Ware Lab Manager
Address
Joseph F Ware Jr. Adv. Engr Lab
(0297)
103 Ware Lab
Blacksburg,
Virginia
24061
Contact
Email: spangler@vt.edu
Office:
(540) 231-5837
Dewey Spangler has been manager of the Ware Lab since 2009 and is a part time instructor of EngE 1434 and Phys 2305. He is responsible for daily operation of the lab, working with student project teams, communicating with corporate and individual sponsors and promoting Virginia Tech to prospective students. Dewey teaches EngE 1434, Fundamentals of Engineering, during each second summer session to students transferring to the college of engineering from other departments and universities. He also teaches Phys 2305, Foundation of Physics, each spring to newly entering freshmen.
Dewey received his M.S. and B.S. degrees from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering in 1987 and 1989, respectively, conducting load behavior testing of full-scale structural steel building components at the structures and material lab. He completed his M.ENG degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 in the area of active magnetic bearings and is currently a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering.
Upon graduation with the M.S. in civil engineering, Dewey worked for 10 years as a design engineer for John W. Hancock, Jr., Inc. (now New Millennium Steel) in Salem, Virginia. He spent seven years as chair of the engineering transfer department at Virginia Western Community College, one year as a math instructor at the Roanoke Valley Governor’s School, and three years as an instructor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is professionally licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Faculty Links:
http://www.me.vt.edu/_bios/_adjunct/spangler_bio.html
http://www.enge.vt.edu/People/faculty/Profiles/spangler.html