Jeff Warfford
Collegiate Associate Professor
- Thrust Area Specialty: Design Materials & Manufacturing
463 Data & Decision Sciences Building (0238)
727 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
727 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Research Interests:
- Engineering Design Education
- Application of Finite Element Analysis in Design
- Tire Mechanics and Tire Models for Vehicle Simulations
- Vehicle Dynamics
- 2022-present: Collegiate Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2008-2022: Senior Principal R&D Engineer - Passenger Car and Light Truck Tires, Michelin Americas Research Center, Michelin North America, Inc., Greenville, SC
- 2005-2007: Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- 2000-2005: Group Leader - Tire Performance, Handling and Traction, Michelin Americas Research Center, Michelin North America, Inc., Greenville, SC
- 1993-2000: Group Leader - Steering and Front Suspension Design, Volvo Trucks North America, Inc., Greensboro, NC
- 1992-1993: Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University
- Michelin Industrial Quality and RDI Schools Instructor Excellence Award, 2016 and 2018
- NCSU Graduate Student Certificate for Outstanding Teaching
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
- Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Fraternity
- 1992: Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University
- 1987: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University
- 1985: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University