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Yuh J. Chao, PHD - 2006
Successful pioneering efforts to develop and validate computer vision-based, two camera systems for three-dimensional deformation measurements. Method is now widely accepted and used for many scientific and practical studies including surface profile determination, fracture mechanics, material characterization and structural performance in static and dynamic events. Development of two-parameter elastic-plastic fracture mechanics theory and application of the concept to include constraint for prediction of fracture initiation and crack extension. Analysis of spot welded structures undergoing static and dynamic loading, demonstrating the strain rate effect on the impact failure strength of spot welds. Service to the technical community through editorship of the journal of Experimental Mechanics.
University of Illinois, Ph.D., 1981, Mechanics
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Hamn-Ching Chen, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Hamn-Ching Chen is a Professor of Civil Engineering, an of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University. His primary areas of research are Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and turbulence modeling. He is the originator and primary developer of the Finite-Analytic Navier-Strokes code which has been widely used for applications in mechanical, civil, and ocean engineering problems. He has published more than 50 journal articles and over 110 conference papers for a wide range of engineering applications involving internal cooling and film cooling of turbine blades, vortex-induced vibrations, propeller flows, submarine hydrodynamics, ship motions, and wave-current-body interactions.
The University of Iowa, Ph.D. 1982, Mechanical Engineering
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Zhen Chen, PHD - 2006
Dr. Chen developed a moving strain-controlled scheme for nonlocal plasticity and damage models. His work has proved very influential in the development of nonlocal theories. He co-developed the material point method (MPM), which has been cited by many researchers in the world. He has demonstrated the potential of the MPM for model-based simulation of multi-physics phenomena. He has established a computer test-bed for the first-principle simulation of blast-resistant design, which discretizes, in a single computational domain, different gradient and divergence operators involved in different governing equations. Recently, he has proposed a hyper-surface for modeling combined size, rate and thermal effects.
University of New Mexico, Ph.D., 1989, Mechanical Engineering
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Harry H. Cheng, PHD - 2006
Dr. Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He worked in industry for 3 years on information driven automation systems. At UC Davis, he established research programs in information technology, internet-based design and manufacturing, multi-agent systems, open architecture mechatronic system integration, and intelligent transportation systems funded by government agencies and industry. He is the Chief Architect of an embeddable C/C++ interpreter Ch for script computing, which is widely used in both academia and industry worldwide. He holds one U.S. patent and has published over 110 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Cheng received a Research Initiation Award from the NSF, the Procter and Gamble Best Paper Award as well as the Waldron Award from the Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conferences. He received an Outstanding Contribution Award from United Parcel Service, Inc. He was the Chair of the Technical Area of Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing and currently is the Chair of Technical Area of Computers in Electromechanical Systems in the ASME Division of Computers and Information in Engineering.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Ph.D. 1989, Mechanical Engineering
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J. Albert Chiou, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Chiou has a technically diverse background including MEMS, electronic packaging, medical devices, engine components, aerospace structures, and civil structures. He is currently a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff with Continental AG. He was previously a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff with Motorola Automotive Electronics Group which was acquired by Continental on July 2, 2006. Dr. Chiou has over 50 publications and holds 4 patents with several pending in the areas of MEMS devices, MEMS packaging, and electronic packaging. He is recognized as an expert in multi-physics computational mechanics, MEMS devices and packaging. Dr. Chiou is an active ASME member and a licensed professional engineer. He was a technical program chair of IMAPS MEMS Advanced Technology Workshop co-sponsored by ASME and IEEE for Years 2000 and 2001, a guest editor for IEEE Transaction on Advanced Packaging for special issues on MEMS/NEMS packaging for Years 2003 and 2005, and a short course instructor for ASME MEMS Technology Seminars in Years 2004 and 2005. He graduated from National Taiwan University with a BSCE in 1978 and received a MSCE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982, and a Ph.D. in ME from the University of Minnesota, Twin cities in 1987. University of Minnesota, Ph.D. 1987, Mechanical Engineering
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Pranabesh D. Choudhury, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Pranabesh De Choudhury was the lead specialist in rotor dynamics, torsional dynamics and bearing technology at the Elliott Turbomachinery Company for over thirty years. He developed virtually all of the analytical tools used by Elliott for steady-state and transient analysis of all turbomachinery products. He pioneered techniques to include the influence of aerodynamic.
University of Virginia, Ph.D. 1971, Mechanical Engineering
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William W. Clark, PHD - 2006
Dr. Clark is a Professor of mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research has made contributions in the field of smart materials and structures, including structural vibration control, variable stiffness/damping materials, energy harvesting, and piezoelectric devices such as actuators and resonators. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 1991, and joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh shortly thereafter. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, is Chair of the ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound, and participates in activities of the Adaptive Structures Committee.
