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Professor Beltz's teaching and research interests are in ceramic
composite design, solid mechanics applied to materials problems
(with an emphasis on the physics and mechanics of crystalline defects
such as dislocations and quantum dots), and aeronautics.
He received a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering
and Materials Science at Carnegie Mellon
University, and subsequently M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering
Science at Harvard. Beltz conducted
postdoctoral work at Brown University
in Providence and the Max-Planck-Institut
in Stuttgart before coming to Santa
Barbara. He is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and serves as the faculty advisor for the
ASME student section and the Engineering Student Council.
Teaching:
Professor Beltz typically teaches ME 14 "Statics," ME 15
"Strength of Materials," ME 230 "Elasticity," INT 94BW "Intro to Aviation &
Space Technology," and ENGR 10H "Honors Seminar;" he collaborates with
Professor Evans on ME 156A "Mechanical Engineering Design." |