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Dr. Keshock received his B.Mech..E. degree from the University of Detroit, and obtained both the M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He also completed a six-month intensive program in nuclear reactor engineering while employed as a research engineer at the NASA Glenn Research Center.
He began his career as a research engineer with the NASA Glenn Research Center, where he developed his primary interest in the subject of heat transfer, and more specifically, microgravity effects upon heat transfer processes. After earning M.S. and Ph. D. degrees, he began his career in the teaching profession in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cleveland State University in 1967. After his initial years at CSU, he spent a combined total of 21 years at Old Dominion University, and the University of Tennessee. In 1990 he was a visiting distinguished professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology (1990), after which he returned to Cleveland State University as Chairperson of the Mechanical Engineering Department.
His research and interests in microgravity and phase change heat transfer processes have spanned almost four decades. Some of his earliest studies, conducted with Dr. Robert Siegel, dealt with the study of boiling heat transfer phenomena under low- or fractional-gravity conditions. These investigations were some of the earliest and most extensive studies ever conducted in the world of nucleate and film boiling processes under low-gravity, or microgravity, conditions.
His teaching career has included extensive international experiences, associated with visiting professor/scholar appointments in China, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and the Slovak Republic.
