Geoff Rideout
GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
I am recruiting graduate students for the following projects:
- Design and Simulation of Preview-Controlled Vehicle Active Safety Systems (M. Eng. and Ph.D., possible start date September 2012 /January 2013)
- Simulation and Experimental Testing of Oilwell Drillstring Vibration (M.Eng., possible start date September 2012 / January 2013)
- Predicting Wooden Hydro Pole Strength Using Experimental Vibration Techniques (M. Eng., possible start date September 2012 / January 2013)
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Geoff Rideout
Associate professor
B.Eng. (Memorial), M.A.Sc. (Queen’s), PhD (Michigan)
I am a native of St. John’s and a graduate of Memorial University’s mechanical engineering class of 1993. After graduation, I worked at Northern Telecom as a manufacturing process engineer in Ottawa, at MCW Consultants in Toronto as a building systems designer, and at DY4 Systems in Ottawa as a research engineer modeling forced convection cooling of rugged-environment computer hardware.
I then completed a Master’s in Applied Science at Queen’s University in 1998. My research area was experimental testing and mathematical modeling of automobile suspension components. Doctoral work followed at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, in the area of modeling and simulation of dynamic systems with applications to military vehicle systems. My new method for finding and quantifying decoupling within a system model facilitated the construction of simple, accurate and efficient models for predicting engine vibrations and vehicle ride and handling.
After completing my PhD, I worked as a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Automated Modeling Laboratory. Finally, I taught in the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Humber College in Toronto before joining Memorial’s faculty.
I’m looking forward to establishing a research program to study automated model generation and simplification, with applications to interdisciplinary areas such as robotic, land, and sea vehicles. Through research and teaching, I am excited about raising the awareness of Memorial graduates in the areas of vehicle dynamics, modelling, and simulation of dynamic systems.
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