Robert Theodore Balmer
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
BSE – Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan 1961
BSE – Engineering Mathematics University of Michigan 1964
MSE – Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan 1963
SCD – Mechanical Engineering University of Virginia 1968
OTHER EDUCATION
1. AICHE Advanced Polymer Rheology Seminar, 1970
2. AICHE Interfacial Phenomena Seminar, 1970
3. University of Wisconsin-Extension Effective Engineering Teaching Inst., 1970
4. University of Wisconsin-Extension Rheology Research Conference, 1970
5. NSF Summer Institute in the History of Technology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of History and Technology, 1970
6. Fluid Power Society Educators Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, 1977
7. NBS Workshop on Orifice Metering, Gaithersburg, MD, 1983
8. Bruel and Kjaer, Basic Acoustical Measurements, Milwaukee, WI, 1983
9. AAHE Annual Conf. on Faculty Rewards and Teaching, Chicago, IL, 1993
10. ISO 9000 Certification for colleges and universities, Racine, WI, 1993
11. AAHE Second Annual Conference on Faculty Rewards and Teaching, New Orleans, MO, 1994
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1998 – 2005 Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Division of Engineering and Computer Science, Union College
1979 – 1998 Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1972 – 1979 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1969 – 1972 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1968 – 1969 NATO Visiting Professor, Istituto di Principi di Ingegneria Chimica University of Naples, Italy
1964 – 1968 Instructor, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Virginia
1960 – 1961 Grader, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Michigan
OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1974 – 1998 Mechanical Engineering EIT and PE Refresher Courses in Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1976 – 1998 Gateway to Engineering, Science and Technology (GEST) Minority High School Recruitment Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1987 – 1992 Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) to Local Industry, Engineering Courses
2000-2005 Educating Girls for Engineering (EDGE) Summer Engineering Workshop for High School Girls, Union College, Schenectady, NY
ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE
1972 – 1974 Chairman and Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering Department College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1984 – 1987 Engineering Research Coordinator Office of Industrial Research and Technology Transfer, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1989 – 1993 Chairman and Professor Mechanical Engineering Dept. College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1990 – 1998 Director – Computer Aided Engineering Laboratory College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1994- 1998 Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Research College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1998 – 2005 Dean of Engineering and Computer Science, Union College
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
1961 – 1962 Engineer, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics of Nuclear Reactors Westinghouse Electric Comp., Pittsburgh PA
1963 (summer) Engineer, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. Belle, WVA
1964 (summer) Research Engineer, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. Nylon Technical Section Martinsville, Virginia
1965 – 1968 Research Engineer, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. Orlon and Lycra (summers) Technical Sections, Waynesboro, Virginia
CONSULTING
1. Hinde Engineering Company, Highland Park, Il.
2. Solar Systems, Inc., Racine WI 3.
3 M Company, Minneapolis, MN
4. Kimberly-Clark, Neenah, WI
5. Badger Meter, Milwaukee, WI
6. Raintree Publishing, Milwaukee, WI
7. Mulligan Company, Oak Creek, WI
8. United Energy Products, Milwaukee, WI
9. Waukee Engineering Company, Milwaukee, WI
10. Johnson Wax, Racine, WI
11. W. H. Brady, Milwaukee, WI
12. Eaton Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
13. Marquette Electronics, Milwaukee, WI
15. Arthroflex Systems Inc., New Glarus, WI
16. Louis Allis, Milwaukee, WI
PATENTS
Balmer R. T. and Soto R. J. “Chemical to Mechanical Energy Converter,” U.S. Patent No. 3,760,645 September 25, 1973.
HONORS
1. Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma Engineering Honor Societies
2. Sigma Xi
3. Society of Automotive Engineers Teetor Award
4. Outstanding Educator of America, 1975
5. CEAS Outstanding Instructor Award, 1971, 72, 88
6. UWM Mortar Board Last Lecture Series Speaker, 1984
7. Who’s Who in the Midwest: 20-22nd eds., 1986, 87, 88
8. Who’s Who in Technology Today, 5th and 6th ed., 1987, 88
9. ASEE 1991 Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award
COMMITTEE SERVICE
A. University Level Committee Service
1. Academic Program and Curriculum Committee (Chair), 1971-1973
2. Cultural and Technological Studies Steering Committee, 1976-1986
3. Graduate School Research Committee, 1977
4. Institutional Review Board for Human Subject Research, 1978 – present
5. Engineering Dean Search and Screen Committee, 1981-1982
6. Energy Conservation Subcommittee of the Physical Environment Committee, 1981-1986
7. General Services Building Committee (Chair), 1982-1987
8. Facilities Design Advisory Subcommittee of the Physical Environment Committee, 1982 – 98
9. Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Building Addition Committee, 1989 – 98
