DEPARTMENT MECHANICAL AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2011 ANNUAL SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY REPORT
mae.mst.edu

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Dear Colleagues and Friends:
It is with great pleasure that I provide you with our 2011 Annual
Scholarly Activities Report for the Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering. You will find our enrollment continues to be
strong in both the undergraduate and graduate programs, resulting in
our granting roughly 25% of the degrees on the Missouri University
of Science and Technology campus. Our undergraduate students received
a record number of scholarships awarded by our department.
Our faculty continue to provide our graduate students with new
funding and educational opportunities. For example, our Seminar
Committee developed a strong slate of speakers this year, attracting
to our campus an impressive list of colleagues with national and international reputations.
Amidst the strong student enrollments our faculty have continued to develop their nationally
and internationally recognized research programs through their scholarly activity which
is highlighted in this report. Our research activities have been bolstered by the growing
research programs of our junior faculty. MAE has two new faculty this year, Jie Gao and
Xiaodong Yang, whose expertise includes nano-photonics and light-matter interactions. We
are pleased with the great energy and passion they bring to their teaching along with the
significant potential of their research and collaborative prospects with the other faculty in
the department and on campus. We will continue to recruit new faculty talent to the MAE
Department as we plan to grow our faculty size to meet the strong demand for mechanical
and aerospace engineers. You will see our faculty contributing in many different ways, but
their efforts are all critical to the vitality of our department and campus. As you review our
2011 Annual Scholarly Activities Report, I believe you will agree that the faculty along with
our outstanding staff form a department of significant strength and potential focused on
bringing excellence to the education of our students.
PUBLICATION TEAM
Kimber O’Neal - Managing Editor
Brianna Bales
Lila Kolker
Gail Richards
Kathy Wagner
Cathy Williams
Dr. Jim Drallmeier
Curators’ Teaching Professor and Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology

MAE Annual Report 2011
CONTENTS
Annual Scholarly Activities Report of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MAE: by the Numbers
Quick Facts
Graduate Seminar Series
Student Teams and Professional Organizations
Scholarship Awards
New Faculty
Faculty
Faculty Awards and Honors
New Grants and Contracts
Other Active Grants
Professional & Scholarly Activities
Chairman, Co-Chairman of Technical Sessions
and Conferences
Services on Committees of Professional Organizations
Editors of Symposiums, Proceedings and Journals
Journal Publications
Refereed Conference Papers
Contributions to Books and Books Published
Invited Talks
Conference Presentations
M.S. Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertations
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MAE : by the numbers
Undergraduate
1. Undergraduate student enrollment
> Aerospace Engineering (Fall, 4th wk)
> Mechanical Engineering (Fall, 4th wk)
2. B.S. degrees awarded per full-time TT faculty
3. Starting salary
> Aerospace Engineering
> Mechanical Engineering
2009 2010 2011
807
179
628
6.1
$56,153
$59,758
783
178
605
7.6
$59,805
$60,188
814
183
631
7.1
$59,077
$60,266
Graduate
1. Graduate student enrollment
> Aerospace Engineering
> Mechanical Engineering
> Manufacturing Engineering
> Thesis
> Aerospace Engineering M.S. (Fall)
> Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. (Fall)
> Mechanical Engineering M.S. (Fall)
> Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. (Fall)
> Manufacturing Engineering M.S. (Fall)
> Non-Thesis
> Aerospace Engineering M.S. (Fall)
> Mechanical Engineering M.S. (Fall)
> Manufacturing Engineering M.E. (Fall)
> Certificates
2. GRE of graduate students
3. Percentage of supported graduate students
4. GRA/GTA ratio based on FTE
5. M.S. degrees (thesis) awarded per full-time TT faculty
6. M.S. degrees (non-thesis) awarded
per full-time TT faculty
7. Ph.D. degrees awarded per full-time TT faculty
General
177
30
109
22
18
7
58
30
12
5
21
10
16
717
76%
1.29/1
0.62
0.41
0.28
236
53
130
17
33
10
77
30
12
10
23
5
36
734
71%
1.53/1
1.16
0.77
0.19
208
42
112
27
26
9
48
35
16
7
29
11
27
737
84%
2.10/1
1.19
0.55
0.23
1. Full time TT/NTT faculty
2. Undergraduate to graduate student ratio
3. Undergraduate student to full-time TT faculty ratio
4. Journal articles per full-time TT faculty
5. Expenditures per full-timeTT faculty
6. Professional society fellows
32/1
4.64
24.5
2.13
$128,735
14
31/2
3.38
25.3
2.22
$126,508
14
31/2
3.91
26.3
2.16
$118,042
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QUICK FACTS
Aerospace Engineering
Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Science
Undergraduate Program Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering
Master of Science
Thesis
Graduate Program Degrees Awarded
Non-thesis
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170
Other Fast Facts
33 Faculty Members
31 Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty
2 Teaching Faculty
208 Graduate Students
814 Undergraduate Students
69 Journal Articles Published
61 Conference Papers Published
$4.1M New Research Awards
Certificate Programs
Doctor of Philosophy
Aerospace Engineering
Master of Science
Manufacturing Engineering
Thesis
Non-thesis
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Engineering
Master of Science
CAD/CAM
Rapid Product Realization and
Manufacturing Systems
Composite Materials and
Structures
Engineering Mechanics
Mechanical and Aerospace
Control Systems
On-Campus
Distance
5 10 15 20 25 30
GRADUATE SEMINAR SERIES
Each semester the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department organizes
at least four seminars under the sponsorship of the Graduate Seminar
Series and the Missouri S&T Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineers
(AMAE). One of the purposes of the seminar series is to broaden our students
academically and to aid in their professional development by providing another
connection with the world of industry and business. These seminars consist of
exceptional speakers whose research spans the range of the Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering disciplines. Through these seminars we seek to expose
our faculty and graduate students to a scale of topics in areas both related
and complementary of those areas investigated in the department.
