Dr. Gary C. Tepper
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interim Chair
E-mail: gtepper@vcu.edu
Phone: (804) 827-4079
Fax: (804) 828-3846
Address
401 W. Main Street, Room E3221
P.O. Box 843015
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3015
Education
- Ph.D. Engineering Sciences (Engineering Physics), University of California at San Diego, 1993
- B.Sc. Engineering Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA, 1987
Honors
- Member, Institute of Medicine Committee on PPE
- Visiting Professorship, SPAWAR, 2004
- NAS, NRC Research Fellowship, 1993
- ONR-ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, 1997
- ORAU Ralph E. Powe Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 1998
- Teaching Excellence Scholarship, UCSD, 1991
- Tau Beta Pi National Honor Society, 1985
Research topics
- Radiation Detection and Measurement
- Chemical Sensing
- Supercritical Fluids
- Electrospinning
- Nanoscale Materials
- Aerosols and Air Filtration
Current projects
- New techniques and materials for gamma-ray detection
- Optical detection of heavy metal soil contaminants
- Electrospray aerosols for particle ionization
- Electrospun fibers for chemical sensing and air filtration
Classes taught
- Thermodynamics
- Sensors and Measurements
- Engineering Mathematics
- Materials Science
Sample Publications
- G. Tepper and R. Kessick, "A Study of Particle Ionization and Collection Efficiencies in Electrospray-based Electrostatic Precipitators", J. Aerosol Sci., 62(6), 604 (2008).
- E.S. Elshazly and G. Tepper, "Correlation of Tellurium Inclusions and Carrier Lifetime in Detector Grade Cadmium Zinc Telluride", Applied Physics Letters, 93(4), 042112 (2008).
- C.Y. Wu, S.B. Nagata, G.C. Tepper and J.T. McLeskey, "Electrokinetic separation of co-solutes into bimodal fibers by electrospinnintg", Applied Physics Letters, 92(10), 101920 (2008).
- C.B. Smith, J.E. Anderson, R.D. Massaro, B. Tatineni, K.C. Kam and G.C. Tepper, "Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer based MCM-EDTA-Tb3+-MES Sensor", Applied Spectroscopy, 62(6), 604 (2008).
- G. Tepper, R. Kessick and D. Pestov, "An Electrospray-based Ozone-Free Air Purification Technology", J. Appl. Phys., 102(11), 113305 (2007).
- S. Kiff, Z. He and G. Tepper, "Improving Spectroscopic Performance of a Coplanar-Anode High Pressure Xenon Gamma-Ray Spectrometer", IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 54(4), 1263"1270 (2007).