Penn State Behrend
    School of Engineering
    5101 Jordan Road
    Erie, PA  16563-1701

    Office: REDC 232
    Phone: (814) 898-6470
    Fax: (814) 898-6125
    Email: rbe4@psu.edu

Mr. Richard B. Englund, P.E.
Research

Research projects completed 

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], DCC Gage, Brown &Sharpe Metrology Equipment Grant Program, $34,999, April 2002-September 2002.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Acquisition of Gage 2000 P Coordinate Measuring Machine System, Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, $12,450, March-August 2001.

Englund R. [Principal Investigator], Engineering Evaluation Services, Tool-O-Matic, Inc., $8,573, 1997-1998.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Aluminum Scrap Melting/Beneficiation, Erie Weld Products/Advanced Design Center, $200, February 1996-March 1997.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Design of Femur Impact Tester, Hamot Hospital, Advanced Design Center/Ben Franklin Partnership, $3400, September 30, 1995-July 31, 1996.

Englund, R., and Progelhof, R. [Co-Principal Investigators], Acquisition of a MicroVal Personal Coordinate Measuring Machine System, Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company, $8686, 1995 -1996.

Parry, B. [Principal Investigator], and Englund, R. and Cooney, T. [Co-investigators], In Vitro Strain Analysis and Fracture Patterns Associated with Total Knee Arthroplasties, Hamot Second Century Foundation, $5600, July 1, 1995-July 1, 1996.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Design of Femur Impact Tester, Hamot Hospital, Advanced Design Center/Ben Franklin Partnership, $3000, June 1, 1994-September 30, 1995.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Design of Torque Test Machine, Port Erie Plastics, Advanced Design Center/Ben Franklin Partnership, $12,000, June 1994-December 1994.

Roth, D., Johnson, D., Lasher, W., and Englund, R. [Co-investigators], Huber Reversible Fan, Ben Franklin Grant, $136,000, November 1992-August 1993.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Manufacturing Laboratory Equipment Purchase, Pennsylvania Department of Education, $51,232, July 1, 1990-June 30, 1991.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Automated Manufacturing Technology Laboratory Equipment Purchase, Pennsylvania Department of Education, $89,865, July 1, 1989-June 30, 1990.

Research projects in progress

Will, R. [Principal Investigator], Cooney, T., and Englund, R., Biomechanical Evaluation of Fixation of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures, Synthes, Inc., $18,000, April 2006-present.

Research proposals submitted (under review)

Wallace, A. [Principal Investigator], and Lubahn, J., Englund, R., and Cooney, T.[additional collaborators], The Effect of Interleukin-6 Ablation on Fracture Healing in Mice, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, $14,368.88, 2005.

Englund, R. [Collaborator], The Effect of Interleukin-6 Ablation on Fracture Healing in Mice, Orthopaedic Research and Educational Foundation, $13,234.38, 2004.

Englund, R. [Principal Investigator], Measurement of Impact Loading on Hand Tool, Plastics Technology Center, $2,144, December 2003.

New product development

PSU Invention Disclosure No. 99-2133, “Liquid Level Sensor,” July 1999.

Grants and contracts awarded for improvements of instruction or for training programs

Englund, R., Metrology Enhancement Proposal, $5000, January 2001.
Wrote a proposal for the college development office to place with the owner of a local company for purchase of surface roughness measurement system. 

Englund, R., Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction, $400, Fall 1992.
Used for purchase of a set of four videotapes for classroom instruction.