10. Advisory Committee for the Center for the Improvement of Instruction, 1990 – 98.
B. College Level Committee Service
1. Colloquium Committee, 1970-1971
2. Curriculum Committee, 1973-1975 (Chair) and 1983-1986
3. Graduate Program Committee, 1978-1980
4. Engineering Research Advisory Board, 1984-1998
5. Tau Beta Pi Faculty Advisor, 1984-1988, Chief Advisor, 1988-1998
6. Pi Tau Sigma Sole Faculty Advisor, 1988-1998
7. Honorary Degree Committee, 1985-1998
8. Ad Hoc Committee on Engineering PC Requirement, (Chair), 1985-1988
9. Numerous departmental committees (planning, course development, etc.)
BOOKS AUTHORED
1.Balmer R. T., Capillary Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluids, ScD Dissertation, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Virginia, 1968.
2. BALMER, R. T., Thermodynamics (plus a 360 pg. solution manual), West Publishing Company, 1990, 850 pp. This is an undergraduate engineering textbook that includes personal computer applications, design problems and a modern treatment of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. This book received the 1991 ASEE Merriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award.
3. Kosky, P., Balmer, R.T., Keats, W., and Wise, G., Exploring Engineering: An Introduction to the Science and Practice of Engineering. Elsevier Pub., first edition 2006, second edition 2010, third edition 2012, fourth edition 2015. This is a freshman level introduction to engineering textbook written around the theme of a “Smart Car.” It covers numerous topics in all modern fields of engineering analysis and design as they apply to this theme.
4. BALMER, R. T., Modern Engineering Thermodynamics (plus solution manual), Elsevier Pub., 2011.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. BALMER, R. T. and Kauzlarich, J.J., “On the Capillary Entrance Flow of Oldroyd Quasilinear Rate Type Fluids,” Developments in Mechanics, Vol. 5, 113 (1969).
2. BALMER, R. T. and Astarita, G., “Constant Stretch History Extensional Flows,” Quad. Ing. Chim. It., 5, 101 (1969).
3. BALMER, R. T., “The Hygrocyst – A Stability Phenomenon in Continuum Mechanics,” Nature, 227, 600 (1970).
4. BALMER, R. T., “The Synthetic Muscles: An Innovation in Mechanical Energy Generation,” Bioenergetics Bull., 3, No. 1, (1971).
5. BALMER, R. T. and Kauzlarich, J. J., “Similarity Solutions for the Converging or Diverging Steady Flow of Non-Newtonian Elastic Power Law Fluids with Wall Suction or Injection, Part I: Two-Dimensional Channel Flow,” AIChE J., 17, 1181 (1971).
6. BALMER, R. T., “Prediction of the Bagley End Correction Factor and Die Swell for Capillary Flow of an Oldroyd Rate Type Fluid,” Trans. Soc. Rheo., 16, 277 (1972).
7. BALMER, R. T., and Soto, R. J., “Polytonic Studies of Reconstituted Collagen Fiber,” Biopolymers, 13, 627 (1974).
8. BALMER, R. T., “Entropy and Melt Fracture,” J. Appl. Polymer Sci., 18, 3127 (1974).
9. BALMER, R, T., “A Historical Sketch of the Evolution of Energetics,” Trans., Wis. Acad., Sci., Arts and Letter 62, 95 (1974).
10. BALMER, R. T., and Soto, R. J., “Hill’s Equation Applied to Reconstituted Contractile Collagen,” Biopolymers, 14, 102 (1975).
11. BALMER, R. T., “A Surface-Tension Driven Extensional Flow,” Trans. Soc. Rheo., 19, 407 (1975).
12. BALMER, R. T. and Franks, J. G., “Contractile Behavior of Mimosa Pudica, J. Plant Physiology, 56, 464 (1975).
13. BALMER, R. T., “The Mechanics and Energetics of Macromolecular Interfaces,” Surface Science, 52, 174 (1975).
14. Griskey, R. G., BALMER, R. T. and Brinkley, J. G., “An Automatic Scanning LDV System,” Proceedings of the Minnesota Symposium on Laser Anemometry, 217, January, 1976.
