Paul has pursued a mix of teaching and research at Carnegie-Mellon and Clemson Universities. He established undergraduate and graduate-level analytical and design course programs and laboratories in controls and manufacturing at both universities. The laboratories have reinforced the theories of dynamic systems and control, thermal-hydraulic systems, computer-based automation, robotics and mechatronics, industrial prototyping, and industrial projects. His internationally recognized consulting and research activities in these areas have produced more than 89 technical publications. In 1981, he established at Clemson, and directs, the Center for Advanced Manufacturing, utilizing research efforts of 10 companies around the nation to further industrial development in South Carolina.

Ph.D. (1968), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.

Pawliger's career spans almost four decades of engineering and management experience with the American Electric Power Co. (aep), one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S. He played a key role in developing and improving thermal cycles for large fossil and nuclear power plants to optimize their thermal efficiency. His responsibilities have included the engineering of coal-fired, hydro, and nuclear power plants; the review, evaluation, and application of new generating technologies; and the optimization of the life of older power plants. Pawliger fosters the professional development of aep's engineers through continuing education programs, including an in-house, multidisciplinary program he helped create on Power System Concepts. He promotes undergraduate engineering education by serving as mechanical engineering program evaluator for the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, and by conducting a unique annual summer intern program in a power plant for engineering students and faculty.

B.S. (1959), City College of New York.

Perez's career spans the last 35 years. He has spent his entire career with the engineering department at DuPont. He started in 1963 in the Design Division Mechanical Group, working as a stress analyst involved in the machine design of textile, film, and polymer processing equipment. In 1967, he became a member of the Mechanical Engineering Consultant Group, providing consulting services in engineering mechanics to all DuPont plants. He is involved in explosion investigations, fitness-for-service, and failure analysis of process equipment and mechanical components. Perez is recognized at DuPont as a premier consultant in the areas of stress analysis, fatigue, and fracture mechanics. For the past 16 years, he has served on ASME Pressure Vessel Code Committees and provided tutoring and mentoring for young engineers.

M.E. (1967), Villanova University, Villanova, Pa.

Prasad's career spans the last 25 years. He began in 1971 at the Indian Space & Research Organization (isro) in India. After obtaining his Ph.D., he joined the Association of American Railroads in Chicago. In 1980, he went to Ford Motor Co.'s Scientific Research Laboratory, where he did research in structural optimization and developed techniques for automated design of large-scale vehicles. During his later years at Ford, he developed design sensitivity and optimization procedures on Engineering Analysis Language (eal). His work there supported a dozen prototype designs of automobile energy-absorbing structures for crush energy management. Prasad joined the new cad/cam department of eds in 1985 and has moved up to become chief technologist and consultant. Prior to this, he was special projects manager for the Artificial Intelligence Services Group of eds. Currently, he conducts applied research, primarily to study implementation issues in intelligent cad design, capturing of design intent, concurrent engineering, and integration issues.

Ph.D. (1977), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.

Radcliffe is well-known as an educator, and for his research to develop practical techniques for the design, modeling, and control of mechanical systems in order to improve their performance. His research has made use of numerical and experimental methods to model dynamic behavior and experimental methods to validate those models. He has made significant contributions in the areas of software for optimal vibration isolation system design, acoustic response measurement, and acoustic modeling and active control. Most recently, he has supervised and performed important work in the areas of statistical energy analysis and active control of continuous structures.

Ph.D. (1980), University of California, Berkeley.

Rajurkar is Mohr professor of engineering at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He is an international authority in the field of nontraditional machining, particularly electrical discharge machining (edm). Rajurkar established the first nontraditional manufacturing research center in the United States. He organized several symposia on this topic, sparking both academic and industrial interest. Rajurkar is an active member in many societies, such as ASME, sme, and cirp, where he is well-known for his editorial efforts, publishing papers, and organizing conferences. He received the prestigious ASME Blackall Machine Tool and Gauge Award for his work on edm. Rajurkar is also a consultant to several companies.

Ph.D. (1981), Michigan Technological University, Houghton.

Rakheja has been in engineering since 1979. He has worked with various notable organizations and industries, such as Centre for Surface Transportation Technology, National Research Council, International Standards Committees, Pain Research Center (University of Vermont), Mexico Ministry of Transport, Canadian Council of Motor Trucking Administrators, and Concordia University in Montreal. His major research accomplishments include the development of lateral slosh models of partly filled containers for the study of roll stability of tank trucks, characterization of human hand-arm subject to power tool vibration and model development, methodology to study the hand-tool and driver-seat interface dynamics, and seated body model. His works on tank truck dynamics and hand-arm dynamics have been extensively cited by researchers worldwide. He has published more than 140 articles in journals and conference proceedings, and has contributed chapters in two books. He has been consultant to several industries, academic and research institutions, and has developed curricula in vehicle engineering.