2011 Spring Semester
February 24, 2011 - “Space Reactor Power Systems for Space Exploration and
Human Outposts” by Dr. Mohamed El-Genk, Regents’ Professor of Chemical,
Nuclear, and Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,
NM
April 7, 2011 - “Direct Digital Manufacturing at Crossroads” by Dr. Khershed
Cooper, Metallurgist/Program Officer, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington,
DC
April 28, 2011 - “Engineered Biomaterials for Bone and Tissue Repair” by Dr.
Len Rahaman, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of
the Center for Bone and Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Missouri University
of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
May 12, 2011 - “Coherent Coupling in Nanophotonic Systems: Optical
Nanocavities, Quantum Dots and Mechanical Resonators” by Jie Gao, Ph.D.
Candidate, Columbia University, NY
2011 Fall Semester
September 22, 2011 - “Heavens! What a Mess!” by Dr. William P. Schonberg,
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering,
Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
October 3, 2011 - “Iterative Learning Control in the Delivery of Next Generation
Healthcare” by Dr. Eric Rogers, School of Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
October 11, 2011 - “Applications of High-Frequency Ultrasonics in Microfluids
and Microactuation” by Dr. James Friend, Associate Dean for Research and
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
October 13, 2011 - “Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using Variable-Resolution
Models” by Dr. Leifur Leifsson, Engineering Optimization & Modeling Center,
School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Iceland
October 27, 2011 - “Is There Sizzle in the Fluid Power Industry” by Dr. Lonnie
J. Love, Group Leader, Automation, Robotics and Manufacturing (ARM) Group,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
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STUDENT TEAMS AND PROFESSIONALORGANIZATIONS
Advanced Aero Vehicle Group
Dr. F. Finaish
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dr. D. Riggins
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Dr. K. Homan
BUV Team
Dr. J. Sheffield
Miners in Space
Dr. H. Pernicka
Human Powered Vehicle
Dr. J. K. Nisbett
Hydrogen Design Solutions
Dr. J. Sheffield
FSAE
Dr. H. Pernicka
M-SAT
Dr. H. Pernicka
Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience
Dr. K. M. Isaac
Pi Tau Sigma
Dr. K. Homan
Sigma Gamma Tau
Dr. S. N. Balakrishnan
Society of Automotive Engineers
Dr. H. Pernicka
Society of Flight Test Engineers
Dr. F. Finaish
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Dr. R. Landers
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Undergraduate Scholarships
Academy of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineers Scholarships
AE Alumni Endowed Scholarship
Bassem and Gery Armaly Scholarship
William M. Byrne Endowed Scholars
Caterpillar Scholarship
Chevron Scholarship
Clark Family Scholarship
Robert and Shirley Clooney Scholarship
Clark W. Collier Scholarship
Charles Copeland Scholarship
Robert F. Davidson Scholarship
Desloge-Watlow Manufacturing
Engineering Scholarship
Donnell and Ruth Dutton Scholarship
Thomas Faucett Endowed Scholarship
Norman E. Hart Scholarship
Alan Finley Endowed Scholarship
Kaiser Aluminum Endowed Scholarship
Leslie R. and Barbara R. Koval Scholarship
Tsen-Lu and Yuen-Ray Lee Scholars and
Fellows
Don and Alwilda Mathews Scholarship
Don and Mary McGovern Endowed
Scholarship
Robert and Linda Mueller Manufacturing
Engineering Scholarship
James J. Murphy Scholarship
Fred Nelson Memorial Scholarship
C. Remington Endowed Scholarship
John Wm. and Camille Ricketts Scholarship
Rayferd D. Routh Scholarship
Patricia Ann and Harry J. Sauer, Jr.
Endowed Scholarship
Robert Schoenthaler Scholars
Robert L. Seaman Memorial Scholarship
US Steel Scholarship
Amy L. Weir Scholarship
Daniel K. and Linda K. Wright
Endowed Scholarship
Wyatt Endowed Scholarship
Scholarships Awarded
$120,000
Scholarship Funds Awarded
250
$100,000
200
$80,000
150
$60,000
100
$40,000
50
$20,000
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NEW FACULTY
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Dr. Xiaodong Yang joined the
department as an Assistant Professor
in Fall 2011. He received
his B.S. degree in Mechanics and
Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Science and Technology
of China (USTC) in 2000, his
M.S. degree in Physics from the
Chinese Academy of Sciences
(CAS) in 2003, and his Ph.D. degree
in Mechanical Engineering from
Columbia University in 2009. He was
awarded an Intel Foundation Ph.D.
Fellowship from 2006 to 2008. He
also received the 2007 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding
Students Abroad. Before joining Missouri S&T, Dr. Yang was
a postdoctoral fellow in the Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Center in Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley,
and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory. His research interests include photonic crystals, plasmonics,
optical metamaterials, silicon nanophotonics, optomechanics
and optofluidics, optical nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS),
light trapping and photon management for renewable energy conversion
and transport.
Dr. Jie Gao joined the department as
as Assistant Professor in the Spring
semester of 2012. She received her
Ph.D. degree in the Summer of 2011
from Columbia University, her M.S.
degree from Columbia University in
2007 and B.S. degree from the University
of Science and Technology of
China (USTC) in 2005. Her research
interests include photonic crystals,
integrated silicon photonics, quantum
dot energy transfer, efficient
light trapping and extraction, optomechanics
and cavity quantum electrodynamics
for the applications of solar energy harvesting, LEDs and
quantum optics. She has authored 16 peer-reviewed journal publications
and more than 20 conference proceedings. She has experience
reviewing for top journals such as Optics Express, Physical Review
Letters and Applied Physics Letters. She is a member of the professional
societies of Optical Society of America, American Physical
Society and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She is
the recipient of the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students
Aboard (2009), and IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award Finalist (2010).
