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Ted A. Aanstoos, P.E., is a research engineer at the Center for Electromechanics at the University of Texas, where he is a senior lecturer in the mechanical engineering department. He has a 21-year record of research and development in flywheel batteries, compulsators, and homopolar devices. Aanstoos leads research in pulsed power applications, including high-power forming and joining, pulsed consolidation, and sliding electric contacts and switches. He teaches professional engineering responsibility and engineering graphics, mentors students, supervises design projects, and supports secondary education. He is active in ASME at the regional level and in the Management Division.

M.S. (1987), University of Texas.

Salvador Aceves has distinguished himself as an energy and thermal systems analyst. He has contributed to many areas of knowledge, including exergy analysis, heat pumps, thermal energy storage, electric and hybrid vehicle analysis and climate control, hydrogen engines, hydrogen storage, and homogeneous charge compression ignition engines. He currently directs analytical and experimental work on cryogenic hydrogen storage and homogeneous charge compression ignition engines. Aceves is also actively involved in the Advanced Energy Systems division, currently serving as a division chairman and a member of the Edward F. Obert Award Committee.

Ph.D. (1989), Oregon State University.

John J. Adamczyk, P.E., is currently a senior technologist at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. He has been actively involved in the analysis and modeling of turbomachinery flows since 1966. Since 1984, the primary focus of this research has been on the analysis of multistage turbomachinery flows using his Average Passage Technique. This activity includes model formulation, code development, and closure modeling. This model is being incorporated into the design systems of numerous gas turbo engine manufacturers, and its use has resulted in significant performance improvements in a number of major turbine engines, ranging in size from the GE90 and PW4000 to the Williams GAP engine.

Ph.D. (1971), University of Connecticut.

The career of William J. Adams, Jr., P.E., spans over 50 years. He started with General Electric Co., then took leave to design earthmoving scrapers and controls at GarWood Road Machinery. In 1940, he returned to GE as design and then project engineer of remote-controlled gun turrets for B-29 and other aircraft. In 1946, he joined FMC Corp. and served variously as chief engineer of Bolens Division; assistant general manager and director of the R&D branch of Central Engineering laboratories; and director of new business ventures and technology licensing. Adams' awards include the inaugural Distinguished Engineering Alumnus and membership in the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. He holds 12 U.S. and 15 foreign patents.

B.S. (1937), Santa Clara University.

Luis V. Albert, P.E. has had a career that covers 45 years. At the start, while working on dyeing and drying machinery at Serracant S.A., he developed pumps and fans, in particular the multistage reversible axial pump for the hot liquids flowing through a textile package in dyeing machines. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree at the Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya and Docteur en Mecanique at the Universite de Toulouse (France), he became a full professor of fluid mechanics and turbomachinery at the Terrassa's Industrial Engineering School. Since then, he has become an expert in fluid mechanics and heat transfer applications to machinery and technologic processes. Albert was recently named vice chancellor and then elected director of the Terrassa's Industrial Engineering School.

Ph.D. (1969), Universite de Toulouse, France.

Sarim Naji Al-Zubaidy, P.E., has more than two decades of experience in higher education institutions. He has been actively involved in university service and is a member of many university committees. He is a registered consultant who has spent several years advising industry, and has initiated and attracted large sums of funding for research projects. Al-Zubaidy has built innovative postgraduate programs and fostered efforts to forge closer links between higher education and industry. Recognizing the need for continuous professional progress, he has developed training courses for industry and academic staff. He is listed in several Who's Who publications and is involved in research, postgrad-uate work, and publication.

Ph.D. (1982), University of Hertfordshire, U.K.

Erik Karl Antonsson, P.E., has contributed to design teaching and research in many ways. He and his students have constructed computational methods to support design programs, particularly during the conceptual phase. In addition to his mechanical design research, he has conducted research on the creation of methods to facilitate design of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). For the past 15 years, Antonsson has been responsible for creating and teaching the design curriculum at the California Institute of Technology, where he is currently chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Ph.D. (1982), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Haruhiko Asada is recognized for sustained outstanding research contributions in robotics, mechatronics, machine dynamics, design, manufacturing, and intelligent control. His pioneering works in direct-drive robots, multifingered grasping, flexible fixturing, and human skill acquisition for senior-based robot control have become landmarks. Recent works in biomedical engineering have created numerous inventions, including ring health monitoring sensors, omnidirectional wheelchairs, and surface wave beds for bedridden patients. His contributions to dynamic systems and control include air conditioner control, cosimulation environment, and robust observers. Asada holds 15 patents and has published three books, 74 journal papers, and 186 conference papers. He has received best paper awards nine times.

