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M. Khairul Alam, PHD, PE - 2006
Professor Alam graduated with a Ph.D. from Caltech in 1984 and has been at Ohio University Faculty since 1983. As part of his dissertation research, he developed a new reactor for particle synthesis, which was awarded a patent. His graduate research work was also awarded a Certificate of Recognition by NASA. His research and teaching has been recognized by Ohio University with several awards and nominations. He has been a member of ASME since 1985 and has served on the Heat Transfer Division K-15 Technical Committee (Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing and Materials Processing) as a member, secretary, vice-chair and finally as a chair of the committee from 2002-2005. He was appointed the Moss Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University in 1997.
His research accomplishments include the study of particle synthesis and collection; including the development of electrostatic precipitators. He is author or co-author of several patents in electrostatic precipitators, including a novel membrane precipitator that is now in commercial production. He has also worked in novel carbon structures, including carbon foams, vapor grown carbon fibers and carbon composites. He has published more than 90 papers in journals and conference proceedings.
California Inst. of Technology, Ph.D., 1984 Mechanical Engineering
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David G. Alciatore, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr David G. Alciatore is proposed to receive the Fellow Grade because of the following contributions. He is co-author of “Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems,” the most widely used textbook in the mechatronics area, now in its 3rd edition. An active consultant in the areas of mechatronic system design and high-speed video motion analysis. Very active in ASME for 20 years serving in leadership positions at the local, regional, and international levels. Author of over 40 publications in the modeling, simulation, and mechatronics areas. ASME Distinguished Lecturer (2004-2007) for the topic: “Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards.” An award-winning teacher, having received awards at the department, college, and university levels. Author of “The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards,” a popular book dealing with the physics of pool. Webmaster of many popular websites including www.engr.colostate.edu/pool, www.engr.colostate.edu/mechatronics, and www.engr.colostate.edu/hsv, and www.engr.colostate.edu/video_demos. Author of VP-Sculpt, a commercial software package for 3D scanning and surface modeling applications
University of Texas at Texas, Ph.D., 1989, Mechanical Engineering
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Kai-Nan An, PHD - 2006
Dr. K.N. An’s career spans 30 years at the Mayo Clinic. He has used his knowledge and expertise in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics to the research and development of the human musculoskeletal system based on experimental and analytical approaches. He has developed and assessed numerous devices for joint implant replacement, fracture fixation and soft tissue reconstruction. These approaches and devices benefit the diagnoses and treatments of musculoskeletal disorder and injuries. Ph.D. (1975), Lehigh University, Mechanical Engineering
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Gerard A. Ateshian, PHD - 2006
Gerard Ateshian is a leading authority in the field of cartilage mechanics and biotribology, joint mechanics and imaging, soft tissue mechanics and transport, cell mechanics, and tissue engineering. His work spans the range from sophisticated theoretical analyses of biological tissues using mixture theory, to exquisite experimental techniques for analyzing tissues and cells, and engineering tissue constructs. He is a highly active member of the ASME Bioengineering Division, currently serving as the division chair. He also serves on the editorial boards of three major journals in biomechanics and orthopedic research.
Columbia University, Ph.D., 1991, Mechanical Engineering
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Kenneth S. Ball, PHD, PE - 2006
After earning his Ph.D. at Drexel University in 1987, Dr. Ball spent two years working in the Center for Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, and Computation at Brown University. This was followed by fifteen years as a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His teaching and research is in the fields of heat transfer, fluids, and materials processing. He attracted research support from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, The Office of Naval Research, The Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and private industry. He is particularly noted for his development and application of spectral methods for the direct numerical simulation of turbulence in engineering flows with heat and mass transfer. In 2004 he became The L.S. Randolph Professor and Department Head of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech, which is a large department with over 1,000 students and over $9 million in research support.
Drexel University, Ph.D., 1987, Mechanical Engineering
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Terry V. Baughn, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Baughn received a B.S. degree in 1965 and an M.S. degree in 1967 from Purdue University in Aeronautics, Astronautics and Engineering Sciences. He earned the Ph.D. degree from the University of Delaware in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department in 1973. Dr. Baughn gained extensive industrial experience, while employed at E.I. duPont, General Motors and International Harvester. Following that industrial employment, Dr. Baughn joined the faculty of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, in August, 1982, holding the position of Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. After leaving Southern Methodist University in May, 1989, Dr. Baughn joined the technical staff of Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas. In 1997, Texas Instruments sold the military electronics division to Raytheon in Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Baughn became an employee of Raytheon. Currently, Dr. Baughn's technical rank is that of Engineering Fellow. At Raytheon, he is responsible for the structural and thermal analysis of RF electronic products and concepts. His area of specialization is in the application of nonlinear structural analysis to the thermo-mechanical failure of electronic components.
