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Leon Keer
Walter P. Murphy Professor

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, Rm. B227
Evanston, IL 60208-3111, USA

TEL: 847-491-4046
FAX: 847-491-3915

l-keer@northwestern.edu

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B.S. , California Institute of Technology(1956)
M.S. , California Institute of Technology(1958)
PhD. , University of Minnesota(1962)

Honors and Awards

  • Guggenheim Fellow
  • Fellow in following professional societies: ASME, ASCE, AAM, ASA
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow,
  • Innovative Research Award, Tribology Division, ASME
  • Drucker medal

Research: Engineering Mechanics

In the classroom

Professor Keer has taught the undergraduate classes GEN ENG 205 - 2, and CIV ENG 216-1. He has also taught the graduate classes CIV ENG 415-1, and CIV ENG 411-1.

Selected publications

El-Borgi, S., Keer, L.M., Ben Said, W., "An Embedded Crack in a Functionally Graded Coating Bonded to a Homogeneous Substrate under Frictional Hertzian Contact," Wear, Vol. 257, (2004), pp. 760-776.

Liu, S., Lannou, S., Wang, Q., and Keer, L.M., "Solutions for Temperature Rise in Stationary/Moving Bodies Caused by Surface Heating with Surface Convection," Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 126, (2004), pp. 776-785.
Wang, F., Keer, L.M., Vaynman, S., and Wen, S., "Constitutive Model and Numerical Analysis for High Lead Solders," IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 27, (2004), pp. 718-723.

Jin, X., Keer, L.M. and Wang, Q., "A 3D EHL Simulation of CMP," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 152, (2005), pp. G7-G15.

Borodich, F.M. and Keer, L.M., "Modeling Effects of Gas Adsorption and Removal on Friction During Sliding along Diamond-like Carbon Films," Thin Solid Films, Vol. 476/1, (2005), pp. 108-117.

Boucly, V., Nelias, D., Liu, S., Wang, Q.J. and Keer, L.M., " Contact Analysis for Bodies with Frictional Heating and Plastic Behavior," Journal of Tribology, Vol. 127, (2005), pp. 355-364.

Liu, S.B. Peyronnel, A., Wang, Q.J., and Keer, L.M., "An Extension of the Hertz Theory for Three Dimensional Coated Bodies," Tribology Letters, Vol. 18, (2005) pp. 303-314.
Liu, S.B. Peyronnel, A., Wang, Q.J., and Keer, L.M., "An Extension of the Hertz Theory for 2DCoated Components," Tribology Letters, Vol. 18, (2005) pp. 505-511.
Wang, F. and Keer, L.M., "Numerical Simulation for Three Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Contact With Hardening Behavior," Journal of Tribology, Vol. 127, (2005), pp. 494-502