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Samuel J. Korellis, P.E., has been recognized for his expertise in power generation. He directs work in en- vironmental compliance, plant performance evaluation, and waste minimization, and has improved the performance of over 30 fossil and 10 nuclear plants. His technical support of McGuire Nuclear Plant made it the nation's most efficient. Korellis has contributed significantly to several PTC Codes and has established two new code committees in the heat exchanger field. His work in mentoring and recruiting minority and women engineers brought him Illinova's Diversity Recognition of Excellence Award in 1999, and his community involvement in providing excellence in education brought him Illinova's VIP Award in 1995 for voluntary community service. He holds licenses in North Carolina and South Carolina.

B.S. (1977), Purdue University.

Charles F. Larson, P.E., has been involved in two major areas of engineering. As the assistant director of the Welding Research Council and the secretary of the Pressure Vessel Research Committee, he has made contributions in the areas of materials, design, fabrication, and nondestructive examination of pressure vessels. He was instrumental in founding the Pressure Vessel and Piping Division of ASME and served on its committees. His current position as president of the Industrial Research Institute Inc., a not-for-profit association of corporate R&D managers, involves interaction nationally as well as globally, with the public, governments, and industry. Larson is the spokesperson for a consortium of 270 U.S. companies engaged in a $200 billion industrial research and development effort.

M.B.A. (1973), Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, N.J.

Chong-Won Lee has made original contributions to vibration and noise control of rotating machinery and mechanical systems. He has shown leadership in bringing vibration and noise technology to the Korean automobile and other mechanical industries for product performance improvements and reliability. Lee instituted an internationally recognized vibration and noise research and education center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Ph.D. (1980), University of California, Berkeley.

The career of Larry Lee, P.E., spans 29 years and numerous significant engineering achievements in several different areas. From the early introduction of computer technology to enhance railroad safety and operations, to his pioneering work in containerization, on to the management for large undertakings to enhance environmental quality in the processing industry, and finally his emergence as a recognized international expert on the history of technology, Lee's career has been a kaleidoscope of diversity and technical achievement. He is licensed in Alabama and Florida.

M.A. (1995), Auburn University.

Sang Yong Lee, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, has 18 years of teaching and research experience in thermal engineering, with concentration on multiphase flow, phase-change heat transfer and spray/atomization technology. He has conducted various research projects re-lated to the designs of heat exchangers, desalination plants, spray atomizers, and two-phase flow instrumentation. Lee has authored more than 80 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings, including two books on two-phase flow heat transfer and liquid atomization. He has supervised 10 Ph.D. and 30 M.S. students.

Ph.D. (1982), Northwestern University.

Yu-Tai Lee, P.E., has focused on the design and analysis of naval vehicle propulsion and turbomachinery systems. He developed computational methods for analyzing complex turbomachinery flow and coupled CFD/optimization calculation scheme for designing turbomachinery components. He has bridged basic academic research with industrial applications. Using CFD solutions, Lee has developed efficient schemes for statistical aero/ hydroacoustics source modeling for rotating machinery. The effectiveness of his developed computational methods was demonstrated in his extensive design practice. Lee has enhanced high-pressure fan efficiency and reduced its sound levels for shipboard ventilation systems. He serves several technical committees and organizes symposia for ASME's FED and IGTI.

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

Paul J. Lefebvre, P.E., has designed and built several unique research experimental facilities for transient and unsteady flow investigations. Basic research investigations conducted on these facilities resulted in significant insight into the physics of transient flow. He used the transient flow research results for practical Navy applications that resulted in improved submarine system designs, including submarine weapon launchers and improved hydrodynamic and hydroacoustic performance associated with submarine launchways and other hull inlets. Lefebvre is currently head of the Torpedo Systems Technology Department at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, where he directs major research programs.

