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Kathryn W. Jablokow, PhD - 2009
Dr. Jablokow is a leader in the development and implementation of unique, cutting-edge academic programs in creativity, invention, and problem solving leadership at both the undergraduate and graduate levels that are recognized for their scientific rigor and practical value across multiple disciplines. She is an outstanding teacher and the recipient of many awards, including the W.M. Keck Foundation’s National Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, and she is an internationally recognized scholar in both problem solving and dynamics research. Dr. Jablokow also serves to enhance engineering education as an ABET Program Evaluator and as an Executive Officer of ASME’s Technology and Society Division. Ph.D. (1989), The Ohio State University
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Harshavardhan M. Karandikar , PhD - 2009
Harsh Karandikar has been at the forefront of translating engineering design theory and methodology into practice. During his 24-year engineering career he has been instrumental in successfully introducing, into industrial practice, cutting edge ideas and tools for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the product development process. Technical risk management and innovative product service concepts have also been his focus. His fields of research and development have included concurrent engineering, structured design methods, collaborative engineering, product data life-cycle management and industrial service processes. He has over 60 technical publications and patents and has received numerous awards for academic and teaching excellence. Ph.D. (1989), University of Houston
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Michael E. Kassner, PhD - 2009
Prof. Kassner has a 37-year career as an educator, researcher, administrator and government leader. He was initially an engineer of power plants, then, after his PhD, a Section Head and researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Northwest Aluminum Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University, Program Manager and Center Director at the U.S. Dept. of Energy and Chair of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He wrote two books, one on phase diagrams and another on elevated-temperature creep. He published over 200 scientific articles, mainly in the area of the mechanical behavior of materials. Ph.D. (1981), Stanford University
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H. Ezzat Khalifa, PhD - 2009
Prof. Khalifa distinguished career spans over four decades of academic and industrial experience in mechanical engineering, particularly in thermofluid transport processes. He joined Syracuse University as the founding director of the multi-institutional STAR Center for Environmental Quality Systems, after an accomplished career as a researcher, manager and R&D Director at United Technologies Corporation, where he was responsible for the development of a wide range of environmental control and energy conversion technologies and products. His contributions in such diverse areas as fundamental and applied research, product development, and leadership of cross-disciplinary R&D organizations attest to his multi-faceted accomplishments. Ph.D. (1976), Brown University
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John F. Kiefner, PhD, PE - 2009
Dr. Kiefner has earned an outstanding reputation for being one of the premier technical experts in North America in the field of gas and liquid pipeline safety and reliability. His 40 years of research, consultation, training, and analysis of pipelines for virtually all of the major operators in the industry have led to many improvements in the construction, operation, and maintenance of pipelines. Dr. Kiefner has authored or co-authored more than 50 technical publications on pipeline analysis, maintenance and reliability. Ph.D. (1967), University of Illinois
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Uwe R. Kortshagen, PhD - 2009
Uwe Kortshagen is one of the world’s leading researchers studying non-thermal plasmas. Production of nano-scale transistors requires a deep understanding of the processes within the plasma used in their manufacture. This includes measurement and modeling of electron kinetics in low-pressure plasmas, which has been the focus of Dr. Kortshagen’s early work. His more recent work has focused on exploring plasma processes for the synthesis of nanomaterials with unique properties. His development of a plasma synthesis technique to produce silicon nanocrystal inks has enabled a new nano-manufacturing technology with potential applications from ultra-low cost solar cells to thermoelectric energy conversion devices. Ph.D. (1991), University of Bochum, Germany
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Andrey V. Kuznetsov, PhD - 2009
Professor Kuznetsov's significant accomplishments and engineering achievements focus on a substantial impact that his research had in his field and extending the mechanical engineering field to interdisciplinary domains such as the bioconvection in porous media. In the application of the latter topic his pioneering contributions became a classical reference to any one working in this field. He is a very prolific researcher with over 250 publications in engineering scientific journals, one book, 9 book chapters and a large number of conference presentations and publications. With this extensive record of research it is to be admired that he finds time to volunteer in the ASME K-8 Committee and other ASME activities. Ph.D. (1992), MR Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
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John Lambros, PhD - 2009
Prof. Lambros has been recognized for excellence in research, teaching and service. He has led research projects funded by many branches of government and industry, and has made lasting contributions to the understanding of dynamic failure of advanced materials through multi-scale experimentation. He has supervised 21 graduate and 21 undergraduate students, and has instructed over 1000 undergraduate students. He has received numerous scholarship and teaching awards, and has served on the editorial board of an eminent journal in mechanics. He is currently involved in two research centers and serves on the Executive Board of the Society for Experimental Mechanics. Ph.D. (1994), California Institute of Technology
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Si Y. Lee , PhD - 2009
Dr. Lee's research experience spans 30 years in thermal and fluid science. He is an authority in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling analysis and is recognized as the leader at Savannah River National Laboratory in the CFD method development. Over the years, he has consistently developed a variety of state-of-the-art computational models for high-level radioactive waste processing and nuclear fuel material storage facilities to provide key guidelines for operational and design issues. He is well respected by his customers and peers across the site and DOE complex for his expertise in fluid and heat transfer analysis. Ph.D. (1989), University of California at Berkeley
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Woo I. Lee , PhD - 2009
Professor Lee is an international authority on thermal aspects of manufacturing and materials technology and has taught and conducted research in thermal engineering areas for nearly 30 years, with a special focus on manufacturing processes. His many pioneering research projects significantly advanced the science and art of manufacturing composite materials and plastics and greatly improved their industrial processes. He has also been very active in developing new and innovative courses such as thermal engineering in manufacturing processes. He is well published in the areas of heat transfer, composite materials, plastic manufacturing processes, and fluid flow with free surfaces. Professor Lee has also been visibly active in international arenas. As a Regional Editor of the Journal of Composite Materials and a member of the Executive Council of International Committee of Composite Materials, he has played a key role in promoting research and international collaboration in the related fields. Ph.D. (1983), University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering
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Marc E. Levenston, PhD - 2009
Dr. Levenston has made important contributions in the fields of orthopedic biomechanics and tissue engineering by advancing the understanding of articular chondrocyte and fibrochondrocyte mechanbiology, exploring the ability of mechanical loading regimes to modulate cell behavior in engineered constructs; and through studying the mechanisms and functional mechanical implications of tissue degeneration in knee menisci. He has taught over 1000 undergraduate and 200 graduate engineering students, has been recognized with awards for teaching excellence at both Georgia Tech and Stanford, and has served as a teaching mentor to undergraduates, graduate students and junior faculty colleagues. Ph.D. (1995), Stanford University
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Hong Liang, PhD - 2009
Professor Hong Liang is on faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. She has made significant contributions to the fields of manufacturing and materials. Her original research in chemical-mechanical planarization has made seminal impacts in the field of tribology and helped the microelectronic industry to optimize their manufacturing process, to develop new products, and to reduce costs. She has mentored numerous graduate, undergraduate, and high school students, including many minority students. Professor Liang is an Associate Technical Editor of the ASME Journal of Tribology. Ph.D., (1992), Stevens Institute of Technology
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Wei-Hsin Liao, PhD - 2009
Dr. Liao has made significant contributions in smart structures and vibration technologies. He received the T A Stewart-Dyer/F H Trevithick Prize 2005. He was the recipient of the 2008 ASME Best Paper Award in Structures. He is the organizer of several international conferences and a member of Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound of the ASME. He is the co-inventor of five US patents and patent applications. He received four teaching awards and is the founding Director of the MSc Programme in Biomedical Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is on the editorial boards of seven journals. Ph.D. (1997), Pennsylvania State University
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Mark M. Little, PhD - 2009
Mark Little has been active in the engineering profession since he obtained his B.S. thirty years ago. He joined GE in 1978 where he is Senior Vice President and Director of GE Global Research. He’s held a variety of business leadership roles in engineering, product management and business development. He served on ASME’s Industry Advisory Board from 1995 to 2003. He currently sits on the Board of Trustees for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Boards of Directors of A123 Systems and of Omnyx LLC, a joint venture formed by GE and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Ph.D. (1982), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Thomas G. Loughlin - 2009
Thomas Loughlin has demonstrated industrial leadership and management within the mechanical engineering profession and its membership organization. Early on, he demonstrated inventiveness and leadership in product design and was awarded five patents for high security products. More recently, he was the innovator for engineeringforchange.org, and brought to fruition a concept which will, in the coming years, link ASME
to the Other 90% of the world and bring tangible greater good to people around the globe. Tom is a consummate engineering professional and a collaborative executive leader among societies, associations, governments, and industry. B.S.M.E. (1983), Lafayette College
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Zheng-Dong Ma, PhD - 2009
Dr. Ma has, over the years, consistently made outstanding contributions to the fields of Multibody Systems Dynamics, Vehicle Simulation and Design, and Systems Optimization. His contributions have been significant and his work has been of the highest level. He has also served as a member of the ASME Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics Technical Committee since 2003. Dr. Ma has organized multiple symposia associated with ASME conferences, and his research has resulted in 60 refereed journal articles. Ph.D. (1989), Kyoto University, Japan
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Surjya K. Maiti, PhD - 2009
Prof. Maiti is known for his research contributions in many areas of solid mechanics including topics such as fracture of elastic and elastic-plastic materials, composites and cellular materials, development of novel finite and boundary elements to study interacting and kinked cracks, manufacturing process modeling, vibration modeling of components with cracks, and health monitoring of structural components, his highly valuable contributions to education during his entire academic career and his active participation in professional societies. Ph.D. (1980), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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Ajay P. Malshe, PhD - 2009
Dr. Malshe is the 21st Century Endowed Chair Professor at Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas. His multidisciplinary fields of interest are nanomanufacturing, device packaging and coatings for machine tools. His accomplishments in these fields are evident with two hundred publications, ten books / chapters, nine patents, numerous invited talks, and eighty grants. He has instructed hundreds of students; graduated over forty students (PhD/MS); trained fourteen post-doctoral fellows, and five corporate engineers; and provided research experience to undergraduates, k-12 students and teacher. As a result he has received thirty-one awards/recognitions. He is Co-founder and the CTO of two tech companies. Ph.D. (1992), University of Pune
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Noah D. Manring, PhD - 2009
Noah Manring has established a highly regarded reputation as a leader in research in both academia and industry. Professor Manring’s contribution to fluid power research is significant and recognized at the international level. In addition, he has been a leader within the research community as a Department Chairman, an Associate Dean, Program Manager, and as an Executive Committee member for the ASME Fluid Power Systems and Technology Division. Professor Manring’s research accomplishments have been further enhanced by his respected publications, textbook, patents, and teaching. Ph.D. (1996), Iowa State University
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Prabhakar R. Mantena, PhD - 2009
Dr. Mantena has been a pioneer in developing structural and nano-reinforced materials for dynamic applications, and has contributed significantly to evaluating composites under a wide range of loading and environmental conditions. In the early nineties, he worked extensively on dynamic characterization of composites and nondestructive evaluation, and currently is focused on blast/shock/impact resistant materials and structures. Dr. Mantena is very active in ASME with over 100 publications in ASME transactions and other leading journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He served as the PI for multi-million dollar research grants, and received several awards for excellence in teaching, research and service. Ph.D. (1989), University of Idaho
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