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Stephen Gent

Stephen Gent

Title

Professor/Director-North Central Regional Sun Grant Center

Office Building

Crothers Engineering Hall

Office

218

Mailing Address

Crothers Engineering Hall 218
Mechanical Engineering-Box 2219
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

  • B.S. in mechanical engineering | Iowa State University | 2003
  • M.S. in mechanical engineering | Iowa State University | 2006
  • Ph.D. in mechanical Engineering | Iowa State University | 2009

Academic Interests

  • Thermal fluids and energy systems
  • Model-based engineering and design
  • Virtual engineering

Academic Responsibilities

  • EM 331: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 442/542: Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • EM 731: Advanced Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 492/592: Engineering Mechanics in Biomedical Applications

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committee Activities

  • South Dakota State University Faculty Budget Committee

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Society of Automotive Engineers
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • American Society for Engineering Education

Areas of Research

  • Computational modeling of thermal fluid systems
  • Computational modeling of photobioreactors for alternative energy systems
  • Computational modeling of medical devices
  • Biofuels research and development
  • Engineering education

Department(s)