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Prof Sumanta Acharya - 1999
Sumanta Acharya is an outstanding educator and researcher. During his career, he has acquired an international reputation for his expertise in the field of computational heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He is known particularly for applying the combined strategies of adaptive differencing and adaptive grid refinement for solving complex flow problems. Acharya has published over 150 refereed articles, of which almost half have been published in top archival journals and the rest have been presented at refereed conferences. His dedication to teaching is reflected in the many graduate students he has advised and the four new courses he has developed at LSU. Archarya has supported his profession by serving on several national-level committees and has organized many technical sessions at conferences.
Ph.D. (1982), University of Minnesota.
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Suresh G. Advani, PHD - 1999
The main contribution of Suresh G. Advani in the last 15 years has been in the development and application of a fundamental science base in modeling and simulation of composite manufacturing processes. He edited a book on Flow and Rheology in Polymer Composite Manufacturing in 1994, which lays the foundation for modeling approaches when processing with composites. He has graduated 11 Ph.D.s and 14 master's students with sound expertise in modeling of manufacturing processes using fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and material rheology. Advani has co-authored 17 book chapters and more than 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings. In 1987, he put forth a new theory for how fibers flow in suspensions, and this theory has been implemented in commercial codes such as C-Flow and mold flow.
Ph.D. (1987), University of Illinois.
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Arthur Akers, PHD, PE - 1999
During his career, Arthur Akers, P.E., has been involved in education, research, and development and extension activities. He has published well over 100 papers in almost every international journal and conference in his
areas of expertise, and has supervised over 50 master's and Ph.D. students. His research into axial piston pumps has been referenced by many researchers around the globe. Akers has not restricted his activities to purely academic endeavors. He was instrumental in the formation and development of the Fluid Power Systems and Technology Division of ASME. His vision and drive has led to the success and growth of this fledging group within ASME.
Ph.D. (1969), University of London.
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Yusuf Altintas, PHD, PE - 1999
The career of Yusuf Altintas spans 22 years. After receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering, he spent several years in industry as a machine tool and manufacturing engineer. He joined the University of British Columbia as a faculty member after receiving his Ph.D., and initiated fundamental and applied research in chatter vibrations in milling, design of text generation open architecture CNC systems, and sensor-based intelligent machining. He contributed a new milling chatter stability theory to the literature, and demonstrated its industrial application in five axis milling of jet engine compressors at Pratt & Whitney Canada, where he improved productivity significantly and received the manufacturing research award. Altintas initiated a new five-year combined bachelor's and master's degree in the electromechanical design engineering program at UBC.
Ph.D. (1987), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
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Jean Bataille, PHD - 1999
Professor Jean Bataille is an eminent French educator, a prominent scholar and an accomplished leader and administrator. He has made seminal contributions in various fields including superfluid helium hydrodynamics, aeroacoustics and noise control, continuum, thermodynamics, and more recently, multiphase flows. In addition to teaching and scholarly activities, Jean Bataille was Director of the world renown Laboratoire de Mechanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique in Lyon, France which under his leadership became a "European Center of Excellence". Dr. Bataille is currently the director of the graduate school of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the University of Lyon.
Ph.D. (1968), University of Pari
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Michael M. Bernitsas, PHD - 1999
Michael M. Bernitsas has 140 publications in offshore and marine mechanics. He developed a catastrophe theory for noniterative mooring design. He proved that internal pressure may cause Euler buckling of risers in tension. In 1983, he corrected the long column buckling theory holding since 1941. He developed the Large Admissible Perturbation theory for structural redesign and serves on ONR committees, NSF panels, and the U.S. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Committee. Bernitsas is associate editor of OMAE Journal, ASME, and serves on three journal boards. He is also professor and chairman of naval architecture and marine engineering at the University of Michigan, and consults to offshore and marine industries.
Ph.D. (1979), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Heinz P. Bloch, PE - 1999
Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., began his career at Johnson & Johnson, where he contributed to the development of high-speed machinery. In 1965, he joined Exxon, where he became an internationally recognized expert in machinery reliability improvement and failure avoidance. He spearheaded the application of plant-wide oil mist lubrication systems and the development of mechanical seals for steam turbines. For six years he served as Exxon's regional machinery specialist for the U.S. before his early retirement in 1986. At his Process Machinery Consulting Co., he continues teaching, consulting, and writing: 10 full-length textbooks, 160 papers or articles in trade journals, and contributions to Perry's Handbook of Chemical Engineering and other texts.
