Dinkler has excelled in mechanical engineering contributions to the electrical industry. His specialty has been the physical aspects of nicad batteries for aircraft and military industrial needs. However, this does not depict his total expertise. He developed an electrical terminal from one that had to be machined from steel to one that was formed from powdered nickel, then machined by much faster methods. This terminal improved conductivity to a great degree. Among his many duties at GE was materials engineering. During this time, extensive work was done in the development of new plastic alloys in conjunction with GE Plastics for use in injection-molded cell containers to replace conventional materials. He is an active member of ASME in the local, regional, and national arenas, signifying his dedication to the mechanical engineering profession.

B.S. (1950), Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Donaldson holds an M.S.degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. His career spans more than 25 years in multidisciplined engineering/procurement/construction project direction for fossil power generation projects. He worked for two other architectural/engineering firms before joining Gilbert Commonwealth and its successor, Parson Power and Chemicals, in 1987. He currently serves as director of projects on a variety of combined cycle, cogeneration, and independent power projects. He has made significant contributions to the art and science of power generation through efficient, cost-saving project development and plant optimization. He is the chair of the ASME Power Division for 1997-98.

M.S. (1971), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.

Eftekhar is an associate professor of mechanical engineering and the director of both the machine shop and the Power/Dynamics Systems Laboratory at the University of Texas at San Antonio (utsa). In the past 25 years, he has consulted widely with numerous firms, and federal and state agencies. He joined the faculty of the newly formed mechanical engineering department at utsa in 1984. He has played a vital role in the creation of the new undergraduate and graduate engineering programs and developed courses and laboratory curricula. He served as the mechanical engineering program chair from 1991 to 1993, and has chaired and served on numerous committees within and outside utsa. He has also been involved with numerous research projects with the U.S. Air Force and other organizations.

Ph.D. (1983), University of Texas, Arlington.

Elbestawi's career spans more than two decades. Prior to returning to McMaster University, he was the unit head at Ontario Hydro, working on dynamics for nuclear power stations. His research contributions include pioneering work in adaptive force control, geometric control, and modeling of machining processes; advancement of the metal cutting theories for advanced tool and workpiece materials; development of process monitoring strategies and methodologies using fuzzy neural networks; and development of the open architecture control systems. He has been awarded numerous research grants and contracts. Elbestawi has supervised many graduate students and published more than 120 technical papers. He served as the ASME Niagara-Huron Section chairman, and ASME symposium organizer and editor. He is currently the associate editor of ASME Transactions. He is a Fellow of csme and an active member of cirp.

Ph.D. (1980), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Engin's career spans the last three decades. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1968 at the University of Michigan, he continued his research on head injury modeling at the Highway Safety Research Institute of the same university. His pioneering work in the area of head injury modeling has been internationally recognized as the first major contribution to the world's literature since the initial rigid shell models of two European scientists in 1943 and 1950. Engin's elastic shell-fluid transient response model formed the cornerstone of the cavitation contre-coup hypothesis for head injury. In 1985, he was honored with the Borelli Award of the American Society of Biomechanics for this work. During his tenure at Ohio State University, between 1971 and 1995, Engin made important contributions to the biomechanics of major articulating joints of the human body from both experimental and mathematical models. In fact, in 1981 he introduced the first true dynamic model of an articulating joint. He has been published nearly 200 times, and is now chairman of the mechanical engineering department at the University of South Alabama.

Ph.D. (1968), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Fiszdon graduated from Warsaw Technical University with an M.S. in mechanical engineering in 1964. He then joined Poland's Institute of Nuclear Research, where he worked in the area of mhd and cold plasma technology. He was involved in the design and construction of a high-temperature vacuum furnace (up to 5000¡F), mhd electrical power generators, plasma guns for commercial applications, and powder feeders. He received two patents. In 1978, he joined the faculty of Warsaw Technical University. His research there was on coal gasification and fluidized bed combustion. In 1976, he was a visiting professor at the University of Delaware and during the 1981-82 academic year, he was at Brown University, in both cases working on the thermophysical properties of mixtures exposed to extremely high pressures. From 1982-87, he was a visiting professor at Arizona State University and did research. Since 1987, he has been professor at Mankato State University and, since 1991, chair of the mechanical engineering department. He is an author or co-author of 40 technical articles. He is a registered professional engineer in Minnesota, an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a member of ASME.

Ph.D. (1975), Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.

Flynn's career spans more than 35 years. Most of that time has been focused on the application of the fundamental sciences to the improvement of engines, especially diesel engines. His work started with the gathering of empirical data to validate the first diesel engine simulation, and has continued with successful efforts defining the fundamentals of physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics required to improve engine performance and exhaust emissions. He also led the development of improvements in turbomachinery and turbocharger applications for the improvement of engine systems. He continues to lead research improving engine performance and emissions at Cummins Engine Co., and contributes policy change through his memberships on national advisory councils.

