Currently Interim Chair, department of electrical and computer engineering at UAB. Twenty-five years of leadership experience in non-profit research and education in engineering and the physical sciences. Extensive experience in planning and leading research and development across a broad range of science and engineering disciplines and applications since the early 1990s. Led and managed research in the engineering and physical sciences in academic and government laboratories and centers. Held positions in new and established research settings and played a leadership role in strategic plan development and implementation. Achieved success as an individual researcher and as a leader of multi-disciplinary research groups. Successfully competed for funding from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy. Authored and co-authored over 140 publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings and books. Successfully developed successful single- and multi-investigator research proposals, including center scale proposals. Behaviors include collaboration, pragmatism, consensus building, and instigating action to affect positive change.
Heat, mass and momentum transport in energy systems Energy storage systems Computational simulation Heat, mass and momentum transport in fluid, phase change and multi-phase systems Smart sensors and systems Wind Array dynamics and performance Dynamics and static behavior of fluid surfaces and interfaces Spacecraft residual acceleration Spacecraft life support systems
Teaching
Teaching Overview
Courses taught at UAB: EGR 602 Methods for Engineering Practice EE 610 Technical Communication EGR 110 Introduction to Engineering HC 111 Honors Seminar Engineering ME 322 Introduction to Heat Transfer EGR 111 Introduction to Engineering EGR 150 Computer Methods in Engineering
Other teaching experience: 1998-2013 Case Western Reserve University, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering: :Computational Fluid Dynamics, Engineering Analysis, Dynamics, Introduction to Thermodynamics, Mass and Heat Transfer, Introduction to Design and Manufacturing 1995-1997 University of Alabama in Huntsville: Department of Physics: Solid State Physics I, Solid State Physics II, Mathematical Methods for Physicists 1985 Carnegie-Mellon University: Department of Mathematics. Stability Theory Applied to Problems in Hydrodynamics and Solidification. 1981-82 Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Ocean Engineering: Introduction to Oceanography, Mineralogy, Petrology, Optical Mineralogy, Plate Tectonics, Marine Geology.
