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Guy A. Jolly's career covers more than four decades of making significant contributions to the piping industry while an employee of a large manufacturer of valves and fittings. His accomplishments include the establishment of a nuclear products group during the early days of the nuclear power industry. He was later promoted to chief engineer, responsible for the design and manufacturing effort for Vogt Valve Co.'s line of valves and fittings. Jolly has worked in a number of national and international organizations involved in the development of codes and standards. He served as president of the Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry.

B.S.M.E. (1960), University of Kentucky.

Alexander L. Kalamkarov is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engi neering at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His academic career spans more than 25 years in research and university teaching. His research in the areas of mechanics of solids, composite materials, and smart structures is internationally recognized. He has made a significant contribution to the analysis, design, and optimization of composite materials and smart structures, manufacturing, testing, and application of smart composites. Kalamkarov has authored two monographs and more than 200 research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings, and also holds two patents. He is a member of several editorial and advisory boards in the area of composite materials and smart structures.

Ph.D. (1979), Moscow State University; Sc.D. (1990), Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

George E. Karniadakis received his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After lecturing at MIT, he joined the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford/NASA Ames, where he developed spectral element numerical codes for simulation of complex geometry turbulent flows. He was assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, while also associate faculty of the program in applied and computational mathematics. He has been with Brown University for the last eight years, during which time he also was a visiting professor at California Institute of Technology and MIT. His research interests are centered on fundamental numerical and theoretical research in turbulence and fluid mechanics, and other aspects of computational mechanics.

Ph.D. (1987), Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Stephen P. Kavanaugh is recognized for his technical leadership and contributions to the ground-coupled heat pump industry through educational leadership, research, technical publications, and development of tools used as the basis for current industry design practices. He is also recognized as a humanitarian for his sharing of technical knowledge within the industry and for his service to his community as president of the Tuscaloosa Affiliate of Habitat for Humanity.

Ph.D. (1984), Oklahoma State University.

Essam E. Khalil has done extensive research over the past 25 years. As a consultant, he has designed air conditioning and mechanical services for major hospitals, hotels, and public buildings in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. He carried out the research and development of aluminum reduction potline at Egyptalum, Egypt, from 1983-2001. Khalil is the current chairman of the National Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Code in Egypt and is the group leader for Energy Efficiency in HVAC of Buildings. He is a member in the ISO TC205 WG2 and a member of the European African Wind Engineering Committee. Khalil is known for his contributions to industrial furnace designs for burner arrangements, pollution reduction, and heat transfer enhancement. He had written three texts on the subject in English, one of which has been translated into Chinese.

Ph.D. (1977), Imperial College, University of London.

Byoung Sung Kim works at Avaya Inc., a telecommunications equipment company, and was formerly with Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Laboratories. In these roles, he has been a pioneer in applying design for manufacturability to telecommunications equipment. His research and industrial leadership led to substantial improvements in product performance, while ensuring competitiveness through reductions in product cost and development time. Kim is a former acting chair of the Design for Manufacturability committee of the Design Division, as well as a former chair of the IMECE DFM conferences and DFM program chair of ASME National Design Engineering Conferences. As an adjunct professor, he taught at Stevens Institute of Technology and Princeton. He is currently teaching a graduate-level DFM course at Columbia University through the Columbia Video Network. This course draws many working engineers from various industries and some from foreign countries.

Ph.D. (1974), Princeton University.

Kyuil Kim is a professor and the chair of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Marquette University. He has been a dedicated educator and active researcher for over 20 years, with expertise in manufacturing. His research interests include accuracy analysis of multi-axis machine tools and online control of machining processes, sculptured surface machining, and flexible three-dimensional inspection systems. He received the outstanding young manufacturing engineer award from SME in recognition of significant achievement and leadership in manufacturing engineering in 1988. He has made major contributions to university-industry relations at both the University of Illinois-Chicago and Marquette.

Ph.D. (1986), University of Wisconsin.

James F. Klausner has made outstanding contributions to the understanding of two-phase flow and heat transfer with phase change. In addition to his highly recognized archival publications, his creative and high-quality research in heat transfer and power transport has found applications in many engineering areas. As a result, he received the 1992 NASA Technology Transfer Award. Klausner has been recognized as an outstanding teacher and educator in engineering. He has received numerous teaching awards, which include the General Electric Teaching Incentive Award, University of Florida Teaching Award and the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award.

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

Norman F. Knight, Jr.'s 20-plus-year career includes work in a government laboratory, in academia, and presently in industry, and involves research, analysis, and engineering education. Notable are his contributions related to the buckling and post buckling analysis of composite structures, including progressive failure response, to finite element technology and computational methods for nonlinear analysis, and to structural analysis software design. He has received many awards and citations from NASA Langley, including the NASA Exceptional Service Medal for his contributions to Space Shuttle Challenger accident investigation and redesign. He has approximately 100 technical publications and serves on the editorial board of Finite Elements in Analysis and Design.