FACULTY
DR. DARRYL J. ALOFS
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Fluid mechanics, aerosol
mechanics, and the effect of clouds on global
climate with an emphasis on experimental
approach and instrumentation development
DR. BASSEM F. ARMALY
CURATORS’ PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of California at
Berkeley
Research Interests: Heat transfer and fluid
mechanics, thermophysical properties, heat
pipes, combined conduction, convection,
and radiation heat transfer problems, solar
energy, cryogenics, and thermal effects in
manufacturing processes
Fellow, ASME, 1987
DR. S. N. BALAKRISHNAN
CURATORS’ PROFESSOR OF
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at
Austin
Research Interests: Guidance, stability,
control and estimation, pattern recognition,
stochastic processes, optimization, neural
network applications to control, numerical
methods, design
DR. ARINDAM BANERJEE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Buoyancy driven flows,
turbulence, low reynolds number hydrodynamics,
nano-fluidics, optical and laser
based diagnostics in thermal-fluid sciences,
bio-heat transfer
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Missouri University of Science and Technology
DR. VICTOR BIRMAN
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION CENTER
Education: Ph.D., Technion (Israel)
Research Interests: Composite material structures,
smart structures and materials, structural
dynamics and vibration, buckling and dynamic
stability
Fellow, ASME, 1996
DR. DOUGLAS A. BRISTOW
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
Research Interests: Precision motion control for
micro- and nano-positioning systems, iterative
learning control, robust control, modeling, design,
solid freeform fabrication, microscopy, signal
processing
DR. K. CHANDRASHEKHARA
CURATORS’ PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Research Interests: Composite materials, smart
structures, nanocomposites, biocomposites,
structural dynamics, finite element analysis,
damage monitoring, composite manufacturing,
experimental characterization
Fellow, ASME, 2002
DR. AL CROSBIE
CURATORS’ PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Purdue University
Research Interests: Multidimensional radiative
heat transfer, laser processing of materials,
radiative heat transfer in combustion processes,
microscale heat transfer, biomedical optics,
interaction of radiation with conduction and
convection, multiple scattering and polarization
of laser beams, solutions of integral equations,
numerical heat transfer
Fellow, ASME, 1987
Fellow, AIAA, 1988
Fellow, AAAS, 1999
DR. LOKESWARAPPA R. DHARANI
CURATORS’ PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL
AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Clemson University
Research Interests: Aircraft structures, fracture
mechanics, fatigue and failure analysis, micro
mechanics, composite materials and structures,
process modeling of ceramic matrix composites,
friction and wear of composites, fracture of laminated
glazing
Associate Fellow, AIAA, 1995
Fellow, ASME, 2000
DR. JAMES A. DRALLMEIER
CURATORS’ TEACHING PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Combustion, laser based
diagnostics for sprays and combustion, optical
measurement systems, fuel injection, internal
combustion engines
DR. XIAOPING DU
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests: Design optimization,
multidisciplinary optimization design, probabilistic/
statistical methods, system/structural reliability,
robust design, kinematics, mechanism synthesis,
petroleum machinery
DR.WALTER EVERSMAN
CURATORS’ PROFESSOR OF
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Research Interests: Noise control, acoustics, vibrations,
aircraft structural dynamics and aeroelasticity,
systems and control
Fellow, AIAA, 2011
DR. FATHI FINAISH
PROFESSOR OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
DIRECTOR, NASA-MISSOURI SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: Aerodynamic testing, unsteady
flows, vortex dynamics in separated flows, physical
and numerical flow visualizations, variable density
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DR. JIE GAO
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Research Interests: Nanophotonics devices
based on silicon photonics, plasmonics and
metamaterials; light-matter interactions in photonic
nanostructures; optical sensing; quantum
dots; quantum optics and quantum information
processing; solar energy harvesting; light emitting
devices
DR. KELLY HOMAN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, heat transfer,
and thermodynamics of energy systems,
heat and mass transfer in buoyant flows, secondlaw
and exergy analysis, numerical simulation of
transport phenomena and experimental methods
DR. SERHAT HOSDER
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics
(CFD), aerodynamics, micro/nano flows, stochastic
CFD, uncertainty and error quantification in computational
simulations, multidisciplinary design and
optimization, robust design, numerical methods
DR. RYAN S. HUTCHESON
ASSISTANT TEACHING PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M University-College
Station
Research Interests: Design theory and methodology,
design of complex systems, behavioral
modeling of complex systems, design of hybrid
powertrain systems, engineering software
development, graphical simulations of engineering
systems
DR. KAKKATTUKUZHY M. ISAAC
PROFESSOR OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
ASSOCIATE CHAIR FOR AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics.
