Physics Department
Dr. Keith R. Stein
Professor of Physics
| Dr. Stein is a graduate of the Bethel Physics department. After receiving his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Minnesota, he accepted a position at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts where his research focused on computational modeling of parachute fluid-structure interactions. As an Army researcher, he was awarded the Department of the Army Research and Development Award in 1994 and received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Minnesota in 1999. He spent the 2000-2001 academic year at Rice University as a visiting scholar and continued as an active member of the Team for Advanced Flow Simulation and Modeling (T*AFSM) until Fall 2006. Since joining the Bethel University physics department in 2001, Dr. Stein has continued to be actively involved in research in the area of computational modeling of parachutes and large displacement fluid-structure interactions. Current research activities include collaboration with the University of Minnesota department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics on simulations of Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) parachute system dynamics. Dr. Stein currently serves on the advisory board of the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (Wiley). Dr. Stein won the 2006 Bethel Excellence in Scholarship Award. |
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