PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES

  • Member, American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Member, Committee on Numerical Techniques in Acoustics, ASME NCAD, 1988 - Present.
  • Member, Committee on Nondestructive Evaluation, ASME NDE Division, 1989 - Present.
  • Secretary, ASME Chattahoochee Section, 1990 1991.
  • Vice Chairman, ASME Chattahoochee Section, 1991 1992.
  • Chairman, ASME Chattahoochee Section, 1992 1993.
  • Director, ASME Chattahoochee Section Executive, 1993 - Present.
  • Assistant Vice President, ASME Region XI and Member Regional Operating Board, 1993 1996.
  • Member, ASME National Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound, ASME Design Engineering Division, 1993 1999.
  • Member, Executive Committee, ASME Noise Control and Acoustics Division, 1992 - 1997.
  • Program Chairman, ASME Noise Control & Acoustics Division, 1994 1995.
  • Vice Chairman, ASME Noise Control & Acoustic Division, 1995 1996.
  • Chairman, ASME Noise Control & Acoustic Division, 1996 1997.
  • Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
  • Member, Committee on Education in Acoustics, Council and Administrative Committees of the Acoustical Society of America, 1997 2003.
  • Member, Technical Program Organizing Committee, 139th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Atlanta, GA, May 30 - June 3, 2000.
  • Member, Technical Committee on Engineering Acoustics, Acoustical Society of America, 1989 – Present.
  • Institute of Noise Control Engineering Co-Chair, Committee on Materials for Noise and Vibration Control, 1992 – 1994.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY RECOGNITIONS

