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David P. Fleming, PHD, PE - 2005
David Fleming is a senior research engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center (formerly NASA Lewis) where he has worked since 1966. He has over 60 reports and papers to his credit. He has conducted individual research and managed contract research in rotor dynamics, bearings, shaft dampers, shaft balancing, seals, and gear vibration. Contributions include design of a tapered-bore seal for the SSME LOX pump, managing a long-term project for improved balancing which led to a savings of $100,000,000 for balancing of the U.S. Navy LM2500 gas turbine engines, and developing a PC-based analysis for rotordynamic calculations. In addition, Dr. Fleming has been an ABET accreditation evaluator since 1989, has taught graduate level courses at Case Western Reserve University, has been involved in ASME and other international conferences, and is a life member of ASME. He was an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Tribology 1997-2000.
University of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1968
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Thomas B. Gatski, PHD - 2005
Dr. Gatski is internationally recognized for his ground-breaking contributions to the understanding and modelling of turbulence. He is particularly known for the development of the widely utilized Algebric Reynolds stress and heat flux closure models for complex turbulent flows, which account for effects of rotation, curvature, buoyancy, heat transfer, compressibility and shear. He has investigated vortex dominated flows and 3-D aerodynamic internal and external flows. Gatski's extensive research has been published in numerous journal papers, book chapters and reports. He has participated and organized numerous workshops, and served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Fluids Engineering.
The Pennsylvania State University Ph.D. 1976 Aerospace Engineering
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William K. George , PHD - 2005
Dr. George is an international expert in turbulence and fluid mechanics. His vision of the importance of fluid mechanics research in applications makes him a truly unique and visionary engineer. Dr. George is one of a very select few people in the world that is equally adept at analysis and experiment. In addition to his highly recognized archival publications, he was awarded the 2002 ASME International Robert T. Knapp Best Paper Award. Professor George is an outstanding and innovative educator who has mentored more than 20 Ph.D. students that have gone on to successful careers in academe, industry and government
The Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. 1971 Department of Mechanics
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Thomas P. Gielda, PHD - 2005
Dr. Thomas Gielda's illustrious career began in 1988 with McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company. He performed research in interdisciplinary computational fluid dynamics, with primary emphasis on optimization of high-speed propulsion system performance until 1993 when he earned the title of Senior Research Scientist. From 1993 until 1996 at Ford Motor Company, Dr. Gielda was responsible for the introduction of parallel processing methodologies and integration of computational design software to enhance efficiency and reduce manufacturing time. He led a team in developing tools and processes required to evaluate the efficacy of the vehicle thermal management and climate control systems. From 1996 until 2001, as the Staff Technical Specialist at Visteon Automotive Systems, he was responsible for the development of a total vehicle Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) simulation program. In 2001, he was promoted to the Distinguished Technical Fellow responsible for the developing and implementing the advanced development strategy for Computer Aided Design /Engineering at Visteon Automotive Systems. In 2004, he joined the Whirlpool Corporation as the Global Director of Mechanical Structures and Systems where he oversees technical centers around the world. He has ten US and two French patents and over 35 technical publications.
North Carolina State University Ph.D. May 1988 Aero
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Sivaram P. Gogineni, PHD - 2005
Dr. Sivaram Gogineni graduated with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering; from Florida State University and is currently Vice President and Director of Marketing for a research and consulting company (ISSI) located in Dayton, OH. He made outstanding R&D contributions in the field of fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, combustion, and state-of-theart advanced optical diagnostic techniques resulting in more than 150 publications, presentations and invited lectures at prestigious academic and government research laboratories. He was awarded several small business innovative research and small business technology transfer grants/awards on a wide variety of topics, and was instrumental in commercializing the systems developed under these programs. Dr. Gogineni is extremely active in professional organizations such as ASME, AIAA, APS, and the Combustion Institute both at the local and national level. He is currently serving as chair for the ASME Dayton Section, Associate Editor for ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Chair for the AIAA Web Development, and a technical committee member for several ASME and AIAA disciplines. He has received several awards both for his technical contributions and for his service to the professional community over the past few years.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Ph.D. 1993 Mechanical Engg
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Fabio Gori, PHD - 2005
Fabio Gori has been a major figure in thermal science research in Italy for many years. A leader of the Italian thermal society, ATI, and a professor at the University of Rome, his research studies in such areas as microwave applications including hyperthermia treatment, jet flows and mixed laminar convection of non-Newtonian fluids have been widely utilized by others. An excellent scholar, a leader in the Italian thermal science community the is an outstanding member of AS ME.
