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Robert J. Ribando
Associate Professor
Telephone: (434) 924-6289
Office: MEC 310
E-mail: rjr@virginia.edu
Prior to joining the faculty in 1979, Robert Ribando worked as a research engineer in the Engineering Technology Division (formerly Reactor Division) of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees are all in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. His M.S. project involved the design and development of a large wind tunnel for studying the effects of wind on buildings, while his Ph.D. research studied natural convection flows in porous materials and was directed at geothermal reservoirs. Earlier he served as a aircraft maintenance officer in the Presidential unit at Andrews AFB.
Dr. Ribando's current research and teaching interests are in the area of computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer and in scientific visualization. Areas of application involve strongly rotating flows as occur in centrifuges and turbomachinery, natural convection flows and in the computational modeling of energy systems including, for instance, ground-source heat pumps.
In recent years Dr. Ribando has been very active in distance education, in the integration of modern, research-based simulation and visualization techniques into the curriculum and in the development of technology-equipped classrooms. He currently chairs a University expert group on the latter.
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