Diller/Hansen

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Lagoudas

Lau/Raghavan

Rao/Stern

Stronge/Zarka

John H. Lau's professional career spans more than 20 years. His accomplishments include: over 150 peer-reviewed technical publications; 11 books in various areas of electronic packaging; numerous original design methodologies in civil, nuclear, structural, packaging, and manufacturing engineering with an emphasis on the mechanical behavior of materials, structures, and systems. Lau has received many professional awards from ASME and IEEE. His professional service record is equally outstanding: associate editor of ASME's Journal of Electronic Packaging, IEEE CPMT Transactions, etc. Lau has organized many successful conference, symposia, and workshops.

Ph.D. (1977), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Adrienne G. Lavine has made significant contributions in mechanical engineering research, education, and service. She has developed models of heat transfer in grinding and cutting, which are able to explain physical behavior that had been previously observed but not understood. Her research in natural and mixed convection has addressed fundamental issues in these areas, as has her work on microscale conduction. She has contributed to educational development at UCLA within her department and through her service on various university-wide educational committees. She is an active parti-cipant in the ASME Heat Transfer Division.

Ph.D. (1984), University of California, Berkeley.

Victor C. Li, a professor of civil and environmen-tal engineering at the University of Michigan, has made seminal contributions to the micromechanics of cementitious composites. His research has led to the design and development of ultraductile engineered cementitious composites (ECCs). ECCs have attracted worldwide attention and are being commercially developed for manufactured products and large-scale engineering structures in Australia, Europe, and Japan. Li combines research, education, and engineering practice, and his research has attracted both government and industrial sponsorships. As a leader in material-based performance design of infrastructures, he has consulted for industrial organizations internationally. He has educated more than a dozen Ph.D. students, published in excess of 150 archival papers, edited four books, and, in addition, holds a patent on plasma treatment of fibers for use in ECCs.

Ph.D. (1981), Brown University.

John H. Lienhard, P.E., is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is highly regarded for his teaching ability, high-quality research, extensive consulting work with industry, and significant contributions to ASME. Lienhard has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Young Investigator Award, ASME Best Paper Award, Ralph R. Teetor Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers, and two best teaching awards at MIT. He has more than 50 publications, and has supervised 27 master's and seven doctoral candidates at MIT. He participates in the ASME K-8 Committee on Theory and Fundamentals and organizes technical sessions. In addition, he has written a textbook on instrumentation and measurement and has several patents.

Ph.D. (1988), University of California, San Diego.

David G. Lilley, P.E., is a professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He is responsible for teaching and research in aerothemochemistry, with the development of experimental and computational fluid dynamics being of prime concern, with application to combustion aerodynamic processes. His active consulting practice, Lilley & Associates, is primarily concerned with litigation emphasizing fires, combustion, fuels, aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, fuel sprays, computer simulation, and videotape preparation. He received the higher doctorate, Sc.D., in 1991 for many years of successful research, publication of high-quality original research work, international recognition, and standing as an authority in the field of combustion aero- dynamics. He has authored three textbooks and over 200 reviewed papers.

Ph.D. (1970), Sheffield University, U.K.

Stephen Liu is one of the leading researchers in the field of underwater wet welding metallurgy and has conducted multiyear, industry-supported research programs on the development of welding consumables for wet welding in offshore platform construction. His innovative and systematic work has been reported in several technical and trade journals. Another of Liu's major research areas is the mitigation of hydrogen from the arc plasma. The concept and results, presented in technical conferences, were soon tested by a major U.S. consumable manufacturer. A commercial product that limits diffusible hydrogen to around 2 ml/100 g-weld metal is now available.

Ph.D. (1984), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo.

Giulio Maier, P.E., has won the highest honors for the quality and versatility of his research. A few of the subjects he has contributed to are plasticity theory; computational plasticity, especially mathematical programming; boundary element methods with innovative applications to quasi-brittle fracture; elastoplastic dynamics, pro-elasticity, and other problem areas of direct failure analysis under arbitrary general loading; optimal structural design; and system identification (inverse methods). His work has led to more than 130 research papers in archival journals and more than 75 in conference proceedings. He has edited or co-edited six books. He was president (1986-90) of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and editor of the journal Meccanica.

Ph.D. (1958), University of Rome.

Thomas A. Michelhaugh has had more than 40 years of research and development experience in providing technical and management leadership. His expertise has been demonstrated within major aerospace, aircraft, automotive, and industrial corporations. He has made significant contributions to the development of testing innovations in automotive brake systems, automotive transmissions, hydraulics, and pneumatics. He has specialized in the development of friction materials for vehicle brake systems and automotive transmissions for almost 20 years. Michelhaugh's technical accomplishments in the auto- motive and aerospace fields have directly enhanced public safety. He has contributed to ASME through section, regional, and national committee participation.

B.S. (1970), Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland.

Naveen K. Mital's career spans more than 20 years at General Motors. Since obtaining an undergraduate management degree from RPI, he has established himself as a leading expert in structural and vehicle integration engineering. He managed the first GM Single Mission Challenge project to shorten the front overhang of vehicles without sacrificing safety and crashworthiness. Mital developed structural enablers that allowed GM to build open body structures and accept front-end modules for the first time. Concepts he developed that are currently being used at GM include foam filling of body rails, bolt-through attachments, and a modular dash for Saturn. He also developed experimental static and dynamic structural analysis tools for personal computers.

Ph.D. (1978), Wayne State University, Detroit.

Denby Morrison, P.E., has more than 20 years in offshore and structural engineering, including consulting, development, research, design, analysis, and teaching. His contributions and prolific publications in the areas of offshore structures and mechanics are well recognized. In particular, his work on deepwater offshore structure and riser dynamics has found wide application. Morrison's involvement in the Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Division since its inception was instrumental in the international success of this division and its well-known OMAE international conference.

