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Nesreen K. Ghaddar has had a 15-year academic career. Her initial work was on resonant heat transfer enhancement of flows in grooved channels at MIT when she obtained her Ph.D. Her continued research work, at Kuwait University and then at the American University of Beirut, has involved studies of natural and mixed convections in enclosures and means of enhancing convective mixing through controlling rotational speed of heat sources. She has done extensive work on renewable thermal systems and energy conservation codes for Beirut. Her current research work is on optimizing thermophonic MHD generator performance, and on heat and moisture transport through cotton fibers.

Ph.D. (1985), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Lorna J. Gibson, P.E., is internationally recognized for developing simple and elegant mechanics solutions to characterize the mechanical response of a wide variety of cellular materials in a multitude of microstructural constructions: metallic foams used in aircraft and automobile applications; natural materials, such as wood; and biological materials, such as trabecular bone. Her book on this topic, co-authored with Mike Ashby of the University of Cambridge, is an authoritative and comprehensive source of information.

Ph.D. (1981), University of Cambridge, U.K.

Steven A. Goldstein has been a faculty member and a scientist in biomedical engineering for the past 18 years. He founded the Orthopedic Research Laboratories at the University of Michigan, which supports more than 65 individuals, including faculty, graduate students, technical staff and other trainees. The laboratories have been responsible for the publication of over 400 scientific papers and produced more than 100 Ph.D., M.S. or B.S. students and fellows. Scientific findings have ranged from fundamental measures of the mechanical properties of bone and its dynamic response to physical biologic stimuli, novel approaches for treating fractures, the development of artificial joint prostheses, and the development of a localized gene therapy for wound repair.

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

Caecilia Gotama, P.E., is the owner of Gotama Building Engineers Inc., which designs mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering systems for commercial and institutional buildings. She holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. As an active member of ASME, she has served as chair of the Orange County Section, as an LDI, and currently as an E-Resources Team member. Her piping design for the new Arrowhead Medical Center was noted for its innovative technical approach to withstand an 8.5 magnitude earthquake.

M.S. (1986), California State University, Fullerton.

Itzhak Green is a professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. In the past 23 years, he has conducted analytical and experimental research in tribology, rotordynamics, and integrated diagnostics of seals, bearings and cracked shafts, design and control of gas/liquid mechanical face seals, mechanics of viscoelastics dampers and O-ring seals, and finite element analysis of elastic-viscoelastic vibrating shell structures. In 1986, he received the Burt L. Newkirk Award in recognition of excellent technical papers published in the Transactions of the ASME. He served as an associate editor for the Journal of Tribology and for STLE Tribology Transactions. He has supervised many visiting scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, and has served as a consultant to government agencies, law firms, and private industry.

Sc.D. (1984), Technion—Israel Institute of Technology.

G.A. Greene's career has included accomplishments in scientific research, teaching, and publishing. His research began with investigations into the safety of liquid metal breeder reactors, then extended to investigations into the safety of light water, heavy water, and research reactors, as well as pressurized water reactors of the former Soviet Union. He redirected his interests to particle accelerators, including the high-temperature behavior of accelerator materials, proton activation, and radiation damage in superconductors, cryogenic energy deposition, and isotope production. Greene has been an adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at the State University of New York at Stony Brook since 1985. He has served as an associate editor of the acclaimed serial publication, Advances in Heat Transfer.

Ph.D. (1980), State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Ashwani K. Gupta is a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Combustion Laboratory at the University of Maryland in College Park. He is internationally known for his work on swirl flows and combustion. He has co-authored two books, Swirl Flows and Flowfield Modeling and Diagnostics. He is a co-editor of the Environmental and Energy Engineering Series published by CRC press. Gupta has published more than 200 technical articles in refereed journals, symposia, and conference proceedings. He has received two best paper awards from ASME and four from AIAA. Gupta has received many honors, includ- ing the 1998 ASME George Westinghouse Gold Medal. He is chair of the ASME Fuels and Combustion Technologies division and program chair of the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.

Sc.D. (1986), University of Sheffield, U.K.

