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Larry Howell

Larry Howell

Structural Design Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Associate Academic Vice President at Brigham Young University

  • Education

    • Brigham Young University

      1981 - 1987
      B.S. Mechanical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude Minor in Mathematics Two year break (82-84) to serve an LDS mission

    • Purdue University

      1989 - 1993
      PhD Mechanical Engineering

  • Experience

    • General Dynamics

      Jan 1988 - Aug 1989
      Structural Design Engineer

      Structural design engineer on the YF-22 (the original prototype of the F-22 fighter jet). Preliminary design, component and assembly design, and manufacturing and assembly follow-up. Design of graphite composite and aluminum aircraft components. Now Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas.

    • Purdue University

      Aug 1989 - May 1994

      Taught engineering design related courses and conducted fundamental research in the area of compliant mechanisms. Compliant mechanisms research and a teaching assistant for engineering design related courses.

      • Visiting Assistant Professor

        Jan 1994 - May 1994

      • Research / Teaching Assistant

        Aug 1989 - Dec 1993

    • Engineering Methods

      Aug 1991 - Jul 1993
      Project Engineer

      Consulting work primarily involving finite element analysis. Stress, fatigue, and nonlinear analysis. Project manager responsible for projects of 2-3 engineers. Technical support for ANSYS customers. 15 to 20 hrs/week. West Lafayette, Indiana.

    • Brigham Young University

      May 2001 - Jul 2007
      Department Chair

      Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Served the maximum of two, three-year terms.

    • Brigham Young University

      Jul 2016 - now

      Senior Research Officer for the university. Also with responsibilities for Graduate Studies, academic infrastructure, academic safety, and related responsibilities. Professor: 2005-presentAssociate Professor: 2000-2005Assistant Professor: 1994-2000 Associate Dean for Research for the BYU College of Engineering.

      • Associate Academic Vice President

        Jul 2019 - now

      • Professor

        Jan 1994 - now

      • Associate Dean

        Jul 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Licensed Professional Engineer

      State of Utah
      Jan 1995

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      2023 Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering research.com 2023 2023 Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, #165 in the United States, and #311 in the world, research.com.
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Best Journal Paper Award ASME Adaptive Systems, Dynamics and Controls Technical Committee 2021 2020 Best Journal Paper Award (awarded in 2021), ASME Adaptive Systems, Dynamics and Controls Technical Committee for the paper "Zero torque compliant mechanisms employing pre-buckled beams" by Bilancia, P., Smith, S.P., Berselli, G., Magleby, S.P., Howell, L.L.
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Best Application Award 4th IEEE/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms & Robotics (ReMAR 2018), Delft, The Netherlands 2018 For the paper “Implementation of Rolling Contacts for SORCE Joints” by Nelson, T.G., Lang, R.G., Magleby, S.P., and Howell, L.L., Delft, The Netherlands, 2018.
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Best Paper Award ASME Mechanisms & Robotics Conference at the ASME IDETC in Cleveland, Ohio, 2017 Best Paper Award for the paper “Rigidly Foldable Quadrilateral Meshes from Angle Arrays” by Lang, R.J. and Howell, L.L..
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering 2016 Alumni award from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University.
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Award Brigham Young University Aug 2015 BYU’s most prestigious faculty award. (One award is made at the university each year. It accompanies a university “forum” address to the university community, which is also televised to an international audience).
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      "Vizzies" Overall People's Choice Award National Science Foundation and Popular Science Mar 2015 Overall People’s Choice Award, The Vizzies Visualization Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Popular Science, for a video entry entitled “How origami is inspiring scientific creativity” by Howell, L.L., Walker, J. Magleby, S.P., Wilcox, B., Lang, R., 2015. Announced in the March 2015 issue of Popular Science, and video available at http://www.popsci.com/engineers-origami-inspiring-scientific-creativity.
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      ASME Machine Design Award ASME International Aug 2014 Established in 1958, the Machine Design Award recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished service in the field of machine design which is considered to include application, research, development, or teaching of machine design.
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Theodore von Kármán Fellow RWTH Aachen University and ERS International Oct 2013
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Best Paper Award ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR2012) Jul 2012 For a paper entitled “Bi-Behavioral Prosthetic Knee Enabled by a Metamorphic Compliant Mechanism,” by S. Zirbel, S. Curtis, R. Bradshaw, L. Duffield, G. Teichert, N. Williams, R. Rorrer, S. Magleby, L. Howell.
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Excellence in Scholarship Award Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering & Technology, Brigham Young University 2010
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      ASME Mechanism & Robotics Award American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2009 The Mechanism & Robotics Award is given by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to engineers known for a lifelong contribution to the field of mechanism design or theory
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      University Professorship Brigham Young University Sep 2007 September 2007 through August 2017
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Karl G. Maeser Research and Creative Arts Award Brigham Young University 2005
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2004
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Technology Transfer Award Brigham Young University 2001
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      Black and Decker Best Paper Award ASME Design Automation Conference 1999 For a paper entitled “Evaluation and Comparison of Alternative Compliant Over-running Clutch Designs,” by G.M. Roach and L.L. Howell
    • Awarded to Larry Howell
      CAREER Award National Science Foundation 1999