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SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY (selected items)

Virginia Board of Education, VA Member , 2012-2016

Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce , VA. Member, Board of Directors, 2009 to 2011

Virginia Air and Space Center , Hampton, VA. Member, Board of Directors, 2004 to Present

Technology Hampton Roads , VA. Member, Board of Directors, 2008 to Present

NASA Aerospace Support Team , VA. Member, Board of Directors, 2010 to Present

ODU Research Foundation , Norfolk, VA. Member, Board of Trustees, 2006 to Present

Greater Norfolk Corporation, VA Member , STEM Task Force, 2011 to Present

Federal Areas Development Authority , Hampton, VA. Member, 2005

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Officer of Educational Consortia

Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC)
Chair , Executive Committee, 2003 to 2011

Consists of 6 academic members ( College of William and Mary, George Mason University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University ) and two industrial members (Micron Semiconductor, BAE Systems, formerly Infineon Technologies). Operates with a total endowment of $12M.

Virginia Engineering Deans Council
Member , July 2003 to Present

Consists of 7 academic deans ( George Mason University, Hampton University, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech ).

Virginia Consortium of Engineering and Science Universities (VCES), Hampton, VA
Member, Board of Directors , 1999 to 2004

Director , ODU-VCES Facilities, 1996 to 1999

Manages statewide doctoral programs articulated between 4 full members ( College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) and 2 affiliate members (Christopher Newport University and Norfolk State University).

National Institute of Aerospace (NIA)
Member , Technical Advisory Committee, July 2002 to 2004

Liaison Professor , July 2002 to 2004

Consists of 7 founding members ( Hampton University, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T, University of Virginia, University of Maryland, Virginia Tech ) and 2 affiliate members (College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University).

Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
Member , Council of Institutions, 2001 to 2005

Consists of 94 institutions (www.usra.edu)

Guest Editor

(ASCE) Journal of Aerospace Engineering - October 2006 Festschrift issue, 2005-2006.

Associate Technical Editor

(ASME) Journal of Fluids Engineering - Transactions of ASME, 1992-1994.

National and International Conferences (Organizer or Committee Member)

  1. Advisory Committee, International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies RAST2011, 13-15 June 2013, Istanbul, TURKEY.
  2. Advisory Committee, International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies RAST2011, 9-11 June 2011, Istanbul, TURKEY.
  3. Scientific Committee, ECCOMAS: CFD and Optimization, 23-25 May 2011, Antalya, TURKEY
  4. Advisory Committee, International Unmanned Vehicles Workshop (UVW2010), 10-12 June 2010, Istanbul, TURKEY
  5. Steering Committee Chair, 3rd International Symposium on Future Intelligent Earth Observing Satellites (FIEOS III), May 24-26, 2006, Beijing, CHINA.
  6. Advisory Committee, International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies RAST2003, 20-22 November 2003, Istanbul, TURKEY.
  7. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Joint Meeting of ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Divisions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 6-10, 2003, Honolulu, HAWAII, (co-organized with W.L. Keith and T. Wei)
  8. Session on Higher Education, 22nd Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkish Relations, The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC, March 16-19, 2003. (co-organized with O. Ural)
  9. Opening Session and Keynote Address of Future Intelligent Earth Observing Satellites (FIEOS), Session Chair, 2002 Meeting of ASPRS (American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing), November 11, 2002, Denver CO.
  10. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, July 14-18, 2002, Montreal, CANADA, (co-organized with W.L. Keith and T. Wei)
  11. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, May 29-June 1, 2001, New Orleans, LA, (co-organized with W.L. Keith and T. Wei)
  12. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization , Technical Chair, AIAA 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2001, Reno, NV.
  13. Aerodynamic Design Optimization , Session No. 155, AIAA 39th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2001, Reno, NV.
  14. Sessions on Sensitivity Analysis, 8th AIAA/NASA/USAF/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, September 5-8, 2000, Long Beach, CA.
  15. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Summer Meeting of Joint ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Divisions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, July 18-23, 1999, San Francisco, CA. (co-organized with K. Tanaka, A. Okajima).
  16. Error Estimation, Sensitivity Analysis, and Design Optimization , AIAA 14th Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Session No. CFD-07, June 28-July 1, 1999, Norfolk, VA.
  17. CFD Education , AIAA 37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Session No. ED-03, January 11-15, 1998, Reno, NV.
  18. CFD Optimization , 7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Session No. 17, September 2-4, 1998, St. Louis, MO. (with B. Grossman)
  19. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 21-25, 1998, Washington, D.C. (co-organized with T. Wei and W.L. Keith)
  20. Forum on Design Optimization Using CFD, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 22-26, 1997, Vancouver, BC, CANADA. (co-organized with R.W. Johnson and Y.T. Lee)
  21. Forum on Computational Aeroacoustics, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, July 7-11, 1996, San Diego, CA. (co-organized with A.S. Lyrintzis)
  22. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, July 7-11, 1996, San Diego, CA. (co-organized with T. Wei and W.L. Keith)
  23. Forum on CFD for Design and Optimization, International Mechanical Engineering Conference & Exposition, November 12-17, 1995, San Francisco, CA.
  24. CFD in Design session at AIAA 12th Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, June 19-22, 1995, San Diego, California.
  25. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Summer Meeting of ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, August 13-18, 1995, Hilton Head, SC. (co-organized with W.L. Keith and T. Wei)
  26. Forum on Computational Aeroacoustics, Summer Meeting of ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, August 13-18, 1995, Hilton Head, SC. (co-organized with R.R. Mankbadi and A.S. Lyrintzis)
  27. Forum on Unsteady Flows, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 19-24, 1994, Lake Tahoe, NV. (co-organized with W. Keith and T. Wei)
  28. Symposium on CFD Algorithms and Applications for Parallel Processors, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 21-23, 1993, Washington, DC. (co-organized with V. Saxena)
  29. Session at 5th Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods for Partial differential Equations, May 6-8, 1991, Norfolk, VA. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). (with D.E. Keyes)
  30. Forum on Computational Aero- and Hydro-Acoustics, Summer Meeting of ASME Fluids Engineering, American society of Mechanical Engineers, June 21-23, 1993, Washington, DC. (co-organized with R.R. Mankbadi, A.S. Lyrintzis, L.A. Povinelli, M.Y. Husseini)
  31. Symposium on Multidisciplinary Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Winter Annual Meeting, American society of Mechanical Engineers, December 1-6, 1991, Atlanta, Georgia.
  32. Symposium on Recent Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Winter Annual Meeting, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 25-30, 1990, Dallas, Texas.
  33. Symposium on Advances and Applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Winter Annual Meeting, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 28-December 2, 1988, Chicago, Illinois.
  34. Symposium on Applications of Parallel Processing in Fluid Mechanics, Applied Mechanics and Fluids Engineering Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, June 14-18, 1987, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Professional Societies (Member)

