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Jonathan Wickert

Title(s):

Provost Emeritus
President’s Chair in Engineering

Office

3133 Student Innovation Center
606 Bissell Road
Ames, IA 50011

Information

Jonathan Wickert teaches and conducts research in dynamics and mechanical vibration. As a researcher and consultant, he has worked with companies and federal agencies on the engineering of data storage systems; the manufacture of sheet metal, fiberglass, polymers, and industrial chemicals; automotive brakes; radial flow gas turbines; and various consumer products. He has authored over one hundred technical articles, and his textbook “An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” has been translated into Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, and Turkish.

As Iowa State University’s longest-serving provost, Dr. Wickert oversaw the university’s eight academic colleges, student recruitment and financial aid, the research and extension enterprises, and the Ames National Laboratory under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. During that time, Iowa State conferred 90,000 degrees, increased sponsored research expenditures by 60%, hired half of its faculty, opened new teaching and research facilities, and achieved records for graduation rates, time-to-degree, and enrollment of multicultural and first-generation students.

Before serving as provost, Dr. Wickert held positions as the dean of engineering and chair of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University. He was also an engineering professor for 17 years at Carnegie Mellon University, a visiting professor at the Helsinki University of Technology, and a visiting bye-fellow at the University of Cambridge.

He’s received awards for teaching and research from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the American Society for Engineering Education. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Wickert has served on the boards of directors for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. He is an alumnus of the Secretary of Defense’s Joint Civilian Orientation Conference, flew in a demonstration flight with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels, and was given the callsign Vibes.

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley

Awards

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Curriculum Innovation Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Curtis McGraw Research Award, American Society for Engineering Education
  • Ralph Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers

Interest Areas

  • Higher education leadership and policy
  • Mechanical vibration
  • Dynamics

Links

Publications

  • Jonathan Wickert and Kemper Lewis, An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, fourth edition, Cengage Learning, 2017.
  • J. Genshaft, J.A. Wickert, B. Gray-Little, K. Hanson, R. Marchase, P.E. Schiffer, R.M. Tanner, “Consideration of Technology Transfer in Tenure and Promotion,” Technology and Innovation, 17(4), pp 197-204, 2016.
  • J.C. Collinger, W.C. Messner, and J.A. Wickert, “An Investigation into Using Magnetically Attached Piezoelectric Elements for Vibration Control,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 134(6), pp 061008:1-11, 2012.
  • S.S. Jape, B. Ganapathysubramanian, and J.A. Wickert, “Exploring the Effect of Stick-Slip Friction Transition Across Tape-Roller Interface on the Transmission of Lateral Vibration,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 48(3), pp 1189-1199, 2012.
  • M.R. Brake and J.A. Wickert, “Modal Analysis of a Continuous Gyroscopic Second-Order System with Nonlinear Constraints,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 329(7), pp 893-911, 2010.
  • J.C. Collinger, J.A. Wickert, and L.R. Corr, “Adaptive Piezoelectric Vibration Control with Synchronized Switching,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 131, pp 041006:1-9, 2009.
  • D.H. Choi, J.A. Wickert, and H.H. Yoo, “Effect of Manufacturing Tolerances on Dynamic Equilibria of Multibody Systems Undergoing Prescribed Rotational Motions,” Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 22, pp 1747-1756, 2008.
  • V. Kartik and J.A. Wickert, “Parametric Instability of a Traveling Plate Partially Supported by a Laterally-Moving Foundation,” ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 130(5), pp 51006:1-8, 2008.
  • X.W. Tangpong, J.A. Wickert, and A. Akay, “Distributed Friction Damping of Traveling Wave Vibration in Rods,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series A, 366, pp 811-827, 2008.

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