Mahesh C. Aggarwal

  • Professor
    Mechanical Engineering
  • President of Faculty Senate
    Faculty Senate
  • ABET Evaluator (domestic and International) from 2000 - present
  • ABET Commissioner from 2014 - present
  • ASME incoming chair for Committee on Accreidation 2018-2020
  • Ph.D., (Mech. Eng.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1978, special emphasis on heat transfer and thermodynamics.
  • M.S., (Mech. Eng.), Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1973, specialization in thermal science areas.
  • B. Tech., (Mech. Eng.), I.I.T. Kanpur, India, 1971
  • Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Gannon since 1987
  • Served as chair of Mechanical Engineering at Gannon on numebrous occasions including present
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Gannon since 1978
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Life Fellow member)
  • American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • Vernaza, Karinna M. and Aggarwal, M, Outreach Activities for Middle School Students: Project for Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Students, presented at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition:San antonio, TX, June 2012
  • Aggarwal, M and Vernaza, Karinna M, Highly Relevant and Productive Collaborations between Industries and Universities, presented at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition:San antonio, TX, June 2012
  • Aggarwal, M, S. Cox, D. Mayer, and T. Misko (all from PLTW), Project Based Education for STEM Curriculum, presented at the ASEE 9h Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in Singapore, October 2010.
  • Aggarwal, M, V. Wilczynski, and E. Birch, Heroes of Engineering Comic Strip Education Series, presented at the ASEE 9h Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in Singapore, October 2010.

  • College-Industry Partnerships at its Best, Presented at ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition: Louisville, KY, June 2010.

  • Aggarwal, M, A PRACTICE BASED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATION, presented at the ASEE 8th Global Colloquium on Engineering Education in Budapest, Hungary, October 12 – 15, 2009.

  • US Patent No. 8826893, Thermal Management Systems and methods, September 2014 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).
  • US Patent No. 8402929B2, Cooling System and method, March 26, 2013 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).
  • US Patent No. 7798134, System, kit, and method for locomotive exhaust gas recirculation, September 2010 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).
  • US Patent No. 7757678, Locomotive exhaust gas recirculation cooling, June 2010 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).
  • US Patent No. 7533636 B2, System., Method, and Computer Readable Media for Controlling Cooling in a Diesel Fueled Power Generation Unit,  May 2009 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).
  • US Patent No. 7131403, Integrated engine control and cooling system for diesel engines, November 2006 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).
  • US Patent No. 20020195090, Temperature Control for Turbocharged Engine, August 2003 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).
  • US Patent No. 6230668, Locomotive Cooling System, May 2001 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA.
  • US Patent No. 6098576, Enhanced Split Cooling System, August 2000 (with General Electric Transportation System, Erie, PA).

Development and improvement of cooling system for various locomotives such as Tier3, Tier 4 and Euro locomotives with GE Transportation. MATLAB models as well as AMESim models are developed as part of this research.

  • Members of various committees at Gannon
  • Members of various subcommittiees of ASME
  • Member of ASEE LGBTQ committee since inception in 2015
  • ABET Commissioner
  • Chair of ASME Committee on Engineering Accreditation (CEA) 2018-2020
  • Chair of ASME Diversity and inclusiveness Strategic Committee (DISC) 2018-2021
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