Jacob Allen Cress

Educator faculty in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department instructing the senior design capstone experience and the automotive design course. Additionally I am the faculty advisor for the Bearcat Motorsports club.

Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering: University of Dayton Dayton, OH, 2005 (Mechanical Engineering)

Masters of Aerospace Engineering: University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN, 2010 (Aero-optics)

PhD: University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN, 2010 (Aero-optics)

08-2018 -05-2024 Assistant Professor, Engineering Management, Systems, and Technology Department, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

09-2011 -06-2014 Engineer/Technologist, Applied Aeromechanics, GE Aviation, Cincinnati, OH

06-2014 -08-2016 Lead Engineer/Technologist, Aeromechanics Design and Technology, GE Aviation, Cincinnati, OH

09-2016 -05-2018 Associate II, Engineering Consultant, Stress Engineering Services, Inc, Mason, OH

05-2018 -12-2019 Consultant, GE Aviation, Adecco, Cincinnati, OH

04-2021 -To Present Engineering Consultant, Cress Engineering Solutions, LLC, Cincinnati, OH

02-2023 -To Present Engineering Specialist, Commercial Applied Aeromechanics, GE Aerospace, Cincinnati, OH

08-2015 -12-2015 Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology Department, Cincinnati State, Cincinnati, OH

05-2024 -08-2024 Adjunct Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

08-2024 -To Present Associate Professor Educator, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Peer Reviewed Publications

Gordeyev, S., Smith, A.E., Cress, J.A., and Jumper, E.J.  (2014). Experimental studies of aero-optical properties of subsonic turbulent boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 740, 214-253More Information

Zouhri, K., Shinneeb, M., Chikhalsouk, M., and Cress, J.  (2021). Solid oxide fuel cell cathode diffusion polarization: materials and exergy study. Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, 231 (113865) More Information

Cress, J.A.  (2019). Evaluating the Impact of Student Constructed Four-Bar Mechanisms on Achieving Learning Objectives in an Industrial Mechanisms Course. The Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, 12 (2) , 1-10More Information

Gordeyev, S., Cress, J.A., Smith, A., and Jumper, E.J.  (2015). Aero-optical measurements in a subsonic, turbulent boundary layer with non-adiabatic walls. Physics of Fluids, 27 (045110) More Information

Gordeyev, S., Cress, J., and Jumper, E.  (2013). Far-Field Laser Intensity Drop-Outs Caused by Turbulent Boundary Layers. Journal of Directed Energy, 5 (1) , 58-75

Gordeyev, S., Cress, J.A., Jumper, E.J., and Cain, A.B.  (2011). Aero-Optical Environment Around a Cylindrical Turret with a Flat Window. AIAA Journal, 49 (2) , 308-315More Information