Interim Dean, Tickle College of Engineering, Condra Chair, and Chancellor's Professor
Biography
March 2021-present
Interim Dean, Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2013-present
Condra Chair Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2019-2020
Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2010-2013
Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Joint Faculty, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Energy and Transportation Science Division
2007-2010
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
2002-2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
2000-2002
Assistant Professor/Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Research
- Electrochemical power conversion and storage including polymer electrolyte fuel cells, flow battery systems, and biological energy systems.
- Multi-phase transport visualization and characterization.
- Computational simulation of electrochemical power conversion and storage systems.
- Electrochemical methods of hazardous waste conversion.
- Simulation of the influence of rapidly evolving socio-cultural factors on decision making and group opinion dynamics.
Education
PhD, 2000, The Pennsylvania State University
MSME, 1996, The Pennsylvania State University
BSME, 1994, The Pennsylvania State University
Professional Service
- ASME Fellow
- ASME Department Head Executive Committee
- Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology
- Former Executive Vice President, International Associate for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE)
- Associate Editor (Emeritus), International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Invited speaker to over 60 Universities, Research Laboratories, and Conferences
- Reviewer for Numerous Journals
- Conference Chair, 2008 Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells
- Advisory Board Member, Session Chair, or Organizer for Numerous Technical Conferences
- NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Awardee 2007
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Member, Electrochemical Society
- NASA Graduate Research Fellowship (GSRP) 2000
Awards and Recognitions
- 2020 Chancellor's Professor
- 2016 List of The 150 Most Cited Scholars in Energy Research by Elsevier Scopus Data
- UT College of Engineering Translational Research Award, 2016
- UT Research Foundation Start Up Award, 2016
- The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014
- 2013 UTK College of Engineering Research Fellow Award
- Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers (top 1% cited authors in engineering category for 2002-2012)
- Outstanding and Premier Teaching Awards, Penn State Engineering Society 2006 and 2009.