Faculty & Staff

Education
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Ph.D., August 1997

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, M.S., March 1994

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Chemnitz University of Technology, August 1989

Industrial Experience

• 05/90 - 08/92, Mercedes Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany, Development Engineer
• 02/90 - 04/90, Community College, Mosbach, Germany, Staff Engineer
• 09/89 - 11/89, Institute for Light-Weight Design, Dresden, Germany, Research Engineer
  

Patents

• Chassapis, C., Esche, S., Nazalewicz, J. W. & Hromin, D. J. (2003). Multi-user, multi-device remote access system. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/442,637, Pending.
• Esche, S. & Nazalewicz, J. W. (2002). Adaptive shock and vibration attenuation using adaptive isolators. Patent Application No. 09/954,994, Pending.
• Esche, S. & Lekuch, H. (2002). Adaptive shock and vibration isolation systems. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/323,868, Pending.
  

Areas of Active Research
Research activities in the areas of manufacturing, integrated product and process design, metal forming, prediction of microstructure development in metals, remote sensing and control, remote experimentation, numerical methods, FEM.

Courses Taught

• E232 Engineering Design IV,
• E255 Dynamical Systems,
• ME322 Engineering Design VI,
• ME357 Theory of Machines and Mechanisms,
• ME358 Machine Dynamics and Mechanisms,
• ME362 System Dynamics and Controls,
• ME415 Mechanical Engineering Design I,
• ME416 Mechanical Engineering Design II,
• ME451 Design of Machine Components,
• ME473 Design of Mechanical Systems,
• ME610 Advanced Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Metal Forming,
• ME641 Engineering Analysis I,
• ME665 Advanced Product Development,
• ME800 Special Problems in Mechanical Engineering,
• ME801 Special Problems in Mechanical Engineering: Sheet Metal Forming

Publications

• Esche, S. (2003). On the integration of remote experimentation into undergraduate laboratories – pedagogical approach. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Instructional Media.
• Esche, S. (2003). On the integration of remote experimentation into undergraduate laboratories – technical implementation. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Instructional Media.
• Yu, Q. & Esche, S. (2003). Three-dimensional grain growth modeling with a Monte Carlo algorithm. Accepted for publication in Materials Letters.
• Yu, Q. & Esche, S. (2002). A Monte Carlo algorithm for single phase normal grain growth with improved accuracy and efficiency. Computational Materials Science Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 259-270.
• Esche, S., Chassapis, C., Nazalewicz, J. W. & Hromin, D. J. (2003). An Architecture for Multi-user Remote Laboratories. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 7-11.
• Esche, S. (2002). Project-based learning in a course on mechanisms and machine dynamics. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 201-204.
• Yu, Q. & Esche, S. (2002). Modeling of grain growth kinetics with Read-Shockley grain boundary energy by a modified Monte Carlo algorithm. Materials Letters, Vol. 56, No. 1-2, pp. 47-52.
• Esche, S., Chassapis, C. & Manoochehri, S. (2001). Concurrent product and process design in hot forging. Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 48-54.

• Esche, S., Fidan, I., Chassapis, C. & Manoochehri, S. (2000). Knowledge-based part and process design for metal forging. SAE Transactions - Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 108, No. 5, pp. 92-99.
• Esche, S., Ahmetoglu, M., Kinzel, G. & Altan, T. (2000). Numerical and experimental investigation of redrawing of sheet metals. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 98, No. 1, pp. 17-24.
• Esche, S. & Kinzel, G. (1999). The effect of modeling parameters and bending on two-dimensional sheet metal forming simulation. SAE Transactions - Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, Vol. 107, No. 5, pp. 74-85.
• Esche, S., Kinzel, G. & Lee, J. (1999). An axisymmetric membrane element with bending stiffness for static implicit sheet metal forming simulations. Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 153-164.
• Esche, S. & Shivpuri, R. (1998). A consistent criterion for diffuse necking in sheet metals using Hill's 1979 yield surface. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 177-182.
• Esche, S., Kinzel, G. & Altan, T. (1997). Issues in convergence improvements for nonlinear finite element programs. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 40, No. 24, pp. 4577-4594.
• Esche, S., Khamitkar, S., Kinzel, G. & Altan, T. (1996). Process and die design for multi-step forming of round parts from sheet metal. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 59, No. 1-2, pp. 24-33.

Institutional Service

• University Committees:
  • Undergraduate Promotions Committee, 1999 - Present
  • Academic Information Technology Committee, Learning Sub-Committee, 1999 - Present
  • Academic Information Technology Committee, Classroom/Laboratory Sub-Committee, 1998 - 1999
• School of Engineering Committees:
  • Assessment Committee, 1998 - 2000
  • Course Development Committee "Dynamical Systems / Design IV", Chair, 1997 - 2000
• Department Committees:
  • Course Development Committee "Mechanisms and Machine Dynamics", 1999 - Present
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1998 – Present

Professional Development Activities & Services

• John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, New York, 2000, book review.
• National Science Foundation, Member of several Proposal Review Panel for SBIR and CCLI Programs.
• McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, New York, 1997, book review.
• Reviewer of paper manuscripts for SAE Transactions and Tribology International
• Faculty Workshops (organized by the School of Engineering):
• Project-Based Learning, Faculty Workshop, March 2002.
• Workshop on ABET EC2000, November 2001.
• Multidisciplinary Design, Faculty Workshop, by David Ollis, October, 2001.
• Effective Teaching: A Workshop, by Richard M. Felder, August 1997.

Professional Societies

• Faculty Advisor, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Student Chapter at Stevens, 1998 - Present
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 1998 - Present
• Associate Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997 - Present
• Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1997 - Present