and research in the areas of engineering education, and teaching and learning initiatives.

Distinctions

• Pi Tau Sigma Honorary Member, 2005
• Georgia Institute of Technology Women in Engineering Faculty Excellence Teaching Award, 2004
• Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, 2001
• Registered Professional Engineer in Virginia

Representative Publications

• Ferri, A.A., and Whiteman, W.E., "Free response of a system with negative viscous damping and displacement-dependent dry friction damping," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 306(3-5), 9 October 2007, pp. 400-418.
• Whiteman, W.E., "Mechanical Engineering Curricula A Baseline Study for the Future Effects of ABET EC2000," The International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, Vol. 31, No. 4, October 2003.
• Whiteman, W.E., and Berman, M.S., "Fatigue Failure Results for Multiaxial versus Uniaxial Stress Screen Vibration Testing," Shock and Vibration, Vol. 9, No. 6, 2002.
• Whiteman, W.E., and Berman, M.S., "Inadequacies in Uniaxial Stress Screen Vibration Testing," Journal of the IEST, Vol. 44, No. 4, Fall 2001.
• Whiteman, W.E., and Nygren, K.P., "Achieving the Right Balance: Properly Integrating Mathematical Software Packages in Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 3, July 2000.
• Whiteman, W.E., and Ferri, A.A., "Suppression of Bending-Torsion Flutter Through Displacement-Dependent Dry Friction Damping," AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, January 1999.