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David E. Newland is best known for his work in mechanical vibrations, especially in random vibrations and spectral and wavelet analysis. His book on these subjects is in its third revision, and has been published in Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. After earlier academic appointments at MIT, Imperial College (London), and Sheffield University, he now holds the 1875 Chair as professor and head of the engineering department at Cambridge University. His professional activities include numerous consulting and public service appointments. Newland has also published extensively in areas of applied mechanics as diverse as vehicle and rotor dynamics, and bellows stability. His research results have provided useful design information, and have been the basis for industrial engineering standards. Sc.D. (1963), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Patrick Oosthuizen was born and educated in South Africa. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Cape Town and a master's in aerospace engineering from the University of Toronto. After teaching for several years at the University of Cape Town, he joined Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, in 1968. He teaches convective heat transfer, compressible fluid flow, finite element methods, and aerospace engineering. His current research interests are natural and mixed convective heat transfer, measurement of local heat transfer rates, flow in porous media, and solar crop drying. Oosthuizen is the author of more than 400 technical papers and has written two books. He has organized many national and international conferences and has edited several conference proceedings.

Ph.D. (1968), University of Cape Town.

Martin Ostoja-Starzewski has been in academia for 15 years and, since 1995, has been a professor of materials engineering at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology, and adjunct faculty at Georgia Tech. He is known for his research in stochastic mechanics and mechanics of random media, having done pioneering work in a micromechanics-based formulation of stochastic constitutive laws of heterogeneous materials. He used these results for derivation of random fields and stochastic finite elements with a direct link to material microstructure in elasticity as well as plasticity, fracture/damage, and steady-state and transient wave phenomena. This formulation is sufficiently general to apply to systems ranging from metals, composites, ceramics, and ice fields to functionally graded and granular materials.

Ph.D. (1983), McGill University, Montreal.

Francis Osweiller's career began in 1970, when he joined CETIM in Paris as an analytical engineer in pressure vessel design. He has made major contributions in the areas of tube sheets, thin wall expansion joints, heat exchanger components, and unified design methods for advanced analysis. In addition, he has provided project management and coordination activities in international codes for pressure equipment. Of note are Osweiller's accomplishments in heat exchanger design, non-ASTM materials recognition, liaison, and consulting on European codes and the Pressure Equipment Directive. He has brought these works forward in support of the ASME Council on Engineering (PVP) and the Council on Codes and Standards. These and contributions to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code have provided for increased safety and reliability in the design and maintenance of pressure equipment and enhanced inter-national communications.

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

Gordon R. Pennock has been an associate professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University since 1989. He is active at all levels of ASME: national, regional, and student sections. He is a student section advisor, Region VI college relations chairman, senior representative on the Student Section Committee, and a member of the Board on Student Affairs. Pennock has been at the forefront of many new developments in mechanical design, primarily in the areas of kinematics and dynamics. He has developed and integrated several design courses into the mechanical engineering curriculum at Purdue. He has received numerous awards, including the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Award. Other activities include archival publications, conference speaker, workshop, and conference session organizer.

Ph.D. (1983), University of California, Davis.

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. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at UC-Berkeley.

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

Robert W. Pitz, P.E., has earned international recognition for his research on the laser diagnostics of combustion. He has pioneered the development of ultraviolet excimer lasers for measurement of subsonic and supersonic turbulent reacting flows. He was the first to demonstrate instantaneous multipoint, multispecies measurements of concentration and temperature with excimer-induced Raman scattering. Pitz has patented new laser tagging methods for unseeded velocity measurements in airflows and flames using ultraviolet excimer lasers. He received the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1987 and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Best Paper Award in propellants and combustion in 1996.

Ph.D. (1981), University of California, Berkeley.

K.T. Ramesh is recognized internationally as a leader in the mechanics of dynamic behavior of engineering materials. After postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Diego, he joined the faculty at The Johns Hopkins University. He has made seminal contributions toward the understanding of numerous scientific and technological problems, such as the behavior of lubricants at high pressures and shearing rates, nanophase solids, dynamic plasticity, adiabatic shear banding, and active materials. He has been at the forefront in developing novel experimental and computational methods for studying the behavior of engineering materials at high strain rates.

