VITA |
James Page Blanchard |
Professor Emeritus |
Engineering Physics Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| EDUCATION | Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, September 1988, UCLA | |||||||||||
| M.S. in Engineering, 1984, UCLA | ||||||||||||
| B.S. in General Mechanical Engineering, 1983, UCLA | ||||||||||||
| EXPERIENCE | Executive Associate Dean, July 2014-June 2019, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |||||||||||
| Chair, July 2011-Feb 2015, Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison | ||||||||||||
| Professor, August 2002 - 2020, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison | ||||||||||||
| Director of Computer Aided Engineering, July 1997 - September 2001, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison | ||||||||||||
| Associate Professor, July 1994 - August 2002, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison | ||||||||||||
| Assistant Professor, July 1988 - July 1994, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison | ||||||||||||
| RESEARCH INTERESTS | Major research areas are metallurgy and solid mechanics, with emphasis on radiation effects and ion implantation. Present interests include: radioisotope power sources for MEMS devices, finite element simulation of hardness tests, experimental determination of the hardness of ion-implanted materials using nanoindentation, calculation of neutron fluence to nuclear reactor pressure vessels for managing embrittlement and residual life, and finite element calculations of temperature and stress fields in conceptual fusion reactors. | |||||||||||
| TEACHING INTERESTS | Professor Blanchard has taught numerous courses, including sophomore, junior, and graduate level computing courses; nuclear materials, radiation damage, mechanics of materials, nuclear physics, and a freshman-level introduction to engineering course. He teaches several courses via distance education, using a combination of videotape, narrated electronic lectures (produced using Camtasia), asynchronous discussions, and web-conferencing. | |||||||||||
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| PUBLICATIONS | Professor Blanchard has published over 100 articles in refereed journals in several major engineering fields, including fusion technology, solid mechanics, materials, and applied physics. |