Edward Hensel
Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies
Edward Hensel
Associate Dean Research and Graduate Studies
Education
BS, Clarkson University; Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Bio
Dr. Edward Hensel is a licensed Professional Engineer with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He is currently the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies after having as the department head of Mechanical Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He teaches senior design project and product development classes in mechanical engineering, as well as a variety of technical subject areas. Dr. Hensel has a recognized entrepreneurial track record in developing externally funded research programs, and has consulted to a variety of startup companies, multi-national corporations, US National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense. He has been awarded two U.S. Patents, authored one book, and authored more than eighty publications including journal articles, conference papers, technical reports and public interest articles.
Dr. Hensel has worked in a variety of technical areas over the course of his career. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University and his Ph.D. from New Mexico State University with his dissertation and subsequent research activities focused on inverse heat transfer, remote sensing technologies, and algorithms for high temperature applications. Application areas included temperature and heat flux diagnostics of high energy devices, aerospace vehicles, and thermal control of avionic test and evaluation systems. Dr. Hensel worked for several years applying the concepts of remote sensing and inverse theory to the characterization and remediation of hazardous and nuclear waste disposal sites, and detection of foreign objects below ground. Prior to coming to RIT, Dr. Hensel was actively involved in running a manufacturing facility that focused on product development by student teams, and using innovative technologies for modeling and compensation of manufacturing equipment.
Currently, Dr. Hensel helps to guide research and graduate studies throughout the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at RIT. He serves as director of the 'Ph.D. in Engineering' program, launched in August 2014. The intent of the Ph.D. program is to provide doctoral students with the disciplinary strength to accomplish technical research combined with industry relevant context needed to solve daunting problems facing humanity. Students may address both fundamental and applied research problems of global importance for the 21st Century, centered on four key industries: Transportation, Energy, Communications and Healthcare (T/E/C/H). Global challenges in T/E/C/H impact every individual on the planet and demand highly trained engineers with deep disciplinary skills and a thorough contextual understanding for their research efforts. Currently, eight existing academic programs (biomedical, chemical, computer, electrical, industrial, mechanical and microelectronic engineering) and their faculty are aligned to support students from a variety of disciplines interested in cutting edge basic and applied research. Contact Dr. Hensel to learn more about the global challenges we are tackling and how you can contribute to the Ph.D. in Engineering at RIT.
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October 21, 2024
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Science, engineering, and computing faculty will become research building’s first residents
As the final phase of the new research building is completed, faculty-researchers from three of RIT’s colleges are preparing to be its first residents. They expect to move into the 39,000-square-foot building in the spring semester.
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February 9, 2024
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Team’s research method becomes industry model
Work by Risa Robinson and members of the Respiratory Technologies Laboratory completely shifted how e-cigarette analysis is done and became an industry model. Through this new viewpoint, the team recorded harmful emissions that were not otherwise seen in a lab setting, and this data contributed to FDA policies and regulations about e-cigarette usage today.
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March 29, 2022
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6 Hot Jobs for Engineering Graduate Degrees
U.S. News and World Report talks to Doreen Edwards, dean of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering, and Ed Hensel, associate dean for research and graduate studies, about the benefits of graduate degrees in engineering.
Featured Work
Biomimetic Aerosol Exposure System for in vitro Human Airway Exposure Studies
Ph.D. Student: S. Emma Sarles; Advisor: Dr. Edward Hensel
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