Richard S. Boswell, P.E., has made his most outstanding contributions in pressure vessel engineering, where his field testing and analysis have made him a recognized world authority in coke drum design and behavior. His work in residual stress measurement and the use of the measurements in life predictions of pressure vessels, along with his analysis and practice leadership, has been a cornerstone of his company's successful consulting practice in fitness-for-service. Boswell, who holds a license in Texas, has been an effective servant to the profession through his long-term work at the local section and regional levels of ASME. M.S. (1975), West Virginia University.

Raymond E. Chupp's career spans more than 35 years in gas turbine design and development. At Rolls-Royce (formerly Allison), he conducted heat transfer and air systems design/analysis efforts of gas turbine, transmission and tank components. He also led experimental studies of impingement heat transfer. At Teledyne, he helped develop brush seals to significantly improve sealing. At Siemens Westinghouse, he led design of internal flow systems for advanced industrial gas turbines. He also led projects to significantly improve various types of seals. At GE Corporate Research and Development, he has been leading several efforts to develop abradable blade tip seals for GE Power Systems. Ph.D. (1973), Purdue University.

David E. Claridge, P.E., has developed methodologies widely used to measure energy savings and incorporated in the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol. He initiated and directed development of the Continuous Commissioning process, which has been implemented in more than 100 large buildings, routinely achieving 20 percent energy savings with a payback of one year while improving comfort. He has also made substantial contributions to assessment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, building-to-ground heat transfer and the energy impact of air leakage in buildings. Claridge is the author or co-author of nearly 200 papers, which have appeared in journals and conference proceedings. He serves as an associate technical editor of the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. B.S. (1966), Stanford University.

David P. Colvin's career covers four decades of evolving roles. He has moved, during the course of his career, from engineering practice to researcher to engineering entrepreneur. Throughout his career, he has been engaged in interdisciplinary efforts with accomplishments in many areas, including space applications, medicine and health care, thermal sciences, agriculture, instrumentation, and military applications. Colvin has also succeeded in business, co-founding the Triangle Research and Development Corp. in 1979. He has a distinguished record of awards for his many accomplishments, including the North Carolina Governor's Entrepreneurial Award in 1997 and the Tibbets Awards from the Small Business Association in 1996 and 2000. Ph.D. (1972), Louisiana State University.

Thomas N. Farris has made contributions to the fields of tribology, manufacturing processes, and fatigue and fracture, as well as being a leader in engineering education. A mechanics-based model capable of predicting fretting fatigue life was developed and verified experimentally and has been used by industry to evaluate gas turbine engine hardware. Fast Fourier Transform techniques have been used to develop models of rough surface contact and frictional induced heating, forming the basis of manufacturing process models that predict surface integrity. Farris has served the educational and research communities through editorial duties, conference organization and duties as head of the Purdue University School of Aeronautics & Astronautics. Ph.D. (1986), Northwestern University.

Howard Hodson is professor of aerothermal technology in the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University. In 1985, he shared the ASME Gas Turbine Award for a paper that arose from his Ph.D. dissertation work. In 1998, he was an author on a paper that received the ASME Melville Medal. In 1999, he received the Kenneth James Harris Prize for best paper, awarded by the Aerospace Industries Board. Hodson is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Ph.D. (1983), Cambridge University.

G. Paul Neitzel has achieved a solid record of accomplishment in educating undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering, research in the area of fluid flow in microgravity fields and service to the engineering community through his extensive contributions to NASA committees. He is recognized as a creative teacher who spends time helping his graduate students attain the high goals that he sets. He publishes only the highest quality papers in the most prestigious journals. He has volunteered his time to a number of committees and through this service commitment has had a large role in directing the scientific content of our future space effort. Ph.D. (1979), Johns Hopkins University.

Yi-Hsin Pao joined the Ford Research Laboratory in 1988 after receiving his Ph.D. in applied mechanics. His research career started in electronic packaging technology and moved from numerical analysis, fracture mechanics and experimental techniques to developing a computer design system for electronic packaging reliability. Due to his contributions in developing the industry's first CAIR (Computer Aided Interconnect Reliability) System for solder joint reliability, he received the Henry Ford Technology Award (the highest technical award of the Ford Motor Co.) in 1997. He also received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Ohio State University. Pao has published one book and more than 90 papers and technical reports. In 1999, after he received his M.B.A. from Michigan State University, he became manager of materials and fastener engineering, in charge of developing materials and strategy for automotive interior/exterior systems. Currently, Pao is manager of manufacturing quality, responsible for developing and implementing manufacturing quality initiatives in Ford's North American assembly and stamping plants. Ph.D. (1988), Ohio State University.

Frank E. Talke is being recognized for his leadership in the field of tribology and mechanics of magnetic storage systems and ink jet printer devices. First at IBM Corp. and later as a faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, Talke has been a leading experimentalist in the head-disk interface technology in magnetic hard disk drives. He was a pioneer in the application of laser Doppler measurement systems to nanometer-scale dynamics of the read/write slider and disk. He has also made seminal contributions to ink jet technology, especially in the invention of several ink jet head nozzles and the analysis and experimental development of these printer systems. Ph.D. (1968), University of California, Berkeley.

Hussein M. Zbib is a leader in the mechanics and materials field. Recently, he has developed a complex numerical model for discrete dislocation dynamics, Micro3d, which provides scientists with the ability to realistically address the complexities of deformation. Micro3d is one of the most visible recent developments in computational materials sciences and mechanics in the last two decades, and has appeared prominently in many international journals, most notably in Nature. It is being used by many engineers and scientists at leading national laboratories and universities. Ph.D. (1987), Michigan State University.

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