William O. Hartsaw, P.E., has been a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Evansville since 1963. He was active at all levels of ASME, served as Region VI vice president, and was active in the Council on Members Affairs. The industry breakfast and luncheon program was started during his term as vice president. It provided a good interface for education and the Society, and is still being continued today. His other activities include SAE, ASTM, and ASHRAE as well as being a speaker at the National Design Conference. He was recognized with the ASME Dedicated Service Award and ASME Centennial Medal.

Ph.D. (1966), University of Illinois.

Roger C. Haut's academic and industrial career spans more than 30 years, concentrated in the biomedical engineering field of tissue biomechanics. Upon completing his Ph.D., he joined General Motors Research Laboratories and worked on studies of accident trauma and experimental determined properties of tissues. During this time with GM, he authored 72 technical reports, eight journal articles, seven peer-reviewed proceeding papers, and 17 conference abstracts. Since joining the faculty at Michigan State University, Haut has continued his research in tissue mechanics and trauma, and is regarded as one of the top experts in this field. He has developed respected graduate and undergraduate programs in biomechanics. His research in this field has been recognized by orthopedic and osteopathic medical societies.

Ph.D. (1971), Michigan State University.

Allen H. Hoffman, P.E., has been associated with Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 1965 and concurrently with the University of Massachusetts Medical School since 1977. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at WPI. He was selected for the Trustees Award for Outstanding Teaching in 1980 and the Trustees Award for Outstanding Scholarship in 1989. In 1988, he, along with Dr. Peter Grigg, was selected for the prestigious Elizabeth W. Lanir Kappa Delta Award from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Hoffman is a consultant to many industries and a reviewer for several publishers. He has served with distinction on virtually every WPI academic and administrative committee and has also served his local community through the Board of Health and similar activities.

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

Lawrence D. Hole, P.E., is a senior specialist engineer in mechanical systems working on the Boeing Co.'s airborne laser program. Earlier, he was lead engineer for converting a 757 aircraft into a new C-32 for the United States' vice president. Prior contributions in mechanical and environmental engineering were in the chemical and oil refining industries. He currently serves on the regulatory Kansas State Board of Technical Societies and is active on local, regional, and national committees of ASME and the National Society of Professional Engineers. Hole was KSPE's Young Engineer in 1992. He was instrumental in the success of the "Engineer for a Day" program for juniors and seniors in high school. He is licensed in Oklahoma and Kansas.

M.B.A. (1993), Wichita State University.

Barry I. Hyman, a professor of mechanical engineering and public affairs at the University of Washington, has created communication links between the engineering profession and the government, and founded a program for engineering students to learn and participate in governmental activities. He has stimulated the understanding and appreciation of engineers by the general public. He holds a bachelor's degree from RPI and a master's from St. Louis University.

Ph.D. (1965), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Marc S. Ingber's career has spanned some 30 years of involvement with the mechanical engineering profession. A professor of mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico, he has won numerous teaching and research awards in ME-related efforts. He has made a great contribution toward integrating high-performance computing and mechanical engineering. Ingber won the Gordon Bell Prize in supercomputing. He is one of the leading authorities in the applications of boundary element methods to computational fluid dynamics and particulate-laden flow.

Ph.D. (1984), University of Michigan.

Andrew Jackson, P.E., joined Mobil Oil in 1974 and is an internationally recognized leader in the field of tribology. He was president of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) in 1995-96 and has served on the STLE board since 1983. His research on elastohydrodynamic lubrication, rolling contact fatigue, engine lubrication, and synthetic lubricants resulted in 18 patents and more than 30 papers, with three best paper awards. He wrote the Mobil EHL Guidebook, used worldwide for gear and bearing lubricant selection, and received an ACS Hero of Chemistry award with a Mobil team for work on synthetic engine oils. Jackson is section head of Advanced Lube Sciences at Exxon Mobil Corporate Strategic Research in Clinton, N.J.

Ph.D. (1974), Imperial College, London.