  • Elected Member, Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, April 1989.
  • Chair and Organizer, International Symposium on "Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials & Structures Using Vibration and Acoustic Techniques," ASME NDE Division, WAM 1989, San Francisco, CA, December 10 15, 1989.
  • Elected Member, Auburn University Graduate Faculty, 1990.
  • Session Chair & Keynote Speaker, International Congress on Ultrasonics, New Delhi, India, December 1990.
  • Session Chair & Invited Speaker, International Conference on Structural Testing, Analysis and Design, Bangalore, India, August 1990.
  • Session Chair and Organizer, "Characterization of Materials Using Vibration and Acoustic Techniques," Noise Con 91, Tarry Town, NY, July 1991.
  • Session Chair, ASME Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration & Noise, Miami, FL, September 1991.
  • Session Chair, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 1991.
  • Program Chairman and one of the two key organizers,of the First and Second International Congresses on Recent Developments in Air & Structure-BorneSound & Vibration, Auburn University, March 6 9, 1990 and March 4 6, 1992.
  • Foreign Member, Acoustical Society of Russian Federation, March 1992.
  • Session Chair, "Ultrasonic Testing of Materials," International Symposium on Vibro-acoustic Characterization of Materials & Structures, ASME WAM 1992, Anaheim, CA, November 1992.
  • Chair and Organizer, International Symposium on "Vibro-acoustic Characterization of Materials & Structures," ASME NCAD Division, WAM 1992, Anaheim, CA, November 8 13, 1992.
  • Chair, Material Characterization Committee, ASME Noise Control and Acoustic Division, 1992 1995.
  • Co Chair, Committee on Acoustic and Vibration Materials, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, 1992 – 1994.
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Third International Conference on Sound & Vibration, Montreal, June 1993.
  • Chair and Organizer, Session on "Characterization of Materials & Structures Using Vibration and Acoustic Techniques," Noise Con 93, Williamsburg, VA, May 1993.
  • Session Organizer, Acoustics & Vibration, ASME Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Vibration and Noise, Albuquerque, NM, September 1993.
  • Co Chair and Organizer, International Symposium on "Dynamic Characterization of Materials," ASME Winter Annual Meeting 1993, New Orleans, LA, November 1993.
  • Session Chair, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, 1993, New Orleans, LA, 1993.
  • Chair and Organizer, Session on "Vibro-acoustic Characterization of Materials," Noise-Con 94, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 1994.
  • Co Chair and Organizer, International Symposium on "Materials for Noise and Vibration Control, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition," The 1994 Winter Annual Meeting of ASME, November 1994.
  • Session Chair, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 1994.
  • Co Director and Moderator, "ASME Workshop on Applications of Active Noise Control Technologies & Current Status & Issues," Chicago, IL, November 1994.
  • Co Chair and Organizer, International Symposium on "Sound Structure Interaction," ASME Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration & Noise, Boston, MA, September 1995.
  • Co Chair and Organizer, International Symposium on "Innovative Processing & Characterization of Composite Materials," 1995 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, ASME, San Francisco, CA, November 1995.
  • Session Chair, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, 1995.
  • Co Chair and Organizer, "International Symposium on Materials for Vibro Acoustic Applications," 1996 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, ASME, Atlanta, GA, November 1996.
  • Co Chair and Organizer, "Workshop on Current and Future Applications of Materials in Vibro-acoustics," 1996 IMECE, ASME, Atlanta, GA, November 1996.
  • Session Chair NCA 2 Session on "Current Applications of Advanced Materials in Vibro-acoustics I," IMECE, ASME Atlanta, GA, November 1996.
  • Session Chair NCA 8 Session on "Ultrasonic Evaluation," IMECE, ASME, Atlanta, GA, November 1996.
  • Session Chair NCA 14 Session on "General Topics," IMECE, ASME, Atlanta, GA, November 1996.
  • Session Chair NCA 16 "Rayleigh Lecture by Prof. P.A. Nelson on Controlled Interference of Acoustic Fields," lMECE, ASME, Atlanta, GA, November 1996.
  • President, Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, 1996 1997.
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Fourth International Conference on Sound & Vibration, Adelaide, Australia, December 1997.
  • Session Chair, "Vibration of Continuous Systems," ASME, 16th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, Sacramento, CA, September 1997.
  • Chair, Technology and Engineering Track, North American Case Research Association, 1996 1998.
  • Session Chair, "Material Characterization Using Acoustic Techniques," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Dallas, TX, November 1997.
  • Invited Panel Member, "The Undergraduate Research Experience," American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 19, 1998.
  • Executive Vice Chair, SECTAM XIX, Boca Raton, FL, 1998.
  • Chair and Organizer, Session 3aEA on "Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials using Acoustical Techniques," 136th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, Norfolk, VA, October 1998.
  • Chair, Session on "Vibration Response and Damping on Structures," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, November 15-201998.
  • Invited Speaker, NSF Program Directors Meeting, at the Division of Undergraduate Education, October 1998.
  • Invited Expert at two Forums on "Engineering Case Studies and Their Use in Classrooms," SEATEC, Nashville, TN, November 1998 and February 1999.
  • Co-Chair, Sessions 3aED and 4aED "Demonstrations in Acoustics Education," 137th Meeting of Acoustical Society of America jointly with German Acoustical Society, Berlin, Germany, March 17-18, 1999.
  • Invited Expert, "Engineering Case Study Methodology," NSF Training Workshop for Faculty in Two Year Technical Colleges, Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN, June 1999.
  • Invited Panelist, to Review Grant Proposals for Course Curriculum and Laboratory Innovation, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation, August 1999, August 2001.
  • Invited Speaker, "Research in Noise and Vibration Control," Faculty and Students of Mechanical Engineering, University of Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile, October 8, 1998.
  • Chair, Session 2pEA "Acoustic Nondestructive Evaluation: New Directions and Techniques," Part II, 138th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America Meeting, Columbus, OH, November 2, 1999.
  • Chair, Session 3aED, "The Use of Multimedia in Acoustics Education," 138th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America Meeting, Columbus, OH, November 3, 1999.
  • Co-Chair, Session on "Acoustic Scattering," ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Las Vegas, NV, September 12-16, 1999.
  • Invited Speaker, "Engineering Education Through Case Studies," Sigma Xi Forum on Undergraduate Education, Minneapolis, MN, November 1-5, 1999.
  • Co-Chair, Session on "Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials and Structures Using Acoustic and Vibration Techniques," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, TN, November 14-19, 1999.
  • General Chair, South Eastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (SECTAM XX), Auburn, AL, April 16-18, 2000.
  • Member, Scientific Committee, Eighth International Congress on Sound Vibration, Hong Kong, China, July 2-6, 2001.
  • Co-Chair, Session on "Technical Paper Writing and Reviewing for JASA," 139th Acoustical Society of America Meeting, Atlanta GA, June 1, 2000.
  • Invited Speaker, SEATEC Conference, “Engineering Case Studies,” Nashville, TN, August 9-11, 2001.
  • Co-Director, “Workshop on Information Systems in Enterprises – A Multimedia Case Study Approach,” Bentley College, Boston, MA, August 2, 2001.
  • Invited Speaker, Case Files Project, “Engineering Case Studies,” Nashville, TN, August 2-4, 2002.
  • Invited Speaker, NSF Grantees Conference, “Integrating Engineering Theory and Practice through Case Studies,” Washington, DC, November 3-5, 2002.
  • Conference Chair, American Society for Engineering Education –South Eastern Section Conference – Auburn University, Auburn, AL, April 4-6, 2004.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

