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Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Walt Oler

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Contact Information

Name: Walt Oler, Ph.D.

Phone: 806.742.3451

Email: walt.oler@ttu.edu

Web Site: http://www.me.ttu.edu/oler

Education

B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1974

M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1976

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1980

Biography

Walt Oler is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Whitacre College of Engineering at Texas Tech University. He been a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech since 1980. Most recently, he served as an Associate Department Chair and the Undergraduate Program Director. Oler's research interests relate to aerodynamics as applied to unsteady flows, wind energy conversion, and automotive cooling systems.