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Ahmed M. Al-Jumaily, PHD, PE - 2008
Ahmed Al-Jumaily holds PhD and MSc degrees from The Ohio State University, and a BSc degree from the University of Baghdad, Iraq (all in Mechanical Engineering). Currently, he is the Director of the Institute of Biomedical Technologies at the Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. He has over 31 years of teaching and research experience in two American universities, four Middle Eastern universities and AUT. He is a member of 10 professional societies and a registered professional engineer. He has supervised more than 85 graduate students in mechanical vibrations, biomechanics, smart polymers and system dynamics and control. He has published more than 180 papers in international journals and conference proceedings including his recent two books published by the ASME on Vibration and Acoustics in Biomedical Applications, acted as a referee for several international journals and conferences and organized several sessions and symposia for the ASME conferences. He has developed several successful undergraduate and graduate programs and courses at all of the universities where he was employed. He has taken the role of several university administrative positions including Acting Dean, Associate Dean, Head of Department, Director of Research Centre and Institutes. Ohio State University, Ph.D. 1977 Mechanical Engineering
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Ellen M. Arruda, PHD - 2008
Professor Ellen M. Arruda is internationally recognized for her work on the mechanics of amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers, elastomers and soft tissue. Her finite-deformation constitutive models of non-linear, polymeric materials, such as the eight-chain (“Arruda-Boyce”) model, have been implemented in numerical codes, and are used extensively throughout industry and academia in the research and design of engineering polymers. She has pioneered methods to co-culture scaffold-free tissue constructs to engineer functional tissue interfaces. Professor Arruda’s service to ASME includes Associate Editorship of the Journal of Applied Mechanics and the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Ph.D. (1992), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Amit Bagchi , PhD - 2008
Dr. Bagchi’s work spans academics, industry and government concentrating on research and development, product and process launch, program management and teaching. In 18 years of teaching and industrial research, he developed new concepts in rapid prototyping, machining, finishing and polishing, and in-line inspection. His patents and publications lists tell of his remarkable journey. He has combined his research interests with excellent communication and management skills to lead advanced technology projects for the US government for the past seven years. For ASME, he has organized symposia and reviewed technical papers since 1984, and led the Manufacturing Engineering Division – most recently as Chair, Executive Committee. Ph.D. (1984), Carnegie Mellon University
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Cemal Basaran, PHD - 2008
Dr. Basaran is very well known for his contributions to computational and experimental damage mechanics of electronics packaging. He is credited with transforming the field from the realm of empirical equations to computational simulation based fatigue life predictions where the thermo-mechanical as well as electromigration and thermomigration loads are all accounted for in a unified manner. He is the first to propose using entropy production as damage metric. The nano-resolution moire interferometry system he developed is widely used in the industry. He was also the first to show thermomigration in flip chip solder joints, which is considered a seminal paper in the nanoelectronics packaging field.
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Olivier A. Bauchau, PHD - 2008
Dr. Olivier A. Bauchau is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. He then joined the faculty at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has been at Georgia Tech since 1995. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, the Journal of the American Helicopter Society and Multibody System Dynamics. His fields of expertise include finite element methods for structural and multibody dynamics, rotorcraft aeroelasticity, and experimental mechanics and dynamics; he has extensively published in those areas. Ph.D. (1981), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Terry A. Blanchet, PHD - 2008
Professor Blanchet is recognized for contributions regarding materials tribology, particularly self-replenishing solid lubrication. His investigations of particle-filled polymers furthered quantitative wear descriptions to transient run-in, also developing superior nanoparticle wear resistance mechanisms. His studies on irradiated fluoropolymers extended to sterilized joint replacement oxidation, proposing conditions for simulative aging and alternately crosslinked wear-resistant polyethylene. His models of vapor phase lubrication have been adapted to DLC coatings and MEMS environmental tribology. Blanchet chaired ASME/STLE's International Joint Tribology Conference, is Associate Editor for ASME's Journal of Tribology and STLE's Tribology Transactions, and has received ASME's Newkirk Award and STLE's Hodson and Sonntag Awards. Ph.D. (1992), Dartmouth College
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Akwasi A. Boateng, PHD, PE - 2008
Dr. Boateng has 25 years of academic, research and industrial experience. He has authored or co-authored over 40 publications, 1 text book, 2 book chapters, and made several conference presentations. He is a recognized expert in high-temperature materials process applications and has designed and commissioned several large industrial furnaces. He is also an expert in the thermochemical processing of biomass. In the 20 years prior to his present USDA appointment, he held faculty positions in the US and abroad as well as industrial positions rising to chief process engineer. During this time, he also formed a small consulting business providing process design solutions to industry. Ph.D. (1993), University of British Columbia