University of Delaware, Ph.D., 1973, Aerospace & Mechanical Engrg
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Abdel E. Bayoumi, PHD - 2006
Dr. Bayoumi has earned outstanding reputations in both scholarship and education, while providing exemplary service and citizenship at local, national, and international levels. Additionally, he has demonstrated effectiveness in leadership and management in both academe and industry environments, where his efforts and dedication have transformed several academic institutions and industries through the development of new programs, new degrees, new laboratories, and inter-institutional articulation agreements. His most recent achievement is the initiation of the highly visible Condition-Based Maintenance program for military and commercial aircraft, which provides diagnosis, prognosis and health monitoring systems through the integration of design, manufacturing, materials and mechanics.
North Carolina State University, Ph.D. 1982, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Meyer J. Benzakein, PHD - 2006
Dr. Meyer (Mike) Benzakein’s distinguished career spans forty years. He joined GE in 1967 and made a number of important initial contributions in engine acoustics. This was followed by a series of engineering and management assignments in the CFM56 program. He then led the GE90 engineering program for the Boeing 777. More recently, he led the research and development technology effort and all new commercial and military engines. In 2004 he joined the faculty at The Ohio State University, and currently is Chair of the Aerospace Engineering Department and Director of The Ohio Center for Advanced Propulsion and Power.
Wayne State University, Ph.D., 1967, Engineering Mechanics
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Gian-Paolo Beretta, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Beretta has 26 years of academic experience in mechanical engineering and as a consultant to industry and government. He has conducted research and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981-1986), the Politecnico di Milano (1983-1986), and the Universita' di Brescia (since 1986) where he has been Dean of Mechanical Engineering Studies for the last eight years. Major contributions include: a widely used fundamentally based description for flame propagation in spark-ignition engines; a widely respected outlook on world energy consumption, resources and sustainable solutions; performance analyses of urban waste-to-energy power plants; the invention of a nonlinear equation containing the Schroedinger equation of quantum physics as a special case and extending this realm to the broader domain of quantum thermodynamics of irreversible processes; the coauthoring of an authoritative reference textbook on the foundations of thermodynamics and its engineering applications.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.S. 1980, Sc.D. 1981, Mechanical Engineering.
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David L. Berger - 2006
David currently chairs the Subcommittee on Power Boilers, Section I of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Committee (B&PVC). For twenty years he has been an active contributor, drafting proposals for revisions and interpretations. His service to the B&PVC began with simultaneous appointments to the Subgroups on Piping and Fabrication & Examination, each of which he chaired for a period. David was appointed to the Subcommittee on Power Boilers in 1988 and to the BPV Standards Committee in 1994. He is also a Charter member of ASME's Post-Construction Committee (PCC) and their Subcommittee on Inspection Planning, where he served a term as Vice-Chair. He has been a member of ASME's Board of Pressure Technology Codes & Standards (BPTCS) since 2002 and twice served as BPTCS's representative to Nominating Committee. In total, he has served as a member of at least twelve different ASME pressure technology standing committees, plus many special task groups.
David brings a unique mix of training and experience to these safety-related Codes & Standards. His work in planning and managing condition assessment programs for PPL Generation LLC's fossil generating plants has obvious relevance to the PCC standards. The knowledge of how components degrade through service is equally relevant B&PVC's work in developing Standards for new pressure equipment. David has extensive experience managing equipment operating in creep and flow-assisted corrosion environments. Earlier in his career, David managed PPL's quality control system for construction and repair of pressure equipment under ASME's "S" and "U" certificates and the National Board's "R" certificate. Hands-on experience with inspection methods under challenging field conditions, application of new and developing non-destructive examination methods to difficult inspection problems and familiarity with application of ASME and other standards in field repair situations also enhance David's ability to critically review proposals.
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Gouri S. Bhuyan, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Gouri Bhuyan, P.Eng., Director of the Civil Infrastructure & Alternative Energy Technologies business unit of Powertech Labs Inc. (a subsidiary of BC Hydro), in his 20 years of professional career has made significant contribution to the mechanical engineering profession. Most notable contributions are: (1) Research & developmental work related to fatigue & fracture of structural components and pressure vessels - this activity has led into the development of test standards for ISO high-pressure gas cylinders, (2) Application of structural integrity and reliability based approaches for managing electrical power transmission & distribution lines and assets, (3) Leadership role for promoting ocean renewable energy activities in North America - this activity has led into the establishment of ocean renewable energy group (OREG) in Canada, and (4) Collaborative research and teaching activities at the University of British Columbia, Canada through an adjunct professorship in the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ph.D. 1986, Ocean Engineering
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Donald B. Bickler, PE - 2006
Donald B. Bickler’s long and distinguished career in mechanical engineering spans nearly 50 years. He has worked on a variety of problems and his outstanding accomplishments include the designs of a propane carburetor, a light source simulating sunlight, and the suspension system used for the vehicle sent to the Planet Mars. In his later years he has focused on training and mentoring young engineers. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal for the development of the mobility design of the Mars Pathfinder sojourner rover, a pioneering system that enables NASA missions to perform instrument deployments, measurements, and imaging on remote planetary bodies.