15. BALMER, R. T., Brinkley, J. L. and Griskey, R. G., “On Line Minicomputer Data Processing of Scanning Laser Doppler Anemometer Signals, in Numerical/Laboratory Computer Methods in Fluid Mechanics (A. A. Pouring and V. L. Shah, Eds.), ASME pub., 1976, pp. 369-376.
16. BALMER, R. T., and Wang, T. G., “An experimental Study of Internal Hygrocysts,” ASME J. Fluids Eng., 98, 688 (1976).
17. BALMER. R. T. and Brinkley, S. P., A Translation of Commandant Vivielle’s Article, “Sandglasses, Clocks of the Sea,” NAWCC Bulletin, 19, 2 (1977).
18. BALMER, R. T., and Strobusch, A. D., “The Critical Size of Newborn Homeotherms,” Am. J. Applied Physiol., 42, 571 (1977).
19. BALMER, R. T., Bacon, V. W., and Griskey, R. G., “Oxygen Transfer Tests Prove Efficiency of Fine Bubble Diffuser,” Water and Sewage Works, 124, 121 (1977).
20. BALMER, R. T., “Steady and Unsteady Isochoric Simple Extensional Flows,” J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 2, 307 (1977).
21. BALMER, R. T., “The Operation of Sandclocks and Their Medieval Development,” Technology and Culture, D19, 615 (1978).
22. BALMER, R. T., and Hochschild, D. J., “Hyperbaric Fanno Flow of Newtonian Fluids,” J. Rheology, 22, 165 (1978).
23. BALMER, R. T., and Hirsch, S. R., “The Non-Newtonian Behaviour of Human Saliva,” AIChE Symposium Series on Biorheology (C. Huang and A. L. Copley, eds.) 74, 1978, pp. 125-129.
24. BALMER, R. T., “The Critical Radius Effect with Variable Heat Transfer Coefficient,” AIChE Journal, 24, 547 (1978).
25. Schultz, D. H. and BALMER, R. T., “Similarity Solutions for the Converging or Diverging Steady Flow of Elastic Power Law Fluids with Wall Suction or Injection, Part II: Axisymmetrical Conical Flow,” Computers and Fluids, 6, 271 (1978).
26. Hirsch, S. R., Linehan, J. H., and BALMER, R. T., “The Clinical Parallel Tube Sputum Viscometer,” Proceedings of the Third International Congress of Biorheology, Y. C. Fung and J. G. Pinto eds., pg. 8.10 (1978).
27. BALMER, R. T. and Kovac, J. P., “A Purely Hydrodynamic Mechanism for Atmospheric Banding and Continental Drift,” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 42, 321 (1979).
28. BALMER, R. T., “The Invention of the Sandclock,” Endeavor, 3, 118 (1979).
29. BALMER, R. T. and Fiorina, M. A., “Unsteady Flow of an Inelastic Power Law Fluid in a Circular Tube,” J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 7, 180 (1980).
30. Kovac, J. P. and BALMER, R. T., “Experimental Studies of External Hygrocysts,” ASME J. Fluids Eng., 102, 226 (1980).
31. Briedis, D., Moutrie, M. F. and BALMER, R. T., “A Study of the Shear Viscosity of Human Whole Saliva,” Rheo. Acta, 19, 365 (1980).
32. BALMER, R. T., “The Formula of the Clepsydra,” Timecraft, 2, 12 (no. 1), 21 (no. 2) (1980).
33. BALMER, R. T., “The Effect of Age on Body Energy Content of the Annual Cyprinodant Fish, Nothobrachius Guentheri,” Exp. Geront., 17, 139 (1982).
34. BALMER, R. T., “Entropy and Aging in Biological Systems,” Chem. Eng. Comm., 17, 171 (1982).
35. BALMER, R. T., “Generalized Local Balance Concepts in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamic Field Theory,” J. Non-Equilibrium Thermo., 8, 19 (1983).
36. BALMER, R. T., “An Entropy Model for Biological Systems,” Chem. Eng. Comm., 31, 145 (1984).
37. BALMER, R. T., “Bifurcation Phenomena in Thermomechanics,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 123 (1984).
38. BALMER, R. T., “An Engineering Case Study Laboratory: A New Approach to Providing Student, Equipment and Faculty Laboratory Needs,” ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1127, (1985).
39. Griskey, R. G., Nechrebecki, D. G., Notheis, P. J., and BALMER, R, T., “Rheological and Pipeline Flow Behavior of Corn Starch Dispersions,” J. Rheology, 29, 349 (1985).
