Constantine Tarawneh, Ph.D.

Rank:

Associate Professor

Graduate Program Director

Contact Information:

Address:

The University of Texas-Pan American

Mechanical Engineering Department

1201 W. University Dr.

Edinburg, TX 78539-2999

Office: ENB 3.228

Phone: (956) 381-2607

Fax: (956)381-3527

Email: tarawneh@utpa.edu

Website: http://mece.utpa.edu/~tarawneh/

Education:

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2003
• M.S.E, Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1999
• B.S.E, Mechanical Engineering, University of Jordan-Amman 1996 

Research Interests:

• Thermal/Fluid Sciences
• Acoustics and Vibration
• Engineering Measurements and Instrumentation
• Experimental Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics

Selected Publications:

•  K. D. Cole, C. Tarawneh, A. A. Fuentes, B. M. Wilson, and L. Navarro. Thermal Models of Railroad Wheels and Bearings. Int. J. of Heat Mass Transfer, in press, Jan 20, 2010. 

• C. Tarawneh, H. Vasquez, L. Navarro, V. Reyna, M. Acosta, and V. Reidhead. Renewable Energy Prospects and Feasibility for Isolated Communities. Int. J. of Energy for a Clean Environment, Under Review, June 5, 2009.
• K. D. Cole, C. Tarawneh, and B. M. Wilson. Analysis of flux-base fins for estimation of heat transfer coefficient. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 52, pp. 92-99, 2009.
• C. Tarawneh, K. D. Cole, B. M. Wilson, and F. Alnaimat. Experiments and models for the thermal response of railroad tapered roller bearings. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 51, pp. 5794-5803, 2008.
• C. Tarawneh and K. O. Homan.  Measurements of density profile evolution during the stably-stratified filling of an open enclosure.  Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, accepted for publication, January 2008.
• C. Tarawneh and J. P. Barton.  Experimental analysis of near-field acoustic scattering by rigid spheroidal objects.  Int. J. Acoustics and Vibration, 12 (4): 162-170, December 2007.
• J. P. Barton, N. L. Wolff, H. Zhang, and C. Tarawneh.  Near-field calculations for a rigid spheroid with an arbitrary incident acoustic field.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113 (3):1216-1222, March 2003.

Books:

• C. Tarawneh. Near-Field Acoustic Scattering by Rigid Spheroidal Objects. VDM, Germany, 2009. [ISBN 978-3-639-18564-5].