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Hugh A. Bruck, PHD - 2008
Dr. Bruck has made significant contributions to the processing of new metal alloys and composite materials, and to the development of multi-scale mechanical characterization techniques for materials and structures. He has compiled 45 journal publications, as well as over fifty conference proceedings and 1 book chapter. His publications have focused on Digital Image Correlation, Dynamic Interferometry, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Bulk Metallic Glasses, Functionally Graded Materials, Energetic Materials, Smart Materials, Biologically Inspired Materials, Polymer Nanocomposites, and Combinatorial Materials Science. He received many honors and awards for his work including the Fulbright Scholar Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, and A.J. Durelli Award. California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. 1994 Materials Science
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Gregory S. Chirikjian, PHD - 2008
The candidate is a pioneer in the design, implementation and analysis of several novel robotic technologies. These include high-degree-of-freedom (snakelike) robots, discrete-state 'binary' robots, spherical motors, modular self-reconfigurable robots, and, most recently, 'self-replicating robots' capable of making copies of themselves from a collection of spare parts. His work involves clever mechanical design and meticulous analysis, and demonstrates a high degree of creativity. His work often draws on biology for inspiration. In addition, the computational modeling techniques that he has developed to analyze robotic systems have, in recent years, proven to be useful in modeling biological systems as well. In addition to his research achievements, he has a proven track record as an administrator (having served as department chair) and as a mentor (having trained more than a dozen PhD students, many of whom now hold university appointments). Ph.D. (1992), California Institute of Technology
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Ken P. Chong, PHD - 2008
For 40 years Prof. Chong has made continuous and significant contributions to the ME field through research, education and leadership activities. He has made extensive contributions in solid mechanics leading to 150 journal papers, 2 popular textbooks and numerous far-reaching initiatives. Much of this work came from 15 years as a professor and 20 federally funded research projects as well as 20 years at NSF in which he formulates and administers the U.S. policy, research programs in solid mechanics/structures. He has been involved in mentoring young engineers, students and faculty members in ASME webcasts, workshops, etc. He is a fellow of AAM, ASCE, SEM, USACM, honorary member of ASCE and received the highest NSF Distinguished Service Award. Princeton University, A.M., MSE, Ph.D. 1969 Engineering Mechanics
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Hsin-Sen Chu, PHD - 2008
For his remarkable leadership/management and research accomplishments, Dr. Chu has earned outstanding reputations in both industrial renovation/innovation and academic scholarship. As being the Executive Vice President of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which is the national-level R&D center in Taiwan, Dr. Chu has been the leader of 6 Core Laboratories at ITRI, which contain over 6,000 technical staffs (with 960 PhDs) in tackling challenges in establishing new high tech industries, upgrading traditional industries, leading the drives for sustainable growth, and developing highly skilled human resources. Dr. Chu's leadership in academia includes; Department Head, Vice Dean of Engineering, and Chief Staff of University. With 148 peer-reviews journal/conference papers and 17 patents, Dr. Chu's recognized research includes his pioneering work on acoustic/diffuse phonon mismatch across material interfaces and assurance of thermal uniformity in optoelectrical devices. National Cheung Kung University, Ph.D. 1982 Mechanical Engineering
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Nilufer Egrican , PHD - 2008
Professor Dr. Egrican has earned outstanding reputations in both scholarship and education, while providing exemplary service and citizenship at national and international levels. Dr. Egrican was the first female recipient of a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland. She made significant contributions to education and research at Istanbul Technical University in many capacities including being the Dean of the Mechanical and Textile Engineering School and currently as the Vice President of Yeditepe University in Istanbul. She served as the Chair of the ASME Turkey Section and also as the Vice Chair of ASME Region XIII. She chaired the ASME ESDA2002 Conference. University of Maryland, Ph.D. 1977 Mechanical Engineering
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Nelson H. Forster, PHD - 2008
Mechanical Systems Branch, Propulsion Directorate, Wright Patterson AFB, OH Dr. Nelson Forster is the Principal Investigator for the U.S. Air Force research program in mechanical systems for gas turbine engines. His research has led to the use of vapor lubrication in turbine engines, carbon-carbon bearing cages, heat transfer modeling of high-speed bearings, improved prognostics for lubrication systems, and the introduction of silicon nitride bearings in aviation engines. He is a Fellow of the Air Force Research Laboratory. He is a former Chair of the ASME Research Council on Tribology and recipient of the ASME Tribology Division’s Innovative Research Award for the invention and development of carbon-carbon composite bearing cages.