Ph.D. (1991), Virginia Tech
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Marvin J. Cohn, PE - 2006
Mr. Cohn’s career as an engineer spans over forty years. He has authored more than forty technical papers regarding the management of piping systems in creep/fatigue and flow accelerated corrosion damage environments. Mr. Cohn developed a life management strategy for high energy piping systems in fossil generating plants that has been successfully applied and validated in several field applications. This strategy has shifted piping component inspection projects from detection and repair to prediction and prevention. He has disseminated the concept of risk-based life consumption evaluation for critical piping system components through seminars, papers, symposia, and Codes and Standards development. His ASME activities include more than twenty years participating as a member of the ASME B31.1 Power Piping committee. During this time, he has also provided leadership in ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conferences as a session developer, organizer, and chairman.
University of California, Los Angeles, M.S. 1978, Engineering
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Francisco J. Cunha, PHD, PE - 2006
The career of Dr. F. J. Cunha, P.E. spans twenty five years. He is currently the Turbine Durc3bility Discipline Leader for advanced engine programs at Pratt and Whitney. He has made significant contributions in the area of advanced turbine airfoil designs. Dr. Cunha has authored numerous engineering standard work design practices. He has published 20 conference presentations, 8 journal papers, and has 20 patents. He has been invited to present at Universities and Air Force labs. In his present responsibilitiE~s, he guided a number of university researches. ASME-K14 (lGTI) committee member. Session co-chair at IGTI Turbo-Expo. Ph.D. (1995) Polytechnic University
Polytechnic University, Ph.D. 1995, Mechanical Engineering
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Cesar Dopazo, PHD - 2006
Cesar Dopazo has made pioneering contributions to turbulent reacting flows, applied to mixing in Combustion systems. This methodology, based on space and time-dependent probability density functions of thermochemical variables, turned out to be a powerful tool for the modeling and numerical simulation of both premixed and non-premixed combusting flows. Recent interests center around problems of spray formation, isoscalar surface curvatures in turbulent reacting flows and controlled hydrodynamic cavitation to induce chemical conversion of pollutants and heavy oil upgrading. He has superbly mentored students and postdoctoral fellows, many of whom are making important scientific and technical achievements around the world. His leadership contributions include being a member of the High Level Group (2003), as well as of the European Technology Platform Advisory Council (2004-present) for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, and the Advisory Group on Energy (2003-2006), all three ascribed to the European Commission; General Director of CIEMAT (Spanish National Laboratory on Energy and Environmental (R&D), Vice-President of ENRESA (Spanish Public Company for the Management of Nuclear Waste) and Executive Council member of ENUSA (Spanish Public Company for Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing) between 2002 and 2004. Ph.D.(1979), UP of Madrid Ph.D. (1973), SUNY at Stony Brook
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Rodney W. Douglass, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Rodney W. Douglass has served the mechanical engineering profession through a 15 year career of teaching, research, and service at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, seven years as a technical manager and researcher in computational mechanics at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, and currently as a technical staff member developing and applying grid generation and hydrodynamics simulation algorithms at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in archival journals, has given numerous presentations on his research, and has recently co-authored a monograph on mesh enhancement methods. Los Alamos National Laboratory has honored him with the presentation of two Distinguished Service Awards for work supporting two major Laboratory milestones. He has served the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for over 25 years as a technical committee member, a technical committee secretary and chair, and most recently as a member of the Heat Transfer Division’s Executive Committee, currently as its Chair.
Duke University, Ph.D. 1975 Mechanical Engineering
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J. Philip Drummond, DSc, PE - 2006
Dr. Philip Drummond is considered a leader in the field of high-speed propulsion as supported by his outstanding record of research and services. He is credited as being the first researcher who conducted large-scale numerical simulations of supersonic reacting flows in the mid 1980’s. Since then, he has been a major contributor to the field of air breathing propulsion, in both numerical simulation and in capturing the physics of high-speed turbulent reactive flow phenomena. Dr. Drummond is the original developer of the computer code SPARK developed at the NASA Langley Research Center. This code has been requested and employed by more than 50 universities, industrial firms and national laboratories. He initiated the first program in computational supersonic combustion at NASA and was responsible for development of a long-term computational and experimental research program to obtain an improved understanding of the flow phenomena in engines. Under his leadership, several state-of-the-art combustor codes were developed, which are now in use worldwide.
The George Washington University, D.Sc., 1987, Mechanical Engineering
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Neil A. Duffie, PHD - 2006
Professor Duffie has established a research program at the University of Wisconsin in advanced techniques for the control of manufacturing systems that is recognized worldwide for its achievements. His research is unique in that it combines analytical modeling methods with detailed experiments. Many of the techniques he has developed on control systems for manufacturing processes, robotics, and metrology are in use in industry today. In collaboration with both industry and government, he has developed a number of new laboratories and courses that support the research program. Since 1999, he has served as Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Ph.D. (1980), University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Frantisek L. Eisinger, PHD - 2006
Dr. Frank L. Eisinger started his career in 1953 as a professor of mechanical engineering at Kosice Technical University in Czechoslovakia where he became associate dean for education in 1960 and head of the applied mechanics department in 1966. By the time of his departure for the USA in 1968 he had contributed three textbooks in applied mechanics. He joined Foster Wheeler, New Jersey, in 1969 where he was involved in the design and development of steam generators, heat exchangers, piping systems and other power equipment. He became manager of the equipment design department and a specialist in acoustics and flow-induced vibration. Frank has contributed some 70 peer-reviewed technical papers as well as 17 patents. He is a regular contributor to ASME flow-induced vibration conferences where he usually presents two papers. He has invented the helical spacer type tube-support which is used extensively in industry to repair damaged heat exchangers. He has been involved as a consultant to many power companies in the area of fossil and nuclear steam generators, and nuclear reactors. Although Frank has already contributed more than 50 years to the engineering community, he continues to be involved as a specialist consultant.
