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Christopher Greer

Assistant Research Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Engineering Design and Innovation

307 Engineering Design and Innovation Building

czg5155@psu.edu

814-863-4387

 
 

 

Education

  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2015
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017
  • Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Christopher Greer, Devon Eichfeld, Sara Sattarzadeh and Siu Ling Leung, 2024, "A Design Framework to Incorporate Problem-Solving in Engineering Teaching Labs – Case Studies for Mechanical and Thermal Fluid Topics", Advanced In Engineering Education, 12, (3), pp. 26
  • Christopher J Greer, Jonathan A Peters, Michael P Manahan, Joseph J Cor and Alexander S Rattner, 2021, "Experimental characterization of lithium-carbon dioxide combustion in batch reactors for powering Venus landers", Acta Astronautica, 181, pp. 235-248
  • Christopher J Greer, Michael V Paul and Alexander S Rattner, 2018, "Analysis of lithium-combustion power systems for extreme environment spacecraft", Acta Astronautica, 151, pp. 68-79

Conference Proceedings

  • Tomé Seichi da Nóbrega Guenka, Christopher Greer, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Sven G Bilén, Na Liu, Bed Poudel, Alexander Rattner, Ryan Overdorff, Bilal Bomani and William Sixel, 2024, "Additive Manufacturing and Experimental Characterization of Nickel-Titanium Shape-Memory Alloy Wick Structures and Heat Pipes for Spacecraft Thermal Control"
  • Tatiana El Dannaoui, Cameron Noe, Dhruv Bhate, Christopher Greer, Sven G Bilén, Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado, William Sixel and Alexander Rattner, 2024, "Production and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Radiator Panels With Integral Branching Heat Pipes for High-Temperature Heat Rejection"
  • Christopher Greer, Devon Eichfeld, Brianne Hargrove and Siu Ling Leung, 2023, "A Laboratory Course Design Strategy to Increase Student Confidence: Connecting Material Testing Standards to Course Material and Real Applications", pp. 20
  • Robert Zboray, Christopher Greer, Alexander Rattner, Robert Adams and Zsolt Kis, 2020, "Fast neutron imaging at a reactor beam line", 15, pp. 180-184

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Committee Work, Co-Chairperson, Community Committee, August 2022

Service to External Organizations:

 


 

About

The School of Engineering Design and Innovation delivers effective engineering education and unrivaled research opportunities through active, collaborative, project-based, and professionally oriented classroom experiences. The school offers a variety of programs that partner faculty, students, and industry in the study of real-life engineering problems. Our programs teach students to solve real-life problems with innovative solutions. 

School of Engineering Design and Innovation

304 Engineering Design and Innovation Building

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-2952