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Jonathan Wickert

Title(s):

Provost Emeritus
President’s Chair in Engineering
Professor

Office

3133 Student Innovation Center
606 Bissell Road
Ames, IA 50011

Information

During his dozen years as university provost, Dr. Wickert was responsible for Iowa State University’s eight academic colleges, student recruitment and financial aid, the research and extension enterprises, and the Ames National Laboratory under contract from the U.S. Department of Energy, together comprising a budget exceeding three-quarters of a billion dollars and over 4000 employees. Iowa State conferred 90,000 degrees during those years, increased sponsored research expenditures by 60%, hired half its current faculty, and set records for graduation rate, time-to-degree, and multicultural and first-generation student enrollments.
 
Prior to his service as provost, Dr. Wickert was dean of engineering and department chair of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University; 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’s Selwyn College.
 
Dr. Wickert has served on the Boards of Directors for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, the Science Center of Iowa, United Way of Story County, and Iowa Veterinary Specialties, and on the MidAmerican Energy Nuclear Advisory Council.

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
  • AI in education
  • Mechanical vibration
  • Dynamics
  • Active noise and vibration control

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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