Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology and Interim Chair of Mechanical Engineering  213 Boardman Hall University of Maine Orono , ME , 04469 -5711 Phone: (207) 581-2338 Fax: (207) 581-2113 e-mail: Dvorak@maine.edu Education: Ph.D. Physics University of Maine (1998) M.S. Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982 B.S. Mechanical Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981