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Mary I. Frecker, PHD - 2008
Dr. Frecker's research has extended the boundaries of knowledge in the optimization of smart structures and compliant mechanisms. Her work has addressed the need in the field of smart structures for systematic design methods and formal optimization procedures. She has demonstrated fundamental research results in critical applications, including morphing aircraft wing designs and the design of instruments for minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Frecker currently serves as Chair of the ASME Adaptive Material Systems and Structures Technical Committee, as an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, and is an elected member of the ASME Mechanisms & Robotics Committee. University of Michigan, Ph.D. 1997 Mechanical Engineering
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Jerry Y. Fuh , PHD, PE - 2008
Prof. Jerry Fuh has devoted himself in research and to teaching design and manufacturing for many years. His research contributions can be shown clearly from his over 300 technical publications and many patents. He has helped train over 300 undergraduate ME students in learning real-life engineering design each year and has supervised over 58 graduate and 150 final-year ME students to complete their degrees. In professional societies, he has served on the technical committee of ASME and the executive committee of SME's Singapore chapter and organized symposia in ASME and IEEE meetings, one of which won Prof. Fuh the best organizer of symposium and session (BOSS) award from ASME. UCLA, Ph.D. 1992 Mechanical Engineering
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Stephen R. Gosselin, PE - 2008
Steve Gosselin is a Senior Principal Consultant with Scandpower Risk Management with over 30 year nuclear experience. Steve is a registered professional engineer in California. He received a BSME degree from the California State Polytechnic University and a MSME degree from the University of North Carolina. Steve is esteemed in the ASME Codes and Standards communities for his contributions to fatigue and flaw tolerance evaluation methods and development of risk-informed inspection procedures that have been adopted at operating nuclear power plants worldwide. Steve has served on several ASME standards committees and has numerous publications in the open literature. MS (1998), University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Sheldon I. Green, PHD, PE - 2008
Prof. Green's principal research contributions are in two areas: fluid vortices and pulp and paper fluid mechanics. He edited the book Fluid Vortices and has written numerous journal and conference articles on that topic. In the area of pulp and paper fluid mechanics he has written 20 refereed journal articles and many refereed conference articles. He has continuously received high teaching evaluations from fluid mechanic courses, and has received several notable teaching awards. Professor Green served as an assistant head of Mechanical Engineering at UBC from 2000 to 2007, and has been the Head of Department since July 2007. Ph.D. (1988), California Institute of Technology
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Karl Grosh, PHD - 2008
Professor Grosh is internationally recognized in the field of cochlear mechanics, for fundamental contributions to hearing science, and for research in soft tissue biomechanics, and electroacoustic transduction. He is active in curricular development, updating Michigan’s introductory Engineering Dynamics class to include computational dynamics and developed courses in acoustics, wave propagation, and sensory systems. He has held the position of Graduate Program Director and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan. Grosh has also provided outstanding service to his profession by co-organizing major conferences and symposia andy serving as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. Ph.D. (1994), Stanford Univesity
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Ronald W. Haupt, PE - 2008
Ron has been a dedicated member of the ASME Codes and Standards Committees for almost 35 years, having amassed over 200 committee-years of significant activity in ASME Committees including major participation in the B31.1 and B31.3 Section Committees, the B31 Standards Committee, and the B31 Mechanical Design Technical Committee. In his position as Chair of the B31 Mechanical Design Technical Committee, he was primarily responsible for the development of several B31 Technical Standards, including those concerning the development of stress intensification factors, seismic design, and the procedures for the qualification of specially designed components. He has also developed and taught approximately 200 course presentations of the B31.1, B31.3, and B31.8 Codes. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MS 1996 Civil Engineering
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Harry A. Hogan, PHD, PE - 2008
Professor Harry Hogan is a highly-effective teacher. His total commitment to engineering education and to the welfare of students has a profound impact on the education of students and their professional careers. He has been a faculty advisor of the undergraduate ME program at TAMU. He also coordinates an international student exchange program and serves as the faculty advisor for a student chapter of ASME. Professor Hogan has received numerous teaching and service awards. Professor Hogan is also a prolific researcher and his main research contributions are on bone biomechanics. He conducts research on real life problems, and publishes extensively.
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