M.S.M.E. (1978), Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., management (1995), Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Iain Le May, P.E., has been an engineer for almost half a century and is an expert on materials. He has published 250 papers and articles on cold rolling, lubrication during rolling, fatigue mechanisms, crack propagation, pipeline steels, high-temperature creep and fracture, metallography, electron microscopy, fracture mechanics, fracture mechanism, and fractography. An authority on fracture prevention and failure analysis, he has been a full-time faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan for 22 years. In 1978, he founded Metallurgical Consulting Services (MCS), a company that specializes in metallurgical investigations. MCS, together with Intertech, another company he co-founded, also specializes in multidiscipline forensic investigations for industry and government. He has been an officer in a number of ASME code and technical divisions.

Ph.D. (1963), University of Glasgow.

Phillip M. Ligrani has been a faculty member at the University of Utah since 1992. He is noted for his studies of film cooling and internal cooling of turbine airfoils, his investigations of the physical nature of transitioning and turbulent flows near curved surfaces, and his development of subminiature hot-wire sensors for measurement of extremely small-scale motions in wall bounded turbulent flows. His gas turbine-related work has elucidated the influences of roughness, with and without film cooling. He has also been involved in numerous service activities, including the organization of sessions for the ASME Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Technical Congress and users' symposia over the past 12 years.

Ph.D. (1980), Stanford University.

Sung P. Lin's career spans more than 35 years in engineer-ing education and development of the profession. His contributions are significant in mechanical and aeronautical engineering and physics, specifically in transition from laminar to turbulent flows in a liquid film, and fundamentals of spray formation and coating flows that have significant impacts on various applications within the disciplines of mechanical engineering. He has published extensively and has lectured nationally and internationally. Lin served as MAE department chair at Clarkson University and his research has been supported by NSF, NASA, ARO, GE, and Eastman Kodak.

Ph.D. (1965), University of Michigan.

The career of Clint Logan, P.E., spans a broad range of engineering activity at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He performed the structural design for the first vacuum line-of-sight employed in underground tests of nuclear explosives. Later, he designed and patented a rotating vacuum seal that became an enabling technology for an international radiation effects program at the Rotating Target Neutron Source-II. As the leader of material characterization for LLNL's X-ray laser program, Logan stretched film radiography to unprecedented accuracy. Recently, he has been an innovator in development of digital (filmless) mammography and application of flat-panel electronic X-ray imagery to nondestructive evaluation.

M.S. (1972), University of California, Davis.

Daniel Mahr, P.E., is licensed in four states (New Jersey, North Carolina, Colorado, and Michigan) and is an authority on solid fuel handling systems. He has designed and consulted for major facilities of the power generation, transportation, and process industries. His assignments include plants in the United States and travel overseas, working on projects for utilities and power generation developers. The author of more than 30 technical papers published by highly respected industry magazines, ASME and AIME conferences, and Mechanical Engineering magazine, Mahr has also co-authored a chapter in ASME's Material Handling Handbook and edited several ASME publications. He has been a technical committee chair and chair of ASME's FACT Division.

M.S. (1975), New Jersey Institute of Technology.

J. Michael McCarthy is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Irvine, where he has taught since 1986. He has made contributions to kinematics and its application to the design of spatial mechanisms and robotic systems. He has authored two textbooks and almost 40 refereed journal articles. Moreover, he has served as an associate technical editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design and for the Journal of Robotic Systems. He has been active in ASME's Design Division as well as the overall conference chair for the 1996 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference. McCarthy is a leader in the development of computer graphics-based design software for spherical and spatial mechanisms.

Ph.D. (1979), Stanford University.

Carl McClung, P.E., has had a 40-year career in internal combustion engine technology and has set an exceptional benchmark for younger engineers to reach for. He is a leader in design, development, and application of a broad spectrum of Caterpillar engines. With the support of master engineers like McClung, Caterpillar has maintained a competitive edge in the engine business by constantly adapting to ever-tighter emissions standards and efficiency requirements. As a respected manager who earned the praise of his associates and company officials alike, he is known throughout the company not only for his technical knowledge and expertise, but also for his leadership abilities.

M.S. (1971), Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.