Sc.D. (1984), George Washington University.

Kenneth D. Kok, P.E., has had 35 years of varied experience in the nuclear industry. He spent 22 years at Battelle's Columbus Division, in neutron radiography, nuclear systems operations, nuclear materials shipping and storage, safeguards and security, and decontamination and decommissioning. He then moved to the DOE Hanford site, where he participated in safety analysis and engineering work while building a site operation for LATA. Since 1996, he has developed business and work in the areas of nuclear system safety, waste management and D&D. He is currently a Fellow Engineer with WSMS Mid-America in Oak Ridge, Tenn., providing support for the Bechtel Jacobs Nuclear Facility Safety group as an independent technical reviewer. Kok has served as the chair of the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division, directed the ASME course related to D&D, and supported the ICEM and ICONE meetings as a track leader and session chair. He has authored more than 20 technical papers and is the holder of two patents.

M.S. (1968), Michigan Technological University.

Klod Kokini is an expert in thermomechanical fracture mechanisms in high-temperature materials, and transient thermoelastic fractures of interfaces, notably applied to ceramic thermal barrier coatings. Several combustion engine manufacturers have benefited from his work in designing high-reliability, high-temperature engines. His work has contributed to both the reliability and efficiency of these engines. He is also recognized for his contributions to tissue engineering (biomechanics). Kokini's studies of small intestinal submucosa have shown that this material can be used as a scaffold for the histogenesis of tendon tissue and hernia repair tissue. He also developed new approaches to measure the mechanical properties of biomaterials and their interactions with cells, which will allow him to develop design criteria for tissue repair or regrowth.

Ph.D. (1982), Syracuse University.

Sridhar Kota has made outstanding contributions to diverse fields of mechanical engineering design, including rigid body kinematics, compliant mechanisms, MEMS, smart structures, and reconfigurable machine tools. He has demonstrated an extraordinary breadth and depth of research activity that is universally characterized by singular creativity and rigorous design work. Kota is recognized today as a leading expert in compliant mechanisms. He has also demonstrated a strong emphasis on technology transfer and invention of devices with practical applications.

Ph.D. (1988), University of Minnesota.

Radovan Kovacevic's academic career spans three decades. He has published five books and over 350 technical papers, of which 120 have been published in technical journals. He has received more than 40 research grants funded by different foundations, government, state agencies, and industry. Kovacevic has three U.S. patents and 16 invention disclosures. He has made significant contributions to numerous manufacturing fields, including modeling, sensing, control of traditional and nontraditional manufacturing processes, understanding the mechanisms involved in abrasive waterjet cutting technology, the sensing and control of welding processes, and the development of rapid prototyping/manufacturing processes and machines. Kovacevic is also a Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

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

John M. Kuhlman has made significant contributions to the development of Doppler Global Velocimetry as a nonintrusive velocity measurement technique, and also has significant research experience with thermal plumes, jets, aeropropulsion interaction, laser velocimetry, spark gap recovery, and winglets. In the course of his 28-year career as an engineering educator teaching fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer, Kuhlman has been recognized for outstanding teaching 18 times, has served as the faculty advisor to two ASME student sections, and served as Eastern Virginia Section treasurer, vice chair, chair, and director.

Ph.D. (1975), Case Western Reserve University.

Vijay R. Kumar has made outstanding contributions in dynamics, control, and design aspects of robotics, in particular, in the force distribution and redundancy resolution in constrained dynamic systems with intermittent contacts and time-varying constraints. The theoretical rigor of his work, coupled with innovation and practical implementation, has impacted diverse areas, including cooperative payload manipulation by humans and robot teams, legged and wheeled locomotion systems, hybrid systems, and bimolecular networks. He has more than 200 refereed technical publications, and many of his doctoral students hold academic positions at leading in- stitutions. He is currently the deputy dean of research for the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ph.D. (1987), Ohio State University.

Rainer Kurz, currently manager of the systems analysis department at Solar Turbines in San Diego, has made outstanding contributions in the field of gas turbine technologies. His research activities, particularly in the area of nonuniform turbine geometries, led to the development of empirical procedures, which have been implemented in the CFD codes. His research and industrial work have resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications and a book, Introduction to Gas Turbine Theory. Kurz has conducted numerous tutorials and is a member of the advisory committee for aerospace engineering at San Diego State University. He is a member of ASME B133, a chair of ASME B133.4, and a session organizer and session chair for the IGTI Turbo Expo events.

Ph.D. (1991), University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg, Germany.

José Lage is a professor and the associate chair of mechanical engineering, and is also the director of international programs for the School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he started his career in 1991. An internationally recognized authority in the fields of heat transfer and transport in porous media, Lage's research contributions cover bioengineering, electronics, energy systems, and the environment. He is an advisor to Ph.D. students, and the author of more than 110 technical papers, six book chapters, and a book. Lage pioneered the use of compressed microporous media for cooling airborne military avionics, for which he received a patent. He also broke new ground with the analysis of alveolar gas diffusion using porous medium theory, and the application of fractional calculus to experimental heat transfer of thin films. A member of the Heat Transfer Division, Lage has served as secretary of the K8 committee since 1997. He chaired the ASME North Texas Section in 1999-2000. He is now a member of the Industry Advisory Board.

Ph.D. (1991), Duke University.

John E. LaGraff is an internationally recognized authority on flow fields in gas turbines. He has made significant contributions to understanding the fluid mechanics and heat transfer in such systems with sophisticated measurements of boundary layer transition and turbulent spot size. He is also the founder and principal organizer of the International Minnowbrook Workshops on Unsteady Flows in Turbomachinery. In addition to his research, LaGraff has a record of accomplishment for the education of undergraduate and graduate students in both mechanical and aerospace engineering. His services to education include serving as a program evaluator and a commissioner on the ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission. He also has served on numerous committees at the national level, including his current position of vice president of education for AIAA.

Ph.D. (1970), Oxford University.

Robert J. Lankston, P.E., was hired by Taylor Forge in 1952 as a field engineer and has been vice president of technology since 1999. His contributions in mechanical design, welding, nondestructive evaluation, pressure vessel and piping design, and high-yield materials have greatly strengthened Taylor Forge's motto, "Traditionally Dependable." One of his top achievements is in the process and mechanical design of separator/ slug catchers. The first working slug catcher was installed in 1971, and since then more than 40 models have gone into operation worldwide. Lankston has been prominent in the field of mechanical engineering, serving on technical committees in ASME, PVRC, ASTM, and WRC. He has published several papers on pressure vessels, high yield materials, flanges, and fittings. He holds six U.S. patents and seven foreign patents.

B.S.M.E. (1950), University of Illinois.

Edwin Chi-Kin Lee, P.E., has been a practicing engineer for over 20 years, particularly in the area of building services engineering. He is general manager of Wo Hing Engineering in Hong Kong and his project teams have completed many large projects in Hong Kong and California. He has devoted himself to training young engineers, particularly for the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (U.K.). Lee also assisted the local authorities of Hong Kong in the advancement of codes and standards by advising many government committees of Hong Kong, such as OTTV review, IAQ, fire services contractor's license review, building contractor's license review, new building codes review, electronic tendering, and many others. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (U.K.) and the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers.

Executive M.B.A. (2001), The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Thay Q. Lee began his full-time career with the Department of Veterans Affairs in 1983 as a biomedical engineer and is now a top researcher in orthopedic biomechanics. He is a research career scientist at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System in Long Beach, Calif. He is also on the Academic Senate Faculty at the University of California and serves as director of joint biomechanics research in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. During the past 13 years, he established the PACT/Rehab-Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory. His work has enhanced the treatment of patients in rehabilitation and orthopedic surgery. Lee uses mechanical concepts to develop methodologies for testing diarthroidal joints and provide basic understanding and etiology of joint disease, repair, and reconstruction as well as healing.

Ph.D. (1999), Gothenburgh University.

Yung Cheng Lee has made a significant contribution to the technological advancement for the integration of microelectronics, microwave, optoelectronics, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). He is recognized as a leader in solder self-alignment, thermosonic flip-chip bonding, and MEMS packaging. He has received an outstanding paper award from ASME's Journal of Electronic Packaging; an Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from SME, and a Presidential Young Investigator Award from NSF. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Electronic Packaging, and an editor of two books, Optoelectronic Packaging and Manufacturing Challenges in Electronic Packaging. Lee served as the general chair of ASME InterPACK'01.

Ph.D. (1984), University of Minnesota.

John E. Leland, P.E., established the U.S. Air Force's thermal management R&D plan for airborne and space-based directed energy weapons and managed several Air Force projects related to active cooling technology. He made key contributions to heat pipe literature and most notably to miniature heat pipe design. Leland invented and patented several technologies related to heat transfer. He has published 75 research articles in professional journals, conference proceedings, and meetings. He has made notable contributions to ASME, AIAA, and other professional societies by serving as an advisor to congressmen and senators. He has made significant efforts to transfer the Department of Defense technology to commercial sectors.

Ph.D. (1994), University of Kentucky.

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Steven Y. Liang is a professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow of Mechanical Engineering, associate director of the Manufacturing Research Center, and director of the Manufacturing Education Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is known for his research on precision machining principles and theories, and his work has been documented in over 150 book chapters and technical papers that he has authored. Liang has been invited to deliver more than 50 seminars and keynote speeches throughout the world, has educated over 3,000 students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and has served on the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division's Executive Committee and on the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME's Board of Directors.

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