The von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI) is a non-profit educational and scientific organization which specializes in three specific fields:aeronautics and aerospace,environment and applied fluid dynamics,turbomachinery and propulsion. Founded in 1956,it is located in Sint-Genesius-Rode,Belgium.
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a public research university in Huntsville,Alabama. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and comprises nine colleges:arts,humanities &social sciences;business;education;engineering;honors;nursing;professional &continuing studies;science;and graduate. The university's enrollment is approximately 10,000. It is part of the University of Alabama System and is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities:Very High Research Activity".
Robert A. Altenkirch was the President of University of Alabama in Huntsville and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
The University of Cambridge Department of Engineering is the largest department at the University of Cambridge and one of the leading centres of engineering in the world. The department's aim is to address the world's most pressing challenges with science and technology. To achieve this aim,the department collaborates with other disciplines,institutions,companies and entrepreneurs and adopts an integrated approach to research and teaching.
The Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology is a public research university in Tehran,Iran. It is named after medieval Persian scholar Khajeh Nasir Toosi. The university is considered one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in Iran. Acceptance to the university is highly competitive,entrance to undergraduate and graduate programs typically requires scoring among the top 1% of students in the Iranian University Entrance Exam.
Yuwen Zhang is an American professor of mechanical engineering who is well known for his contributions to phase change heat transfer. He is presently a Curators' Distinguished Professor and Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Missouri in Columbia,Missouri.
Junuthula N. Reddy is a Distinguished Professor,Regent's Professor,and inaugural holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University,College Station,Texas,USA.[1] He is an authoritative figure in the broad area of mechanics and one of the researchers responsible for the development of the Finite Element Method (FEM). He has made significant seminal contributions in the areas of finite element method,plate theory,solid mechanics,variational methods,mechanics of composites,functionally graded materials,fracture mechanics,plasticity,biomechanics,classical and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics,and applied functional analysis. Reddy has over 620 journal papers and 20 books and has given numerous national and international talks. He served as a member of the International Advisory Committee at ICTACEM,in 2001 and keynote addressing in 2014.[2][3]
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering (HSSoE) is the academic unit of the University of California,Irvine that oversees academic research and teaching in disciplines of the field of engineering. Established when the campus opened in 1965,the school consists of five departments,each of which is involved in academic research in its specific field,as well as several interdisciplinary fields. The school confers Bachelor of Science,Master of Science,and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Dale A. Anderson is an American aerospace engineer,computational fluid dynamicist,researcher,author and professor. He pioneered research in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with his work at Iowa State University (ISU),alongside John C. Tannehill and Richard H. Pletcher. Anderson was the Professor of Aerospace Engineering,Vice President for Research,and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington,United States. He is best known for his overall contributions to the field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Charles Gregory Speziale was an American scientist who had worked in NASA Langley Research Center and a former Professor in Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,Boston University,Massachusetts,US.
Amir Faghri is an American professor and leader in the engineering profession as an educator,scientist,and administrator. He is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Distinguished Dean Emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He is also currently Distinguished Adjunct Professor at the University of California,Los Angeles. Faghri served as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department from 1994 to 1998,and Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut from 1998 to 2006. Faghri is well known for his contributions to the field of heat transfer. He is the world's leading expert in the area of heat pipes and a contributor to thermal-fluids engineering in multiphase heat transfer.
Theodosios Alexander is an American academic,engineer and author. He has served as faculty and in academic administration in four universities,in the UK and USA,following the award of four graduate degrees from MIT,and work in engineering industry.
Sridhar Condoor,Ph.D.,is the Chair of the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering department at Saint Louis University's School of Science and Engineering. He is a KEEN fellow,a Coleman Fellow,the editor of the Journal of Engineering Entrepreneurship.
Harindra Joseph S. Fernando is the Wayne and Diana Murdy Family Endowed Professor of Engineering and Geosciences at University of Notre Dame. He holds joint appointments in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering &Earth Sciences (primary) and Aerospace &Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a concurrent appointment with the Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics.
Joseph Majdalani is an Lebanese-American professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He began his career at Marquette University,before serving as both the Jack D. Whitfield Professor of High Speed Flows and Arnold Chair of Excellence at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He then served as the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Endowed Professor and Chair,and is currently the Hugh and Loeda Francis Chair of Excellence in Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University.
Li Minhua,also known as Minghua Lee Wu,was a Chinese aerospace engineer and physicist who was an expert in solid mechanics. The first woman to earn a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,she was one of the founding scientists at the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),and was elected as an academician in 1980. Her husband Wu Zhonghua was also an accomplished physicist and CAS academician.
Subrata Roy is an Indian-born American inventor,educator,and scientist known for his work in plasma-based flow control and plasma-based self-sterilizing technology. He is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida and the founding director of the Applied Physics Research Group at the University of Florida.
Zoltán S. Spakovszky is an aerospace engineer,academic and researcher. He is best known for his work on fluid system instabilities and internal flow in turbomachinery. He is a Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,and the Director of the MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory.
Reda R. Mankbadi is the founding Dean of the Engineering College at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is a former NASA senior scientist at NASA's Glenn Research Center and a Fellow of the NASA Lewis Research Academy. Mankbadi has published over 150 scientific papers.
Karen A. Thole is an American engineer. She is a Distinguished Professor and former head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
