Home :. People :. Directory

Gray, Gary L.

Gray, Gary L.

Associate Professor

Office phone: (814) 863-1778
Office address: 409C Earth and Engineering Sciences Building
E-mail: gray@engr.psu.edu
Homepage: http://www.esm.psu.edu/faculty/gray/

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993
  • M.S., Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
  • S.M., Engineering Science, Harvard University, 1987
  • B.S. (cum laude), Mechanical Engineering, Washington University, 1985

Years of Service with Penn State (18 years)

  • July 2000 – Present Associate Professor
  • Feb 1994 – June 2000 Assistant Professor

Other Related Experience — Teaching, Industrial, Etc.

  • Jan 1993 – May 1993 Teaching Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  • July 1989 – Jan 1993 Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  • Aug 1987 – June 1989 Teaching Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  • Sept 1986 – Feb 1987 Teaching/Research Fellow, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • May 1986 – Aug 1986 Research Assistant, Division of Plastic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Jan 1985 – May 1985 Technical Writer, Paris Productions, St. Louis, MO

Recent Principal Publications

  • Gary L. Gray, Francesco Costanzo, and Michael E. Plesha (2010) Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, NY.
  • Michael E. Plesha, Gary L. Gray, and Francesco Costanzo (2010) Engineering Mechanics: Statics, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, New York, NY.
  • Francesco Costanzo and Gary L. Gray (2007) “A Micro-Mechanics-Based Notion of Stress for use in the Determination of Continuum-Level Mechanical Properties via Molecular Dynamics,” Chapter 5, in book entitled Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Composite Materials and Structures, pp. 203–234, edited by Y. Kwon, D. H. Allen, and R. Talreja. Springer-Verlag.
  • Gary L. Gray and Francesco Costanzo (2007) “Toward a New Approach to Teaching Problem Solving in Dynamics,” Chapter 9, in book entitled Learning to Solve Complex, Scientific Problems, pp. 205–222, edited by David H. Jonassen. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Pedro C. Andia, Francesco Costanzo, and Gary L. Gray (2006) “A Classical Mechanics Approach to the Determination of the Stress-Strain Response of Particle Systems,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 14, pp. 741–757.
  • Charles L. Randow, Gary L. Gray, and Francesco Costanzo (2006) “A Directed Continuum Model of Micro- and Nano-scale Thin Films,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43(5), pp. 1253–1275.
  • Pedro C. Andia, Francesco Costanzo, and Gary L. Gray (2005) “A Lagrangian-Based Continuum Homogenization Approach Applicable to Molecular Dynamics Simulations,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 42(24–25), pp. 6409–6432.
  • Francesco Costanzo, Gary L. Gray, and Pedro C. Andia (2005) “On the Definitions of Effective Stress and Deformation Gradient for Use in MD: Hill's Macro-homogeneity and the Virial Theorem,” International Journal of Engineering Science, 43(7), pp. 533–555.
  • Gary L. Gray, Andrew J. Miller, Thomas J. Yurick Jr., and Suzanne E. Mohney (2004) “Educational Software for Materials Processing,” Journal of Materials Education, 26(3–4), pp. 321–330.
  • Francesco Costanzo, Gary L. Gray, and Pedro C. Andia (2004) “On the Notion of Average Mechanical Properties in MD Simulation via Homogenization,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12, pp. S333-S345.

Consulting, Patents, and Scientific and Professional Society Memberships

  • Society of Engineering Science, Member (1994 – Present)
  • American Society for Engineering Education, Member (1992 – Present)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member (1992 – Present)

Honors and Awards

  • Best Paper Award, Mechanics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (2005)
  • Overall Best Paper Presentation, Mechanics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (2005)
  • Premier Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society (2002)
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society (1999)
  • Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, American Society for Engineering Education (1999)
  • First Prize Winner of the Learning Excellence Award, General Electric (1998)
  • Collaborative and Curricular Innovations Special Recognition Award, Provost of The Pennsylvania State University (1998)

Recent Institutional and Professional Service

  • Chair, ESM Candidacy Exam Fundamentals Committee (Jan 2008 – Present)
  • Chair, Penn State College of Engineering Academic Computing Committee (Jan 2008 – Present)
  • Program Chair-Elect, Mechanics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (2007 – Present)
  • Member of the Executive Board, Mechanics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (2007 – Present)
  • Member, ESM Candidacy Exam Mechanics Committee (Sept 2005 – Present)
  • Chair, Penn State College of Engineering Firewall Exception Committee (Jan 2005 – Present)
  • Chair, Mechanics Division, American Society for Engineering Education (June 2009 – June 2010)
  • Member, Penn State College of Engineering Academic Computing Committee (Jan 2005 – Dec 2007)
  • Co-Chair and Co-Technical Chair for the 43rd Annual Technical Meeting Society of Engineering Science, 2006

Login to Edit