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Ronald S. Bunker has made his mark in the area of gas turbine heat transfer. His technical contributions have produced a knowledge base used for improved designs in aeropropulsion and land-based utilities turbines. Most significant are his contributions on the effects of airfoil surface roughness, surface separation, coatings, and freestream turbulence on external heat transfer and film cooling. At GE, he has been responsible for the initiation, design, and performance of multiple concurrent R&D projects relating directly to the development of GE's gas turbine product lines. He has also been a coordinator for various turbine heat transfer programs in both GE and the general gas turbine community.

Ph.D. (1988), Arizona State University.

Larry W. Byrd, P.E., has worked as an engineer and an educator in the areas of heat transfer, thermal science, and composites. He has been an analyst or consultant for a diverse range of projects, such as modeling of heat transfer in heat pipes, differential thermography, heat exchanger design for an airborne laser and preheater for pulse detonation engines, design of a world unique combined environment (thermal-acoustic) test facility, and modeling of cracking and fatigue in ceramic matrix composites. He led a basic research team exploring the multidisciplinary field of sonic fatigue failure of ceramic matrix composites in extreme environment.

Ph.D. (1984), North Carolina State University.

K. Chandrashekhara is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). He joined the department after earning his doctorate in 1985. He has published over 100 technical papers in the areas of composite materials, finite element analysis, smart structures, and structural dynamics. He has performed research for the Army Research Office, Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, and several industries. He is the recipient of UMR's Faculty Excellence Award for teaching, research, and service contributions and Academy of Mechanical Engineers' Research Excellence Award.

Ph.D. (1985), Virginia Tech.

Shen-Lin Chang consistently imparts to his colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory and to his students the qualities of a conscientious engineer. He has been at Argonne for 16 years. He is a pioneer in applying computational fluid dynamics of multiphase reacting flow and radiation heat transfer calculation to practical systems, such as industrial furnaces, petroleum cracking risers and diesel engines, and a champion in promoting the use of personal computers for CFD computations of industrial systems. Chang is leading a research team that is making significant impact in improving the performance of fluid catalytic cracking risers, glass and aluminum furnaces, and diesel combustion by using computer simulation and industrial interactions.

Ph.D. (1984), Rutgers University.

Aditi Chattopadhyay is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Arizona State University whose career spans over 20 years. Chattopadhyay is recognized internationally for her contributions in a variety of multi- disciplinary areas, such as smart structures and materials, composites, rotary wing dynamics, and multidisciplinary design optimization. She has published more than 30 archival journal papers and over 130 other refereed publications. Chattopadhyay is an associate editor of AIAA's journal, Inverse Problems in Engineering and Engineering Optimization. She was the recipient of several academic, research, and best paper awards. She was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame and earned the Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award in 1995. She received the Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Research from Arizona State in 2000. She is an Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Ph.D. (1984), Georgia Institute of Technology.

Ravinder Chona has established himself as a leader in the areas of experimental solid mechanics and fracture mechanics as well as in his career as an engineering educator at Texas A&M University. His efforts have been recognized in numerous ways: by his peers through the presidency of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, his leadership role in the ASTM Committee on Fatigue and Fracture, and the ASTM Award of Merit; by his students and colleagues through departmental and college-level awards for outstanding teaching; and by industry through the support he has attracted for the industry-university partnership in engineering design that is the cen- terpiece of the senior-level program in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M.

Ph.D. (1987), University of Maryland.

Raymond E. Chupp's career spans more than 35 years in gas turbine design and development. At Rolls-Royce (formerly Allison), he conducted heat transfer and air systems design/analysis efforts of gas turbine, transmission, and tank components. He also led experimental studies of impingement heat transfer. While at Teledyne, Chupp helped develop brush seals to significantly improve sealing. At Siemens Westinghouse, he led design of internal flow systems for advanced industrial gas turbines. He also led projects to significantly improve various types of seals. At GE Corporate Research and Development, he has been leading several efforts to develop abradable blade tip seals for GE Power Systems.

Ph.D. (1973), Purdue University.

David E. Claridge, P.E., has developed methodologies widely used to measure energy savings and incorporated in the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol. He initiated and directed development of the continuous commissioning process, which has been implemented in more than 100 large buildings, routinely achieving 20 percent energy savings with a payback of one year while improving comfort. He has also made substantial contributions to assessment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, building-to-ground heat transfer and the energy impact of air leakage in buildings. Claridge is the author or co-author of nearly 200 papers, which have appeared in journals and conference proceedings. He serves as an associate technical editor of the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering.