Ph.D. (1981), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Javad Mostaghimi, P.E., is professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Toronto. He is a leader in the fields of thermal spray and plasma processing. He is an elected member of the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry's subcommittee on plasma chemistry and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Plasma Processing and Plasma Chemistry. Mostaghimi was the holder of the NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Nuclear Engineering (1990-94). His major contributions have been in the areas of radio frequency inductively coupled plasma and droplet impact studies in plasma spray coating process.

Ph.D. (1982), University of Minnesota.

Sastry Munukutla launched his 35-year career building high-speed wind tunnels and teaching aerospace engineering in India. After earning his doctorate, he worked in research and development at Avco and Lehigh University. For the past 13 years as a professor at the Center for Electric Power at Tennessee Technological University, Munukutla has taught and conducted research. He has made significant contributions in power plant performance improvement and monitoring, and has applied advanced fluid mechanics techniques in innovative ways to solve power industry problems. Munukutla recently developed a real-time heat rate monitoring method for coal-fired power plants.

Ph.D. (1981), University of Iowa.

Yousef S.H. Najjar's career spans the last 28 years. In 1967, he worked as the chief engineer of power station IDECO. He obtained extensive industrial training on GEC diesels, gas turbines, and turbine generators. After obtaining his doctorate in 1979, he joined Yamouk University-Jordan, then King Abdul Aziz University-Saudi Arabia in 1986. During the last 17 years, he has taught thermal engineering courses as well as authoring 116 papers and two books. He also obtained one patent and the 1995 award for excellence for an outstanding paper in the Journal of Aircraft Engineering & Aerospace Technology.

Ph.D. (1979), Cranfield Institute of Technology, U.K.

Michael M. Ohadi began his academic career in 1986 as an assistant professor after receiving his Ph.D. Since then, he has contributed substantially to both teaching and research in the areas of heat and mass transfer. He is a co-founder of the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, where he is currently a professor. His research in recent years has focused on development of the next generation of advanced/smart heat exchangers utilizing the electrohydrody-namics technique in conjunction with other innovative passive and active enhancement techniques. Smart heat exchangers are able to communicate with a computer and smart electronics to provide online/on-demand heating/cooling capacity with a proven potential weight/volume reduction of two to 10 times the conventional heat exchangers. Ohadi believes in close coupling of research and classroom teaching to better prepare students for the modern technological era.

Ph.D. (1986), University of Minnesota.

John Parker, the 2000-2001 ASME President, is recognized in the engineering community for his efforts in the area of government relations. As an ASME vice president, he worked with state and federal leaders to establish the State/Federal Technology Partnership and to ensure a leading role for ASME in this ongoing activity. His technical achievements include pioneering work on low-noise-level equipment for submarine use, management of the design and construction of scrubber systems for fossil-fueled power generating plants, project management, and the successful application of engineering principles to the business and financial operation of a major national engineering firm.

M.S.M.E. (1959), University of Connecticut.

M.B.A. (1986), New York University.

Kermit Paul, Jr., P.E., has made many notable contributions to his field. Among them are project engineering and design responsibility on the Helms pumped storage project in California and the highest head reversible pump/turbine installation in North America. He introduced finite element analysis to the hydroturbine industry and originated the innovative "back to back" tailwater depression method for economical synchronous condensing capability at the COE Dalles project. Paul served for many years on ASME's Hydropower Technical Committee and was its chairman for two years. Currently, he is on WG-18 for IEC/TC-4 drafting revisions to the IEC code for model turbine testing.

M.S. (1972), California State University, Sacramento.

Noel C. Perkins' research interests include vibration analysis, nonlinear dynamics, machinery/vehicle noise, and fluid/structure interaction, topics on which he has published more then 40 journal articles. His contribution in cable dynamics exposed the controlling role of nonlinearities in internal resonances, fluid/structure interaction, and globally large deformations. His pioneering research in belt dynamics has produced the premier analysis tools used in the automotive industry for the dynamics of engine accessory drives. Perkins remains an active consultant to industry, a recognized teacher of distinction, and serves as an associate editor for ASME's Journal of Applied Mechanics.

Ph.D. (1986), University of California, Berkeley.

William F. Powers, vice president of research for Ford Motor Co., is being honored for his accomplishments in aerospace, education, and the automotive industry. He currently leads one of the world's largest automotive research organizations, and has been a leader in the application of control theory and simulation to the design and development of automotive control systems. Powers is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Florida.

Ph.D. (1968), University of Texas.

Ishwar K. Puri's career as a mechanical engineer spans 19 years. After obtaining his doctorate at the University of California, San Diego, on research related to flame structure and extinction, he continued there as a postdoctoral researcher investigating the behavior of combusting droplets. In 1996, he joined the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he has conducted important sponsored research for several federal agencies and industry. His research has contributed to a better understanding of the behavior of flames and their inhibition, and toward the development of strategies related to the lowering of emissions from flames. Puri initiated an innovative student exchange program for mechanical engineer ing undergraduates between several European universities and the United States.

Ph.D. (1987), University of California, San Diego.

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Vijaya Raghavan, P.E., spent a year in industry as a chief engineer, then accepted a research position at McGill University, and has been the chairman of agricultural and biosystems engineering since 1993. He gained early recognition for his work on soil compaction, but since has been mainly involved in research and development in post-harvest engineering. Raghavan's major focus has been the application of electrotechnologies to thermal processing of agri-foods, including drying. However, he has also devoted substantial efforts to the development of equipment and processes appropriate to the developing world. He is now managing a five-year project with China on the development of microwave-assisted processes that make full use of that country's new hydroelectric capabilities.

Ph.D. (1973), Colorado State University.