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Sudhakar Nair has been a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology for more than 20 years. His current title is professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and professor of applied mathematics. He is also the interim chair of the department. Nair regularly teaches graduate courses in continuum mechanics, mechanics of solids, and applied mathematics for engineers, and undergraduate courses in statistics, dynamics, and aerostructures. He has contributed extensively to the theory of shells, elastic waves in anisotropic materials, and constitutive modeling.

Ph.D. (1967), Illinois Institute of Technology.

Ronald A. Natole is an expert in large gas turbine component refurbishment and rotor overhaul. Over the last 35 years, he has excelled in the power generation turbine field, primarily in manufacture and after-sale services. He began his career managing groups in the areas of service and repair. This was followed by managerial assignments where his groups developed new overhaul capabilities, repair services, and methods to apply protective coatings. He went on to found Natole Turbine Enterprises, a company that provides gas turbine expertise in the areas of engineering, vendor verification, loss/litigation, and replacement parts.

B.S. (1973), SUNY Albany.

G. Paul Neitzel has achieved a record of accomplishment in educating undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering, research in the area of fluid flow in microgravity fields and service to the engineering community through his extensive contributions to NASA committees. He is recognized as a creative teacher who spends time helping his graduate students attain the high goals that he sets. He publishes only the highest quality papers in the most prestigious journals. Neitzel has volunteered his time to a number of committees and through this service commitment has played a large role in directing the scientific content of our future space effort.

Ph.D. (1979), Johns Hopkins University.

Chang H. Oh is a consulting engineer and project manager at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab- oratory (INEEL). His research career spans 31 years in thermal and fluid science. He has made significant and original contributions to the field of nuclear reactor safety for INEEL for more than three decades, and has done turbulent flow analysis, and flow mixing for the conceptual Advanced Neutron Source. Currently, he is working on thermal hydraulics on a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor, one of the Generation-IV reactor concepts. Oh, a member of Tau Beta Pi, is the editor of a handbook on hazardous waste treatment technologies and has authored many technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings since he joined INEEL in 1985. He has been active in ASME, currently serving as the vice chairman of the K-13 Committee on Heat Transfer in Multiflow Systems.

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

Su-Seng Pang, through his publications, seminars, and research, has established himself as a nationally recognized authority on composite material technology. As a teacher, he has motivated students not only to do their best, but also to continue their engineering education beyond the baccalaureate degree. As a researcher, he has discovered new means of bonding composite structures and as a mentor, he has inspired many minority faculty and students to excel in the engineering profession. Pang is the epitome of a responsible faculty member whose influence is felt far beyond the boundaries of a classroom or college. At Louisiana State University, he is a professor of mechanical engineering and assistant vice chancellor of strategic initiatives.

Ph.D. (1987), University of California, Berkeley.

Yi-Hsin Pao joined the Ford Research Laboratory in 1988 after receiving his Ph.D. in applied mechanics. His research career started in electronic packaging technology and then moved from nu- merical analysis, fracture mechanics, and experimental techniques to developing a computer design system for electronic packaging reliability. Due to his contributions in developing the industry's first CAIR (computer-aided interconnect reliability) system for solder joint reliability, he received the Henry Ford Technology Award (the highest technical award of the Ford Motor Co.) in 1997. He also received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Ohio State University. Pao has published one book and more than 90 papers and technical reports. In 1999, after he received his M.B.A. from Michigan State University, he became manager of materials and fastener engineering. Currently, he is manager of manufacturing quality for Ford's North American assembly and stamping plants. Ph.D. (1988), Ohio State University.

Ramana M. Pidaparti is currently a professor and the director of academic programs in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, receiving several research and teaching awards. Pidaparti has published over 70 papers in refereed journals and 65 papers and abstracts in conference proceedings in the areas of composites, fracture mechanics, biomechanics and computational intelligence methods. He has received funding from NSF and other organizations for his research activities. He is recognized for his contributions in cord-rubber composites, natural composites (bone, smooth muscle) and neural network methods for corrosion and fatigue damage of aging aircraft material and structures.

Ph.D. (1989), Purdue University.

Donald Price, P.E., was employed at Southern Methodist University for five years and supervised three doctoral students. He has worked in the military electronics business, first for Texas Instruments and then for Raytheon Electronic Systems for more than a quarter of a century. During that period, he has executed thermal designs for a variety of military platforms, including the HARM missile, F-111 Tornado ECR FLIR, and the F-18 Sharp RECCE Pod. Included were aerodynamic heating analyses, heat
exchanger design, air-cycle refrigeration machines, and thermal modeling. Price has supervised numerous university research programs and co-founded the Submicron Electro-Thermal Sciences Laboratory at SMU. He developed a number of unique thermal designs that resulted in four U.S. and two European patents. Licensed in Texas, he has published 15 technical papers in refereed journals and 13 papers in conference proceedings.

Ph.D. (1966), Oklahoma State University.