B.S. (1966), Stanford University.

David P. Colvin's career covers four decades of evolving roles. He has moved from engineering practice to researcher to engineering entrepreneur. He has been engaged in interdisciplinary efforts with accomplishments in many areas, including space applications, medicine and health care, thermal sciences, agriculture, instrumentation, and military applications. Colvin has also succeeded in business, co-founding the Triangle Research and Development Corp. in 1979. He owns a distinguished record of awards for his many accomplishments, including the North Carolina Governor's Entrepreneurial Award in 1997 and the Tibbets Awards from the Small Business Association in 1996 and 2000.

Ph.D. (1972), Louisiana State University.

William T. Cousins began his career as a member of the mechanical engineering faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, teaching a wide range of courses, including thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. After leaving academia for AlliedSignal Engines, he advanced the design technology of engine compressor flow stability and operability. He has published extensively and holds several awards in that area. Recently, Cousins relocated to Pratt & Whitney, where he holds the position of Engineering Fellow. He has made a strong contribution to ASME at the section, region, and national levels, starting with chairs of the section executive committee, then becoming Region XII vice president, vice president of professional development and, recently, senior vice president of member affairs. He received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Virginia Tech.

Ph.D. (1997), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Daniel C. Davis, a professor and dean at Texas Southern University, has compiled a distinguished record in more than two decades as an academician and researcher. He has also made contributions to industrial practices of mechanical engineering, and has served both industry and government in the United States in several technical and managerial capacities. Davis has served ASME as a member of several technical committees, including the chair of the Metallic Structural Materials Committee. He is an author and editor of many technical publications in journals, books and ASME Conference Proceedings.

Ph.D. (1981), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Tadeusz M. Drzewiecki's 35-year career spans both basic and applied R&D, entrepreneurship, and consulting. Expanding the Navier-Stokes equations, he determined velocity distributions in fluidic devices; proved the form of the "law of the wall" for eddy viscosity; and proved that flow through non-circular ducts can never be fully developed. He applied capillary pyrometry and a galvanic cell oxygen sensor to the analysis of molten steel. During the Persian Gulf War, he introduced synthetic infrared imagery for PCs. Drzewiecki developed a low-cost gas analyzer that measures physical properties to deduce mixture concentrations. He spun off a venture-funded company and was its first chairman and chief technology officer until 2000. Currently, he consults for the Institute for Defense Analysis, developing models to determine the launch location of terrorist missiles.

Ph.D. (1980), U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

The career of Gerald M. Eisenberg spans 30 years. He has been a major contributor in the field of ASME Codes and Standards. His contributions involve the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and various nuclear codes, standards, and guides. In his capacity as director of Nuclear Codes and Standards, he is recognized as the ASME Nuclear Codes and Standards representative dealing with U.S. government agencies, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the De- partment of Energy, in addition to Codes and Standards and industry organizations in other countries, including Canada, China, Japan, and Korea. His most recent contribution has been as a member of a project team that prepared the first ASME Standard on Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plant Applications, issued in April 2002.

B.S. (1972), U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y.

Robert M. Elliott, P.E., served 26 years in the U.S. Navy and Naval Reserve, attaining the rank of captain with engineering duty officer qualification specializing in steam propulsion. Employed at Eastman Chemical Co. since 1968, he has specialized in machine design and vessel technology. Elliott has a patent and invention reports for vacuum packaging technology and a system to load and package cyanoacrylate adhesives. Serving on the ASME Boiler Code Committee and the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, his contributions resulted in state-of-the-art technology for pressure vessels, and laws and regulations contributing to public safety.

B.S.M.E. (1966), University of Virginia.

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William C. Elrod, P.E., made significant contributions to education for more than 30 years at the Air Force Institute of Technology and Clemson University through research, teaching, developing graduate level courses, and directing more than 100 master's and doctoral research programs. Prior to joining the AFIT faculty, he led a team of Air Force engineers and physicists in investigating noise suppression and generation of its effect on communities near air bases. He designed AFIT wind tunnel facilities, a noise generator for simulating aircraft engine noise, and a dynamic shaker for a chimpanzee's capsule mounted on the Air Force Aerospace Medical Laboratory centrifuge.

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