Northwestern University, BSME 1956, Mechanical Engineering
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John C. Bischof, PHD - 2006
Dr.Bischof’s research is related to bioheat transfer and biomass transfer as it relates to biomechanics of cell death. John has achieved unusual prominence in areas within the field of cryobiology and low temperature biology including novel cryopreservation protocols. He has identified biologically-damaging mechanisms, designed improved cryoprobes, and invented methods of limiting damage to the surrounding normal tissue. He has received four young investigator awards and successfully attracted major funding from federal agencies like the NIH, NSF and the Whitaker Foundation that testify how well respected John is in his profession. Ph.D. (1992), University of California at Berkeley
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Gautam Biswas, PHD - 2006
Dr. Gautam Biswas is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He was a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the Federal Republic of Germany during 1987-88 and 1992. He also received the JSPS Invitation Fellowship award and was in Yokohama National University of Japan in 1994. He has worked in the area of computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer. He has done extensive numerical work on bubble formation in film boiling, and on turbulent transport. Professor Biswas is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is one of the members of the Scientific Council of the International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer. Professor Biswas is the author of around 100 technical publications, including more than 60 in archival journals and three books. He has made significant contributions in the area of enhanced heat transfer using vortex generators. He has been selected as one of the Associate Editors of the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, with effect from July 2006.
Indian Inst. of Technology Kharagpur, Ph.D., 1985, Mechanical Engineering
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Michael D. Bryant, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Michael Bryant is the Accenture Endowed Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and Director of Manufacturing Systems Engineering Computational & Applied Mathematics. He has made significant contributions to the development of thermoelastic solutions for field in moving heat source problems. This work has application in elastohydrodynamic lubrication theory as well as treatment of thermoelastic instability—a problem manifests itself in automotive brakes, clutches, and mechanical face seals in the form of hot spots. Dr. Bryant is currently the Editor of The ASME Journal of Tribology.
Northwestern University, Ph.D., 1981, Engineering Science & Applied Mathematics
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Cengiz Camci , PhD - 2006
Dr. Camci has enjoyed a career of over 20 years. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in 1979 from the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI)/Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, focusing on airfoil film-cooling studies. In 1986, he joined the faculty of Pennsylvania State University, and reached the rank of professor in 2000. He directs the PSU Turbomachinery laboratory and has initiated several new graduate courses. He participates in ASME/IGTI/HTD and collaborates with the gas turbine industry. He has published over 100 papers, receiving best-paper awards from HTD and ASME/IGTI Education Committees. He is a mission consultant to NATO/AGARD.
Von Karman Inst./KUL Belgium, Ph.D., 1985, Heat Transfer
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Jian Cao, PHD - 2006
Prof. Jian Cao has made substantial research contributions to the field of metal and composites forming, covering several relevant aspects of material behavior, process modeling and process control. She has made significant contributions in both computational modeling as well as experimental testing. Prof. Cao has served as officers in both ASME Applied Mechanics Division and ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division, recently as an executive committee member of MED. She has been a recognized figure in promoting manufacturing research and education. She has received many awards, including the NSF CAREER award, SME Young Manufacturing Engineer award and ASME Applied Mechanics Young Investigator Award.
Massachusetts Inst of Technology, Ph.D., 1995, Mechanical Engineering
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Campbell D. Carter, PHD - 2006
1. With laser diagnostics, helped advanced understanding of turbulence-chemistry interactions. Resulting measurements have advanced the state of the art in modeling of turbulent flames.
2. Leader in application of laser diagnostics to a variety of harsh flowfields, including I) supersonic ramjet combustors, ii) supersonic flows over cavity flameholders, and iii)large-scale windtunnels, to characterize the flow over models (delta wings, unmanned air vehicles, etc.)
3. Developed novel imaging diagnostics for study of complex turbulent flowfields. Diagnostics include I) planar Doppler velocimetry and ii) combined fluorescence (e.g., of CH radical) and particle image velocimetry for flames.
Purdue University, Ph.D., 1990, Mechanical Engineering
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John C. Chai, PHD - 2006
John Chai has contributed significantly to the development and application of numerical methods to model various transport phenomena. These include but are not limited to radiation heat transfer, wet chemical etching, digital microfluidics, two-phase flow, electrokinetic effects in microchannels and turbulent flows. He has published over one-hundred technical articles with about half in archival journals. His work on radiation heat transfer is widely cited and the resulting computer program is widely used. He has written two book chapters on the subject. As a result of his work, the finite-volume method for radiation heat transfer has been incorporated into a number of commercial CFD codes. He is a member of the ASME K6 committee and the Membership Development and Recognition Committee.
University of Minnesota, Ph.D. 1994, Mechanical Engineering
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Wen S. Chan - 2006
Professor Wen Chan is a stellar example of bridging industry and academic research and education while providing vision and depth for his colleagues and students. Dr. Chan’s keen sense of service to his profession through scholarly engagements in research, teaching and mentoring can be clearly seen in his record as senior member of Bell Helicopter Research team, professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, and as one of the most active composite researchers with significant industrial impact. He has an ability to simplify complex interactions and enable design world in rotorcraft and aerospace to be the beneficiary of intricate research outcomes. Professor Chan also organizes and plans symposia for ASME and actively serves on technical committees.
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