Ph.D. (1971), University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Glynn is a visionary who has, for years, foreseen the dramatic changes that are now occurring within the electric utility industry as it undergoes deregulation. He is one of the leading architects behind Pacific Gas & Electric's (pg&e) significant restructuring effort designed to enable the company to excel within this environment of dramatic and historical change. He has made significant legislative contributions in the areas of energy efficiency, renewables, and transmission access in what became the 1992 Energy Policy Act; has served as chairman of the Western Systems Power Pool (wspp); and has established a regional planning process for the Western Systems Coordinating Council (wscc). Glynn has significantly reshaped his company, has made a significant impact on the entire electric generation and transmission industry, and is helping to lead America's electric supply industry into the 21st century.

M.S. (1967), Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y.

For the last half-century, Greaves has been one of the nation's most innovative and productive engineers in the iron and steel industry. During his 26 years with the Arthur G. McKee Co., he was awarded a total of 44 patents that resulted in, for example, the world's first circular grate pelletizing plant for the processing of low-grade iron ore. His capabilities and experience accelerated the development of modern blast furnaces, iron and steel processing equipment, and environmental improvements. In 1993, his lifetime contribution was recognized by the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers when he was awarded the Tadeusz Sendzimin Memorial Medal.

Ph.D. (1956), Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

Hartman is the program manager of the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command's Tiger program, a comprehensive computer program for predicting the reliability, maintainability, and availability (rma) of complex systems. He has also been involved in the dissemination of this technology to many public, private, and international users. In addition, he has been R&D manager for surface ship and submarine materials and contracting officer's technical representative for the navy's multimillion dollar rma Level of Effort contracts. Hartman has served ASME's Ocean Engineering Division in many capacities, including division chairman, organizer of conference sessions, and associate editor of the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology. He is currently member-at-large for board operations of the ASME Energy Resources Board.

Ph.D. (1976), University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Hartwick's entire professional career, from 1948 through 1995, was devoted to the technology of reciprocating compressors. At the Cooper-Bessemer Corp., he directed, analyzed, and applied results from research and development programs designed to improve predictability of compressor horsepower, capacity, gas temperature rise, parasitic power losses and cooling requirements. From 1961 to 1970, Hartwick served on ASME's committee for the revision of ptc-9. At Anglo Compression, Hartwick pioneered the use of on-site personal computers to minimize fuel consumption of engine-driven compressors. He also originated many computer programs for internal use by Anglo Compression. Major accomplishments of his work were documented by key publications of journal quality.

M.S. (1955), Michigan Technological University, Houghton.

Hershey has distinguished himself in a variety of engineering and managerial capacities. He has worked in the fields of energy technologies and the environment. Working under government contract, he has developed a computer model of heating costs and emissions for a U.S. initiative in eastern Europe for increasing energy efficiency and reducing pollution. As a manager, he has had overall responsibility for more than 60 management and engineering studies. He has been active in the nspe, ASME, and many other local and national engineering societies, and has held high office in all of them.

Ph.D. (1973), Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Heshmat is the president and technical director of Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc., an applied research and product development company specializing in bearings, seals, dampers, and piston rings, including fluid fill, dry lubricant, and magnetic systems. An stle Fellow and ASME member, he holds 17 patents, has published more than 75 papers, and has received numerous stle and ASME awards. Among them are the stle 1983 Wilbur Deutsch Memorial Award, stle 1993 Captain Alfred E. Hunt Award, ASME 1985 Burt L. Newkirk Award, and the ASME/rct 1995 Creative Research Award. He is a leading authority on foil bearing and powder lubrication technologies.

Ph.D. (1988), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

Hsieh has contributed extensively to heat transfer research. In conduction, he has developed analytical solutions of Stefan (phase-change) problems and numerical solutions by complex-variable boundary element methods. In convection, he has made contributions in forced and free convection in internal flow as well as free convection in external flow. Hsieh also has made important contributions in thermal radiation that encompasses thermal radiative properties and infrared scanning. The infrared scanning has been used in conjunction with an inverse geometrical analysis for the development of Infrared Computerized Axial Tomography (ir-cat) scan, a method useful in nondestructive testing.

Ph.D. (1968), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.

Hyer is a professor of engineering science and mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. As a member of the Applied Mechanics Division, he is a specialist in mechanics of composite materials, having contributed to the areas of thermal effects, buckling and postbuckling of plates and cylindrical shells, joining thick composites, and micromechanics. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 refereed papers, conference proceedings and government and university reports; authored one text; and co-edited two conference proceedings. He has directed the graduate studies of over 40 students. He is on the Executive Committee of the American Society for Composites, editor of the Society of Engineering Science Newsletter, and on the editorial boards of a number of journals. He is also a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts, the Society for Advanced Materials and Process Engineering, and the American Academy of Mechanics.

