Andras Gordon

Andras Gordon
Instructor, Engineering Design Program

The Pennsylvania State University
School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs
213-K Hammond Building
University Park, PA 16802

Phone: (814) 863-1544
Fax: (814) 863-7229
E-mail: axg17@psu.edu

Positions:

  • Instructor of Engineering Design, The Pennsylvania State University, 1999-Present
  • Previously was involved in designing and manufacturing ultrasonic transducers for biomedical and engineering applications
Current Courses:
  • EDSGN-100 – Introduction to Engineering Design;
    With emphasis on general systems principles
  • EDSGN-496C – Catia V5 Fundamentals and Digital Mock up applications;
    Solid modeling, mechanism design and reverse engineering

Topics and Interests:

  • Applications of CAD tools in the conceptual phases of the engineering design process
  • Consolidation of hierarchic functional arrangements with customer needs/requirements as a prerequisite for robust engineering design solutions
  • Synchronization of product lifecycles with ecosystems
  • Digital photography technology and applications
  • Besides English, fluent in Hungarian, Russian, formerly in Ukrainian, some French and German, always open to linguistic explorations

Education:

  • M.Sc. in Physics, Uzhgorod University, Ukraine, 1971