FRANCIS M. DONOVAN, JR., Ph.D., P.E.,

Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department
Engineering Classroom Bldg. 212
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688

Phone (251) 460-6168
FAX (251) 460-6549

E-mail: fdonovan@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

EDUCATION

B.S Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1959
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1963
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1966
NIH Special Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, University of Mississippi Medical School, 1969-71

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Registered Professional Engineer in Alabama

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

(1959-1960)         Engineer in Training, General Electric Company

(1960-1963)         Instructor of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

(1963-1966)         Instructor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

(1966-1968)         Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

(1967)                   Assistant Project Engineer, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation

(1968-1969)         Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University

(1970-1972)         Assistant Research Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Research Assistant Professor of Surgery, 
  University of Utah

(1972-1974)         Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mississippi State University and University of Mississippi, Assistant Professor of Physiology, University of Mississippi Medical School

(1974-1982)         Director of the Jackson Engineering Graduate Program, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mississippi State University, and the University of Mississippi and Assistant Professor of Physiology, the University of Mississippi Medical School                         

(1974-1977)         Consultant, University of Utah, Division of Artificial Organs

(1975)         Consultant, Stroke Unit, University of Mississippi Medical School

(1977-1985)         Consulting with various law and insurance firms,

(1983-1988)         Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Engineering Graduate Studies, University South Alabama

(1985)  ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow - Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

(1986)         Consultant, Teledyne Continental Motors

(1987)         Consultant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(1988-1992)         Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama

(1989)         Consultant, University of Utah, Artificial Heart Laboratory

(1991)  ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow - Naval Research Laboratory

(1993)         Consultant, James River Corp.

(1992-2003)   Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama

(2003-      )    Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama

AWARDS, ACTIVITIES, HONORS

American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering honor society
Tau Beta Pi Engineering honor society
Halliburton Education Foundation Award of Excellence, 1985
Engineering Educator of the Year 2002 awarded by the Mobile Area Council of Engineers
University of South Alabama College of Engineering Educator of the year 2002

PATENTS

Artificial Heart Pump patent no. 4105016 issued 8/8/78

BOOKS PUBLISHED

Donovan, F. M., Jr., Editor, Fundamentals of Engineering Fundamentals Press, Jackson, MS (1979)Reissued by Engineering Press, San Jose, CA (1995)

PUBLICATIONS

Steddum, R., D. Maples and F. M. Donovan, Jr.  Investigation of the characteristics of fluids vented into a vacuum.  Proceedings of ASTM/AIAA/IES 5th Space Simulation Conference (September 1970)

Kwan-Gett, C. S., D. K. Backman, F. M. Donovan, Jr., N. Eastwood, J. L. Foote, J. Kawai, T. R. Kessler, A. C. Kralios, J. L. Peters,  K. VanKampen, H. Wong, H. H. J. Zwart and W. J. Kolff.  Artificial heart with hemispherical ventricles II and disseminated intravascular coagulation.  Trans. American Society of Artificial Internal Organs, Vol. XVII, P. 474 (1971)

Peters, J. L., F. M. Donovan, Jr., J. Kawai, and W. J. Kolff.  An adult animal model for artificial heart research.  American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting, Denver, Colo. (1972)

Kawai, J., J. L. Peters, F. M. Donovan, Jr., E. J. Hershgold, K. Rowley, and W.J. Kolff.  Implantation of a total artificial heart in calves under hypothermia with 10 days survival.  J. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol. 64, No. 1 (1972)

Backman, D. K., F. M. Donovan, Jr., G. Sandquist, T. Kessler, and W. J. Kolff.  The design and evaluation of the ventricles for the   A. E. C. artificial heart nuclear power source.  Trans. Amer. Soc.  Artif. Int. Organs, Vol. XIX (1973)

Peters, J. L., F. M. Donovan, Jr. and J. Kawai.  Consequences of the diaphragm driven artificial heart-animal implantation and mock circulation studies.  Chest, Vol. 63 (1973)

Peters, J. L., T. O. Hess, C. S. Teach, T. Imlay, R. O. Gardner, F. M. Donovan, Jr. and K. R. VanKampen.  Hemic and spirometric profiles in calves used for cardiovascular research.  Am. J. Vet. Res., Vol. 34, No. 12, p. 1595 (1973)

Donovan, F. M., Jr.  In vitro investigation of the effects of venous compliance, venous compression, and artificial heart sensitivity on the circulation.  Medical Instrumentation, Vol. 8,No. 2, p. 70-76 (1974)

Donovan, F. M., Jr., S. Greenhalgh and J. G. R. Volder.  Efficiency and power requirements of the diaphragm type artificial heart.  Medical Instrumentation, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 77-83 (1974)