aero-structure interaction and control,
microfluidics, emissions from combustion and
evaporative systems, CFD applications in fluid
dynamics and combustion problems
DR. UMIT O. KOYLU
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor
Research Interests: Combustion, air pollutants,
alternative fuels, fuel cells, hydrogen technologies,
radiative transfer, flame diagnostics,
nanoparticle characterization, fire safety, thermal/
fluid engineering
DR. NISHANT KUMAR
ASSISTANT TEACHING PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., New Mexico University
Research Interests: Nonlinear dynamics and
vibrations, study of deterministic and random
dynamical systems, model order reduction,
theoretical modeling and numerical computation,
structural dynamics
DR. ROBERT G. LANDERS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ASSOCIATE CHAIR FOR GRADUATE AFFAIRS
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor
Research Interests: Manufacturing, systems,
and control; modeling, analysis, monitoring,
and control of manufacturing processes; metal
cutting; laser metal deposition; freeze extrusion
fabrication; friction stir processing; electro–hydraulics;
analysis and control of alternative energy
systems; digital control applications
DR. MING C. LEU
KEITH AND PAT BAILEY DISTINGUISHED
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CENTER (ISC)
DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR
AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (CAMT)
Education: Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Research Interests: Rapid prototyping, additive
manufacturing, virtual reality, CAD/CAM, robotics,
mechatronics, automatic control
Fellow, ASME, 1993
Fellow, International Academy of
Production Engineering (CIRP), 2008
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FACULTY
DR. FUEWEN (FRANK) LIOU
MICHAEL AND JOYCE BYTNAR PRODUCT
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY PROFESSOR
OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING
ENGINEERING PROGRAM
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota at Twin
Cities
Research Interests: CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping,
rapid manufacturing, fuel cell manufacturing
Fellow, ASME, 2008
DR. GEAROID MACSITHIGH
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL
AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota at Twin
Cities
Research Interests: Finite elasticity, viscoelasticity,
liquid crystal hydrodynamics, solid and
continuum mechanics
DR. ANTHONY OKAFOR
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Michigan Technological
University
Research Interests: Manufacturing including intelligent
machining, high speed machining, machine
tool dynamics and metrology, metal forming,
sensors and signal processing, computer numerical
control (CNC), virtual manufacturing, and neural
network applications; smart structures including
structural health monitoring, aging aircraft, damage
assessment and repair of metallic and composite
structures, non-destructive evaluation, and proton
exchange membrane (hydrogen) fuel cells
DR. HENRY (HANK) PERNICKA
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Purdue University
Research Interests: Astrodynamics, orbital mechanics,
spacecraft design, spacecraft mission design,
satellite attitude dynamics, nonlinear analysis,
dynamics and control, optimization
DR. KEVIN B. MARTIN
ASSISTANT RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Missouri University of
Science and Technology
Research Interests: Hydrogen infrastructure
modeling, fuel cell technology,energy policy
DR. ASHOK MIDHA
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DIRECTOR OF THE PRODUCT INNOVATION AND
CREATIVITY CENTER
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota at
Twin Cities
Research Interests: Mechanical design, rigidbody
and compliant mechanism design, highperformance
machinery analysis and design,
machine vibration and stability
Fellow, ASME, 2003
DR. J. KEITH NISBETT
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ASSOCIATE CHAIR FOR
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at
Arlington
Research Interests: Kinematics, mechanical
design, synthesis of mechanisms
DR. DAVID W. RIGGINS
PROFESSOR OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, computational
fluid dynamics, hypersonic propulsion systems,
computational analysis of jet mixing, flow losses
and mixing enhancement in combustors, aircraft
gas turbine ramjet propulsion systems, scramjet
performance
DR. JOSHUA L. ROVEY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
Research Interests: Plasma aerospace applications,
advanced space propulsion, plasma aerodynamics
and flow control, plasma-enhanced combustion,
applications to energy systems, hypersonics/
re-entry body plasma interactions, plasma physics,
rarefied gas dynamics
DR. JOHN W. SHEFFIELD
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CTIS
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTER
Education: Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Research Interests: Industries-of-the-future, industrial
energy management, energy efficiency, hydrogen
energy systems, thermal contact conductance/
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DR. DANIEL S. STUTTS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Purdue University
Research Interests: Dynamics, vibrations,
modeling and development of piezoactuators
and transducers-mechatronics, embedded
systems and control
DR. SHUN TAKAI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University
Research Interests: Design theory and methodologies,
design for manufacture, lifecycle
engineering, sustainable design, applications
of decision analysis and game theory in
design, creativity and innovation, customer
need analysis, uncertainty modeling for product
cost, warranty cost, market share, and
competition
DR. HAI-LUNG TSAI
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., University of California at
Berkeley
Research Interests: Ultrashort laser pulsematerial
interaction, laser micromachining for
micro-sensors and micro-devices, gas metal
arc welding, laser welding and hybrid welding,
Ab Initio MD modeling, multiscale modeling
Fellow, ASME, 2009
DR. XIAODONG YANG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Research Interests: Optical materials and
devices in nanophotonics and plasmonics;
physics and applications of optical metamaterials;
nanoscale optomechanics, optical
nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS);
integrated optofluidic devices and optical sensors;
photon management for solar/thermal
energy harvesting; optical device micro-/nanofabrication
AWARDS AND HONORS
In 2011, many of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty
received awards and honors.
Campus Recognition and Honors
Global Learning Outstanding Teaching Commendation
Dr. V. Birman
Dr. K. Chandrashekhara
Dr. L. Dharani
Faculty Research Award
Dr. R. Landers
Dr. H. Tsai
Faculty Teaching Award
Dr. H. Pernicka
Dr. D. Riggins
Faculty Service Award
Dr. J. K. Nisbett
Dr. H. Pernicka
Faculty Achievement Award
Dr. R. Hutcheson
Commendation Letter for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. V. Birman
Young Professional Engineer Award
St. Louis Section of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dr. J. Rovey
Professional Recognition
Dr. B. Armaly, Appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate
to serve as a member of the Missouri Board of Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Rules.
Dr. W. Eversman, AIAA Fellow, 2011.
Dr. R. Landers, Promotion to Senior Member, IEEE.
Dr. J. Sheffield, Missouri Impact Award from Missouri Enterprise
for Outstanding Contributions to the Success of Missouri Manufacturers.
Publication Recognition and Awards
Dr. A. Banejee, “Design Feasibility of a Vortex Induced Vibration
Based Hydro-Kinetic Energy Harvesting System,” by Lobo, V. (MSME
candidate), Mainsah, N. (EE undergraduate), Banerjee, A. and Kimball,
J. selected for the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Green Technologies
Conference in Baton Rouge, LA, April 14 - 15, 2011.
