SERVICE (current and highlights):
Honors & Awards underlined:
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Departmental
- Associate Chairman for Undergraduate Education, September 2000 - December 2019 (except when on sabbatical)
[concurrent: Undergraduate Education Committee (Chairman, 2000-2019)]
[previously: Undergraduate Departmental Advisor, 1991-1993; 1997-2000]
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Alumni Committee (Chairman 2016-2019)
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College
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Educational Activities Committee (now includes accreditation activities), 1991-1993, 1997-1998, 2000-2019
- Presider, 2008-2011, and 1997-1998;
otherwise member (except when on sabbatical)
- ABET Committee (when was separate committee ~1999 until Fall 2008)
Chairman, 2007-2008; otherwise member (except when on sabbatical)
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Search Committee for ME Departmental Chairperson - member 2008-2009
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Engineering Outreach Advisory ad-hoc Committee - original member
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eCALC ad-hoc Committee (member since inception - from original eCALC proposal by Annette Shine), Chairman 2006-2009
- Common First Year - Implementation Committee, 2005-2006
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University
- Committee on Undergraduate Records and Certification (CURC), 2010-2019
- Appellate Board, University Code of Conduct, faculty member, 2019-2020
- Faculty Senate
- Academic Priorities and Presidental Advisory Committee, member, 2016-2018
- GenEd Committee, member, 2005-2009
- Parliamentarian, 2003-2004
- Committee on Committees and Nominations, Chairman 2001-2003
- Academic Priorities Committee, Chairman 2000-2001
- President, 1998-1999
- President-Elect & Chairman, Coordinating Committee, 1997-1998
- Vice President, 1995-1996
- Chairman, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1991-1993
- Senator, 1987-1989, 2016-2018
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State - Regional
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Professional Engineer, Registration No. 10328, State of Delaware, active status starting February 1996, inactive status starting July 2018.
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2005 Engineer of the Year, presented by Delaware Engineering Society
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appointed member: Governor's Task Force = "Solid Waste Management Technical Working Group", 2005-2006
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Delaware Engineering Society (DES = Delaware Section of the NSPE) - Executive Board:
- Treasurer, 2005-2018
- VP - Professional Engineers in Education, 2003-2005
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ASME Delaware Section Group - Minion, 2015-current
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ASME Delaware Section - Executive Board [discontinued by ASME as part of oneASME changes, final academic year = 2014-2015]
- Chairman, 1989-1990, 2007-2009
- Vice-Chairman, 1988-1989
- Secretary, 2011-2013
- Treasurer, 1991-1996, 2002-2003, 2006-2007
- Program Chairman, 2003-2004
- History & Heritage, 2009-2010
- College Relations, 1996-2002, 2010-2011, 2013-2015
- Chairman/organized 1995 Graduate Student Technical Conference for Region III
- Region III Operating Board, Technical Activities, 1992-1994
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National
- ABET, Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC), Mechanical Engineering Program Evaluator, 2011-2021
- ASME Design Division
- Honors & Awards Committee, member 2009-2015
- Bylaws Committee, Chairman, 2013-2014
- ASME Design Division, Design Education Committee (DEC)
- DEC Past-Chairman, 2014-2016
- DEC Chairman, 2012-2014
- DEC Vice-Chairman, 2010-2012
- DEC Secretary, 2008-2010
- 5th Symposium on International Design and Design Education, Conference Chairman, IDETC '08
- 4th Symposium on International Design and Design Education, Program Chairman, IDETC '07
- DEC Treasurer, 2001-2004
- Organized and ran: ASME Young Design Engineer's Paper Competition, co-sponsored by Old Guard and Design Engineering Division, 1990-1993, 1995-2002.
- elected Fellow of the ASME, September 2006.
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Have Reviewed for:
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Applied Mechanics Review
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ASME Computers in Engineering Conference
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ASME Design Automation Conference
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ASME Design Engineering Conference
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ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
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ASME Journal of Mechanical Design
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ASME Mechanisms Conference
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ASME Young Design Engineer's Paper Competition
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ASME Designing for the Future Competition
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ASME Design Division, Successes in Mechanical Engineering Design Education
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Composites Part A: Applied Science & Manufacturing
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Composites Science and Technology
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IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
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International Journal of Impact Engineering
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International Journal of Solids and Structures
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Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabircs
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Journal of Materials and Design
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Journal of Microscopy
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Journal of the Textile Institute
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invited Jury Member: Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation
Professional/Graduate/Undergraduate Awards, 1993 awards
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McGraw-Hill, manuscript for "Design of Machinery," 2nd edition - Chapters
1-8, 1st edition - 3 chapters
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NRC proposal
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NSF Division of Undergraduate Education, ILI Program, 1993 & 1995
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NSF I/UCRC Program, 2006
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NSF DMI-II UNSOL Solid Free-Form Fabrication Program, April 17th, 2001
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NSF proposals, Dynamic Systems and Controls Division of Mechanics, Structures
and Material Engineering
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Oxford University Press, manuscript chapter for "Engineering Drawing,"
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Prentice Hall, manuscript for "Design Theory and Practice," chapters for "Mechanical Desktop"
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Textile Research Journal