40. Romer, I. C., Jr and BALMER, R. T., “Use of the Personal Computer in Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics Courses,” Eng. Ed., ASEE, 76, 693 (1986).
41. BALMER, R. T., “Pressure-Driven Ranque-Hilsch Temperature Separation in Liquids,” in Computer-Aided Engineering of Energy Systems, AES Vol. 3 (“Second Law Analysis and Modelling,” R. A. Gaggioli ed.), ASME, (1986).
42. BALMER, R. T. and Naik, T. R., “Applied Engineering Research at UW-M,” Wisconsin Professional Engineer, May/June, 18 (1987).
43. BALMER, R. T., “Pressure-Driven Ranque-Hilsch Temperature Separation in Liquids” (an expanded version of item 41 above), ASME J Fluids Eng., 110, 161 (1988).
44. BALMER, R. T., “A University-Industry Senior EngineeringLaboratory,” Engineering Education, ASEE, 78, 700 (1988).
45. BALMER, R. T., “The Newcomen Cycle: The Thermodynamics of Atmospheric Steam Engines,” ASME, 88-WA/HH-4, 1988.
46. BALMER, R. T. and Durian, S. W., “The Charging and Discharging of a Circular Pipe With a Newtonian Liquid,” in Forum on Unsteady Flow, FED Vol. 71 (P. H. Rothe, H. H. Safwat, and F. J. Moody eds.), ASME, 1 (1988).
47. BALMER, R. T. and Maruszewski, J. P., “The Performance of a Diaphragm Pump Using High Speed Data Acquisition Techniques,” in Forum on Industrial Applications of FluidMechanics, FED Vol. 70 (T. B. Morrow, L. R. Marshall, and R. L. Simpson eds.), ASME, 1 (1988).
48. BALMER, R. T. “Industrial Applications of Electrorheological Fluids,” in Forum on Industrial and Agricultural Applications of Fluid Mechanics, FED Vol. 86 (T. B. Morrow, S. A. Sherif, and L. R. Marshall eds.), ASME, 35 (1989).
49. BALMER, R. T. “A Mechanical Engineering University/Industry Laboratory Course,” in Proceedings of the ASME 1989 Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Conference, Case V-8, ASME, 169 (1989).
50. BALMER, R. T. “Rheological Modeling,” Chapter 5 in Advances in Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Technology-1, D. Satas (ed.), 1992.
51. Renken, K. J. and BALMER, R. T., “Industrial Type PC-Data Acquisition Systems For The Senior Mechanical Engineering Laboratory,” Proceedings of the 1993 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Vol. II, pp. 1749-1753, Urbana/Champain, Illinois, June 20-24, 1993.
52. Renken, K. J. and BALMER, R. T., “Utilization of a High Speed Motion Analysis System in a Capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory,” Proceedings of the 1994 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Edmonton, Alberta Canada, June 26-29, 1994.
53. Roeder, C. L., BALMER, R. T., and Kojasoy, G., “Teaching Engineering and Business in Parallel,” Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Curricula for the 1990’s, ASME Curriculum Innovation Awards, pp. 11-13, 1994.
54. Renken, K. J. and BALMER R. T., “Student Solicited Industrial Case Study Projects in a Senior Mechanical Engineering Experimentation Course,” Proceedings of the 1995 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 25-28, 1995.
55. BALMER, R. T., “Speeding CFC Conversions,” Engineered Systems, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 46-48, 1996.
56. Renken, K. J. and BALMER R. T., “Collaborative Industrial Applications in the Mechanical Engineering Experimentation Course Employing an Infrared Thermal Imaging and Measurement System,” Proceedings of the 1996 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 23-26, 1996.
57. Schultz, D. H., Schwengles, S., BALMER, R. T., and Kojasoy, G., “A Second Order Method for the Steady Flow Between a Rotating Cylinder and a Fixed Square Cylinder,” International Journal of Applied Science & Comp., pp. 134-152, 1996.
58. BALMER, R. T., Traver, C., and Williams, G. (Editors), Effective Strategies for Change, Proceedings of the Workshop on Implementing Curricular Change in Engineering Education, Union College, September 22-23, 2000.
59. BALMER, R. T., Traver, C., and Williams, G. (Editors), Preparing Engineers for the 21st Century, Proceedings of the Workshop on Implementing Curricular Change in Engineering Education, Union College, October 19-21, 2001.
60. BALMER, R. T., “Converging Technologies – The New Frontier in Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montreal, June 16-18, pp. 777-787, 2002.
