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David W. Hoeppner, P.E., Ph.D.

	David W. Hoeppner, P.E., Ph.D.
Industry	Academia and Consulting
Title	Professor & Director
Expertise	Mechanical engineering, structural integrity, materials engineering; P.E.
Current Organization	University of Utah
Type of Organization	University
Major Product	Higher education
University/Degree	B.S.M.E., 1958, Marquette University; M.S., 1960; P.E., 1962; Ph.D., 1963, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Born	December 17, 1935, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Honors & Awards	Outstanding Engineering Educators, Recipient of Utah Governor's Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Science & Technology-2005, Sigma Xi
Published Works	Edited 7 books; Co-Author, 1 book for NATO; 200+ papers
Affiliations	A.S.M.; A.S.T.M.; A.I.A.A.; A.S.M.E.; S.A.E.; A.S.E.E.; N.S.P.E.; U.S.P.E.
Hobbies & Sports	Skiing, hiking, gardening, writing
Career Accomplishments	Supervised 44 Ph.D. student and 80 M.S. students as well as over 200 undergraduate thesis and design projects; Directed extensive projects in research on fatigue and fracture, structural integrity, corrosion fatigue, fretting fatigue and engineering education; Innovated many engineering courses in areas of integrity and reliability and served on many university and industry committees worldwide
Work History	Battelle Memorial Inst., 1964-69; Lockheed California Co., 1969-74; Univ. of Missouri-Columbia-Prof. of Engineering, 1974-78 also Founder & Director of Structural Integrity and Materials Sciences Labs; Univ. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada-Endowed Cockburn Prof. of Engineering Design-also Director of Cockburn Centre of Engineering Design, also Founder & Director of Structural Integrity, Fatigue and Fracture Research Labs, 1978-85; Prof. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Utah, 1985-current, Chair-Dept. of M.E., Univ. of Utah, 1985-92, Founder & Director of Quality and Integrity Design Engineering Center, Univ. of Utah, 1985-current
Children	Laura 43, Lynne 41, Amy 35
Spouse	Sue McFarlane
Married	June 13, 1959
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