Ph.D. (1987), Brown University.

Singiresu S. Rao's career spans 35 years. He has been working as professor, chairman, and graduate program director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Miami since 1998. Prior to that, he was a professor at Purdue University for 13 years. He served as mentor for 23 M.S. and 20 Ph.D. students and published 140 technical papers. He did several pioneering papers on game theory, probabilistic design, fuzzy optimization, and interval methods. Rao introduced reliability-based design and design for manufacturability into the M.E. curriculum at Purdue and popularized the use of probabilistic design in the automobile industry through distance education courses. He served in several capacities for the ASME Design Automation Committee from 1985-88 and has authored five textbooks.

Ph.D. (1972), Case Western Reserve Univer-sity, Cleveland.

Joseph J. Rencis, P.E., is a professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and director of the Engineering Mechanics Program. He is internationally known for his contributions in the boundary element area, in particular his pioneering work in error estimation and adaptive refinement techniques and iterative/direct equation solving. He is an associate editor for the International Series on Advances in Boundary Elements and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Engineering Analysis of Boundary Elements. He has served as chair of the ASME Worcester Section and is currently past chair of the ASEE Mechanics Division. In 1994-95, he was the Russell M. Searle Teacher of the Year in mechanical engineering at WPI.

Ph.D. (1985), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

Anthony D. Rosato, P.E., has done research that is widely recognized and highly regarded. With his colleagues at New Jersey Institute of Technology, he has been able to initiate and nurture a research group and center that is focused on the problems of particle technology. One of the aims of this center is to further education in particulate technology. This is of importance to companies involved with the manufacture and handling of products and material in particulate form. Firms are in such desperate need of people who have been educated in the basics of these materials that the granular materials area has received greatly increased attention lately from both industrial and academic researchers coming from the engineering, physics, and applied mathematics communities.

Ph.D. (1985), Carnegie Mellon University.

Keith E. Rouch, P.E., has been a professor at the University of Kentucky for the past 15 years, following 19 years with Allis-Chalmers Corp. He has contributed to the development of finite element methods for analysis of rotating machinery and bearings, as well as to the development of methods for active control of vibrations in machining. He has applied his industrial experience in his roles of university research, teaching, and administration. In addition, he is recognized for expertise in finite element analysis of large grinding mills for the ore processing industry and for development of a multipad bearing design for such mills. He has five patents. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Purdue University.

Ph.D. (1977), Marquette University, Milwaukee.

Ramendra P. Roy, P.E., established three research laboratories that have produced 30 master's and doctoral graduates. His research has emphasized a fundamental understanding of convective boiling heat transfer in steam generators and nuclear reactors, and the heat transfer and flow phenomena in gas turbine components, such as rotor-stator disk cavities and vane and blade passages. In synergy with the experiments, models of the processes have been developed and incorporated into two widely used computational codes. He has published 95 archival journal and conference papers. As an active member of ASME since 1973, he has organized and chaired technical sessions at its annual meetings and has served as a reviewer for the Journal of Heat Transfer.

Ph.D. (1975), University of California, Berkeley.

Farrokh Sassani, P.E., has been an active member of the engineering community for more than 20 years. His areas of interest include process automation, analysis, and design of manufacturing systems. He has initiated design, development, and construction of a number of innovative systems for industrial applications. In the forestry sector, this includes development of automatic systems for sorting and bundling of tree seedlings, quality control of lumber, and optimal planning of sawmill operations. Sassani has been an active member of ASME for two decades as a faculty advisor, senior section executive member, and chair, contributing to student society, membership, and professional development as a whole.

Ph.D. (1980), University of Manchester, U.K.

Gary S. Schajer, P.E., is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. His main research interest is wood machining. He also is active in conferences and industrial training workshops. Schajer has published over 60 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings, and holds two patents. He served as an associate editor for the Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology for six years, and is currently an associate editor for Experimental Mechanics. He also participates in standards writing for ASTM.

