Education
- University of California, Berkeley
B.S. 1979 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M. 1982, Advisor: T.Y. Toong
Thesis: Onset of Instability in a Chemically Reacting Shear Layer
Ph.D. 1986, Advisors: A.T. Patera, B.B. Mikic
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Resonance and Heat Transfer Enhancement in Grooved Channels
Awards
- University of Nevada, Reno, Senior Mentor Faculty Award, 1989
- University of Nevada, Reno, Senior Mentor Faculty Award, 2000
- Outstanding Operations, Applications, and Components Technical Paper at the 2003 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, Awarded July 28, 2004
- G.E.O. Widera Award for the 2004 Outstanding Technical Paper in the Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Awarded July 20, 2005
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, December 2006
- Lemelson Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Nevada, Reno College of Engineering, Awarded May 6, 2008
Employment History
- Standard Oil Chevron
Research Company
Research Engineer, June 1979 to December 1979 - Brunswick Defense
Corporation
Technical Staff, January 1980 to August 1980 - Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Research Assistant, August 1980 to July 1986 - University of Nevada, Reno
Assistant Professor, August 1986 to June 1991
Associate Professor, July 1991 to June 2001
Professor, July 2001 to present
Sabbatical Leave Positions
- United Technologies Research Center, January 1996 to July 1996
- Alion Science Innovative Technologies Solution, Corp., July 2002 to June 2003
