John M. Henshaw, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor

B.S. Vanderbilt University
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Office: L171 Keplinger Hall
Phone: (918) 631-3002
Email: John-Henshaw@utulsa.edu

Research Interests:

  • Materials Engineering
  • Engineering Design
  • Composite Materials
  • Recycling of Engineering Materials
  • Alternative-Fuel Transportation
  • Human Powered Vehicles

Teaching Fields:

  • ME 3034, Properties of Materials
  • ME 4043, Automotive Design
  • SI 1044, Technology and the Future of the Automobile
  • ME 1311, To Be a Mechanical Engineer
  • ME 4333, Corrosion Engineering
  • ME 4293, Interdisciplinary Design Projects (co-taught with Steve Tipton)

Three Representative Publications:

  • Henshaw, John M., "Recycling and Disposal of Polymer-Matrix Composites". a chapter in the ASM Handbook, Volume 21: Composites. Published by ASM International, 2002.
  • Hackworth, Matthew R., and Henshaw, John M., "A pressure vessel fracture mechanics study of the aluminum beverage can", Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 65 (2000) 525-539.
  • Meyer, Laura, Henshaw, John M., Houston, Dan Q., and Hagerman, Ed, "The Effects of Stressed Environmental Exposure on the Durability of Automotive Composite Materials", Polymers and Polymer Composites. Vol. 7, no. 4, 1999.

Select Awards and Honors

  • Engineering Education Excellence Award. Presented by the National Society of Professional Engineers in July, 2000, at Norfolk, Virginia (awarded to two professors nationwide, and first awarded in 2000).
  • Kermit C. Brown Award for Teaching Excellence, The University of Tulsa, May 1998.
  • Daily Illini List of Faculty Rated as Excellent by their Students, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995-6.
  • The University of Tulsa Outstanding Teacher Award, May 1994.
  • Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award (award presented at the Society of Automotive Engineers Annual Congress, Detroit, Michigan, February, 1994)

Other Responsibilities

  • College Committee on Promotion and Tenure
  • Principal faculty advisor, Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society
  • Faculty advisor, SAE student chapter
  • Advisor to sophomore class (class of 2002) of mechanical engineers
  • Principal faculty advisor to TU Hybrid-Electric Vehicle project

Short Vita (pdf)