Richard A. Gardner email: rag@me.wustl.edu Jolley Hall 305 Phone: +1 (314) 935-7775 FAX: +1 (314) 935-4014 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Washington University Campus Box 1185 St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

  Richard A. Gardner

• Ph.D., School of Aeronautics Astronautics and Engineering Science Department, Purdue University, 1969
• M.S., Engineering, Purdue University, 1965
• B.S., Engineering Sciences, Purdue University, 1963

 Research Interests:

• Atmospheric diffusion, biofluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics
  
  
• Heat Pipe Applications in Magneto-Fluid-Mechanics
  Analysis of the operation of heat pipes using electrically conducting fluids in the presence of transverse magnetic fields.
  
  
• Electromagnetic Levitation Casting
  Analytical and numerical analysis of traveling electromagnetic fields, currents, and levitation force fields, and solidification processes. Electromagnetic stirring of liquid metals.

 Additional Contact Information:

Office (Jolley 308): 935-8384