John Parmigiani

Biographical Sketch

John Parmigiani has a life-long love of mechanical engineering. Academic training began with metals-machining and vehicle mechanics courses prior to college and was followed with B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. Professional experience includes 10 years as a practicing engineer in industry with several Pennsylvania manufacturing firms. Personal experince includes vehicle repair & restoration and countless construction & repair projects on his Pennsylvania farm and Oregon home.  His current work at Oregon State University focuses on providing useful solutions to real-world mechanical engineering problems for a wide variety of project sponsors.

Qualifications

  • Licensed Professional Engineer in Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2007

  • MS in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997

  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1987

  • 10 years of experience as a practicing engineer in industry

Current positions in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at OSU

  • Research Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

  • Director of Industry Research for the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering

  • Capstone Coordinator for the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering

Current Graduate Students

Nicholas Aerne (PhD)

Lola Vars (PhD)

Kevin Carpenter (MS)

David Plechaty (MS)

Patrick Sellars (MS)

Kevan Gahan (MS)

Other Personnel Involved in Current Projects

Prof. Robert Stone

Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short

Andrew Parmeter

Thomas Hope

Former Graduate Students

Alex Orawiec (MS)

Taylor Rawlings (MS)

Mark McGuire (MS)

Nicholas Aerne (MS)

Eric Shannon (MS)

Andrew Otto (MS)

Mahabub Alam (PhD)

Levi Suryan  (MS)

Mitchell Daniels

Patrick Dailey

Jesus Meraz (MS)

Tim Foglesong (MS)

Imran Hyder (MS)

Andrew Phan (MS)

Bruce Bingham (MS)

Nick Atanasov (MS)

Yessenia Torres (MS)

Michael Summers (MS)

Joe Hortnagl (MS)

Brian Grimm (MS)

Thomas Wright (MS)

Drew Arnold (MS)

Bill Koski (MS)

Josh Strom (MS)

Brian Benson (MS)

Scott Zenier