Bob Harder

Robert Harder, Ph.D.
Director of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Chair of Mathemactics, Computer Science and Engineering
503–554–2788
bharder@georgefox.edu

Bob Harder (B.S. and M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University; Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology) has been actively involved in both academic research and industrial consulting since coming to George Fox in 1988. His main areas of professional interest include combustion modeling and emissions control, dynamic systems, contact mechanics, and tribology. Bob’s teaching responsibilities include: thermodynamics, heat transfer and combustion, emissions and air pollution. His hobbies are family, farming, soccer and guitar.