David Unger
Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Ph.D, University of Illinois, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Koch Center Room 257
812-488-2899
du2@evansville.edu
Dr. Unger is the author of the textbook, Analytical Fracture Mechanics, which was originally published as a hardback copy by Academic Press (1995), and later reprinted in paperback form by Dover Publications (2001). He was awarded the Sadelle and Sydney Berger Award for scholarly activity by the University of Evansville in 2005, the Dean’s Teaching Award in the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2006, and designated a UE Global Scholar in 2007. He is a professionally licensed engineer, and has served on the UE faculty for seven years.
Spring 2008 Courses:
- MECE213: Dynamics
- MECE230: Materials Science
Education:
- PhD Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- MS Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- BS Aerospace Engineering, St. Louis University.
Experience:
- Visiting Associate Professor, Dept of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University.
- Acting Program Director of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Franklin University
- Assistant Professor of Engineering Mechanics at The Ohio State University.
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota.
Specialty Areas:
- Nonlinear and Environmentally Assisted Fracture Mechanics
- Solid Mechanics
- Materials
Recent Publications:
Unger, D.J, “A Plane Stress Perfectly Plastic Mode I Crack Problem for a Yield Condition Based on the Second and Third Invariants of the Deviatoric Stress Tensor,” Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures 3, 795-807 (2008).
Unger, D.J., "A Complete Perfectly Plastic Solution for the Mode I Crack Problem under Plane Stress Loading Conditions," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 73, 586-589 (2007).
Unger, D.J., "Numerical plane stress elastic - perfectly plastic crack analysis under Tresca yield condition with comparison to Dugdale plastic strip model," Mechanics Research Communications, 34, 325-330 (2007).