Dr. V. Birman, The article V. Birman and L. W. Byrd, “Modeling and
Analysis of Functionally Graded Materials and Structures,” Applied
Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 60, 2007, was among the top ten articles
downloaded from the journal in the second quarter 2011.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology
NEW GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Banerjee, A.
Banerjee, A. (100%), Los Alamos National Laboratory,
“Rayleigh Taylor Demix Experiments at Missouri S&T,”
$70,004.00, January 7 - September 30, 2011.
Banerjee, A. (100%), National Science Foundation,
“Buoyancy Driven Turbulence beyond Self-Similar
Equilibrium,” amendment June 17, 2011, $6,750.00,
August 15, 2010 - July 31, 2013.
Banerjee, A. (100%), National Science Foundation,
“Buoyancy Driven Turbulence beyond Self-Similar
Equilibrium,” $5,400.00, August 15, 2010 - July 31,
2013.
Chandrashekhara, K. (20%), Kimball, J. (20%),
Banerjee, A. (20%), Du, X. (20%) and Rovey, J.
(20%), Office of Naval Research, “Waves, Wind and
Scavengers: Next Generation Renewable Energy
Systems for Naval Applications,” $1,328,011.78,
September 1, 2011 - August 15, 2012.
Birman, V.
Birman, V. (100%), Army Research Office, “Workshop
on Revolutionary Fundamental Research in Support of
Energy Harvesting,” $33,396.00, November 1, 2010 -
October 1, 2011.
Bristow, D.
Bristow, D. (50%) and Landers, R. (50%), Boeing
Company, “Volumetric Error Compensation,”
$40,000.00, November 15, 2011 - November 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
$75,000.00, October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), Bell Helicopter Textron,
“CAMT IC One-year Membership: Bell Helicopter
Textron Corporation - Phase 1,” $40,000.00, January
1 - December 31, 2011.
Richards, V. (75%), Chandrashekhara, K. (15%) and
Van Aken, D. (10%), Advanced Technology Institute,
“Superior Weapons Systems through Castings (SWC)
- Developing an Improved Combination of Strength
and Permeability for Investment Shells used with
Foam Patterns - Phase 2,” continuation April 22, 2011,
$84,999.00, March 2, 2010 - March 31, 2012.
Dagli, C. (20%), Guardiola, I. (20%), Corns, S. (20%),
Chandrashekhara, K. (20%), Sarangapani, J. (5%),
Zawodniok, M. (5%) and Chellappan, S. (10%),
Stevens Institute of Technology, “Agile Systems
Engineering: Investigation and Exploration of
“Immersive” Training Technologies,” $119,988.00, July
8, 2011 - July 30, 2012.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
continuation September 22, 2011, $84,972.00,
October 1, 2010 - March 31, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (20%), Kimball, J. (20%),
Banerjee, A. (20%), Du, X. (20%) and Rovey, J.
(20%), Office of Naval Research, “Waves, Wind and
Scavengers: Next Generation Renewable Energy
Systems for Naval Applications,” $1,328,011.78,
September 1, 2011 - August 15, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), Bell Helicopter Textron,
“Flow Modeling of Cavity-Molded Composites - Phase
2,” $40,000.00, January 1 - December 31, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), Boeing Company,
“CAMT: OOA Bismaleimide Composites,” $30,000.00,
September 15, 2011 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), GKN Aerospace
Services, “OOA Bismaleimide Composites,”
$10,000.00, November 15, 2011 - September 14,
2012.
Du, X.
Chandrashekhara, K. (20%), Kimball, J. (20%),
Banerjee, A. (20%), Du, X. (20%) and Rovey, J.
(20%), Office of Naval Research, “Waves, Wind and
Scavengers: Next Generation Renewable Energy
Systems for Naval Applications,” $1,328,011.78,
September 1, 2011 - August 15, 2012.
Finaish, F.
Finaish, F. (100%), National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Goodard Space Flight Center,
“Missouri Space Grant Consortium,” annual
supplement October 11, 2011, $328,000.00, May 1,
2010 - April 30, 2015.
Hosder, S.
Hosder, S. (100%), M4 Engineering Incorporated,
“Quantification of Uncertainties in Integrated
Spacecraft System Models,” $239,786.00, July 6,
2011 - July 5, 2013.
Hutcheson, R.
Grantham, K. (30%), Grasman, K. (30%), Hutcheson,
R. (20%) and Thomas, J. (20%), Missouri S&T,
“Evaluation of a Hybrid Problem-Based and Just-in-
Time Inductive Method Example for Risk Analysis
Instruction,” $15,000.00, June 2011 - May 2012.
Koylu, U.
Leu, M. (70%) and Koylu, U. (30%), National Science
Foundation Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems,
“Bio-Inspired Design, Fabrication and Testing of
Bipolar Plates for PEM Fuel Cells,” $325,061.00,
August 15, 2011 - July 31, 2014.
Landers, R.
Leu, M. (40%), Hilmas, G. (35%) and Landers,
R. (25%), National Science Foundation, “GOALI:
Freeze-form Extrusion Fabrication of Composite
Structures Using Ultra High Temperature Ceramics
and Refractory Metals,” supplement March 2, 2011,
$12,000.00, August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2011.
Landers, R. (100%), IST-Rolla/Air Force Research
Lab, “Novel Tool Wear Monitoring of Cutting Tools
Using Neural Network Based Observers,” pre-award
November 4, 2011, $1,578.00, October 1, 2011 - June
30, 2012.
Bristow, D. (50%) and Landers, R. (50%), Boeing
Company, “Volumetric Error Compensation,”
$40,000.00, November 15, 2011 - November 14, 2012.
Leu, M.