Gurmukh D. Mehta is a vice president at SAIC, a Fortune 500 company and the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company. He has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of weapons development, systems engineering, energy resources, and energy conversion. He made major contributions to the development and upgrade of Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, including Operational Flight software, mission planning, and missile simulation. He is a member of the Simulation Management Board that oversees the validation and accreditation of all simulations used in the evaluation of missile performance. Mehta has a master's degree from ITT in Kanpur, India. He is currently the secretary of the ASME Washington, D.C., Section.

Ph.D. (1974), Brown University.

Aric K. Menon is a leading researcher in the design and development of the head/disk interface for frigid magnetic recording systems. He has made many contributions to the modeling, mechanics, and metrology of the head/disk interface. These advances in the tribology and mechanics of storage systems have contributed to the growth in real recording density of greater than 100 percent a year. He also led the development of the first magneto resistive head for rigid drives in production at Seagate. Menon is vice president and chief technical officer of Read-Rite Corp. He is also a visiting professor in tribology and has lectured extensively in various industry and university forums worldwide.

Sc.D. (1998), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

The outstanding career of Mohamad Metghalchi, P.E., includes research, education, and professional service. His fundamental research in the field of thermodynamics, combustion, flame speed measurements, and models is used extensively in turbulent flame propagation modeling and is an accepted standard used by other researchers. He has advised 25 master's and doctoral students. His services to the mechanical engineering field include mechanical engineering department administration as well as active membership in ASME's Advanced Energy Systems and Internal Combustion Engines divisions. He currently serves on the AES Executive Committee and is chair of the division's System Analysis Technical Committee.

Sc.D. (1980), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mohammad Mohitpour, P.E., has spent much of his 28 years in industry on the design, construction, and operation of pipeline systems, the subject of a book he recently co-authored for ASME Press. His contributions to the industry include innovative approaches to route selection mitigating land owner and environmental concerns; the development of practical methods for modeling the purging of gas transmission lines, and the optimizing of facility layouts to reduce capital and operating costs using transient flow analysis. Mohitpour has had responsibility for the hydraulic design of major pipeline infrastructure projects throughout the world, including the first-ever pipeline crossing the Andes. Licensed in West Virginia and Texas, he is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Ph.D. (1972), University of London.

Jeffrey H. Morehouse, P.E., has a varied background, including production engineering at IBM, instructing at Naval Nuclear Power School, managing a division of SAIC, and teaching at Texas A&M and the University of South Carolina. His research and development activities have primarily involved thermal and economic performance analysis of various innovative energy systems, using computer modeling and simulation. Morehouse has also been active in engineering education through the development of vehicle-based hands-on courses, labs, projects, and extracurricular activities for undergraduate students.

Ph.D. (1976), Auburn University.

Mark L. Nagurka, P.E., is a dedicated educator and active researcher with expertise in mechatronics. For more than two decades, he has conducted research in vehicle dynamics, control system design, and biomechanics. His contributions include the development of detailed computational models of high-speed rail and maglev vehicle systems, control system design tools that extend classical methods, and approaches for characterizing human-machine interactions. He holds a patent on the design of a human arterial catheter. A passionate and innovative professor at Marquette University, he has developed a mechatronics laboratory, and teaches courses in mechanical measurements and instrumentation, dynamics of mechanical systems, and mechatronics.

Ph.D. (1983), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Ram G. Narula, P.E., is principal vice president at Bechtel Power Corp. His distinguished career in the power industry spans 39 years, during which he has held positions of increasing responsibility in the engineering and project management areas. His contributions to the power generation industry include developing and managing a standardized power plant product line that has resulted in Bechtel's prominence today. He has been instrumental in the use of several emerging technologies in the design and building of fossil power plants. In recognition of his accomplishments at Bechtel, he was named a Bechtel Fellow in 1996. Narula is very active in ASME endeavors, chairing two code committees and serving on two boards. He has contributed to 40 technical publications.

M.S. (1975), University of Michigan.