Positions Held

Recognitions and membership of Advisory Boards

Member, Board of Directors

American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), New York (3/2018 - Present)

Member, Editorial Advisory Board for Engineering

Begell House Publishers, Redding, CT (2010 - Present)

Chair, Academic Advisory Board, Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship,

University of North Texas, Denton, Texas (2010-2012)

Member, Research Advisory Board

Texas Institute for Sustainable Technology Research, Dallas (2009-2011)

Substitute Member (to the President), Economic Development Council,

City of Denton, Texas (2007-2010)

Member, Search Committee for Vice President of Research

UNT Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas (2012)

Recognized as one of the twelve Success Stories of 2011 by UNT Students’ Newspaper,

North Texas Daily, only administrator on this list (December 2, 2011)

Vice-Chair, Executive Committee and Member, Advisory Board

U. A. Whitaker School of Engineering, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Meyers (2006-2008)

Member, International Advisory Committee

Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico (2005-2007)

Founding President (2003-04) and Member of the Executive Board (2003-07, 2011-12)

Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI)

Co-Founder (1995), Vice President, and Member of Executive Board (1995-2001)

Mattoo Center for India Studies

Stony Brook University, New York

Member, USRA Microgravity Science Research Council for

NASA Programs in Fluid Physics, Combustion and Materials (1997-2003)

Highlights of Research and Teaching Accomplishments

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  An internationally recognized researcher in heat transfer, materials processing (crystal growth, plasma spray coating and thin film processing), microelectronics, and computational and experimental methods.
  
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  Editor/co-editor of several journals, including ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and Journal of Crystal Growth, monographs, hand books, and symposium volumes.
  
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  Organizer/co-organizer of numerous national and international conferences, symposia, and technical sessions.
  
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  Referee/reviewer to many awards and recognitions, tenure and promotions, journals, funding agencies, and publishing companies.
  
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  Published over 200 refereed articles and invited review papers.
  
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  Made more than 150 conference presentations.
  
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  Presented about 100 technical seminars and invited talks both nationally and internationally.
  
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  Co-inventor of 3 patents.
  
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  Received and managed over $25 million in grants and contracts, as a PI or Co-PI, from National Science Foundation, US Air Force, Army, Navy, Department of Energy, and industry. Several of these grants received while serving in an administrative position.
  
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  Built a DOD Multi-disciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Consortium of academia, industry, federal labs for research on semiconductor crystal growth.
  
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  Co-PI of the NSF Materials Center (MRSEC) on Thermal Spray.
  
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  Creator of Nanofabrication Research Facilities at FIU and UNT, FIU facility was named after Motorola Corporation.
  
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  Architect of the “Wall of Wind,” a unique FIU facility to conduct experiments under real conditions of hurricane strength of up to Category five.
  
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  Extensive research collaborations with academic institutions, national labs, and industry, both nationally and internationally.
  
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  Research advisor of 6 visiting scholars, 11 post-doctoral fellows, 16 doctoral students, and many master’s and undergraduate students.
  
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  Taught over a dozen undergraduate and graduate courses in thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, energy, and computational methods. Developed over half-a-dozen undergraduate and graduate courses on contemporary topics in the above fields, redesigned many existing courses, and currently teaching a new course entitled “Energy – A World Perspective.”
  
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  Contributed extensively to the design or redesign of curricula and developed/redesigned many instructional laboratories.
  
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  Extensive experience in accreditation/review of academic programs/departments.
  
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  Served on doctoral committees in applied mathematics, business, geosciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, mining, nuclear engineering, and philosophy.
  

Professional and Scholarly Activities

Professional Leadership

Coordinating Scientist, 24^th National and 2^nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC), Hyderabad, India (December 2017).

Chair (1997-2000), Vice-Chair (1994-97), and Secretary (1991-94), Committee on Heat Transfer in Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Heat Transfer Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

ASME Heat Transfer Division, Government Relations (1996-98)

ASME Heat Transfer Division Liaison to the ASME Press (1996-98)

Member (1995-96), ASME Heat Transfer Division Ad Hoc Committee on Honors and Awards

Chairman (1993-94), Vice-Chairman (1990- 93), and Member (1984-1994), Committee on Environmental Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer Division, ASME

Chairman (1991-92), and Member (1990-92), Membership Development Committee, Heat Transfer Division, ASME

Professional Membership/Services

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1994 – present)

Former Member, American Society of Engineering Education

Member, Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer

Former Member, Materials Research Society

Former Member, American Association for Crystal Growth

Former Member, Sigma Xi

Chair, Organizer, or Co-organizer of over forty national and international conferences, symposia, and technical sessions