Gerald S. Jakubowski is dean of the College of Science and Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles. He joined LMU in 1990. Jakubowski started his teaching career at the University of South Alabama in 1978. He subsequently held positions at the University of Toledo and Memphis State University, where he rose through the academic and administrative ranks. He was assistant dean of undergraduate engineering at the University of Toledo and associate dean of engineering graduate studies and interim dean of engineering at Memphis State. He is currently president-elect of the American Society for Engineering Education. All of his higher education was at the University of Toledo.

Ph.D. (1978), University of Toledo.

Glen E. Johnson, P.E., dean of engineering at Tennessee Technological University, is a pioneer in engineering design, engineering design education, and, particularly, in the development of collaboration opportunities for students, faculty members, and practicing engineers. He has made seminal research contributions to the field of optimal design and has advanced knowledge in nonlinear programming, power transmission and gearing, and human locomotion. He holds P.E. licenses in Virginia and Tennessee. A dedicated academic with a national impact, Johnson is a world-class mentor who serves his profession with distinction.

Ph.D. (1978), Vanderbilt University.

Walter Jones, current deputy for science and technology, is responsible for interaction with all defense, intelligence, and commercial science and technology programs. He coordinates integration of science and technology plans and programs with future space architectures, and monitors the effects of space architectures on science and technology plans and programs. He has completed the Senior Professional Military Education program, focusing on acqui-sition, economics, political science, grand strategy, and military strategy, among other subjects. He has also completed the Defense Acquisition University Senior Acquisition Course. He served as the depu-ty for research sciences from 1995-98 in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.

Ph.D. (1982), Clemson University.

Alain J. Kassab, P.E., has contributed to numerical heat transfer and inverse methods in heat transfer. He developed coupled finite volume/boundary element algorithms to efficiently model conjugate heat transfer. He has developed a new boundary integral equation for heat conduction in non-homogeneous media, which advances the boundary element method by permitting treatment of partial differential equations with variable coefficients. In the area of inverse problems, Kassab has developed the anchored-grid pattern approach to solve the inverse geometric problem, further advancing the Infrared Computerized Axial Tomography used in nondestructive testing. He has also contributed inverse algorithms to identify unknown spatially varying thermal conductivity and to identify multidimensional heat transfer coefficients using TLC methods.

Ph.D. (1989), University of Florida.

Eugene L. Keating, P.E., has over a quarter-century of professional and academic experience in heat and power and applied combustion fields of engineering. He provided leadership refocusing the heat/power lecture/laboratory curriculum at both the U.S. Merchant Marine and Naval Academies during the transition from steam-powered to gas turbine and diesel engine ship propulsion. He participated in several major fast track government/academic/industry technology development projects. Keating's expertise in applied combustion and air pollution control research and development technologies provides input to the Navy's leadership on issues related to the design, development, and operation of advanced shipboard propulsion systems as well as warship thermal destruction waste disposal technologies.

Ph.D. (1970), Drexel University.

Allan T. Kirkpatrick, P.E., is a professor and the associate head of the mechanical engineering department at Colorado State University. He is known for his contributions to engineering education and research activities in the applied thermal sciences. He has more than 70 publications, and has supervised 29 master's and six doctoral candidates at CSU. Kirkpatrick has received teaching awards from the American Society for Engineering Education and from Colorado State. He has written a textbook on internal combustion engines and a book on low-temperature HVAC systems, and holds a patent on air diffusion techniques. He also has served as associate editor of the ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering.

Ph.D. (1981), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Kyriakos Komvopoulos is an authority on contact mechanics, tribology, thin-film processing and testing, surface topography characterization, fracture mechanics, and fatigue. His research, reported in more then 75 archival publications and five U.S. patents, has led to the development of new friction and wear theories, insight into the micromechanical/nanomechanical behavior of contacting rough surfaces, analytical and finite element models for various contact and machining problems, and novel solid films and monolayers used for friction and wear control in micromachine devices. The most significant implications of his research are in the fields of microelectromechanical systems, information technology, biomaterials, laser materials processing, and ultrathin hard films synthesized by plasma and ion beam techniques. Komvopoulos teaches graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of California, Berkeley.

Ph.D. (1986), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.