Ph.D. (1984), Concordia University, Montreal.

Ramadhyani has been a leader in education and research related to convection heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics. He has developed novel techniques for computing complex-free, mixed, and forced convection flows and for including effects such as turbulence, radiation, and chemical reactions. His theoretical and experimental studies have contributed significantly to improving thermal management schemes for electronic equipment, particularly in connection with liquid cooling of VLSI chips and chip arrays. He has also contributed to the advancement of technologies related to thermal environmental control and combustion-fired furnaces.

Ph.D. (1979), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Ramamurthy has been an engineer since 1957. He was a visiting faculty member at Purdue University from 1968 to 1970. He then joined Concordia University, where he became a full professor in 1975. There, he developed an excellent laboratory for research in experimental fluid mechanics and hydraulics. He has completed the supervision of 10 doctoral candidates and has published 68 journal papers on flow-induced vibration, cavitation, lateral flows, and flow measurement. His publications include 43 papers in the journals of ASME and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Ph.D. (1966), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.

Reed is a professor at Arizona State University whose primary expertise is in stability and transition of flows. From her earlier work on Tollmien-Schlichting instability of laminar viscous flows to her recent work on wall bounded flows and laminar flow control, she has made many contributions toward the understanding of the stability mechanisms occurring in such complex flows. She has delivered numerous lectures in universities, research institutes and government laboratories in the United States and abroad. Among the numerous awards she has received are the Distinguished Mentor of Women Award, several Excellence in Teaching Awards, and a Young Presidential Investigator Award.

Ph.D. (1981), Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg.

Rivir has worked in the Aero Pro-pulsion and Power Directorate for the past 37 years. During this time, he spent eight years in the Power Division, two years on staff in Plans, three years in the Ramjet Division, and 24 years in the Turbine Engine Division, with contributions in both the compressor and turbine technical areas. He currently leads a team of three Ph.D.'s and three Ph.D. candidates working on their dissertations, and visiting domestic and foreign university faculty in the areas of unsteady effects on turbine heat transfer, turbine film cooling, and turbine aerodynamic losses.

Ph.D. (1976), Ohio State University, Columbus.

Roe is recognized around the world as one of the leaders in engineering consulting. Burns and Roe Enterprises has grown under his leadership to a $100 million company with more than 1,800 employees worldwide. His chairmanship of the Industry Advisory Board and ASME Foundation made them benchmark organizations for other technical societies to emulate. ASME has benefited tremendously from the industry perspective that he provides. Few corporate ceos in the history of ASME have matched his dedicated service to the Society.

M.S. (1974), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Rohatgi's career spans more than two decades. He has developed component models and process models for computer codes for the simulation of reactors under accident conditions. He has also assessed the fidelity of other codes for the current and advanced reactor applications. He developed a method of quantifying the uncertainty in the code prediction of safety parameters. The method is called Code Scaling, Applicability, and Uncertainty evaluation methodology. These codes and csau method are being used all over the world in the area of reactor safety. The two accident scenarios, which he has studied in detail, are loss of coolant accidents in pressurized water reactors and instabilities for the current and advanced versions of boiling water reactors. He has also designed and modeled pumps for two phase flow applications. He has organized ASME symposia, chaired the Multiphase Flow Committee and was associate technical editor of the Journal of Fluids Engineering.

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

Rothchild has served the engineering profession for over 50 years, both as an innovative engineer and an ASME leader at the section and region levels. His contributions in the electronic and electromechanical equipment areas led to many industry firsts as well as three patents. He was particularly instrumental in the development of capacitance discharge switching systems and afc control systems for stereo phonographs. He also developed a product line of solderless crimp-type terminals. Among his contributions to ASME were his chairmanship of the Chicago Section and Skokie Valley Subsection.

B.S. (1942), Wright Aeronautical University, Chicago.