University of Bologna Ph.D. 1971, Chemical Engineering
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Hamid R. Hamidzadeh, PHD - 2005
Hamid R. Hamidzadeh is Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Tennessee State University. Before joining TSU, he was Professor of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University for many years. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and Purdue University. Dr. Hamidzadeh is an active teacher and researcher in vibrations, dynamic systems, composite cylinders, and inflated thin-film structures. He has been principal investigator of many research projects and contracts, and has published numerous technical articles. He was actively involved in research projects with NASA Marshal Space Flight Center. He has served the ASME as a member of NSSC and as chairs of different Committees at Region VII for many years. He has chaired several ASME Symposia. He is currently a member of ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound, Chair of the 20th ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, and the General Co-Chair of the 2005 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers & Information in Engineering Conference. Dr. Hamidzadeh's accomplishments have been recognized both nationally and internationally in the Mechanical Engineering profession.
University of London-Imperial College, England Ph.D. 1978 Applied Mechanics
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Kemo Hanjalic, PHD - 2005
Kemal (Kemo) Hanjalic has been a major contributor to the development of mathematical models of turbulence and associated transport processes. His widely used turbulence models have been successfully applied to a number of areas in fundamental fluid mechanics, heat transfer and combustion. He has been honored with a D.Sc. (higher doctorate) from the University of London, UK (1998), by becoming a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) of UK (2005) and by receiving the Max Plank Research Award (1992). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal "Flow, Turbulence and Combustion" (Springer). In addition to his outstanding technical contributions, while serving as a professor in three different countries, he contributed in a major way to the promotion of science and technology in the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina during trying periods in the late 1980's and early 1990's. He is an outstanding scholar, a major leader in important technical groups and a distinguished member of ASME.
Imperial College London, UK, Ph.D., 1970, Fluids Mechanics
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George A. Hazelrigg , PHD - 2005
For his leadership in the field of engineering design, for introducing decision theory into engineering design, including the incorporation of risk and uncertainty in design decision making, and for providing a rigorous mathematical foundation for a theory of engineering design. Also for his outstanding research program management at the National Science Foundation over a period of 20 years, which has greatly accelerated the emergence of several new technologies including MEMS, tissue engineering, rapid prototyping and nano-particles.
Princeton University Ph.D. 1969 Aerospace Engineering
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Warren M. Heffington, PHD, PE - 2005
Warren Heffington is the founding director of the United States Department of Energy sponsored Industrial Assessment Center at Texas A&M University, one of only 26 centers in the United States. As a result of the Texas A&M center's efforts, Texas manufacturers save more than $20 million annually. He is active in fostering other centers in the U.S. and conservation programs internationally. He was an advisor to the nation of Ghana about a similar program and was chosen by the United States Department of Energy to provide training for potential Industrial Assessment Centers. An engineering faculty member for 26 years and an ASME member for 21, he has supervised about three dozen graduate students emphasizing energy conservation. He teaches energy conservation and management at Texas A&M University, and seminar courses leading to national certification as an energy manager for the Association of Energy Engineers.
University of California, San Diego Ph.D. December 1977 Engineering Physics
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Abel Hernandez-Guerrero, PHD - 2005
Prof. Hernandez-Guerrero has received numerous awards for outstanding teaching and innovative research. He has served as ASME Student Section Advisor for 12 years. His students have taken an active role in regional and national ASME conferences. He has instigated a student exchange program between Texas A&M and the University of Guanajuato. He has conducted research in specific fields including such as fuel cells, heat transfer, energy system analyses, and refrigeration systems. He has been either an author or co-author of over 80 published papers. In addition he is the editor or co-editor of nine different volumes including Thermodynamics and the Design, Analysis and Improvement of Energy Systems and transactions of the Mexican Society of Mechanical Engineering Congresses (SOMIM). He was President of SOMIM during 2000-2002. He has been active in ASME in regional and national activities. He is currently on the ASME Project Management Review Team of the Continuity and Change Initiative.
