Dr. Manohar Arora

Research Associate Professor

Office Phone: 
email: marora@mines.edu

Academic Appointment & Responsibilities

2000 – Present: Colorado School of Mines, Department of Mining Engineering

Research Associate Professor

Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching in the following subjects: Theory of Plates & Shells, Statics, and Dynamics.

1999-2000 University of Denver, Engineering Department

Adjunct Professor

Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching:

Polymer Science and Visco-elasticity , Mechanics of Material and Dynamics

1984-1990 University of Colorado

Adjunct Professor

Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching:

Theory of Plates and Shells, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanics of Material, Structural Dyanmics

1980-1984 University of Houston

Adjunct Professor

Undergraduate level teaching:

Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Material

1969 – 1972 University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Research Assistant

Conducted analytical research in the field of solid mechanics.

1962 - 1969 Regional Engineering College, Durgapur ( India)

Assistant Professor

Graduate and Undergraduate level teaching in the following subjects: Strength of Materials, Structural Engineering, Fluid Mechanics.

Professional Experience

1984 – 1999: Lockheed Martin Astronautics Group, Denver, CO

Staff Engineer

Peacekeeper Missile Program: Lead engineer on small motion transfer function studies; developed missile component math models; generated frequency response plots; computed transfer function feedback matrix and documented and presented the results at technical meetings.

Titan Launch Vehicle Program: Lead engineer on payload integration tasks. Performed load analyses for several launch events; generated payload response shock spectra plots, interface load time histories, spacecraft clearance loss and C.G. load factors. Interfaced and coordinated all project tasks with customers and associated contractors.

Intelligent Transportation Systems: System engineering supervision; sub-contract management; procurement, & contract award; project plan and master test plan development; interface requirements, system requirements development.

Space Based Laser: Requirements flowdown/analysis; test & integration; error budgets development and allocation; probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) as applied to the development of nuclear safety for space application and launch vehicles.

1978 – 1983: Davy-McKee Corporation, Houston, TX

Staff Engineer

Developed several design guides and computer programs for the analysis and design of industrial plant structures, vibrating equipment pile supported foundations, seismic analysis, piping stress analysis and blast-resistant design.

1975 – 1978: Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Houston, TX

Senior Structural Engineer

Designed equipment support structures and foundations for reciprocating and rotating compressors, clarifiers, storage tanks, dryers and centrifuge for seismic, wind and dynamic loads.

1974 – 1975 S & B Engineers Inc., Houston, TX

Senior Structural Engineer

Responsible charge of analysis & design of Petro-Chemical Plant structures.

1973 – 1974 Dyer & Moody Inc., Baton Rouge, LA

Senior Engineer

Designed, supervised drafting and checked shop drawings for Refinery Equipment Foundations.

1972 – 1973 Department Of Public Works, Baton Rouge, LA

Senior Structural Engineer

Performed design calculations and checked engineering drawings of Water-front & Earth Retaining Structures and Industrial Buildings.

Professional Certifications

Professional Engineering Registrations:

State of Mississippi: Reg. #5611 (1971)

State of Louisiana: Reg. #13491 (1972)

State of Texas Reg. #39193 (1974)

State of Minnesota Reg. #26196 (1998)

State of Arizona Reg. #33358 (1999)

Education

University of Mississippi , Mississippi

Ph.D. (Engineering Mechanics) 1972

Academic Emphasis: Dissertation: ”Studies of Crack Tip Stresses in Bending of Plates with Multiple Cracks by Complex Eigenfunction and Integral Transform Techniques”

University of Burdwan , India

M.S. (Structural Engineering) 1967

University of Roorkee , India

B.S. (Civil Engineering) 1962

Professional Societies & Organizations (2005/2006)

Member: American Society of Civil Engineers

Member: National Society of Professional Engineers

Member: Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering Society)

Research and Related Activities

Dynamic Analysis & Design of Soil and Pile Supported Equipment Foundations.