61. BALMER, R. T., “Electrostatic Generation In Dielectric Fluids – The Viscoelectric Effect,” Proceedings Of The World Tribology Congress Iii, Washington Dc, September 12-16, 2005.
62. BALMER, R.T., “Converging Technologies In Higher Education,” chapter in Conversing Technologies For Improving Human Performance (W. Bainbridge ed.), 2006.
63. Eckhart, A. BALMER, R. T., See, W., and Patch, S. K., “Ex Vivo Thermoacoustic Imaging Over Large Fields Of View With 108 Mhz Irradiation”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2010.
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
1. BALMER, R. T., “The Bagley Capillary End Correction Factor for an Oldroyd Rate Type Fluid,” at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Salt Lake City, UT, February, 1971.
2. BALMER, R. T. and Nechrebecki, D. G., “Stagnation Flows of Dilute Solutions,” at the AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, August, 1971.
3. BALMER, R. T., “Unsteady Fanno Extensional Flows,” at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Cincinnati, OH, January, 1973.
4. BALMER, R. T., “A Surface-Tension Driven Extensional Flow,” at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Montreal, Canada, October, 1973.
5. BALMER, R. T., Nechrebecki, D. G., Notheis, P. J. and Griskey, R. G., “Suppression of Turbulence in Dilatant (Shear Thckening) Fluids,” at the 13th Annual AIChE Free Forum, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1973.
6. BALMER, R. T., Brinkley, J. L., and Griskey, R. G., “Laser Doppler Velocity Measurements of Transitional Flow in Dilatant (Shear Thickening) Fluids,” at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, Amherst, MA, October, 1975.
7. BALMER, R. T., Griskey, R. G. and Brinkley, J. L., “An Automatic Scanning LDV System,” at the Minnesota Symp. on Laser Anemometry, Minneapolis, MN, October, 1975.
8. BALMER, R. T., and Hochschild, D. L., “Newtonian Extensional Viscosity with the Fanno Hyperbaric Extensiometer,” at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, St. Louis, MO, October, 1975.
9. BALMER, R. T., Griskey, R. G., and Brinkley, J. L., “High Speed Laser Doppler Anemometer Scanning of Pipe Flow,” presented at the AIChE Meeting, Kansas City, MO, April, 1976.
10. BALMER, R. T., Brinkley, J. L. and Griskey, R. G., “On Line Minicomputer Data Processing of Scanning Laser Doppler Anemometer Signals,” ASME Winter Annual Meeting, New York, NY, December, 1976.
11. BALMER, R, T, and Hirsch, S. R., “The Non-Newtonian Behavior of Human Saliva,” at the AIChE Annual Meeting, New York, NY, November, 1977.
12. BALMER, R. T., and Hirsch, S. R. and Linehan, J. H., “The Clinical Parallel Tube Sputum Viscometer,” Third International Congress of Biorheology, La Jolla, CA, August, 1978.
13. BALMER, R. T., “Entropy and Aging in Biological Systems,” AIChE Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1981.
14. BALMER, R. T., “The Life and Times of Betty Crocker,” University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Conference, Menomonie, WI September, 1982.
15. BALMER, R. T., “Bifurcation Phenomena in Thermomechanics,” ASEE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT 1984.
16. BALMER, R. T., “The Impact of Science Fiction Literature on the Evolution of Science and Technology,” Interface 84, Southern Tech. Institute, Marietta, GA, October, 1984.
17. BALMER, R. T., “From Puberty to Menopause: Technology and Human Sexuality,” Invited Lecture, UWM Mortar Board Last Lecture Series, November, 1984.
18. BALMER, R. T., “An Engineering Case Study Laboratory: A New Approach to Providing Student, Equip. & Faculty Needs,” ASEE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 1985.
19. BALMER, R. T. and Romer, I. C. jr., “Use of the Microcomputer in Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics Courses,” ASEE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 1985.
20. BALMER, R. T. “Pressure-Driven Ranque-Hilsch Temperature Separation in Liquids,” ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 1986.
21. BALMER, R. T., “Self Lubricated Non-Metallic Bearings,” Center for Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1987.
22. BALMER R. T., “Sensor Technology-Industrial Applications Update ’88,” Chair, Center for Continuing Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1988.
23. BALMER, R. T., “The Newcomen Cycle: The Thermodynamics of Atmospheric Steam Engines,” ASME Winter Annual Meeting, History and Heritage Div., Chicago, Il, 1988.
24. BALMER, R. T. and Durian, S. W., “The Charging and Discharging of a Circular Pipe With a Newtonian Liquid,” ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Forum on Unsteady Flow, Chicago, Il, 1988.