  • AIAA - The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • ASEE - American Society for Engineering Education
  • ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • NSPE - National Society of Professional Engineers
  • SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers
  • SIAM - The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  • VSPE - Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
  • USACM - U.S. Association of Computational Mechanics (until 1996)
  • VAS - Virginia Academy of Science (until 1990)
  • TMMO - The Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of Turkey (until 1986)
  • Order of the Engineer, Inducted in 2003

Technical Committees in Professional Societies (Member)

  • ASEE Engineering Deans Council (2002-Present)
  • ASEE Engineering Research Council (2001-Present)
  • ASME (Fluids Engineering Division) Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee (1990 to 2002)
  • ASME (Fluids Engineering Division) Micro and Nano Fluids Technical Committee (1998 to 2002)
  • AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Technical Committee (1998-2004)
  • AIAA Aeroacoustics Technical Committee (1998-2003)
  • ASME (Fluids Engineering Division) Computational Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee (1992-2000)

Technical Reviewer

  • National Science Foundation
  • Canadian Foundation for Innovation
  • Fellowship Programs Administered by American Society for Engineering Education
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Press
  • AIAA Journal (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
  • Journal of Fluids Engineering (Trans. of the ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
  • Journal of Aircraft
  • Journal of Propulsion and Power
  • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
  • Journal of Computing Systems in Engineering
  • International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids
  • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
  • International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
  • Journal of Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Numerous papers for AIAA and ASME conferences
  • Curriculum Vitae of numerous academics seeking Tenure and Promotion
  • Numerous Theses and Dissertations as an External Examiner

Regional Conferences (Organizer or Co-Organizer)

  • Spring Conference of Virginia Consortium of Science and Engineering Universities
    June 11-12, 1997, Hampton, VA.
  • Sessions on Aerospace Sciences, Virginia Academy of Science:
  • 65th Annual Meeting, May 19-22, 1987, Norfolk, VA
  • 66th Annual Meeting, May 23-26, 1988, Charlottesville, VA
  • 67th Annual Meeting, May 23-26, 1989, Richmond, VA
  • 70th Annual Meeting, May 18-21, 1987, Richmond, VA.
  • Mini Symposium on Supercomputing, sponsored by ODU and IBM Numerically Intensive Computing Center (Kingston, NY), January 24, 1989, Norfolk, VA.
  • Virginia Academy of Science: Aerospace Sciences Section
    Editor 1993-1994, Chairman 1992 to 1993, Secretary 1987-1988.

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY ( selected items )

  • Member, Military Related Programs & Services Committee, Old Dominion University, 2012-2013
  • Chair, Search Committee for Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University, 2011
  • Chair, Search Committee for Dean, College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, 2010
  • Member, Enrollment Management Steering Committee, Old Dominion University, 2009-2010
  • Member, Search Committee for the University President, Old Dominion University, 2008
  • Chair, Search Committee for Executive Director, Office of International Programs, Old Dominion University, 2006
  • Chair, Search Committee, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Research, Old Dominion University, 2003
  • College of Engineering and Technology Coordinator, ODU Campus Community Campaign, 2003 and 2004
  • Chair, Eminent Scholars Committee, Old Dominion University, 2000 - 2002
  • Chair, Search Committee for Department Chair, Engineering Technology Department, Old Dominion University, 2001.
  • Chair, Search Committee for Director and Assistant Director, Engineering Fundamentals Division, Old Dominion University, 2002.
  • Chair, Faculty Senate Tenure and Promotion Committee, Old Dominion University, 1995-1996.
  • Senator, Faculty Senate, 1994-1996
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Aerospace Engineering Department, 1996.
  • Graduate Administrators Council, Old Dominion University, 1999-2002
  • Research Administrators Council, Old Dominion University, 2000-2001
  • Faculty Advisor for Old Dominion University Student Section of ASME, 1983-1985