Israel Urieli (Dr. Iz), Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering

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Dept of Mechanical Engineering Room 265 Stocker Center Athens, Ohio 45701 Office Phone: 740-593-1560 Fax: 740-593-0476 Email: urieli@ohio.edu

Academic Calendars 2011/2012:

Fall 2011

Winter 2012

Spring 2012

Starting July 1, 2012: Retired & Recumbent

Web Learning Resource:

• Engineering Thermodynamics - A Graphical Approach

Course Home Pages:

• Introduction to Thermodynamics (ME321 - Last taught by me Winter 2012)
• Applied Thermodynamics (ME328)
• Computer Methods in Engineering (ET181 - Last taught by me Fall 2011)
• Stirling Cycle Machine Analysis (ME422/522)

ET181: C++ Programming Exercise Sequences:

• Space Shuttle (last used in ET181 Fall 03)
• Human Powered Vehicles (last used in ET181 Fall11)
• Hot Air Balloons (last used in ET181 Fall10)
• Water Rockets (last used in ET181 - Fall09)

Research:

• Human Powered Vehicles

ME Departmental Issues:

• January 2012: Student Spring 2011-12 Planning Calendar (including Q2S Transition Guide)
• October 2011: Student Winter 2011-12 Planning Calendar (including Q2S Transition Guide)
• May 2011: The ME Curriculum for 2011-12 (prior to Semesters)
• April 2009: Proposed Course Outcomes
• October 2008: ME Department Outcomes (144 kB .pdf file)
• October 2008: Thermal Systems Outcomes
• October 2006: Proposal to modify the ET181 Outcomes
• April Fool's Day 2006: The ME Department Survivors Club
• September 2005: Proposed Pictures for the New ME Web Design

Various Technical Notes:

• Winter 2007: Ordinary Differential Equations
• Winter 2004: Using MATLAB to evaluate an Electric Scooter (updated 3/9/2011)
• Winter 2002: Ordinary Differential Equations
• Winter 2002: DFX - the eBici Handlebar Stem Clamp
• Winter 2002: The eBici Handlebar T Fixture

Various Technical Links (updated periodically):

• Electric Assist Bicycles
• Batteries

Personal Page:

Education: BSc (ME, EE) 1961: University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa MSc (EE) 1972: Technion, Haifa, Israel Phd (ME) 1977: University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa PhD Thesis: A Computer Simulation of Stirling Cycle Machines (57.9MB .pdf file) Recent Highlights: Winter 2011: Cycling the Longleaf Trace, Mississippi Summer 2011: Cycling the Loire River Valley, France (and visiting Chateaux) Winter 2010: Visit to Puerto Rico, Tel Aviv, Foix (France) and New York Summer 2010 Cyclng Chicago and Madison, WI Easton, Maryland - eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay Yiddish Vokh in Warwick, New York Summer 2009: Canoeing on the Missouri River (Montana) Babysitting Mischa and Dmitri in France Summer 2008: GOBA (The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure) Cycling the North Coast of Lake Erie (5 MB .pdf file) Summer 2007: The Urieli Adventure, including: The Greek Island Naxos Cycling The Golden Ring of Russia The Trans Siberian Railway and Lake Baikal Yiddish in Birobidzhan Winter 2006: Visit to Venice (Italy) and Toulouse (France) Summer 2006: Yiddish Vokh in Copake, New York Rafting 100 miles down the Copper River in Alaska Summer 2005: Paris, Yiddish in Brussels, Cycling in Brugge (Belgium) Summer 2004: Banff (Canada) and Northwest USA Summer 2003: Cycling a little bit of Brittany & Canal du Midi Summer 2002: eBici - a parallel hybrid electric bicycle Summer 2001: Cycling Trip to Italy Spring 2001: Dizzy, the Stirling Powered Dragster Summer 2000: Cycling Trip to Ireland Recreation & Fun: Fall 2003: Pilates Family & Friends: My son Assaf's software development company in France Joliciel Informatique, specializing in OOAD and Java