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Philip E. Doepker, P.E., has dedicated himself to the engineering profession, in industry, in academia, and in ASME for over 30 years. During 16 years at Babcock & Wilcox, he headed vibration analysis and design teams developing and testing innovative power plant equipment. Since 1984, as a professor at the University of Dayton, he has led the way in integrating engineering education with engineering practice to improve the product realization process. His highly regarded 30-year volunteer leadership within the ASME was recognized in 1999 with the Ben C. Sparks Medal and in 2001 with the Robert Abbott Award for Outstanding Service to the Design Division.

M.S.M.E. (1968), Ohio State University.

R. Cengiz Ertekin is active in the ocean and offshore engineering field, conducting research and teaching. He is recognized for his contributions in the design and analysis of large floating structures for energy applications. An expert in theoretical and numerical marine hydrodynamics, he applies his knowledge to solving problems related to nonlinear shallow-water waves, ship resistance, wave loads on offshore structures and pipelines, hydroelasticity of large floating structures, and oil spills. His research activities have won him several prestigious awards and produced outstanding design software, currently in use by practicing engineers worldwide. A prolific author, Ertekin has published over 130 technical papers and books.

Ph.D. (1984), University of California, Berkeley.

Charbel Farhat's career covers 15 years. He is one of the most recognized authorities on parallel processing applied to computational engineering, a field that is revolutionizing computational science today in the mechanical and aeronautical industries. Since joining the University of Colorado in 1987, he has made numerous seminal contributions to computational mechanics. These contributions have been rewarded by major national and international awards from ASME, AIAA, IACM, IBM, IEEE, SAE, and USACM, among others. He was elected a Fellow of AIAA in 1999, a Fellow of USACM in 2001, a Fellow of the WIF in 2001, and a Fellow of IACM in 2002.

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

Harindra J. Fernando is a leading educator and researcher in the area of fluid mechanics, After completing his Ph.D. in fluid mechanics and post-doctoral work in environmental engineering, he joined Arizona State University in 1984, becoming a full professor in 1992. His research spans turbulence in stratified and rotating fluids, double diffusion, jets and plumes, atmospheric and oceanic flows, and engine cooling problems. He has published more than 120 research papers in archival journals, in addition to numerous conference and seminar presentations. He is on the editorial boards of Applied Mechanics Reviews, Theoretical & Computational Fluid Mechanics, and the Journal of Environmental Fluid Mechanics.

Ph.D. (1984), Johns Hopkins University.

Kenneth J. Fewel, P.E., has played a significant role in advancing the science and art of liquid/gas phase separation in the gas processing industry. He was a pioneer in the use of laser spectrometry for separator performance measurement and CFD to model separation processes in the 1980s. He led the development of the first laser-based counter and sizer for pressurized natural gas streams in 1994. He invented the Peerless P6X vane separator, which has been patented worldwide, for smaller, less expensive offshore, marine and gas processing liquid/gas separators. Fewel was chair of the Petroleum Technical Chapter in North Texas in 1995-96, and chair of the North Texas Section in 2001. He was also active in the ASME Petroleum Division.

M.B.A. (1987), University of Texas at Arlington.

Jeffrey R. Friedman is a principal engineer and the technical group leader for performance testing at Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. Prior to his 12 years at Siemens Westinghouse, he was in performance engineering and R&D at American Electric Power for 14 years. He has become an international leader in power plant and equipment performance testing to demonstrate compliance with contractual guarantees and for strategic, diagnostic, and research purposes. Friedman has contributed to several Performance Test Codes and has established new code committees related to power generation performance. He has in-depth expertise in multiple testing of related disciplines, including equipment behavior, fluid metering, instrumentation, and uncertainty analysis. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from New York University in 1973.

M.E. (1976), Stevens Institute of Technology.

Suresh V. Garimella is an internationally recognized leader in the areas of thermal control of electronics and transport in materials processing. His research emphasizes experimental studies of transport in novel thermal control schemes and development of computational tools for analysis of thermal processes in electronics cooling and materials processing. Significant contributions include miniaturization of cooling techniques such as non-conventional heat pipes, microchannel heat sinks, phase change energy storage and piezoelectric fans, development of a novel computational scheme for accurately tracking interfaces during solid-liquid and liquid-vapor phase changes, and discovery of a novel and inexpensive method to suppress defect formation in castings.

Ph.D. (1989), University of California, Berkeley.

Mark N. Glauser's career covers 15 years in engineering education, research, and development of the profession. His contributions are significant in the areas of turbulence, flow control, and unsteady aerodynamics involving fundamental as well as experimental applied research. His research has been supported by industries and government agencies, such as NSF, AFOSR, NASA, Pratt & Whitney, Dantec, and Beam Technology. His contributions on turbulence have had significant impact on various industrial applications within mechanical engineering. Glauser has participated in cooperative research programs with institutions abroad (France, Korea), served as a program manager for AFOSR, and currently directs a major research center dedicated to industrial turbulence.

