Gerry Schneider, PhD, PEng

Gerry Schneider is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

His research interests are in control volume-based finite element methods, speed flow prediction methods, phase change energy transportation, and machine vision.

Professor Schneider teaches numerous upper year Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering courses at the university. He has published several articles such as “Applications of an All-Speed Flow Algorithm to Heat Transfer Problems and Numerical Heat Transfer”, and “Performance of an Analogy-Based All-Speed Procedure without Any Explicit Damping”, along with other authors.

• Control-Volume-Based Finite Element Methods

• All-Speed Flow Prediction Methods

• Phase-Change Energy Transport

• Equation Solving for Physical Problems

• Machine Vision

• Energy

• Nanotechnology

• Automotive

• 1977, Doctorate Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

• 1974, Master's Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

• 1973, Bachelor's Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

• ME 459 - Energy Conversion
  • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• ME 659 - Energy and Environment
  • Taught in 2022, 2023, 2024

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