He is currently Associate Editor of the International Journal of Fuel Cell Technology and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Exergy. He has conducted research in specific fields including such as fuel cells, heat transfer, energy systems analyses, and combustion systems. He has been either an author or co-author of over 90 published papers.
Oregon State University Ph.D. August 1991 ME
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Hong Hocheng, PHD - 2005
Dr. Hong Hocheng has been faculty in the mechanical engineering school for nearly 20 years. He is currently a professor of Department of Power Mechanical Engineering at National Tsing Hua University and is also the Dean of the Core Education. Dr. Hong Hocheng has advised more than 50 Masters and 16 PhD theses in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering. His research interests lie in the innovative manufacturing processes. He edited a special journal issue on Micro/Nano-System and Manufacturing, he has also served in the Editorial Board for the Journal of Machining Science and Technology, International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, and International Journal of Nanotechnology. Dr. Hocheng has received Outstanding Research Award for his research achievement from the National Science Council, and the Outstanding Teaching Award from NTHU. His advice for student research has won the citations from Ministry of Education, National Science Council and Chinese Society for Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Hocheng has published more than 150 technical papers including 19 patents pending.
Univ. California Berkeley Ph.D. 12/15/1988 Mechanical Engineering
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Nancy L. Johnson - 2005
Nancy Johnson is the Manager of Vehicle Structures at General Motors Research & Development. Her current responsibilities include managing, defining, planning, and executing technical projects in the areas of structural composites and crashworthiness as well as smart materials. Her areas of expertise include applications of composite materials to the primary vehicle structure with an emphasis on crash energy management. She has over 30 publications and has presented her work at many conferences sponsored by the ASC (American Society for Composites), ASME, CANCOM (Canadian Association for Composite Structures and Materials), SAMPE (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering), and ASM/ES (ASM International, the Materials Information Society / Engineering Society of Detroit). She has been a member of the Automotive Composites Consortium (ACC) for the last 12 years and was Chair of the Carbon Composite Body-In-White project, which included both the design and the manufacturing of the structure. As a member of the ACC Energy Management Work Group she has helped identify key parameters critical for designing effective energy absorbing members for composite vehicle applications. Among specific technical contributions are the discovery of a fundamental and significant difference between static and dynamic crush of composite tube-type structures and the development and verification of means of initiating the progressive crush of and controlling the crush force level in such structures. Additionally, extensive dynamic drop tower testing and analysis work, which she has both participated in as well as directed, has led to improved analytical capabilities in predicting composite crash response. Nancy Johnson is a founding member and Fellow of the American Society for Composites and an active member of the ASME Applied Mechanics Composites and Transportation Committees
University of Michigan, MSE, 1984, Mechanical Engrg / Applied Mechanics
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Joseph A. Kapp, PHD, PE - 2005
Dr. Joseph A. Kapp has been a major contributor to Code and Standards in writing the new ASME Code Section VIII DIV.3. In ASME Division activities, at Pressure Vessel and Piping division-- he Chaired the High Pressure Technical Committee, Organized Sessions, was TPR for three years & also served on the PVP Division General Committee.
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Viswanath R. Katta, PHD - 2005
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Katta made significant and outstanding contributions in developing a number of CFD codes and addressing various combution problems. His UNICORN code has been internationally acclaimed as one of the best CFD codes for studying fundamental combustion problems. Using this code counter-intuitive properties of oscillating flames and annular-extinction pattern in vortex-flame interactions were predicted. Dr. Katta played a key role in the innovation and development of the Trapped-Vortex combustor and made unique contributions to the development of JP-8+100 program through his modeling efforts. He was the first one to simulate a spinning three-dimentional detonation wave. Dr. Katta published more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, symposiums, and conference proceedings.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Ph.D. 1986 Aerospace Engineering
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Autar K. Kaw, PHD - 2005
Autar K. Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida, Tampa. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1987 in Engineering Mechanics from Clemson University, SC. His main scholarly interests are in the micromechanics and fracture mechanics of composite materials, thermal stresses, interactive engineering software, and engineering education. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Florida Department of Transportation, and Wright Patterson Air Force Base. He has written two text books and 65 technical papers, and developed several software instructional programs for courses such as Mechanics of Composites and Numerical Methods. PROMAL, an interactive program for a course in Mechanics of Composite Materials, is used in more than 25 universities worldwide. He has been a major advisor to more than 20 graduate students. He has received several awards for his accomplishments in teaching and research. Notable are the CASE Florida Professor of the Year Award (2004), ASME Curriculum Innovation Award (2004), ASEE Archie Higdon Mechanics Educator Award (2003), ASEE New Mechanics Educator Award (1992), and SAE Ralph Teetor Award (1991).
