Biographical Sketch
Education:
Ph.D. Physics, Boston College, 1975
M.S. Physics, Boston College, 1974
B.S. Physics, Boston College, 1968
Positions
Held:
- The Pennsylvania State University, 1986-Present
- Physicist, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD 1978-1986
- Research Staff Member, Guggenheim Labs, Princeton University, Princeton , NJ 1976-1978
- Research Associate, Guggenheim Labs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1975-1976
- Lecturer, Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill , MA 1974-1975
- Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 1969-1974
- Electrical Engineer, IBM Components Division, Fishkill, NY 1968-1969
- Holder of the Endowed George L. Guillet Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2003-Present
- Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2000-2003
- Premier Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 2000
- Department Head Faculty Award, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, 1993
- Outstanding Research Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1989
- Recipient Outstanding Technical Paper 23rd Joint Propulsion Conference, 1987
- Recipient U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal, 1985
- Recipient Presidential Bicentennial Award from Boston College, 1975
- Editorial Board, Combustion and Flame
- Editorial Board, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
Affiliations:
- Director, Propulsion Engineering Research Center
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- American Society of Engineering Education
- American Physical Society
- American Chemical Society
- The Combustion Institute
- Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society)
- Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society of North America )
- Particulate Materials Center
- Center for Automotive Studies
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers