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Senior Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Zavodney was a member of The Ohio State University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Yarmouk University engineering faculty before coming to Cedarville in 1992. He is an internationally known expert in nonlinear vibrations. He has worked in the tire, nuclear power, and fossil fuel industries. Dr. Zavodney's areas of expertise include design, engineering mechanics, and advanced mathematics.

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About Lawrence D. Zavodney, Ph.D.

Dr. Zavodney was a member of The Ohio State University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Yarmouk University engineering faculty before coming to Cedarville in 1992. He is an internationally known expert in nonlinear vibrations. He has worked in the tire, nuclear power, and fossil fuel industries. Dr. Zavodney's areas of expertise include design, engineering mechanics, and advanced mathematics.

2009 - Present	Senior Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Cedarville University ‐ School of Engineering and Computer Science
Institution Organization Position Type Position Title Time Period to Options Current Position Affiliate my profile with this Institution

Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

Design, Engineering Mechanics, and Advanced Mathematics

Faculty Scholar of the Year, Cedarville University - 1998
Faculty Advisor Award, Cedarville University - 2013

Advanced Topics in Mechanical
Competition Project
Dynamics
Mechanical Engineering Laborator
Mechanical Engineering Senior Design I, Mechanical Engineering Senior Design
Statics
Vibrations

Department of Engineering and Computer Science

Cedarville University

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937-766-7682

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Non-Invasive Electro-Acoustical Monitoring Technique of Joint Cartilage (M. L. Chu, I. A. Gradisar, G. F. Bowling, et al.) Digest Condense of the 11th International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering (1976)

Role of CFD in Undergraduate Research in the Design of a Supermileage Competition Vehicle (Peter Burban, Harwood A. Hegna and Lawrence D. Zavodney) North Central Section of the American Society for Engineering Education Conference (2008)

The Response of Nonlinear Systems to Random Excitation (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Branch, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB (1991)

Identification of and Demonstration of Nonlinear Resonance in Simple Structures (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Branch, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB (1990)

Indentification of Quadratic and Cubic Nonlinearity in Structural Systems (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Branch, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB (1990)

The Role of Damping in Parametrically Excited Nonlinear Systems (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Branch, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB (1990)

Demonstrations of Nonlinear Behavior in Laboratory Models: Principal Parametric Resonance, Superharmonic Resonance, Chaos, Modal Saturation, Model Interaction, Hopf Bifurcation, Nonperiodic Responses, Combination Resonance, Jump Phenomena, Multiple Solutions (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Branch, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB (1989)

Introduction to Quadratic and Cubic Nonlinearity in Externally and Parametrically Excited Systems (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Branch, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright Patterson AFC (1989)

Modal Interactions in MDOF Structures, Including Autoparametric, Internal, and Combination Resonance (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Branch, Wright Research and Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFC (1989)

The Influence of Nonlinearity in the Dynamic Response of Flexible Structures: Theory and Experiment (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Hampton University-NASA/ASEE Seminar, NASA-Langley Research Center (1988)

Modal Interactions via Autoparametric Coupling in the Nonlinear Response of Structural Elements: Theory, Experiment, and Demonstration (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Spacecraft Dynamics Branch, NASA-Langley Research Center (1988)

Principle and Fundamental Parametric Resonances in Single-Degree-of-Freedom Nonlinear Systems: Theory, Digital and Analog Simulation, and Experiment (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Spacecraft Dynamics Branch, NASA-Langley Research Center (1988)

Parametric Resonances and Modal Interaction in Nonlinear Structural Elements: Theory and Experiment (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base (1987)

Some Aspects of Parametric Resonances in Nonlinear Structural Systems (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Department of Engineering Mechanics Research Seminar Series, The Ohio State University (1987)

Nonlinear Vibration Phenomena of Two-Degree-of-Freedom Mechanical Structures with Internal Resonance (Lawrence D. Zavodney) University of Akron (1986)

The Response of Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems with Quadratic Nonlinearities to a Combination Parametric Resonances (Lawrence D. Zavodney and A. H. Nayfeh) Nonlinear Dynamics Seminar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1985)

The Analysis and Control of an Unstable Inverted Pedulum (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Annual ASME Student Papers Competition, The University of Akron (1974)

Designing, Building, and Racing Supermileage Vehicles (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Piqua Rotary (2012)

The Quest for MPG - Improving the Fuel Conversion Efficiency of a Spark-Ignition ICE Using an Over-expansion Cycle (Lawrence D. Zavodney) SAE Dayton Section meeting, Cedarville University (2012)

International Humanitarian Outreach to Liberia (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Xenia Rotary (2010)

Making Life Better in Liberia through Engineering (Lawrence D. Zavodney) The Engineer's Club (2010)

Supermileage Vehicles - Their Design and Construction (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Greene County Engineer's Annual County Trustee Banquet, Greene Co. Fairgrounds (2009)

Designing, Building, and Racing Supermileage Vehicles (Lawrence D. Zavodney) The Engineer's Club (2009)

God at Work - Engineering Department Missions Outreach to Liberia (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Annual Cedarville Trustee and Faculty Banquet, Cedarville University (2009)

Designing, Building, and Racing Supermileage Vehicles (Lawrence D. Zavodney) Xenia Rotary (2009)