Slovak Technical Univ., PhD., 1965, Applied Mechanics
Doc. Habil., 1966, Applied Mechanics
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Jonathan S. Epstein, PHD - 2006
Currently assigned from he Idaho National Laboratory to the Office of Senator Jeff Bingaman, who is the ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Responsible for federal science and technology policy as well as Department of Energy energy research and development policy. Participated in energy committee activities resulting in a comprehensive research and development title in the Senate Energy Bill for the past three sessions of Congress. Prior duties were as the science advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and. Biological Defense Program with responsibility for counteIproliferation acquisition policy, resulting in the award of the Joint Services Commendation Medal with commendations from the Joint Staff and the Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command Past Editor-in-Chief of Optics and Lasers in Engineering. Editor of Experimental Techniques in Fracture, Volume III. Numerous publications in the areas of experimental fracture mechanics and material behavior.
VPI&SU, Ph.D., 1983, Applied Mechanics
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C. Ross Ethier, PHD - 2006
Has made fundamental contributions to understanding the role of biomechanical factors in the pathogenesis of glaucoma (the second most common cause of blindness), ranging from development of new techniques for studying fluid flow in the eye to finite element modeling of how mechanical factors lead to nerve death in glaucoma. Has made important contributions to computational modeling of blood flow and mass transfer in large arteries, the integration of medical imaging techniques with patient-specific blood flow simulations, and the role of biomechanical factors in arterial disease. Is lead author of a comprehensive teaching textbook in biomechanics.
Mass Inst of Technology, Ph.D., 1986, Mechanical Engineering
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Ofodike A. Ezekoye, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Ofodike (DK) Ezekoye has applied fundamentals of combustion, heat transfer, and aerosol mechanics to better understand combustion burners, fire evolution, and heat transfer in IC engines. He is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Following his Ph.D., Ezekoye served as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Since joining the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin in 1993, he has worked on a number of applied heat transfer and combustion problems. He has authored or co-authored 120 journal and conference papers in combustion, fire, and heat transfer. He is a co-author of the textbook “Thermodynamics an Integrated Learning System”. Dr. Ezekoye has been recognized for his teaching and research. He received a National Science Foundation Career Award (CAREER) and a Society of Automotive Engineering Ralph R Teetor Educational Award. He also received a Univ. of Texas College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Award and an Award of Excellence from the Halliburton Foundation.
University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. 1991, Mechanical Engineering
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Georges M. Fadel, PHD - 2006
Georges Fadel has made significant contributions in the theory, practice and education of design automation, specifically in the fields of multi-criteria design optimization, affordance-based design, geometric packaging optimization, multi-material design and rapid fabrication, and methods for global collaborative design. He has published over one hundred research articles. His outstanding leadership positions in ASME include past chair of the Design Automation Committee and Associate Editor of the Journal of Mechanical Design.
Georgia Tech, Ph.D., 1988, Mechanical Engineering
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Charles R. Farrar, PE - 2006
Dr. Charles Farrar has 25 years experience as a technical staff member, project leader, and team leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). He is currently the Director of the Engineering Institute, which is an education and research collaboration between LANL and the University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) Jacobs School of Engineering. Dr. Farrar is internationally recognized for his sustained and outstanding scientific achievements in structural health monitoring (SHM) and damage prognosis. He has pioneered in this field by proposing the concepts of statistical pattern recognition paradigms for SHM, recognizing environmental variability in SHM applications, and developing integrated hardware and software solutions for SHM problems. Dr. Farrar has also been very active in structural dynamics education. In 2000, he founded and has since been managing the Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School, an 8-week program that trains under/graduate students in all aspects of structural dynamics. He also found a LANL/UCSD Engineering Institute that offers formal graduate programs in the area of structural health monitoring and validated simulations in engineering mechanics. He has received several prestigious awards including inaugural “Life time achievement award” from the SHM community, has been invited to numerous keynote speeches, and has served on several journal editorial boards including ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.
University of New Mexico, Ph.D., 1988, Civil Engineering
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Richard S. Figliola, PHD, PE - 2006
Dr. Figliola has contributed substantially to mechanical engineering through education, research, and service. He has been a member of the Clemson University Mechanical Engineering faculty for 26 years. He has contributed over 50 archival publications and five patents. He co-authored a popular textbook on engineering measurements introducing uncertainty analysis for design. His early studies of heart valve flows linked turbulent stresses and thrombosis. He developed analyses enabling instantaneous heat flux measurements. His studies of atomization established the gas-liquid interface as a control for producing fine metal powders. He serves ASME nationally on several committees. He was a NATO Fellow (Belgium).
University of Notre Dame Ph.D. 1979, Thermal/Fluid Science
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