Clemson University, Ph.D., 1987, Engineering Mechanics
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Dr Atul G. Kelkar, PHD - 2005
Dr. Kelkar is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. His research has made significant contributions in passivity-based robust control of rigid and flexible multibody nonlinear space structures, multibody dynamics and optimization, and active noise and vibration control. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University in 1993 and has worked in academia, NASA laboratories, and industries. His research has yielded over 100 technical publications, one research monograph, several book chapters, 3 patent applications, and numerous invited presentations. Dr. Kelkar is a recipient of prestigious NSF CAREER award and National Research Council fellowship. He has strong research ties with NASA, NSF, and several industries. Dr. Kelkar has a distinguished record of service to the ASME, IEEE, IASTED, and the scientific community. Dr. Kelkar is currently serving as an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control and also IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology. He has served as the Chair of Technical Panel on Aerospace Systems for ASME’s Dynamic System and Control Division for over 5 years. He is active participant in the ASME and IEEE conferences as an author, session chair, and organizer. He has served on several operating committees and program committees for numerous national and international control conferences. Dr. Kelkar has made unique contributions to the undergraduate education through institution of unique internship program in collaboration with industry. He is also actively involved in technology transfer to industry through his active involvement in small business which focuses on developing innovative vibration and noise control technologies and bio-based composites.
Old Dominion University, PhD, 1993, Mechanical Engineering
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Bahram Khalighi, PHD - 2005
Bahram Khalighi is a Technical Fellow at the GM Research and Development Center and has made significant contributions in experimental and computational external aerodynamics and engine flows. Khalighi is an active ASME member, has published more than 55 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and over 45 technical reports. He is particularly known for his research in the areas of in-cylinder engine flows using water flow visualization and his pioneering work in developing techniques for whole field velocity measurements (Particle Tracking velocimetry). He is an associate editor of the Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing. He has pursued fluid flow technologies and has organized and chaired technical sessions in many conferences. Khalighi has organized numerous ASME programs, including 6 Symposiums on Flow Visualization, the symposiums on Vehicular flows, and the Symposium on Non-Invasive Flow Measurements. Khalighi has also served as the chairman of the Coordinating Group on Fluid Measurements of ASME.
University of Iowa, 1983, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
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Jungho Kim, PHD - 2005
Professor Kim has been a pioneer in using microscale heater arrays to study the fundamental mechanisms by which heat is transferred during phase change processes. He received his BSME from UC Berkeley (1982), and his MSME (1986) and Ph.D (1990) from the University of Minnesota. After graduation, he joined Arvin/Calspan Corporation in Buffalo, NY where he performed research in gas turbine heat transfer. He then taught at the University of Denver where he started research on gravity effects on boiling heat transfer using a microheater array. He is currently on the faculty at the University of Maryland. His research interests include phase change heat transfer for electronic cooling, radiation absorption measurements of fuels at high temperatures, emissivity measurements, inverse heat conduction methods, and instrumentation. He has published over 80 technical papers.
U. of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1990, Mech. Eng.
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Roger L. Kimmel, PHD - 2005
Dr. Roger Kimmel is recognized for outstanding contributions to hypersonic boundary layer transition and plasma flow control. Since receiving his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1986 he has worked for the Hughes Aircraft Company Missile Systems Group, Microcraft Inc., and is currently a Senior Research Engineer with the Air Force Research Laboratory. He has made advances in the application of digital signal analysis to hypersonic boundary layer stability experiments and the development of plasma actuators for flow control. Dr. Kimmel has authored or co-authored over 65 publications. He has served as a technical advisor to organizations including NATO, NASA, and DARPA.
Princeton University, Ph.D. 1987 Mechanical & Aerospace Engg.
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