Biographical Sketch
Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1979
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University, 1974
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 1970
Positions
Held:
- The Pennsylvania State University, 1979-Present
- Professor-in-Charge, Graduate Programs, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, 1996-2000
- Research Engineer, Engine Research Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, MI 1970-1975
- Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1975-1979
- Penn State Teaching and Learning Consortium, Hall of Fame Faculty Award, 2001
- Penn State's Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1997
- Society of Automotive Engineers, Forest R. McFarland Award, 1997
- Premier Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1991
- Department Head Award, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, 1990
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1985
- Halliburton Education Foundation Award, 1984
- Weyerhauser Foundation Fellow, 1978
Affiliations:
- Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Member, American Society of Engineering Education
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASME, ABET Evaluator, 1994-Present
- Member, The Combustion Institute
- Member, Society of Automotive Engineers
- Aerospace Education Association, 1990-1992
- Propulsion Engineering Research Center