Ph.D. (1974), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

As professor of mechanical engineering at Clemson University, Brandon was the principal investigator for a series of cooperative agreements between epa and the South Carolina textile industry for the closed-cycle operation of dyeing utilizing membrane technology. This work led to the founding of carre Inc. (Conservation and Resource Recovery Engineering), where Brandon served as president and chairman during the demonstration of the research concepts in industrial scale utilizing both government and industry support. carre Inc. continued the development of the technology and privately commercialized the membrane equipment developed. After 11 years, carre had industrial projects in food processing, nuclear waste volume reduction, and textile applications in the United States and South Africa. In 1988, DuPont acquired carre and Brandon was serving as vice president of its subsidiary, Separation Systems, when he retired in 1993.

Ph.D. (1968), University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Joshi's career spans a quarter-century. During this period, he has come to be internationally recognized as a leading researcher in control theory and its applications to advanced aerospace systems. He is presently senior scientist for control theory at nasa's Langley Research Center, and has made a number of significant research contributions that include: fundamental theory and methods for robust control of flexible space structures in the presence of uncertainties and nonlinearities; theory and methodology for optimal integrated control/structure design of spacecraft; globally stable, robust closed-loop maneuvering control laws for nonlinear multibody flexible space systems; and decoupled control systems for a space-based instrument pointing system which enabled sub-arc-second-accuracy. His two books on these subjects have received wide recognition as valuable references for both the industry and academia. He is a Fellow of two engineering societies, the ieee and the aiaa.

Ph.D. (1973), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

Ju is recognized for his contributions to engineering mechanics, especially in the areas of damage mechanics, plasticity, and mechanics of composites. His research has led to a greater understanding of continuum and micromechanical elastic or elastoplastic damage models and their effects (stiffness and strength reduction) on concrete, metals, and advanced composites under multiaxial loadings. He contributes to the use of analytical and computational techniques to predict and improve the elastic and elastoplastic performance of advanced brittle and metal matrix composites containing randomly dispersed particles or fibers.

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

Julien has had a singular engineering career. He has been active in gas turbine technology development involving turbine blade cooling, regenerative heat exchangers, and thermodynamic cycle analysis. This experience allowed him to provide detailed reviews for ASME's igti home study course in gas turbine applications. In 1991 and 1993, he participated in the critical review of nasa Lewis Laboratory's turbomachinery research program. While specializing in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and the thermosciences, the majority of his industrial career has been spent with icf Kaiser Engineers Inc., where he concentrated on project management of architectural-engineering design projects, in particular a national nuclear waste repository and laser fusion projects. llnl is currently using his technology on cooling solid state lasers at the National Ignition Facility. He culminated has career with icf while being deputy chief engineer, Western Region. He taught courses in the thermosciences while conducting heat transfer research at New Mexico State University and the Naval Postgraduate School. While at nmsu, he wrote the proposal that allows the Environmental Monitoring Facility at Carlsbad, N.M., to operate at its current level. Julien currently works for AlliedSignal-wstf as supervisor, Project Section Laboratories Department. He has been actively involved in ASME since 1970. He is currently a member of the ASME Energy Conversion Board, member of the igti Heat Transfer Committee, and the technical editor of the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

Ph.D. (1969), Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.

Kaminski's career has spanned 37 years. He worked on fuel system controls at Continental Aviation and Holley Carburetor Co. In 1963, he went to Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he provided technical direction to numerous rocket engine and air-breathing engine heat-transfer analytical and experimental projects. After obtaining his Ph.D., he returned to Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, where he was responsible for the design, fabrication, and test evaluation of the company's first chemical laser. He continued to advance laser technology until 1987. He developed the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Central Washington University as well as one of the most active ASME student sections in Region VIII.

Ph.D. (1972), University of Florida, Gainesville.

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Kandlikar, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology (rit), has a national and international reputation in the field of high-performance heat exchangers. He has clearly described the mechanism of bubble nucleation and growth, effects of liquid subcooling, and fundamental characteristics of flow boiling heat transfer in binary systems and on micro-finned surfaces. He possesses the extraordinary ability to establish the right objectives in a new field, to persevere, and to carry the task to completion. Currently, he serves as chief editor for the Two-phase Flow Handbook with 35 international authors. In addition to his research activities, Kandlikar participated actively in the Heat Transfer Division and the Rochester Section of ASME, and chairs the Rochester Heat Transfer Chapter. He was the recipient of the 1997 Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Undergraduate teach-ing at rit.

Ph.D. (1975), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.