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Sean Tavares

Associate Professor
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology
Phone: (603) 641-4322
Office: Manchester - 88 Commercial Street, 88 Commercial Street,
Websites:
Pronouns: He/Him/His
T. Sean Tavares is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program located at the Manchester campus of the Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ. He has held this position since the fall of 2014 following more than 20 years of industry experience. His industry experience has included performance testing of compressors and gas turbine engines; vibration and pulsation testing and troubleshooting of rotating machinery, piping, and structures; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); fluid dynamic design and analysis of turbomachinery (compressors, turbines, fans and pumps); root cause failure analysis; development of engineering software; and engineering design audits. While in industry he taught a number of professional short courses and seminars to both specialist and non-specialist audiences, and provided personalized technical and software training to industrial clients.

Dr. Tavares holds Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral Degrees from the M.I.T. Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics.

Courses Taught

  • ET 505: Material Science Lab
  • ET 635: Fluid Tech & Heat Transfer Lab
  • ET 645: Fluid Tech & Heat Trans II Lab
  • ET 674: Control Sys & Components Lab
  • ET 791: Electrical Engnrg Tech Project
  • PHYS 407: General Physics I Lab
  • UMIS 599: IndStdy/Fluid Flow Test Rig

Education

  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests

  • Engineering Education
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Power & Energy Systems Engineering
  • Science/Technology/Engineering/Math (STEM) Education
  • Thermodynamics Engineering

Selected Publications

  • Tavares, T. (2019). Study of Hydraulic Losses in Gravity-Driven Pipe Flow: An Exercise Combining Theory and Experiment for Engineering Technology Students. In 2019 ASEE Anuual Conference and Exhibit. Tampa, FL: American Society for Engineering Education.

  • Tavares, T., Banker, S., LeBlanc, C., & Ferguson, J. (2019). Collaboration on Engineering Technology Capstone Projects with the Ó£»¨¶¯Âþ University Instrumentation Center. In American Society for Engineering Education Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration. New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Continuous Improvement of a 2+2 Engineering Technology Program a Ten Year Study (2017). Retrieved from

  • Halpin, P. A., Tavares, S., & Sabin, M. (2016). An Interdisciplinary Approach Combines Physiology, Engineering, and Computer Science to Increase Awareness of STEM Professions among Middle School Students. In FASEB JOURNAL Vol. 30. Retrieved from

  • Garcia-Hernandez, A., Tavares, T. S., Wilcox, M., & ASME. (2012). DYNAMIC PIPELINE SYSTEM SIMULATION OF MULTI-STAGE COMPRESSOR TRAINS. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME TURBO EXPO 2012, VOL 6 (pp. 225-234). Retrieved from

  • AFTOSMIS, M., GAITONDE, D., & TAVARES, T. S. (1995). BEHAVIOR OF LINEAR RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES ON UNSTRUCTURED MESHES. AIAA JOURNAL, 33(11), 2038-2049. doi:

  • MCCUNE, J. E., & TAVARES, T. S. (1993). PERSPECTIVE - UNSTEADY WING THEORY - THE KARMAN SEARS LEGACY. JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 115(4), 548-560. doi:

  • TAVARES, T. S., & MCCUNE, J. E. (1993). AERODYNAMICS OF MANEUVERING SLENDER WINGS WITH LEADING-EDGE SEPARATION. AIAA JOURNAL, 31(6), 977-986. doi:

  • Tavares, T. S., Gatewood, J., & Sivadas, T. N. (2013, March 17). Performance Assessment of Gas Turbine Driven Centrifugal Compressor Trains Derived from Field Testing. In 2nd Middle East Turbomachinery Symposium. Doha, Qatar. Retrieved from

  • Jin, K. H., Jonas, M., LeBlanc, C., & Tavares, T. S. (2018, June 24). Modernizing Capstone Project: External and Internal Approaches. In the 2018 ASEE the 125th Annual Conference & Exposition. Salt Lake City, Utah.

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