John W. Sanders

Dr. John W. Sanders is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Citadel's School of Engineering since January 2023. His expertise spans analytical and computational mechanics with focus on variational methods.

• Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2017)
• M.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2013)
• B.S. in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Saint Louis University (2011)

His research interests include Navier-Stokes equations, variational calculus, and nonlinear dynamics, with recent work extending Hamiltonian mechanics to non-conservative systems. Google Scholar publications (2012-2024) demonstrate his contributions to computational methods in mechanical engineering, creep rupture modeling, and educational technology.

Current work focuses on developing symplectic integrators for dissipative systems and canonical formulations of fluid mechanics problems.