M.S. (1964), New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark.
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David G. Bogard, PHD - 1999
Since 1982, David G. Bogard has been a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin. He is noted for his studies of the physical nature of turbulent wall flows, and his investigations of film cooling of turbine airfoils. Using unique conditional sampling analyses of the structure of turbulence, his research revealed the dynamics of turbulence production and mechanisms of drag reduction. His studies of turbine airfoil film cooling involved comprehensive measurements of the velocity and thermal fields associated with film cooling flows, including the effects of hole geometry, coolant density, pressure gradient, surface roughness, and mainstream turbulence.
Ph.D. (1982), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
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Prof Albin Bolcs, PHD - 1999
Albin Bolcs' career spans the last 30 years. He worked in the Swiss turbomachinery industry before joining the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, where he has directed the turbomachinery and heat transfer laboratory since 1983 and serves as professor of turbomachinery. Bolcs has developed an internationally recognized laboratory that specializes in turbomachinery unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity and, more recently, also in turbine blade heat transfer. He has authored or co-authored many scientific papers in these fields and has co-authored a textbook on transonic turbomachines. The unsteady aerodynamic cascade data obtained in Bolcs' laboratory are used by the international turbomachinery community as benchmark data for the evaluation of computational predictions.
Albin Bolcs' career spans the last 30 years. He worked in the Swiss turbomachinery industry before joining the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, where he has directed the turbomachinery and heat transfer laboratory since 1983 and serves as professor of turbomachinery. Bolcs has developed an internationally recognized laboratory that specializes in turbomachinery unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity and, more recently, also in turbine blade heat transfer. He has authored or co-authored many scientific papers in these fields and has co-authored a textbook on transonic turbomachines. The unsteady aerodynamic cascade data obtained in Bolcs' laboratory are used by the international turbomachinery community as benchmark data for the evaluation of computational predictions.
Ph.D. (1974), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
Ph.D. (1974), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
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Dennis E. Bowman, PE - 1999
Dennis Bowman has made many significant contributions to both industry and to professional societies. He was mainly responsible for the introduction of state-of the-art concepts to hydraulic systems and control at Deere and Company. Indeed, he was the main innovator in bringing electronics and electric controls into the agricultural machinery business. He unselfishly contributed to ASME by being organizer, chair, presenter and author at numerous ASME meetings. In addition, he was the second Chair of the fledging Fluid Power Systems and Technology Group and set the foundation for the growth of this group. His participation in many other professional activities is also noteworthy. His untimely death has allowed all of us who knew and worked with him to reflect on his many outstanding achievements.
M.Sc. (1966), University of Iowa
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Theodore G. Brna, PHD, PE - 1999
Dr. Theodore G. Brna taught Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, beginning in 1958 while he was still working towards his MSME, and continuing through 1976. He was an ASEE resident in industry fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency in 1976-78, and began working in 1978 as a Project Engineer and Program Manager at the EPA Environmental Research Laboratory. He has conducted and led research on thermal pollution control, waste heat utilization, flue gas desulfurization, synthetic fuels, waste-to-energy and medical waste incineration, alternatives to chloro-fluorocarbon refrigerants, and alternatives to bromine-containing fire extinguishants. He has contributed to the ASME at the national, regional and section level, and has done extensive civic volunteer work.
Ph.D. (1970), N.C. State University
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David J. Burns, PHD - 1999
As an educator, Dr. Burns has been Chair of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Engineering at Waterloo which has one of the largest engineering facilities in Canada. His research on the design and failure analysis of high-pressure vessels internationally recognized and used in the ASME Code. His work on pipelines and other welded structures has been used in various Canadian standards. For much of his career, he has been involved in the evaluation of the long term performance and safety of the fuel channels in the Candu Nuclear Reactors.
Ph.D. (1962), University of Bristol, UK
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John C. Cerny, PE - 1999
John C. Cerny, P.E. began his career as a machinist, mechanic, and welder in his family-owned manufacturing and machine company. The Atlanta ASME Section was top in the Region while he was chairman in 1986. As principal engineer and chairman of the board of Cerny and Ivey, his current fields of interest are product and machine design, fractography and materials failure analysis, corrosion science, physical testing, safety, vehicles and accident reconstruction, and forensic science. Cerny has provided expert testimony in court and served as advisor to state, county, and city officials in matters relating to codes and standards. He served in the U.S. Army as an anti-aircraft battery commander and as a battalion intelligence officer.
