Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Office: EBS 2114

Address: Complex for Engineering and Biological Sciences
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1082

Phone: (270) 745-8852

Fax: (270) 745-5856

Email: robert.choate@wku.edu

Education:

• M.E., Design and Manufacturing Engineering, 2000
  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
• M.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1991
  North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1982
  Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

Professional Credentials:

• P.E., Commonwealth of Kentucky (P.E. #23292)
• P.E., State of North Carolina (P.E. #20623)
• P.E., Commonwealth of Virginia (P.E. #26565)
• CRE, American Society of Quality, Certified
  Reliability Engineer (CRE #5089)

Areas of Interest:

• Thermal management and analysis of electronic
  systems and their associated facilities
• Computational fluids and heat transfer
• Design verification and environmental reliability
  testing methods
• System reliability