{"id":212,"date":"2025-04-30T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T20:25:17","slug":"mark-barker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/mark-barker\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Barker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">J. Mark Barker<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Senior Lecturer<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2012-present<br><\/strong>Senior Lecturer, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2003-2012<br><\/strong>Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1998-2003<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1990-1998<br><\/strong>Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1988-1990<br><\/strong>Senior Engineer, Propulsion Group, General Dynamics &#8211; Fort Worth Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1984-1988<br><\/strong>Engineer, Model Test Group, General Dynamics &#8211; Fort Worth Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, 1998, Clemson University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSME, 1992, Clemson University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BSME, 1984, Louisiana Tech University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Engineering Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flow Diagnostics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vortex Structures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2016 MABE Excellence in Teaching Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, American Society for Engineering Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crittenden, K., Hall, D.,&nbsp;<strong>Barker, M.<\/strong>, Brackin, P.,&nbsp;<em>First-Year Design Experience: Assembling the &#8220;Big Picture&#8221; Through Innovative Product Design<\/em>. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hall, D.,&nbsp;<strong>Barker, M.<\/strong>, Nelson, J.,&nbsp;<em>Living with the Lab: Update on the Second Year of Full Implementation for Over 400 First-Year Engineering Students,<\/em>&nbsp;American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hall, D.E.,&nbsp;<strong>Barker, J.M.<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>et<\/em>.&nbsp;<em>al<\/em>.,&nbsp;<em>Living With The Lab:&nbsp; A Curriculum to Prepare Freshman Students to Meet the Attributes of \u201cThe Engineer of 2020\u201d<\/em>, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hall, D.,&nbsp;<strong>Barker, M.<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>Living with the Lab &#8211; Boosting Experiential Learning and Creativity in 1st Year Engineering Students<\/em>, Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 13 (1), 2007, 3-18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Barker, J. M.<\/strong>, Hall, D.,&nbsp;<em>Teaching<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Innovative Product Development Skills to Freshman Engineering Students<\/em>, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, 2004.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/J.-Mark-Barker.jpg\" alt=\"J. Mark Barker\" class=\"wp-image-253\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/J.-Mark-Barker.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/J.-Mark-Barker-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>206B Ferris Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-7699<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:jbarke16@utk.edu\">jbarke16@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J. 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