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

Suresh Goyal, a principal investigator with Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs, is a lead researcher in the field of impact mechanics. His research has contributed to the understanding of impact-induced motion of objects and the modeling of the forces induced therein. Focusing on designing impact-tolerant portable electronic products, he has extended basic shock-protection theory, designed new shock testing methods, and developed highly effective general design guidelines for engineering rugged products. His work has won him several awards and has realized wide commercial application. He has also made contributions in friction mechanics and the biomechanics of the spine. For the past two years, Goyal has been leading a multidisciplinary effort in understanding how to configure and manufacture low-cost, next-generation, optical networking equipment, with special emphasis on using data-mining and analysis techniques.

Ph.D. (1988), Cornell University.

Allen T. Green, P.E., is a pioneer in the development of acoustic emission technology. Early in his career, he worked to develop the first online, real-time computerized data acquisition, source display system for acoustic emission. He was instrumental in the development of the non-destructive method known as "Acousto-Ultrasonics," an idea spurred by NASA Ames Research Center that was further developed by Green and sold commercially as an inspection instrument. He has been involved with research and development, the creation of acoustical properties for materials of many structural shapes, and the development of products that apply or improve the use of acoustic emission technology. He holds several patents and is the author and co-author of more than a hundred technical papers.

B.S. (1956), University of Illinois.

After earning his master of science degree in 1972 at Kyoto University, Ichiro Hagiwara was employed at Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. as a researcher for 24 years. His main research interests have been crash analysis, sound and vibration studies, and their related fields. He successfully applied his theoretical achievements to the automotive industry. Since 1996, Hagiwara has been a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He also serves as a guest professor and consultant at the Harbin Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Ton University. He has more than 200 published articles and he has presented many lectures in the fields of sound and vibration, buckling and crashworthiness, and CAD/CAM/CAE. His current research fields are mainly CAD/CAM/CAE, sound and vibration, as well as new origami structures.

Ph.D. (1990), University of Tokyo.

Prabhat Hajela has had a distinguished record of teaching and research in structural and multidisciplinary optimization. He is internationally recognized for seminal contributions in the adaptation of soft computing methods in problems of multidisciplinary analysis and optimization. He has published more than 235 technical papers and four books in related areas. In addition to his contributions to ASME's Aerospace Division, he has held key leadership positions in other technical societies and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he is a professor. He is the editor of Evolutionary Optimization, and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. Hajela is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI).

Ph.D. (1982), Stanford University.

Robert E. Hall is a branch chief and charter employee with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As chief of the Air Pollution Technology Branch, he leads 19 engineers, scientists, and post-doctoral researchers on combustion research in the areas of NO_x, SO_x, particulate matter, and air toxics for a variety of combustion equipment, including boilers, engines, hazardous and municipal waste combustors. He has authored and co-authored over 60 research publications and EPA reports on combustion research and has one patent. Hall's research has focused on NO_x control via combustion modification and hazardous waste incineration. He has worked for EPA since 1970. A Life Member of ASME, an Invited Member of AFRC, and an elected Fellow of AWMA, he has organized and chaired over 30 conferences and workshops. He initiated the EPA/AWMA Environmental Information Exchange, which has been held for 25 years.

M.S. (1970), University of Kentucky.

Thomas C. Heil is a member of the ASME Board of Performance Test Codes and chairman of PTC 4.3 Air Heaters. He is also on the PTC 4, Fired Steam Generators Committee, where he was a major contributor to the Computations Section. For his efforts, Heil was presented with an ASME Dedicated Engineer Award in 1994. At Babcock & Wilcox Co., he was instrumental in the creation of data reduction software for boiler performance testing. It was through his efforts that boiler performance could be evaluated in nearly real time. This led to the development of an online system and, eventually, to a stand-alone product, for optimizing power plant performance. He was a major contributor to the B&W published book, Steam, and was selected as the sixth honors recipient as B&W's Engineer of the Year. His boiler performance analysis experience has led to the development of a great number of in-house design standards.

B.S.M.E. (1960), University of South Carolina.

Russell F. Henke's career spans 35 years, including his recent seven years of business and management consultancy and previous 28 years of multifunctional senior corporate executive experience in building high-technology organizations in mechanical CAD/CAM and electronic design automation; developing and marketing new client-server and Internet applications software products, electronic hardware, and systems, training, and professional services; creating corporate financing, and achieving strong customer loyalty. Henke has been an ASME member since 1966. He has been active at the local levels of ASME ever since. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Cincinnati (1989), and a Professional Leadership Award from the IEEE (2002). He is both a Fellow (2000) and a director of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for 2002-03.

Ph.D. (1968), University of Cincinnati.

Frank S. Hermance is a business leader in the electronic instruments and electromechanical industry. He is the CEO of Ametek Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and air-moving motors for the process, aerospace, and power industries. He began his career with the Taylor Instrument Co., where he rose to become senior vice president of all U.S. operations. In 1984, he joined the Tektronix Corp., where he was general manager of four different electromechanical instrument divisions. His tenure at Ametek began in 1990 as president of the Precision Instruments Group of seven operating divisions. Hermance was named chairman and CEO of Ametek in 2001. Throughout his career, he has emphasized operational excellence, customer satisfaction, market expansion, and the introduction of new product

B.S.E.E. (1971), Rochester Institute of Technology.

