Meet The New MAE Chair, Dr. David Bayless

Biography

Dr. Bayless is the Gerald Loehr Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University where he is the Director of the Center for Algal Engineering Research and Commercialization (an Ohio Third Frontier Wright Project) focusing on the energy and environmental technology creation. He has been principal investigator for over $22 million in externally funded research, holds several patents and over 60 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of pollution control and energy conversions. Dr. Bayless formerly worked for American Electric Power and was an officer in the United States Navy. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri and Ohio. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He was the recipient of the 2016 Ohio Society of Professional Engineer’s Outstanding Engineering Educator for the State of Ohio. Dr. Bayless is currently the Sustainability Infrastructure Hub Coordinator for Ohio University and co-creator of the Sustainability Projects Laboratory, the Graduate Chair for the Mechanical Engineering Department, and the Chair of the Counsel for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity at Ohio University. He is actively engaged in teaching and developing leadership skills for engineers as director of the Robe Leadership Institute in the Russ College of Engineering.

Bayless will become the Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering effective January 1, 2021. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from S&T (then UMR) in 1987.