George Catalano
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Bioengineering
Research interests: A socially just engineering profession and education paradigm, environmental ethics, engineering ethics, fluid dynamics of the natural world, turbulence, aerodynamics, creativity, liberative pedagogy, predator-prey modeling, cellular automata
607-777-4881
catalano@binghamton.edu
Research Focus
A socially just engineering profession and education paradigm, environmental ethics, engineering ethics, fluid dynamics of the natural world, turbulence, aerodynamics, creativity, liberative pedagogy, predator-prey modeling, cellular automata.
Education
- Ph. - Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 1977
- MS - Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 1975
- BS - Aerospace Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1973
Academic Appointments
- 2007-present: Professor of Bioengineering, Binghamton University
- 2005-present: Director, BU Scholars Program, Binghamton University
- 2000-present: Professor of Mech Engineering, Binghamton University
- 2000-2004: Director, Freshman Engineering, Binghamton University
- 1994-2000: Professor & Research Director, US Military Academy
- 1994-1996: Professor, US Military Academy
- 1993-1994: Associate Professor, US Military Academy
- 1985-1993: Associate Professor, Louisiana State University
- 1981-1985: Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
- 1978-1981: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Wright State University
- 1978-1981: Assistant Professor & Lecturer, Air Force Institute of Technology
- 1977-1981: Captain, USAF, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Labs
- 1973-1977: Research Assistant, Research Laboratories for Eng. Sciences, U VA
Scholarly and Teaching Awards
- NASA Fellow, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, May-August 2003 & 2004
- Louisiana State University Student Government Association Outstanding Teacher Award, April 1993
- Fulbright Senior Scholar Award - sponsored by the U.S. and West German Fulbright Foundations; Lehrstuhl fur Stromungmechanik, Erlangen, West Germany; administered by U.S. Department of State, 1990.
- LSU System Amoco Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction Award, May 1986
- SAE Teetor Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, 1985
- Fulbright Senior Scholar Award - sponsored by U.S. and Italian Fulbright Foundations; for research at the Polytechnic Institute of Turin, Italy; administered by U.S. Department of State, 1984.
Relevant Publications
- Thirty three (34) archival journal articles in engineering science, engineering education and ethics, and seventy five (85) reviewed conference proceedings
- Over one hundred (110) national and international conference presentations
- Principal investigator with over $900,000 funding primarily from U.S. government agencies
- Faculty adviser for three doctoral students and fifteen masters level students
- Major area of research emphasis in turbulent fluid mechanics and experimental methods