25. BALMER, R. T. and Maruszewski, J. P., “The Performance of a Diaphragm Pump Using High Speed Data Acquisition Techniques,” ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Forum on Industrial Applications of Fluid Mechanics, Chicago, Il, 1988.
26. BALMER, R. T. “Industrial Applications of Electrorheological Fluids,” ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Forum on Industrial Applications of Fluid Mechanics, San, Francisco, CA, 1989.
27. Renken, K. J. and BALMER, R. T., “Industrial Type PC-Data Acquisition Systems For The Senior Mechanical Engineering Laboratory,” ASEE Annual Conference, Urbana/Champaign Illinois, June 20-24, 1993.
28. Renken, K. J. and BALMER R. T., “Utilization of a High Speed Motion Analysis System in a Capstone Mechanical Engineering Laboratory,” American Society for Engineering Education
(ASEE) Annual Conference in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, June 26-29, 1994.
29. Renken, K. J. and BALMER R. T., “Student Solicited Industrial Case Study Projects in a Senior Mechanical Engineering Experimentation Course,” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, June 25-28, 1995. This paper received the “Best Paper” award for the session.
30. Renken, K. J. and BALMER R. T., “Collaborative Industrial Applications in the Mechanical Engineering Experimentation Course Employing an Infrared Thermal Imaging and Measurement system,” American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in Washington, DC, June 23-26, 1996.
31. BALMER, R. T. “Distance Learning, The Wisconsin Experience,” Associate Dean’s forum at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997.
32. BALMER, R. T., Traver, C., and Williams, G. (Editors), Proceedings of the Workshop on Implementing Curricular change in Engineering Education, Union College, 2000 and 2001.
33. BALMER, R. T., “Converging Technologies – The New Frontier in Engineering Education,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Montreal, June 16-18, 2002.
34. BALMER, R. T., “Implementing the Converging Technology Paradigm at Union College,” presented at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Baltimore, MD, January 1315, 2004.
35. BALMER, R.T., “Converging Technologies in Higher Education,” presented at the Conversing Technologies for Improving Human Performance Conference, February, 2005. 36. BALMER, R. T., “Electrostatic Generation In Dielectric Fluids – The Viscoelectric Effect,” Proceedings of the World Tribology Congress III, Washington DC, September 12-16, 2005.
RESEARCH FUNDING
(Principal Investigator except where noted)
- National Science Foundation, “Fluid Rings ‑ A New Fluid Mechanics Instability Phenomenon,” $14,700, 1970.
- National Science Foundation, “Transition and Turbulent Flow of Dilatant Fluids,” (with R. G. Griskey), $44,400, 1972.
- UWM Graduate School, “External Hygrocysts and the Rings of Jupiter,” $6,438, 1974.
- UWM Administration, capital equipment funds for the purchase of a Weissenberg Rheogoniometer, $46,000, 1974.
- National Institute on Aging, “Entropy and Metabolism: A Macroscopic View of Aging,” $131,165, 1977‑1980.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, “Domestic Water Heating for the Lincoln Lutheran Home for the Aged,” Racine, WI (with Solar Systems, Inc.), $42,516, 1977.
- UWM Administration, “The Rheology of Human Saliva,” $7,000, 1978.
- National Institutes of Health, “Biomedical Research Support,” (K. Watters, Principal Investigator), $5,000, 1979.
- Wisconsin State Department of Development Cooperative University‑Industry Research Program (with R. Amano), $65,000, 1985‑1987.
- Johnson Controls Corporation, “Characterization and Structure of Electro‑Rheological Fluids,” $20,000, 1989.
- W. H. Brady, “Rheology of Adhesives,” $15,000, 1989.
- NSF Instructional Laboratory Improvement Program (Co-PI), $219,000, 1992.
- SBIR Phase 1 research grant for the development of a finger joint prosthesis (with Arthroflex Systems, Inc.), 1993, $60,000.
- NSF Workshop on “Engineering Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis,” (Co-PI) $10,000, September, 1999.
- NSF “Enhancing STEM Majors,” (Co-PI) $99, 840, September, 2002.
- NSF Planning Grant: “Converging Technologies, the New Frontier of Engineering Education,” (PI) $100,000, January, 2003.
- NSF “Helping Promising Students Enhance Their Future,” $350,000, (PI) September, 2003.
- Funds for several industrial research and development projects plus the donation of a considerable amount of industrial equipment.