Leu, M. (100%), Bell Helicopter Textron, “CAMT
IC One-year Membership: Bell Helicopter Textron
Corporation,” $10,000.00, January 1 - December 31,
2011.
Leu, M. (100%), Steelville Manufacturing Company,
“CAMT: Program Support,” $5,000.00, February 11,
2011 - February 10, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Steelville Manufacturing Company,
“CAMT IC Membership Steelville Manufacturing
Company - Year 1,” $15,000.00, February 11, 2011 -
February 10, 2012.
Leu, M. (40%), Hilmas, G. (35%) and Landers,
R. (25%), National Science Foundation, “GOALI:
Freeze-form Extrusion Fabrication of Composite
Structures Using Ultra High Temperature Ceramics
and Refractory Metals,” $9,600.00, August 1, 2009 -
July 31, 2011.
Leu, M. (40%), Hilmas, G. (35%) and Landers,
R. (25%), National Science Foundation, “GOALI:
Freeze-form Extrusion Fabrication of Composite
Structures Using Ultra High Temperature Ceramics
and Refractory Metals,” supplement March 2, 2011,
$12,000.00, August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Rolls-Royce Corporation, “CAMT
Membership-Rolls Royce Year 2,” continuation,
$10,000.00, September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2012.
Liou, F. (40%), Leu, M. (30%) and Dagli, C. (30%),
Boeing Company, “Human-Assisted-Manufacturing
Model Library,” $310,543.00, June 20, 2011 - May 31,
2012.
Leu, M. (70%) and Koylu, U. (30%), National Science
Foundation Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems,
“Bio-Inspired Design, Fabrication and Testing of
Bipolar Plates for PEM Fuel Cells,” $325,061.00,
August 15, 2011 - July 31, 2014.
Leu, M. (100%), Spirit Aerosystems, Incorporated,
“CAMT: Development of a Portable Turn-Key Motion
Capture System for Shop-Floor Use,” supplement
December 15, 2011, $40,000.00, November 13, 2007
- September 14, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Boeing Company, “CAMT IC Gold
Membership Boeing - Year 4: (Program Support
Fund),” $40,000.00, September 15, 2011 - September
14, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Boeing Company, “CAMT: Temporary
Fastener for Aerospace Automation,” $30,000.00,
September 15, 2011 - August 31, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Boeing Company, “CAMT: Ti FSW
Tools,” $20,000.00, September 15, 2011 - September
14, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), GKN Aerospace Services, “CAMT
Program Support,” $10,000.00, September 15, 2011
- September 14, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Spirit Aerosystems, Incorporated,
“CAMT IC Spirit Aerosystems, Incorporated
Membership - Year 4: (Program Support Fund),”
$10,000.00, September 15, 2011 - September 14,
2012.

Leu, M. (100%), Bell Helicopter Textron, “CAMT
IC Two-year Membership: Bell Helicopter Textron
Corporation (Project Support),” $10,000.00, January
1 - December 31, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), KMT WaterJet Systems,
Incorporated, “CAMT IC Full Membership - Year 4:
(Program Support Fund),” $5,000.00, September 15,
2011 - September 14, 2012.
Liou, F.
Liou, F. (100%), National Science Foundation
(through Product Innovation and Engineering LLC),
“SBIR Phase I: A Multi-Axis Repair System (MARS),”
$50,000.00, January 1 – June 30, 2011.
Newkirk, J. (50%) and Liou, F. (50%), Technology
Acceleration Program (TAP), Office of Technology
Transfer and Economic Development,
“Recrystallization of Titanium Alloys using Laser
Deposition,” $18,353, May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2012.
Liou, F. (100%), 2011 PACE Grants, “CAD/CAM
Integration for Digital Manufacturing Curriculum,”
$10,000, June 2011 - June 2012.
Liou, F. (40%), Leu, M. (30%) and Dagli, C. (30%),
Boeing Company, “Human-Assisted-Manufacturing
Model Library,” $310,543.00, June 20, 2011 - May 31,
2012.
Liou, F. (70%) and Newkirk, J. (30%), National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Glenn
Research Center, “Multiscale and Multiphysics
Modeling of Additive Manufacturing of Advanced
Materials,” $100,000.00, June 13, 2011 - June 12,
2014.
Liou, F. (70%) and Newkirk, J. (30%), Boeing
Company, “CAMT: Prediction and Validation of
Material Behavior Fabricated from Additive Metal,”
$40,000.00, September 15, 2011 - September 14,
2012.
Liou, F. (100%), GKN Aerospace Services, “CAMT:
Undercut Repair with Additive Manufacturing,”
$25,000.00, September 15, 2011 - September 14,
2012.
Midha, A.
Takai, S. (50%) and Midha, A. (50%), Center for
Educational Research and Teaching Innovation
(CERTI), Missouri S&T, “Development, Assessment,
and Implementation of Metrics to Improve Innovation
Thinking through Project-Based Design Courses,”
$6,600.00, June 1, 2011 - May 31, 2012.
Pernicka, H.
Pernicka, H. (80%) and Rovey, J. (20%), Air Force
Office of Scientific Research, “Design, Fabrication,
and Test of Spacecraft Conducting Proximity
Operations,” $55,000.00, May 1, 2011 - April 30,
2013.
Riggins, D.
Riggins, D. (100%), Doty Consulting Services, “A
Demonstration of Exergy-Based Analysis Including
Wake Losses for High-Speed Jet Engines -
Identification of Major Drivers on Exergy Destruction
and Performance Losses,” $9,999.96, March 1, 2010
- September 30, 2011.
Rovey, J.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
$75,000.00, October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011.
Pernicka, H. (80%) and Rovey, J. (20%), Air Force
Office of Scientific Research, “Design, Fabrication,
and Test of Spacecraft Conducting Proximity
Operations,” $55,000.00, May 1, 2011 - April 30,
2013.