Tai Ran Hsu, P.E., has been a successful practicing engineer, educator, and administrator. He worked as a design engineer with fossil and nuclear power plant equipment, and has served as a faculty member and chair of mechanical engineering departments at major universities in the United States and Canada. He has published 61 journal papers and four books, including a new textbook on MEMS and microsystems design and manufacture in 2002. He served ASME as the program chair of the InterPak 1995 conference and as a session organizer on design education with mechatronics and MEMS for IMECHE since 1996.

M.S. (1963), University of New Brunswick, Canada.

S. Jack Hu has made important contributions to mechanical engineering, especially in manufacturing engineering. He has taught seven different undergraduate and graduate courses, and developed a new graduate course at the University of Michigan. He has served as advisor or co-advisor to 20 Ph.D. graduates and 10 M.S. graduates. He also served as graduate program chair of mechanical engineering and the director of the program in manufacturing at the University of Michigan. In addition, Hu is the author or co-author of over 90 journal and conference papers and the co-author of a textbook. He is an associate editor for ASME's Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering and is the co-chair for the Technical Committee on Quality and Reliability of the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division.

Ph.D. (1990), University of Michigan.

Mounir B. Ibrahim, P.E., has over 30 years of administrative, academic, research, and industrial experience. He served as chair of the mechanical engineering department at Cleveland State University from 1998-2002 and holds a patent on a high-temperature, non-catalytic, infrared heater. He has received over $3 million for research proposals and grants. Ibrahim has supervised the theses of more than 50 master's and doctoral students and has been a member or chair of regional and national committees. He holds membership in numerous professional organizations (Associate Fellow, AIAA, ASGE & SPE; ASME K-14 Committee, Heat Transfer in Gas Turbines). He has taught more than 20 undergraduate and graduate courses and has had more than 60 publications.

Ph.D. (1977), Bradford University, Yorkshire, England.

Steve Ingistov, P.E., has spent over 38 years in wide-ranging aspects of mechanical engineering, including design, research and development, testing, teaching and consulting. He has developed and implemented innovative approaches for improving gas turbine cogeneration plant performance, resulting in savings exceeding $7 million to his company since 1995. His innovations in the gas turbine field have earned him several patents. He is an active member of ASME/IGTI, where he has published technical papers, participated in panel and tutorial sessions, including organizing, chairing and co-chairing technical papers and panel sessions. He has served IGTI as secretary, vice chair, and chair of the Industrial & Cogeneration Committee. His professional leadership and contributions to his company were recognized by his receipt of the BP Amoco 2000 Leadership Technology Award.

M.S.M.E. (1973), Loyola University, Los Angeles.

Koichi Ito is a professor in the Department of Energy Systems Engineering at Osaka Prefecture University. His main research interest is optimal planning of several types of energy supply systems, such as cogeneration, district heating and cooling, fuel cells, etc. Many of his optimization techniques have been adopted by the energy industry. Ito has published more than 250 research papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings in addition to over 240 technical reports and 10 books. Currently, he serves as a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Advanced Energy, the Journal of Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production, and the Journal of Energy and Resources.

Dr. Eng. (1972), Kyoto University, Japan.

Iwona M. Jasiuk has been associated with academia for 16 years, and since 1996 has been a professor of mechanical engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is known for her research in micromechanics of materials. Her contributions include the studies of interface effects on local fields and effective properties of composite materials, reduced parameter dependence in mechanics of composite materials, scale and boundary condition effects on properties of composite materials, micromechanics-based prediction of couple stress moduli of composite materials, and fracture in heterogeneous materials. These results have been documented in more than 40 refereed journal papers and numerous conference papers. In her current research, she extends the micromechanics concepts to the areas of electronic packaging (interfacial fracture), biomechanics (modeling of bone), and nanotechnology (modeling of nanomaterials

Ph.D. (1986), Northwestern University.

Robert I. Jetter, P.E., has more than 35 years of experience in the design and structural evaluation of nuclear components and systems for elevated temperature service where the effects of creep are significant. He was a contributor to the original ASME Code Cases eventually leading to Subsection NH. For over 20 years he was chairman of the Subgroup on Elevated Temperature Design, responsible for the design criteria for elevated temperature nuclear components. He was also chairman of the Subgroup on Elevated Temperature Construction, responsible for the rules for fabrication, examination, testing, and overpressure protection. In addition, he was vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Design and a member of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Power.

M.S.(1957), Stanford University.

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Hamid Johari is currently a professor and the asso- ciate department head of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is known for his contributions in the area of diffusion and mixing in buoyant and unsteady flows, specifically unsteady jets. He holds two patents and is co-inventor of an acoustic method for direct circulation measurements. He has served as the chair of the ASME Worcester Section. Johari received SAE's Ralph R. Teetor Award in 1999 and the Russell M. Searle Award as teacher of the year in mechanical engineering at WPI in 2000.

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