Jianmin Qu's research areas include wave motion and ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation, interfacial fracture, micromechanics of composites, and thermomechanical reliability of microelectronic packaging. He has published more than 120 papers in these areas. His discovery of a reciprocity relationship between the reflection and transmission coefficient at anisotropic bimaterial interfaces has led to the development of several ultrasonic techniques for nondestructive evaluation of composite laminates. Qu is a recognized expert in interfacial fracture mechanics. His solution to the Eshelby inclusion problem with imperfect interfaces provided a building block for developing micromechanics solutions for the effective properties of composites with imperfect interfaces.

Ph.D. (1987), Northwestern University.

Arsalan Razani has published a pair of books and 100 refereed articles in the areas of thermal science and engineering, radiation transport, and energy conversion and utilization. He has made significant contributions to shielding and thermal design of gas-cooled fast breeder reactors; transient burning of TiHx/KC104 materials and design of pyrotechnic devices; heat and mass transfer analysis, and design of metal hydride energy systems; heat transfer enhancement; and thermodynamic analysis of energy systems. Razani is an accomplished educator, having twice been awarded the University of New Mexico's School of Engineering Excellent Teacher Award.

Ph.D. (1969), Purdue University.

Samuel Reynolds, Jr., P.E., a metallurgical engineer, has worked to provide materials, welding and corrosion expertise to design, manufacturing and service functions for heat exchangers, steam turbines, electrical generators, and gas turbines. He has made contributions to codes and standards and to technical handbooks. Reynolds was lead reactor engineer for the USNRC. He is a fellow of AWS, and is a NACE corrosion specialist. Reynolds was a faculty member at Temple University's Evening College, teaching metallurgical laboratory practices and non-ferrous metallurgy), at Drexel University's Evening College (advanced welding metallurgy), and the AWS School of Welding Technology. Reynolds is licensed in Pennsylvania and California.

B.S. (1953), Lehigh University.

A.C. Rogers, P.E., has had a career that spans 45 years and is still going. At Boeing, he assisted in the design of B-42 aircraft (gauging system and engine fast start system) and devised new naval aircraft equipment (jet pump, turbofan, thrust reverser, and foldable wing fuel mechanisms). He then joined North American Rockwell to participate in the design of the Apollo modules and the Saturn S-II stage. He also aided in the proposal and design of the Space Shuttle Orbiter. His contributions included the prediction of thermal stratification in liquid hydrogen, a large cryogenic calorimeter design and a thermal protection system for a 400-day Mars mission. He returned to his main interests in engineering at the Southwest Research Institute for 22 years. There, he specialized in heat and mass transfer, working with the U.S. Air Force, the Navy, the maritime and shipyard industries, and NASA. He retired from SwRI in 1997, and currently teaches full-time at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

M.S. (1963), Wichita State University.

Stanley Rosen, P.E., has over 28 years in safety engineering, loss prevention, and risk management. He started as a field loss control engineer, to improve safety in numerous industrial projects. He joined Amerada Hess Corp. as a corporate safety engineering and risk reduction specialist for maintenance and construction of petroleum storage and processing facilities. Rosen worked to exceed regulatory requirements and improve safety and reliability. Since 1995, he has been with AIG Construction Risk Management, directing a staff of about 30 consultants in providing safety engineering and related services to improve jobsite safety for several construction companies. He is a certified safety professional and a certified industrial hygienist. He is registered in California, New York, and New Jersey. Rosen holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Cooper Union and a master's in management engineering from Columbia University. He is past chairman of the ASME Safety Division.

Ph.D. (1985), New York University.

Sanjeev Sathe developed a CFD analysis technique for chip carriers and flow in the transitional regimes as part of his postdoctoral studies. After joining IBM, he was the team leader for the thermal team working on advanced server products in the microelectronics division. The ideas developed by the team were used in high-end server applications, on products generating favorable financial impact on the company. Sathe is also the technical team leader for the worldwide thermal mechanical and electrical modeling groups, Interconnect Products, including U.S., European, and Asian sites. He has led many critical task forces for IBM, dealing with thermal, mechanical, and reliability issues. He has also developed system level thermal analysis methodologies for game boxes.

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

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Jerzy T. Sawicki, P.E., is a professor in the Fenn College of Engineering at Cleveland State University and director of the Rotor-Bearing Dynamics and Diagnostics Laboratory. He is known for his contributions to the development of analytical techniques related to dynamics, tribology, and control of rotating machinery and bearings. He has published over 60 papers in leading journals and conference proceedings, taught undergraduate and graduate students, and has earned several teaching and research awards, including the prestigious Ohio Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers in 2001. Sawicki has been a student section advisor since 1993. He has served on national committees and has organized technical sessions at national and international conferences. In addition, he has been the principal investigator for numerous projects involving rotating machinery and hydrodynamic and magnetic bearings.

Ph.D. (1992), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.