Peters, J. L., F. M. Donovan, Jr., J. Kawai, C. S. Kwan-Gett, H. H. J. Zwart and W. J. Kolff.  Preconditioning, implantation and postoperative care of the artificial heart research calf.  Research Animals in Medicine, DHEW Publications No. (NIH) 72-333, p. 333 (1973)

Donovan, F. M., Jr.  Design of a hydraulic analog of the circulatory system for evaluating artificial hearts.  Biomaterials Medical Devices and Artificial Organs, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1975) 

Rathod, M. S. and F. M. Donovan, Jr.  Performance evaluation of a centrifugal cardiac pump.  Proceedings ASME 25th Annual International Gas Turbine Conference, New Orleans, LA, p. 235 (1980) 

Donovan, F. M., Jr.  Procedure for the design of a digital computer model of the air driven diaphragm artificial heart.  Proceedings of the Fourth Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Jackson, Miss. p. 59 - 62 (1985)

Donovan, F. M., Jr. and G. W. Douglas.  Undergraduate Engineering  Instrumentation Laboratory Development - A New Approach.    Proceedings 1987 ASEE Annual Conference, Reno Nevada, p. 1012 - 1014 (1987)

Donovan, F. M., Jr. Digital computer model of the failing left ventricle assisted by a centrifugal pump.  Proceedings of the Southeastern Computer Simulation Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, p. 99 - 104 (1987)

Donovan, F. M., Jr., B. C. Taylor and M. C. Su. One Dimensional Computer Analysis of Oscillatory Flow in Rigid Tubes. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Eng., Vol. 113, pp 476-484, (1991)

Taylor, B. C. and F. M. Donovan, Jr. Analysis of Hydraulic Resistance and Damping in Catheter-Transducer Systems.  IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp 72-78 (1992)

McIlwain, R. W., F. M. Donovan, Jr., D. Mittmannm and B. C. Taylor Experimental Correlation of Fluid Resistance with Oscillatory Amplitude and Frequency for Pulsatile Laminar Flow of an Incompressible Fluid in Rigid Tubes.  ASME Forum on Unsteady Flows, FED-Vol 157, pp 207-213 (1993)

 Mittmann, D., B. C. Taylor and F. M. Donovan, Jr. A Critical Study of the Suitability of the One-Dimensional Model for Determining Steady State Resistance in Oscillatory Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Rigid Tubes.  ASME Forum on Unsteady Flows, FED-Vol 157, pp 201-206 (1993)

Donovan, F. M., Jr., R. W. McIlwain, D. H. Mittmannm and B. C. Taylor Experimental Correlations to Predict Fluid Resistance for Simple Pulsatile Laminar Flow of Incompressible Fluids in Rigid Tubes. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 116, pp 516-521 (1994)

Yu, L, E. I. Odell, F. M. Donovan, Jr., A. J. Wilhelm, A. M. McBryde, Jr. Finite Element Analysis of the Tibia-Fibular Combination. ASME Advances in Bioengineering, BED Vol 31, pp 297-298 (1995)

Wilhelm, A. J., F. M. Donovan, Jr., E. I. Odell, A. M. McBryde, Jr., B. J. Chiasson An Experimental Study of Syndesmosis Fixation in Ankle Fractures. ASME Advances in Bioengineering, BED Vol 31, pp 295-296 (1995)

Donovan, F. M. Jr, Enhanced Thermal Dilution Analysis to Determine Volumes, Stroke Volumes and Regurgitation Rates - Digital Studies, Proceedings of Third World Conference on Integrated Design & Process Technology, Berlin, Germany, IDPT-Vol. 1, pp 144-149 (1998)

Donovan, F. M. Jr. and Bruce C. Taylor, Enhanced Cardiac Thermal Dilution Analysis for Cardiac Output, Volumes, Stroke Volumes, and Regurgitation Rates - Sensitivity Analysis Using Digital Simulation, Proceedings of 18th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, Vol 28, pp 69-74 (2000)

Donovan, F. M. Jr. and Bruce C. Taylor, Enhanced Cardiac Thermal Dilution Measurement of Cardiac Output, Volumes, Regurgitation, Valve Effective Diameters, Ventricular Power and Efficiency - Feasibility Analysis Using Digital Simulation, Technology and Health Care, Vol 9, Number 5, pp 377-386 (2001)  

Dougherty, F. Carroll, F. M. Donovan, Jr., Mary I. Townsley, Harmonic Analysis of Perfusion Pumps, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Eng., Vol. 125, pp 81-4822, (2003)