M.S. (1956), Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Won S. Chang, PHD - 1999
Won S. Chang, deceased, was a prolific author of high-quality papers over a broad range of heat and mass transfer problems, particularly those concerned with heat pipes and thermocapillary stresses. He was able to exploit fundamental research to impact the design and performance of practical devices, such as heat pipes and capillary-pumped two-phase loops. He also had the talent to work well with others in government, industry, and universities. He skillfully managed several large research projects involving graduate and undergraduate students.
Ph.D. (1981), Georgia Institute of Technology.
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James W. Coaker, PE - 1999
James W. Coaker's engineering career began in 1968 as a Navy Officer after receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served four years active duty and continued in the Navy Reserve until retirement as a Navy Captain. His career has been marked by contributions to the engineering professions through management of engineering activities an contributions to professional development and application of ASME Codes and Standards. He designed and developed the first elevator inspection program to be accredited by ASME under the provisions of ASME QEI-1 "Qualification of Elevator Inspectors." He has excelled in engineering management and authored numerous technical articles on application of advance technology in engineering. He has served the Society in many ways including membership and chairman of several technical committees and encouragement of others in the application and development of Codes and Standards. He also continued to serve as a Naval Reserve Engineering Officer throughout this period.
M.S. (1976), Virginia Commonwealth University
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Jonathan S. Colton , PHD, PE - 1999
After completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees at MIT, Jonathan S. Colton, P.E., joined the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he has risen through the faculty ranks, teaching and performing research in the
areas of manufacturing and design. His work focuses on polymer and polymer composites materials development and processing, as well as on the design of equipment and systems. He has made significant contributions to the development of novel composites processing techniques and equipment, which have reduced their time and cost. He has been a visiting professor at Imperial College, London, and was a visiting faculty associate at Lockheed-Martin.
Ph.D. (1986), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Edward T. Curran, PHD - 1999
Edward T. Curran's career spans almost half a century. Following a 20-year career as an RAF engineer officer, he emigrated to the United States and started working in 1969 at the USAF Propulsion Directorate at Wright Field. He later served as chief scientist (11 years) and as director (five years). He has led the development of innovative aeropropulsion and power technologies such as: The Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) program; the Hypersonic Technology (HyTech) engine program; and advanced fuel and lubricants program; and the More Electric Aircraft (MEA) power initiative. In 1997, Curran also became responsible for rocket engine technology, giving him total management of the $200 million total USAF Propulsion and Power area.
Ph.D. (1975), Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
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Isaac M. Daniel, PHD - 1999
Dr. Isaac Daniel attended the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was Science Advisor at the IIT Research Institute and Professor and Director of the Mechanics of Materials Laboratory at IIT. He is currently Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in the Departments of Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. His career has encompassed all facets of experimental stress analysis, mechanics of materials, fracture mechanics and dynamic response, with special emphasis on composite materials and nondestructive evaluation. He is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Mechanics and the American Academy of Mechanics. He has over 180 publications, including a monograph and a textbook on Composite Materials.
Ph.D. (1964), Illinois Institute of Technology
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Thomas E. Diller, Sc.D. - 1999
Thomas E. Diller (B.S., 1972, Carnegie-Mellon; M.S., 1974, MIT; Sc.D., 1977, MIT) is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has been a principal contributor to the maturation of the art of heat flux measurement in science and industry and has made significant contributions to bioengineering. He holds two patents related to heat fulx gages. He has more than 100 publications. He is an excellent teacher and academic administrator. He has served ASME for nearly two decades, including chairing the K-17 Committee and organizing over a dozen technical sessions at ASME national meetings.
Sc.D. (1977), MIT
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Arturo J. Egli, PE - 1999
Arturo Egli is CEO of Lanz Oensingen, and performance test delegate of ABB's R&D Division for steam turbines, in Baden, Switzerland. He is an expert in the use of statistical methods in the analysis of measurement, and has published extensively on the application of these methods to steam and gas turbine performance testing. In his seventeen-year association with ABB he has pioneered many new methods for measuring and processing turbine test data, systematizing the evaluation of test uncertainties. He is a member of ASME's committee PTC 6: Steam Turbines, and of the Board on Performance Test Codes.
M.Sc. (1984), Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
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