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Christopher Greer

Assistant Research Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Engineering Design and Innovation

307 Engineering Design and Innovation Building

czg5155@psu.edu

814-863-4387

 
 

 

Education

  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017
  • Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Christopher Greer, Devon Eichfeld, Sara Sattarzadeh and Siu Ling Leung, 2024, "A Design Framework to Incorporate Problem-Solving in Engineering Teaching Labs – Case Studies for Mechanical and Thermal Fluid Topics", Advanced In Engineering Education, 12, (3), pp. 26
  • Christopher J Greer, Jonathan A Peters, Michael P Manahan, Joseph J Cor and Alexander S Rattner, 2021, "Experimental characterization of lithium-carbon dioxide combustion in batch reactors for powering Venus landers", Acta Astronautica, 181, pp. 235-248
  • Christopher J Greer, Michael V Paul and Alexander S Rattner, 2018, "Analysis of lithium-combustion power systems for extreme environment spacecraft", Acta Astronautica, 151, pp. 68-79

Conference Proceedings

  • Tomé Seichi da Nóbrega Guenka, Christopher Greer, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Sven G Bilén, Na Liu, Bed Poudel, Alexander Rattner, Ryan Overdorff, Bilal Bomani and William Sixel, 2024, "Additive Manufacturing and Experimental Characterization of Nickel-Titanium Shape-Memory Alloy Wick Structures and Heat Pipes for Spacecraft Thermal Control"
  • Tatiana El Dannaoui, Cameron Noe, Dhruv Bhate, Christopher Greer, Sven G Bilén, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, William Sixel and Alexander Rattner, 2024, "Production and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Radiator Panels With Integral Branching Heat Pipes for High-Temperature Heat Rejection"
  • Christopher Greer, Devon Eichfeld, Brianne Hargrove and Siu Ling Leung, 2023, "A Laboratory Course Design Strategy to Increase Student Confidence: Connecting Material Testing Standards to Course Material and Real Applications", pp. 20
  • Robert Zboray, Christopher Greer, Alexander Rattner, Robert Adams and Zsolt Kis, 2020, "Fast neutron imaging at a reactor beam line", 15, pp. 180-184

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Committee Work, Co-Chairperson, Community Committee, August 2022

Service to External Organizations:

 


 

About

With more than 60 faculty members, 330 graduate students, and 1,000 undergraduate students, the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering embraces a culture that welcomes individuals with a diversity of backgrounds and expertise. Our faculty and students are innovating today what will impact tomorrow’s solutions to meeting our energy needs, homeland security, biomedical devices, and transportation systems. We offer B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering as well as resident (M.S., Ph.D.) and online (M.S.) graduate degrees in mechanical engineering. See how we’re inspiring change and impacting tomorrow at me.psu.edu.

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