Philip E. Doepker, P.E., has dedicated himself to the engineering profession, in industry, in academia and in ASME for over 30 years. During 16 years at Babcock & Wilcox, he headed vibration analysis and design teams developing and testing innovative power plant equipment. Since 1984, as a professor at the University of Dayton, he has led the way in integrating engineering education with engineering practice to improve the product realization process. His 30-year volunteer leadership within ASME was recognized in 1999 with the Ben C. Sparks Medal and in 2001 with the Robert Abbott Award for Outstanding Service to the Design Division. M.S. (1968), Ohio State University.

Kenneth J. Fewel, P.E., has played a significant role in advancing the science and art of liquid/gas phase separation in the gas processing industry. A pioneer in the use of laser spectrometry for separator performance measurement and CFD to model separation processes in the 1980s, he led the development of the first laser-based counter and sizer for pressurized natural gas streams in 1994. Fewel invented the Peerless P6X vane separator, which has been patented worldwide, for smaller, less expensive offshore, marine and gas processing liquid/gas separators. He was very active in the Petroleum Division, serving as chair of its manufacturing committee for two years and on the executive committee from 1999-2001. M.B.A. (1987), University of Texas at Arlington.

K.C. Ting, P.E., is a distinguished mechanical and agricultural engineering specialist, with outstanding records in teaching (currently at Ohio State University), research, professional practice, educational leadership and public services. His major research contributions are in automation and Advanced Life Support Systems for human long-duration space exploration, robotics for plant and food production, and phytoremediation engineering design. He served as team leader for the Systems Studies and Mathematical Modeling Team at New Jersey, NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training. He is a recipient of several awards for research from NASA, and has authored more than 150 journal papers, books and other technical reports. Ph.D. (1980), University of Illinois.

Ting Wang has been actively involved in gas turbine research for the past 22 years. He has contributed to gas turbine fundamental research in the area of fluid dynamics and heat transfer in gas turbine hot sections, including laminar-turbulent transition, surface roughness, separated flow, curved flow and jet impingement cooling. His contributions to gas turbine applications include employing air extraction for IGCC application and applying mist/steam cooling to the Advanced Turbine Systems. He has also been active in advocating clean coal technologies, especially for organizing the IGCC panel at the annual ASME Turbo Expo and for IGCC utilization in China. He is now serving on three ASME committees. Ph.D. (1984), University of Minnesota.

Robert I. Jetter, P.E., has over 35 years' experience in the design and structural evaluation of nuclear components and systems for elevated temperature service, where the effects of creep are significant. He was a contributor to the original ASME Code Cases, eventually leading to Subsection NH. For over 20 years, he was chairman of the Subgroup on Elevated Temperature Design, responsible for the design criteria for elevated temperature nuclear components. Jetter was also chairman of the Subgroup on Elevated Temperature Construction, responsible for the rules for fabrication, examination, testing and overpressure protection. In addition, he was vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Design and a member of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Power. M.S. (1957), Stanford University.

George E. Karniadakis received his M.S. and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After lecturing at MIT, he joined the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford/NASA Ames, where he developed spectral element numerical codes for simulation of complex geometry turbulent flows. He was an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, while also associate faculty of the program in applied and computational mathematics. He has been with Brown University for the last eight years, during which time he also was visiting professor at California Institute of Technology and MIT. His research interests are centered on fundamental numerical and theoretical research in turbulence and fluid mechanics, and other aspects of computational mechanics. Ph.D. (1987), Massachusetts Institute Technology.

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