Hank YochumAssociate Professor, Program Director
(434) 381-6357
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Professor Yochum received his PhD from Wake Forest University and BS from the College of Charleston. Prior to joining SBC, he was an Engineer/Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies/OFS Specialty Photonics. Professor Yochum has research interests in experimental condensed matter physics and nanotechnology. He is particularly interested in the design and characterization of nanostructured optical devices and defects in optical materials. Dr. Yochum is also active in middle school science teacher education. He has received funding from NSF, the Jeffress Foundation, and the State Council on Higher Education of Virginia. Dr Yochum's hobbies include snowboarding and playing with his son. His teaching duties include the Technology and Society engineering design course as well as the math methods course for engineers and physics students.
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Dorsa SanadgolAssistant Professor
(434) 381-6104
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Professor Sanadgol received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Her research interest are in controlling flow instabilities in compressors, magnetic bearings, rotordynamics and application of nonlinear and robust control theories to mechatronics systems. Her hobbies include biking and running.
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Scott PierceAssistant Professor
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Professor Pierce received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech.  He has teaching interests in machine design, strength of materials, computer-aided design, materials and manufacturing, dynamics, and physics.  His has research interests in precision engineering and metrology, computer-aided geometric tolerance analysis, design, and control of extremely high precision positioning systems
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Timothy C. ScottAssociate Professor, joint with the University of Virginia
(434) 381-6557
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T.C. Scott is a Mechanical Engineering Professor at Sweet Briar and the director of the department’s undergraduate laboratories at the University of Virginia. He is currently a visiting Professor at the Engineering Program at Sweet Briar College. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He also holds a certificate in Automotive Engineering from the Chrysler Institute of Engineering. Dr. Scott’s interests include teaching, laboratory development, and student project supervision. He has many years of experience in industry, consulted over 30 companies, guided the reorganization and improvement of the undergraduate laboratory courses at UVA, developed a course in automotive engineering, and is writing a text on heat transfer.

Scott HymanWhitney-Guion Professor of Physics, Chair, Department of Physics and Engineering
(434) 381-6158
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Professor Hyman has research interests in radio astronomy and image  processing. He is currently conducting a wide-field search for  transient radio emission from the center of our Galaxy in order to  discover new types of astronomical objects. He has published  extensively on his research, including an article in the journal,  Nature, on the discovery of the bursting transient source, GCRT  J1745-3009. He has received funding from the National Science  Foundation, NASA, Research Corporation, and the Jeffress Memorial  Trust.

Kevin McCoyAdjunct Professor
(434) 381-6185
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Dr. Kevin McCoy is an advisory engineer with AREVA in Lynchburg and is currently serving as an adjunct instructor. His recent work has focused on the behavior of used fuel from nuclear reactors during storage in dry casks, licensing of a fuel assembly design that can be used to destroy surplus plutonium from nuclear weapons, selection of materials for high-temperature applications, and improving the thermal conductivity of nuclear fuel pellets. Dr. McCoy has graduate and undergraduate degrees in materials engineering from Purdue University.

Paulette Porter-StranskyProject Coordinator
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Paulette came to Sweet Briar in 2003, as the Human Resources Assistant and joined the Education and Engineering Departments in 2005. Her previous experiences include managing a ski resort day care center, emergency room triage receptionist, office manager of a hospital physical therapy department, and secretary in the President’s office at a SUNY community college. With a diverse background, Paulette is always ready to volunteer to help. Her current campus position of Project Coordinator for Education, Physics and Engineering keeps her actively involved in data collection from students and assisting faculty in multiple roles, in addition to recruiting for the programs. Paulette is also the coordinator of the Student Hospice Volunteers, and is an active supporter of the Relay For Life.