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We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Greg Rohrauer
DEC, BEng, PhD (Concordia), PEng

Department Chair and Associate Professor

Department of Automotive and Mechatronics Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Contact information

2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5
Office: ACE 4025

905.721.8668 ext. 5710
905.721.3370 (fax)

greg.rohrauer@ontariotechu.ca

Office hours:
Wednesday 17:30 - 18:30

Research topics

  • Advanced Composite Materials
  • Analysis and Design of Composite Pressure Vessels
  • Materials Testing
  • Alternate Fuelled and Hybrid Vehicles Development
  • Vehicle Dynamics
  • Manufacturing Technology and Application

Education

  • PhD (Mechanical Engineering), Concordia University, 1999
  • BEng (Mechanical Engineering), Concordia University, 1985
  • DEC (Mechanical Engineering Technology), Dawson College, Montreal, 1981

Courses

  • Automotive Fundamentals & Mechanical Dissection Lab
  • Capstone Design I & II (senior project)
  • Applied Manufacturing and Product Development
  • Deformation and Fracture
  • Machine Design I & II
  • Properties and Failure of Materials
  • Machine Drawing and Design
  • Theory of Machines
  • Material Science

Research and expertise

Publications and presentations

  • Selected publications and presentations

    Refereed Publications

    • Minaker B.P., Rohrauer, G.L., “A Stabilizing Controller for Trailer Dynamics”, submitted to International Journal of Vehicle Design, August 2005.
    • Rohrauer, G.L., “Elasticity Solutions for the Design of Efficient Thick-Walled Composite Pressure Vessels”, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, accepted with minor revisions, December, 2003.
    • G.L. Rohrauer., “Design of Efficient Thick Walled Pressure Vessels”: Part I, “Micromechanics, Degradation and Failure Theories” & Part II: “Stress Redistribution and Equalization of Failure Envelopes”, to appear in Composites Science and Technology.
    • Rohrauer, Greg, L; Minaker, Bruce, R; Frise, Peter, R, “Work in Progress - Practical ‘Know-How’ in Engineering: Dissection Labs & Capstone Design”, Proceedings of 34th Frontiers In Education Conference, ISBN 0-7803-8553-5, S2G 24-25, , ASEE/IEEE, IEEE, 34th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, hosted by University of Kansas, October 2004.
    • Rohrauer, Greg L; Frise, Peter, R; Minaker, Bruce, P., “Implementing the ‘Know-How’ Skill set in Engineering Design”, The Changing Face of Design Education, pp. 19-26, Editor(s) - Peter Lloyd, Norbert Roozenburg, Chris McMahon, Libby Brodhurst, TU Delft, The Netherlands, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, 2nd International Engineering and Product Design Education Conference, ISBN 90-5155-020-0, September 2004.
    • Urbanic, R.J; ElMaraghy, W.H; Rohrauer, G.L., “Generation of Associative Rapid Prototyping Tool Paths from a Solid Model”, 17 pgs, International Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing and Integrated Systems, ISBN 0-662-37151-8, March, 2004.
    • Frise, Peter, R; Rohrauer, Greg, L; Minaker, Bruce, P; Altenhof, Willian, J, “Identifying the Design Engineering Body of Knowledge”, pp. 569-570, 14th International Design Conference on Engineering Design. ICED 03, Stockholm, August 19-21, 2003.
    • Rohrauer, Greg, L, “Variable Elasticity Applied to Composite Pressure Vessel Design”, Design and Manufacturing of Composites, 293-302, editors(s) Hoa, S.V; Hamada, H; Lo, J; Yokoyama, A, Technomic, Proceedings of the 3rd Joint Canada-Japan Workshop on Composites, March, 2000.
    • Rohrauer, Greg, L; Hoa, Suong, V; Dudley, Nigel, “Effect of the Environment on the Mechanical Behavior of Filament Wound Tubes”, 43rd Annual Conference, Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), 1988.
    • Rohrauer, Greg, L; Hoa Suong, V; Feldman, Doral, “The effect of a Rubberized Matrix on the Damping Capacity of CFRP”, ICCM-V, International Conference on Composite Materials, 1985.

    Invited Seminars

    • Rohrauer, G.L., “Design of Ultra-High Pressure Composite Vessels for Vehicular Use”, University of Windsor Graduate Seminar, November 2003.
    • Rohrauer, G.L. “Variable Elasticity Concepts Applied to Composite Pressure Vessel Design for Vehicular Use”, Yamagata University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonezawa, Japan, March 9, 2000.
    • Rohrauer, G.L. “Variable Vane Turbo Methanol Fueled Engine – Development”, Argonne National Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1992.