Department Personnel
Adjunct Professor Joseph Perez
Ph.D. - University of Delaware
Office: 130 Fenske Laboratory
Phone: (814) 865-0340
E-mail: jmp13@psu.edu
Lab: Room 1 Fenske Laboratory
Lab Phone:
Primary Links
Biodiesel Group
The Biodiesel Group consisted of undergraduates advised by Dr. Joe Perez.
The group's facilities were located in Fenske Laboratory with the purpose of providing undergraduate students hands-on experience conducting an engineering project to enhance priciples learned in the classroom.
Research Summary
My research interests lie in developing qualified students capable of meeting challenging situations in industry, government, or academia with confidence and enthusiasm. Our group has a long, continuous history of research and hard work on lubricants and tribology that started in the fifties in the Petroleum Refining Laboratory with Dr. Fenske and Dr. Klaus.
The research has consistently provided a blend of theoretical and applied goals to find interesting and exciting ways to extend academic training from industrial development applications to aerospace. Recent environmental concerns create new problems in tribology problems related to conservation of resources and energy. Read More.