Derek Rowell

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Room 3-142
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-6206
Fax: 617-258-7018
Email: drowell@mit.edu

Administrative Contact:
Marjorie A. Joss
Room 3-144
Phone: 617-452-2781
Email: maj@mit.edu

Research Interests

Medical Imaging Technology; Computer Assisted Engineering.

Teaching Interests

System Dynamics, Control Theory; Biomedical Engineering.

Education

BE (1st class Hons) (Electrical), University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1965
Ph.D.(Electrical Engineering), University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1970

Positions Held

OSP Research Engineer 1973-1976
Assistant Professor, 1976-1979
Associate Profesor, 1979-1992
Professor, 1992-present
ME Undergraduate Officer, 1992-1997
ME Admissions Officer, 2001-present
Chair, ME Academic Computing Committee, 1993-present
MIT Committee on Discipline (COD), 1997-present
Chair, MIT Committee on Discipline (COD), 2001-present

Recent Book

Rowell, D and Wormley, D. M. System Dynamics, an Introduction, Prentice Hall, 1996

Recent Software Packages

Maple Syrep - a symbolic system dynamics modeling and analysis package. Available for download.

Honors and Awards

Graduate Student Council Teaching Award 1985
Den Hartog Distinguished Educator Award, 1990
Carl R. Soderberg Distinguished Faculty Service Award, 1996

Society Memberships

IEEE: ASME; Sigma Xi; AAAS