P.K. Imbrie holds a B.S. and M.S. and Ph.D degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests include, educational research, solid mechanics, experimental mechanics, nonlinear materials characterization, microstructural evaluation of materials, and experiment and instrument design. He has been involved with various research projects sponsored by NSF, NASA, and AFOSR, ranging from education related issues to traditional research topics in the areas of elevated temperature constitutive modeling of monolithic super alloys and environmental effects on titanium based metal matrix composites. He has taught a variety of undergraduate courses including Problem Solving for freshman, Materials, Numerical Methods, and Finite Elements. P.K. Imbrie has presented a series of workshops on active/cooperative learning and team in the college classroom at universities within the United States and internationally. He also participated in the restructuring of the undergraduate engineering curriculum (freshman year) at Texas A&M University through his participation in the NSF funded Foundation Coalition project.

Selected Publications:

Imbrie, P.K. “Exploring a New Engineering Education Paradigm.” International Conference on the First-Year Experience, University of Reading, Reading, England, July 2000.

Imbrie, P.K. and P. Entchev. “On Oxidation of Various 1-D and 2-D Titanium Geometries.” 36th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 1999.

Imbrie, P.K. “Designing an Integrated Curriculum.” American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C., June 1996.

Imbrie, P.K. “The Freshman Year of the Foundation Coalition at Texas A&M University.” Panel member - 5th Conference on Teaching Mathematics, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1996.

Imbrie, P.K. “Implementation and Evaluation of the Freshman Year of the Foundation Coalition at Texas A&M University.” Panel member - Symposium on Implementing Reform in Mathematics, Engineering, and the Sciences, Scottsdale, Arizona, June 1996.

Imbrie, P.K., D.H. Allen and H.T. Chang. “Laser/Structure Interaction - A Comparison of Theory to Experiment.” AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 1989.

Imbrie, P.K., G.H. James, P.S. Hill, D.H. Allen and W.E. Haisler. “An Automated Procedure for Material Parameter Evaluation and Uncertainty Analysis for Viscoplastic Constitutive Models.” 3rd Symposium on Nonlinear Constitutive Relations for High Temperature Applications, Akron, Ohio, June 1986.

Imbrie, P.K. “An Improved Wind Tunnel Facility at Texas A&M University.” SATA, Bethpage, New York, May 1984.

Imbrie, P.K. “Improvements to the Texas A&M 7x10 ft. LSWT Data Acquisition System.” SATA, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May 1983.