Ph.D. (1981), University of California, Berkeley.

For almost 35 years, Edmund J. Seiders, P.E., has devoted himself to mechanical engineering. His worldwide projects, including a gas distribution system for the city of Baghdad and a major water flood project in Arabia, exemplify ASME's overriding goal of making technology a true servant of all people. From the days of listening to his father talk about airplane design to his years as a co-op engineering student at Black & Decker and a four-year stint with the Peace Corps, to his current position as senior project engineer/manager at Willbros Engineers in Tulsa, Okla., Seiders' career has demonstrated the finest characteristics of an able mechanical engineer.

M.A. (1977), University of Tulsa.

Brij B. Seth, P.E., has 33 years of experience in professional scientific and engineering areas. For about 10 years, he gained experience in lubrication and wheel-rail adhesion. Since 1976, he has contributed to the planning, development, and implementation of advanced manufacturing technology projects at the Ford Motor Co., including hard mount cold engine balancing systems, signature analysis-based engine diagnostics cold test systems, in-process test systems in engine manufacturing, end-of-line test systems for powertrains, and quality improvement strategies, among others. Recently, he has contributed to machining process performance reliability improvement through the development and wide-scale implementation of machine condition signature analysis methodology.

Ph.D. (1972), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

After graduating from the University of Glasgow, Ting-Leung (Sam) Sham went on to Brown University to complete his studies. He has spent 17 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute teaching and renovating solid mechanics graduate and undergraduate courses. He was instrumental in introducing symbolic computation, the use of computer and interactive teaching methodology to classical courses such as statics and strength of materials. Sham's research on computational aspects of brittle and ductile fracture has earned him the recognition of his peers. He has published more than 40 papers. Recently, he has made significant contributions to the modeling of the inelastic behavior of solder alloys and to the development of finite element, time integration methods of state variable theories.

Ph.D. (1983), Brown University.

S.A. Sherif has been on the faculty at the University of Florida since 1991. Prior to that, he taught at the University of Miami (1987-91) and Northern Illinois University (1984-87). He is a faculty fellow of NASA-Kennedy, NASA-Marshall, Argonne National Laboratory, AFOSR, and the Arnold Engineering Development Center. He has authored 19 bound volumes, eight book chapters, 70 refereed journal papers, and 110 conference papers and technical reports. Sherif has made contributions to the understanding of the mechanism of frost and ice formation in the supersaturated zone, second law analysis and optimization of advanced energy systems, and heat-actuated space thermal management systems. He is currently serving a five-year term on the Executive Committee of the Advanced Energy Systems Division.

Ph.D. (1985), Iowa State University.

Joseph L. Smith, Jr., P.E., has been an ASME member since 1959, a year after joining the MIT faculty. In 1967, he assumed a leadership role in developing the undergraduate thermodynamic curriculum. His research has been in cryogenic refrigeration, entropy flow, entropy generation, refrigeration techniques, stirling cycle cryogenic refrigeration analysis and pressure cycling thermal regeneration, periodic heat transfer driven by pressure cycles, and use of a complex heat transfer coefficient. Smith was a pioneer in the development of high-speed superconducting rotors cooled internally by liquid helium and in the development of continuous transfer of liquid helium rotors. He played a leadership role in demonstrating the feasibility of a synchronous alternator with rotating superconducting field winding at the 10-MW power level. He has operated the helium liquefaction facility at MIT since 1964.

Sc.D. (1959), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Claire Marguerite Soares, P.E., has more than 25 years of experience in gas turbine, steam turbine and rotating machinery specification, engineering and retrofit design, installation, failure analysis, and on-site problem solving. As managing director of EMM Systems, which she founded in 1991, she consults worldwide for the oil, gas, petrochemical, and power generation industries. Soares has developed and conducted technical training courses in turbomachinery maintenance audits, life assessment, and condition mon-itoring. In addition to technical papers, she has authored or co-authored four technical books and has a fifth one under way. She received her B.S. from the University of London in 1972.

M.B.A. (1993), University of Dallas.