Rovey, J. (100%), Air Force Office of Scientific
Research, “Energy Conversion and Loss Processes
in Heavy Gas, Field-Reversed Configuration Electric
Thruster Plasma,” continuation July 15, 2011,
$119,969.00, January 1, 2010 - May 31, 2013.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
continuation September 22, 2011, $84,972.00,
October 1, 2010 - March 31, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (20%), Kimball, J. (20%),
Banerjee, A. (20%), Du, X. (20%) and Rovey, J.
(20%), Office of Naval Research, “Waves, Wind and
Scavengers: Next Generation Renewable Energy
Systems for Naval Applications,” $1,328,011.78,
September 1, 2011 - August 15, 2012.
Sheffield, J.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR: The
NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement February 24,
2011, $11,565.28, May 1, 2008 – June 30, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR:
The NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement March 14,
2011, $500.00, May 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR: The
NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement April 4, 2011,
$1,433.00, May 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR: The
NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement April 7, 2011,
$10,786.60, March 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR: The
NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement April 7, 2011,
$499.97, May 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR: The
NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement June 17, 2011,
$500.00, May 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (75%) and Martin, K. (25%), Air Force
Research Laboratory, “Advanced Military Installations
that Integrate Renewable Energy and Advanced
Energy Storage Technologies - Task 4,” $37,625.00,
July 10, 2009 - July 9, 2012.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR: The
NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement June 22, 2011,
$437.00, May 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (100%), Missouri Enterprise Business
Assistance, “Product Life Cycle Management
(PLCM) for Derbigum Americas,” $5,500.00, May 1
- July 31, 2011.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors, “EcoCAR: The
NeXt Challenge Project,” supplement September 7,
2011, $9,000.00, May 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Takai, S.
MAE Annual Report 2011
Takai, S. (50%) and Midha, A. (50%), Center for
Educational Research and Teaching Innovation
(CERTI), Missouri S&T, “Development, Assessment,
and Implementation of Metrics to Improve Innovation
Thinking through Project-Based Design Courses,”
$6,600.00, June 1, 2011 - May 31, 2012.
Tsai, H.
Tsai, H. (66.67%) and O’keefe, M. (33.33%),
University of Lincoln, “Multi-Laser Beam Open
Atmosphere Surface Coating Techniques Based
on Precursor Excitation, Photodissociation and
Controlled Cooling,” continuation May 6, 2011,
$116,572.00, March 15, 2005 - September 30, 2011.
Xiao, H. (80%) and Tsai, H. (20%), Department of
Energy, “Micro-structures Sapphire Fiber Sensors for
Simultaneous Measurements of High Temperature
Dynamic Gas Pressure in Harsh Environments,”
continuation August 10, 2011, $113,300.00, October
1, 2009 - September 20, 2012.
Yang, X.
Yang, X. (100%), Missouri S&T Materials Research
Center, “Seed Funding: Optical Forces and
Optomechanics in Plasmonic Nanostructures,”
$15,000.00, October 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012.
Yang, X. (100%), University of Missouri Research
Board, “Enhanced Optomechanical Coupling
in Hybrid Plasmonic Microdisk Resonators,”
$50,000.00, March 1, 2012 - February 28, 2013.
Balakrishnan, S.
Balakrishnan, S. (100%), National Science Foundation
Division of Electrical Communications
Systems, “Inetgrating Dynamic Decision Making
with Neurocontrollers by Combining System and
Cognitive Science,” $219,247.00, September 15, 2010
- August 31, 2013.
Balakrishnan, S. (50%) and Wunsch II, D. (50%),
National Science Foundation, “Impulse Control of
Nonlinear Systems with Uncertainties using Neural
Networks,” $3,000.00, May 1, 2006 - April 30, 2012.
Balakrishnan, S. (100%), NASA Ames Research
Center, “Adaptive Control with Stability Guarantee,”
$287,669.00, December 1, 2001 - November 30, 2011.
Balakrishnan, S. (50%) and Wunsch II, D. (50%),
National Science Foundation, “Impulse Control of
Nonlinear Systems with Uncertainties using Neural
Networks,” $29,250.00, May 1, 2006 - April 30, 2012.
Banerjee, A.
OTHER ACTIVE GRANTS
Banerjee, A. (100%), National Science Foundation,
“Buoyancy Driven Turbulence beyond Self-Similar
Equilibrium,” $5,400.00, August 15, 2010 - July 31,
2013.
Banerjee, A. (100%), National Science Foundation,
“Buoyancy Driven Turbulence beyond Self-Similar
Equilibrium OSPA,” $286,987.00, August 15, 2010 -
July 31, 2013.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology
Mishra, R. (20%), Banerjee, A. (16%),
Chandrashekhara, K. (16%), Du, X. (16%), Kimball, J.
(16%) and Rovey, J. (16%), Office of Naval Research,
“Waves, Wind and Scavengers: Next Generation
Renewable Energy Systems for Naval Applications,”
$660,008.00, August 16, 2010 - August 15, 2013.
Birman, V.
Birman, V. (100%), Army Research Office, “Workshop
on Revolutionary Fundamental Research in Support of
Energy Harvesting,” $33,396.00, November 1, 2010 -
October 1, 2011.
Birman, V. (100%), Department of Army, “Workshop
on Innovative Energy Harvesting Systems for Army
Applications,” $27,559.00, November 1, 2010 -
September 30, 2011.
Birman, V. (100%), Department of Army, “Workshop
on Innovative Energy Harvesting Systems for
Army Applications,” $5,600.00, November 1, 2010 -
September 30, 2011.
Bristow, D.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G.