Ph.D. (1979), Kyoto University.

K. Rao Bhamidipaty, P.E., has made contributions in both India and the United States during an academic and industrial career spanning 23 years. He has worked for Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. in Trichy, India, as a research engineer and manager on various energy-related projects. After specializing in non-Newtonian flow and heat transfer on his doctorate, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois, Chicago, in combustion and heat transfer research. Rao is currently a tenured associate professor at Idaho State University, where he teaches mechanical engineering and conducts research in non-Newtonian fluid and multiphase heat transfer.

Ph.D. (1986), University of Illinois, Chicago.

Desikan Bharathan, P.E., has contributed to the development of evaporators for generation of steam from large volumes of warm seawater and advanced direct-contact condensers for steam disposal at very low condenser pressures. Research and Development magazine recognized his contributions as one of 100 innovations in 1984 (for the evaporator) and then again in 1999 (for the condenser). Both his innovations led to the design, development and operation of the world's first net-power producing open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion System in Kona, Hawaii. His condenser design is now in use at the Geyser's Unit 11 geothermal power plant that generates nominally 100 MW. He received ASME awards for the development of the advanced condenser designs in 1986 and 1989.

Ph.D. (1976), University of Virginia.

The career of Jonas A. Bilenas spans 43 years. After graduating from Oak Ridge School of Nuclear Reactor Technology and receiving his doctorate, he and his team designed, fabricated, and installed the Multilayered Temperature Control Insulation System for the Apollo/Lunar Module spacecraft. One of his most important achievements was pioneering work in infrared countermeasures and infrared counter- surveillance equipment for U.S. Army OV-1D Mohawk aircraft, M-2 Bradley fighting vehicle, military ground installations and similar countermeasures for U.S. Air Force Joint-Stars aircraft.

Ph.D. (1968), City University of New York.

Kent L. Biringer, P.E., has had a career involving research, analysis, and project management, primarily at Sandia National Laboratories. His work includes photovoltaic system development, geotechnical analysis of strategic petroleum reserve storage caverns, and systems studies of missile defense, U.S. transportation infra-structure, manned space exploration, conventional forces, and nuclear arms control. Since 1993, he has helped establish and direct programs at Sandia's Cooperative Monitoring Center. The center applies monitoring technologies to international security agreements in support of national nonproliferation and arms control objectives. A member of the technical staff at Sandia, Biringer has authored more than 30 papers and is registered in New Mexico.

M.S. (1975), Rice University.

Robert J. Boyle has worked at the NASA Glenn Research Center for 37 years. Early in his career, he investigated a thermal protection system for cryogenic propellants. Subsequently, he devoted his efforts to improving the ability of Navier-Stokes analyses to predict turbomachinery heat transfer and aerodynamic efficiency, and the use of these analyses to design blading with lower overall heat load and thermal gradients. He conducted experiments to provide verification data for these analyses. Boyle has contributed to understanding the importance of transition to turbine heat transfer, and to the effects of turbulence and surface roughness on turbine heat transfer.

M.S. (1969), University of Toledo.

David E. Brewe, who is currently an aerospace engineer for the U.S. Army at the NASA Glenn Research Center, was awarded the Army Research Laboratories' 1995-96 Visiting Scientist Chair position at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. He has authored or co-authored 99 technical publications and given 12 invited seminars at leading universities and corporations. Brewe has served as chairman of ASME's Executive Committee of the Tribology Division and as associate editor for the Journal of Lubrication Technology. In 1993, he received the ASME Board of Governors' Award. Currently, he is serving as the chairman of ASME's International Coordination Committee of the Tribology Division.

