Noah D. Manring

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Research Focus

  • Fluid power
  • Machine design
  • Dynamic systems

Education

  • Ph.D. from Iowa State University
  • M.S. from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • M.A. from Reformed Theological Seminary
  • B.S., B.A. from Michigan State University

Noah D. Manring is the Glen A. Barton professor of fluid power in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Missouri. Before joining the MU faculty, Manring worked for eight years in the off-highway mobile equipment industry. He holds 10 U.S. patents for innovations in the field of fluid power. As a professor, Manring has received research funding from Caterpillar Inc., Festo Corp. and the National Fluid Power Association as well as from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation and various private donors. Manring has done consulting work for several industrial firms, including Moog Inc., FMC Wyoming Corp., Dennison Hydraulics and Parker Hannifin. He has also published a new textbook entitled Hydraulic Control Systems.


Topics

  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydraulics
  • Design
  • Controls