Rudy is an internationally recognized authority on the application of cutting-edge heat transfer technology to the petroleum and petrochemical industries. He is the team leader of a group of unfired heat transfer equipment experts who consult on the designs and troubleshoot problems for a major oil company's worldwide operations. Rudy is an effective researcher, teacher, and lecturer on enhanced heat transfer, refrigeration, and air conditioning and a recognized leader of technical team management. He has been an active leader in his local Section and the national Heat Transfer Division, including its K-10 Committee chairman and htd treasurer. As the chairman of api, htri, and Exxon committees, Rudy has guided the development and revisions of major Codes and Standards for heat transfer equipment. His accomplishments include being the author of 16 published technical papers, an invited lecturer, and the co-recipient of a patent.

Ph.D. (1982), Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Russo is director of aeronautics for NASA Lewis Research Center. She has served NASA, General Electric Aircraft Engines, the gas turbine industry, and ASME throughout a career of more than 20 years. She is well-known for her achievements in detailed design and testing of advanced axial/centrifugal compressors, new technology development and direct application to commercial/ military engine products, and providing a focus for application of Artificial Intelligence software from prototype to production programs. As director of aeronautics, Russo oversees development of advanced propulsion technologies for use in future aircraft engines, and identification of innovative research and technology in advanced aeronautical propulsion systems. She has also been a significant contributor to the International Gas Turbine Institute in her role as the 1993 Turbo Expo technical program chair, and 1995-96 review chair. She currently serves on the board of directors as the incoming chair (1997-98).

Ph.D. (1975), Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Sahay's career spans more than 30 years in engineering, education, and development of the profession. He has worked on a number of areas in manufacturing and electronics packaging. His study of discontinuous chip formation as a stress wave phenomenon opened a new approach to mechanics of machining. He has also contributed to the areas of mechanics of solder fatigue and its detection, solder paste print process, and in the area of intermittent machining. In addition, he has made original contributions in the understanding of fatigue behavior of solder joints and initiated a new method for assessing the damage by the changes in electrical resistance and acoustic emissions.

Ph.D. (1976), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

Salama was one of the pioneers in promoting the application of composites in the offshore industry. He identified some critical issues associated with new technology, such as thermo- mechanically treated steel and challenged the validity of api for limiting flow rates based on erosional consideration, in applying reliability-based fracture mechanics analysis for structural integrity assessment, and quantifying the level of damage induced by an offshore structure during pile driving operations. He is recognized within the oil and offshore industry for his contributions in the areas of structural integrity, erosion predictions, application of composite materials, and predictive maintenance. Salama is recognized within Conoco for his major contributions in resolving critical technical challenges for the Viking cd platform, Murchison, Hutton, Southern gas development, Britannia, and Loggs. He has received several Conoco special compensation awards.

Ph.D. (1976), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Sammakia's career in mechanical engineering spans the last 20 years. After obtaining his Ph.D., he spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued his studies of buoyancy- induced flows and transport. In 1984, he joined ibm Corp. to work in the area of electronic packaging. Over the next 15 years, he worked in the development area, where he had various technical and management assignments in thermal management and mechanical analysis of different levels of electronic packages, ranging from chip carriers to box-level analyses.

Ph.D. (1982), State University of New York, Buffalo.

Sancaktar joined Clarkson University's mechanical engineering department in 1978, and worked there until 1996. He is currently professor of polymer engineering at the University of Akron. He taught 24 different courses in engineering, mechanics, and materials, from freshman to doctoral levels, including new courses he introduced. He is the author or co-author of 84 technical articles, and holds three U.S. patents. Sancaktar has made significant contributions in understanding the viscoelastic behavior of structural adhesives; optimi- zation of the cure process for thermosetting resins to result in highest adhesive strength and fracture properties; characterization of fracture behavior of structural adhesives and bonded composite structures; analysis and modeling of the fiber/matrix interphase; stress analysis; design and strength optimization of bonded joints and composite structures; modeling basic conduction mechanisms; processing electronically conductive adhesives; and development of analytical and experimental methods for the optimization of micro and macro aspects of mechanical adhesion and adhesive interphases.

Ph.D. (1979), Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg.

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Sankar, a teacher and researcher of composite materials and structures, is internationally recognized for his research in low-velocity impact response and damage in composites. He has developed micromechanical models for textile composites and efficient methods to analyze delaminations. Sankar is a professor of aerospace engineering, mechanics, and engineering science, and is the director of the Center for Studies of Advanced Structural Composites at the University of Florida. He has published more than 80 journal articles and conference papers, and authored a book chapter on impact damage in composites. He is an active member of the Structures and Materials Committee of the ASME Aerospace Division and past chair of the Gator Section.

Ph.D. (1984), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.