At the ASME Annual Meeting next June in Pittsburgh, Dilip R. Ballal and Thomas G. Libertiny will begin three-year terms as senior vice presidents of the Institutes, and the Knowledge & Community sectors, respectively.
As senior vice presidents, Ballal and Libertiny will be responsible for focusing their sectors on the areas of energy and power, in support of ASME’s “Grand Energy Challenge,” one of three ASME Strategic Priorities. They will also work with other senior vice presidents to support ASME’s two other strategic areas, engineering workforce development, and global impact.
Ballal, distinguished professor and director of the von Ohain Fuels and Combustion Center at the University of Dayton, is an internationally renowned and respected leader in the field of jet propulsion engineering. He has 40 years of expertise in aero-engine combustion, fuels, gas turbine propulsion systems, and laser diagnostics. He also serves as head of the Energy and Environmental Engineering Division at the University of Dayton Research Institute, managing operations and staff responsible for multimillion dollar research programs in fuels science and engineering, combustion, modeling and simulation, environmental engineering and energy conservation.
An ASME Life Fellow and 30-year member of the Society, Ballal is currently editor-in-chief of ASME’s Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power and recently completed a three-year term as vice president of ASME’s International Gas Turbine Institute. He received both a Ph.D. and a Doctor of Sciences degree in mechanical engineering from the Cranfield Institute of Technology in England.
Senior Vice President-Elect Libertiny is the president of the Libertiny Group. He is a recognized authority in the areas of management, finance, engineering and manufacturing. His background includes 18 years of service in the finance and engineering industries — having helped to launch new businesses in the areas of semiconductors, biotechnology, and transportation.
Libertiny, a prolific author and frequent speaker at finance and technology meetings throughout the world, is currently vice president of Global Communities and member of the Board on Government Relations at ASME. He is also a member of the Mechanical Engineering Magazine Editorial Advisory Board. Additionally, Libertiny is president of the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity in Detroit. He earned an M.B.A. in global finance and marketing from Lawrence Technological University’s Graduate School of Management, where he also received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He has been an ASME member since 1990.