  • The American Society for Engineering Education
  • The Acoustical Society of America
  • The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • The Institute of Noise Control Engineering
  • The Acoustical Society of India (Fellow)
  • The Indian Society for Technical Education
  • The Institution of Engineers India (Fellow)
  • Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars
  • Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
  • Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society
  • Alabama Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Acoustical Society of Russian Federation
  • American Society for Non Destructive Testing
  • North American Case Research Association

EDITORSHIPS

  • Engineering Reviews Editor, Mechanical Engineering News, Publication of the American Society for Engineering Education, 1990 1991.
  • Editor in Chief, Journal of SMET (Science, Math, Engineering and Technology) Education: Innovations and Research, January 2000 - current.
  • Associate Editor, "North American Case Research Journal", 1997 Present.

CONSULTANTSHIPS

  • Hindustan Shipyard, Waltair, India
  • M/S A. Subbanna & Co, Samalkot, India
  • Indian Space Research Organization
  • General Tyre Co. Marion, IN
  • Lord Corporation, Erie, PA
  • Jackson and Abernathy, Athens, AL
  • Harper and Collins Publishers, New York, NY
  • Norment Industries, Montgomery, AL
  • Louisiana Pacific Corporation, Hanceville, AL
  • Addison Wesley, Publishers, Reading, MA
  • United Nations Development Program, New York, NY
  • Wheelabrator Corporation, LaGrange, GA
  • HGS Engineering, INC, Oxford, AL
  • US Steel, Fairfield, AL
  • Brynstein Associate LLP, Richmond, VA
  • American Institutes for Research, Palo Alto, CA
  • National Science Foundation, Washington DC

REVIEWS

  • Reviewed the book entitled "Theoretical Acoustics," by Philip M. Morse and K. Ingard, 927 pp., Published by McGraw Hill, New York, NY 1968, appeared in the International Journal of Noise Control Engineering, Vol. 16, (3), 1981, pp. 131-132.
  • Reviewed the FASE 84 proceedings. Ed Jantro, 612 pp., ELAB, N-7034, Tandheim – NTH: Norway, 1984. Appeared in the International Journal of Noise Control Engineering, Vol. 24, 1, 1985, pp. 38.

Reviewer for the following journals and agencies

  • Journal of Sound and Vibration, Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of the American Society for Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning Engineering, International Journal of Noise Control Engineering, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Materials Evaluation, ASME Journal of Vibration & Acoustics, Journal of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
  • Journal of Computational Physics, National Science Foundation, International Science Foundation, Department of Defense, Air Force, ASME Conferences on Vibration and Noise, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, ASME, WAM Conferences, 1988 to 1999, 2000,2001,2002,2003, Transactions of Royal Society, Journal of Applied Acoustics, Journal of Measurement Science & Technology.

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