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EDUCATION:

1973: Univ. of Mo.-Rolla, Rolla, Mo.-Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

1970: Univ. of Mo.-Rolla, Rolla, Mo.-M.S., Aerospace Engineering

1968: Univ. of Mo.-Rolla, Rolla, Mo.-B.S., Mechanical Engineering

BUSINESS/ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

6/96 - present: Professor and Chairman of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. Coordinate and administer activities of faculty and staff; teach undergraduate/graduate courses in theoretical/numerical methods for fluid dynamics; conduct research in CFD and environmental transport phenomena; advise 4 Ph.D/3 MS students

1/96 - present: Director, Nevada Center for Advanced Computational Methods, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV. Conduct research on development and application of numerical methods in engineering; simulate indoor air flows; coordinate activities of multi-disciplinary team of faculty members from Computer Science, Mathematics, and Civil Engineering

8/92 - 6/96: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (tenure track), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. Member of Mechanical Engineering faculty; teach undergraduate/graduate courses in theoretical/numerical methods for fluid flow; conduct research in fluid flow and environmental transport; advise 2 Ph.D/6 MS students

9/88 - 8/92: Professor of Mechanical Engineering (non-tenure position), California State University - Northridge (CSUN), Northridge, CA. Member of Mechanical Engineering faculty; teach undergraduate/graduate courses in fluid flow; formed Computational Institute and acquired mini-supercomputers including Intel 32-node parallel computer; taught graduate CFD course at China Lake Naval Weapons Center; advised 10 MS students

12/88-12/95: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Projects Research, Inc., Moorpark, CA. Co-founder and CEO of small research and development company; developed computer codes for solving fluid dynamics, heat transfer, propulsion, and environmental problems; obtained numerous SBIR Phase I and Phase II awards

6/87-6/90: Chief Scientist, The Marquardt Company, Van Nuys, CA. Member of the Executive Staff and Chief Scientist of the company; directed efforts of various teams of engineers and scientists on development and implementation of theoretical/computational techniques for fluid flow, heat transfer, and structural analyses; principal scientist responsible for efforts on National Aerospace Plane Program (NASP); gave formal briefing to President Reagan’s Science Advisor

9/84-6/87: Research Staff Engineer, Computational Sciences, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, SC. Chief engineer responsible for development of multidimensional models in fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and species transport; developed numerical methods for turbulent flows, wakes, melts, dispersion, groundwater flows, and convection; developed unique 3-D stereographic algorithms to visualize fluid flow processes

9/83-9/84: Coordinator, Long Range Planning, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Savannah River Plant (SRP), Aiken, SC. Directed activities of staff to develop long range planning scenarios for plant operations of SRP; implemented and utilized project management concepts

9/81-9/83: Research Supervisor, Heat Transfer and Hydrodynamics, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Savannah River Laboratory (SRL), Aiken, SC. Supervised staff of engineers and technicians; directed activities in experimental/theoretical fluid dynamics and heat transfer

9/80-9/81: Director, Professional and University Relations, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, SC. Directed activities of professional recruiting staff; hired professional employees and interacted with major university engineering departments

9/78-9/80: Research Supervisor, Atmospheric Sciences, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, SC. Supervised staff of engineers, scientists, and technicians; directed research programs in environmental modeling, measurement, and emergency response computational methods; calculated radioactive dispersion for DOE/NRC during TMI

8/74-9/78: Research Engineer, Environmental Transport, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, SC. Staff Engineer responsible for development of multidimensional numerical/analytical models to solve engineering and environmental problems

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

1997-2000: Member, DOE Community Advisory Board for the Nevada Test Site

1995-present: ABET Reviewer for Mechanical Engineering

1993-1994: Member of 5 person ASME Task Force for evaluating NASP to US Congress

1991 - 1993: Chairman, ASME K-12 Aerospace Heat Transfer Committee

1993 - 1997: Chairman, ASME K-20 Computational Heat Transfer Committee (founder)

1994 - 1997: Member of the AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee

1990 - 1997: Associate Editor of the AIAA J. Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

1986 - present: Member of the Editorial Board of J. Numerical Heat Transfer

1988 - present: Course leader for AIAA Homestudy Courses (Intro./Adv.) on Finite Elements

1991 - present: Course leader ASME Short Courses (Intro./Adv.) on Finite Elements

PUBLICATIONS:

Over 160 technical papers; co-author of three books; co-editor of two books

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1996: Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award; College of Engineering Distinguished Scholar Award; Outstanding Faculty Member, presented to Board of Regents of UCCSN

1995/1996: American Western Universities Fellowships (INEEL; LLNL)

1993/1980/1979: Who's Who in Engr; Who’s Who in South and SW; Who’s Who in Tech.

1986: Special Incentive Award for Outstanding Performance from E. I. DuPont de Nemours