M.S. (1969), John Carroll University, Cleveland.

Duane F. Bruley, P.E., has provided intellectual leadership for cross-disciplinary activities between engineers and medical scientists, both in university settings and at the National Science Foundation. He is a pioneer in the production of Protein C, a pivotal anticoagulant in the human blood-clotting process. An innovative academic leader who has worked to perfect educational programs primarily at undergraduate institutions, Bruley has been heavily involved with ASME and other professional societies. He holds professional licenses in South Carolina and California.

Ph.D. (1962), University of Tennessee.

Jonathan Cagan, P.E., is a recognized leader in design theory and methodology, and computational design tools. His research emphasizes computational representation, generation, and optimizing search of the design space in the early stages of design. Significant contributions include algorithms for automated product layout, development of shape grammars for engineering applications, and topology optimization techniques. In education, he emphasizes user-centered interdisciplinary design and engineering as a socially responsible profession. That, he believes, results in a better-rounded student who can use emerging methods from cutting-edge industries to focus the design process toward worthwhile, usable, and desirable products.

Ph.D. (1990), University of California, Berkeley.

Robert H. Cantwell, Jr., P.E., has excelled in locomotive brake design for more than 20 years. During that time, he has designed and supplied many brake variations to satisfy the needs of General Motors' electromotive division for both domestic and import locomotives. His innovations also have included a unique type of truck-mounted brake for freight cars. He has initiated numerous improvements in manufacturing techniques for heavy components and, at the same time, nurtured his employees with extraordin-ary scholarships, enabling them to complete their engineering education. His leadership in ASME through the years culminated in his being elected chairman of the Rail Transportation Division, during which time he developed the long-range program for the division.

He earned his B.S.M.E. from Georgia Tech in 1978. M.B.A. (1995), University of Chicago.

Wallace W. Carr, P.E., has been on the faculty of the School of Textile and Fiber Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology since 1980. He is recognized as a leader in applying multidisciplinary engineering principles to solve problems in fiber and textile processes. His research contributions are in the areas of thermal sciences and technology vis-a-vis fiber, textile and carpet processes, and development of materials and processes for digital printing of textiles. He is active in ASME, and currently serves as chair of the Textile Engineering Division.

Ph.D. (1973), Georgia Institute of Technology.

Moustafa A. Chaaban, P.E., has had a career that spans over 40 years. Beginning in 1958, he was a mechanical engineer for Egypt's five-year industrial plan. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1970, his focus turned to academia, where he has been involved with the development of new courses and teaching techniques for the engineering curriculum. He has contributed to the establishment of mechanical engineering departments at Khartoum University in the Sudan (1970-72) and King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia (1977-82), the industrial engineering department at the University of Jordan, (1987-89), and the Technology Research Center at the University of United Arab Emirates (1989-93). Chaaban currently is professor of production engineering at Ain Shams University.

Ph.D. (1970), University of London.

Umesh Chandra, P.E., is president of Modern Computational Technologies Inc. He is an expert in the simulation of manufacturing processes using interdisciplinary methods of computational mechanics, heat transfer and materials science. He has led research in the simulation of casting, machining, welding, coating deposition, and heat treatment preprocesses, including the development of several new constitutive models. His practical process simulation work has contributed to the successful development of a new low inertia rotor. He has been active in many organizations, including several committees of the Applied Mechanics and Heat Transfer divisions of ASME. He has published 25 refereed technical articles and has been co- editor of two ASME proceedings.

Ph.D. (1979), University of Rhode Island.

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Sushil K. Chaturvedi has received 10 awards for his teaching skills. His innovations include video help sessions for undergraduate thermodynamics students, development of television-based courses, and creation of a global engineering cluster for undergraduate students. He has done research and contributed to atmospheric spray cooling systems and single and multicomponent phase change solar collectors. He has also developed a new technique for measurement of combustion heat, received a patent for an exhaust gas-powered truck refrigeration system, and earned a patent for a fast response oxygen concentration monitoring system for hypersonic wind tunnels. Chaturvedi has published 88 technical papers and reports, and has received six awards for research and technical innovations, including five from NASA.

Ph.D. (1975), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.