(10%), Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%)
and Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation,
“REU Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $246,000.00, July
15, 2010 - June 30, 2013.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G.
(10%), Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%)
and Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation,
“REU Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $154,000.00, July
15, 2010 - June 30, 2013.
Chandrashekhara, K.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
$75,000.00, October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011.
Mishra, R. (20%), Banerjee, A. (16%),
Chandrashekhara, K. (16%), Du, X. (16%), Kimball, J.
(16%) and Rovey, J. (16%), Office of Naval Research,
“Waves, Wind and Scavengers: Next Generation
Renewable Energy Systems for Naval Applications,”
$660,008.00, August 16, 2010 - August 15, 2013.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), GKN Aerospace
Services, “CAMT IC Full Membership,” $50,000.00,
April 2, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (75%) and Leu, M. (25%),
Spirit Aerosystems Incorporated, “CAMT IC Spirit
Aerosystems,” $20,000.00, November 13, 2007 -
September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), GKN Aerospace
Services, “CAMT IC GKN Aerospace Services,”
$8,000.00, April 2, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashkhara, K. (100%), Boeing Company,
“CAMT IC Gold Membership Boeing,” $20,000.00,
February 27, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (50%) and Schuman, T. (50%),
United Soybean Board, “Soy-Based UV Resistant
Polyurethane Pultruded Composites,” $50,000.00,
September 1, 2009 - December 31, 2011.
Dagli, C. (30%), Corns, S. (20%), Guardiola, I. (20%),
Chandrashekhara, K. (10%), Sarangapani, J. (10%)
and Zawodniok, M. (10%), Stevens Institute of
Technology, “Agile Systems Engineering: Experiential
and Active Learning Approach,” $198,556.00, May 15,
2010 - July 31, 2012.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
$159,972.00, October 1, 2010 - March 31, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), Spirit Aerosystems
Incorporated, “CAMT IC Spirit Aerosystems,”
$20,000.00, November 13, 2007 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (50%) and Dharani, L. (50%),
Universal Technology Corporation, “1.3 Modeling and
Simulation of Ultra-High Temperature Materials for
Hypersonic Aerospace Vehicles,” $201,346.00, July 27,
2010 - May 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (50%), Fahrenholtz, W.
(25%) and Hilmas, G. (25%), Universal Technology
Corporation, “1.2 Ultra-High Temperature Materials for
Hypersonic Aerospace Vehicles,” $483,255.00, July 27,
2010 - May 14, 2012.
Richards, V. (40%), Van Aken, D. (18%), Peaslee, K.
(17%), Chandrashekhara, K. (5%), Medvedeva,
J. (5%), Nam, P. (5%), Smith, J. (5%) and Zhang, L.
(5%), Department of Army, “High Performance Alloy
Materials and Advanced Manufacturing of Steel
Castings for Improved Weapon System Reliability,”
$1,800,000.00, August 27, 2007 - July 30, 2012.
Liou, F. (36%), Chandrashekhara, K. (16%), Landers,
R. (16%), Leu, M. (16%) and Newkirk, J. (16%), Air
Force Research Lab, “Task 2 - Advanced Military
Installations that Integrate Renewable Energy and
Advanced Energy Storage Technologies,” $805,500.00,
July 10, 2009 - July 9, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (50%) and Schuman, T. (50%),
Department of Transportation, “NUTC/Soy-based UV
Resistant Polyurethane Pultruded Composites: Phase
2,” $25,000.00, September 1, 2010 - December 31,
2011.
Chandrashekhara, K. (100%), Boeing Company,
“CAMT IC Gold Membership,” $40,000.00, February
27, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (70%) and Leu, M. (30%),
Spirit Aerosystems Incorporated, “CAMT IC Spirit
AeroSystems Membership In-Mold Curing Process
for Aerospace Composites (9.10 Composites Thrust
Area),” $100,000.00, November 13, 2007 - September
14, 2012.
Richards, V. (75%), Chandrashekhara, K. (15%) and
Van Aken, D. (10%), Advanced Technology Institute,
“Superior Weapons Systems through Castings (SWC)-
- Developing an Improved Combination of Strength and
Permeability for Investment Shells used with Foam
Patterns,” $169,997.00, March 2, 2010 - September 30,
2012.
Dharani, L.
Leventis, N. (60%), Dharani, L. (10%), Sotiriou-
Leventis, C. (10%), Winiarz, J. (10%) and Xing, Y.
(10%), Army Research Office, “Advanced Polymer
Systems for Defense Application - Power Generation,
Protection and Sensing,” $1,629,600.00, September
15, 2010 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (50%) and Dharani, L. (50%),
Universal Technology Corporation, “1.3 Modeling and
Simulation of Ultra-High Temperature Materials for
Hypersonic Aerospace Vehicles,” $201,346.00, July 27,
2010 - May 14, 2012.
Drallmeier, J.
Daughton, W. (10%), Dow Jr., B. (20%), Drallmeier,
J. (10%), Dunn Norman, S. (10%), Erickson, K. (10%),
Hofer, V. (20%), Hurson, A. (10%) and Schonberg, W.
(10%), Gulf University for Science and Technology,
“Collaboration in Development of Programs in the
New GUST College of Engineering,” $295,290.00,
August 28, 2008 - December 31, 2015.
Drallmeier, J. (100%), Kawasaki Motors, “Small
Engine Design for Fuel Efficiency,” $287,144.00,
January 1, 2009 - May 31, 2012.
Sarangapani, J. (55%) and Drallmeier, J. (45%),
National Science Foundation, “Smart Engines: Fuel
Flexible Engine Control Using Adaptive Neural Network
Critics,” $311,200.00, October 15, 2009 - September
30, 2012.
Du, X.
Mishra, R. (20%), Banerjee, A. (16%), Chandrashekhara,
K. (16%), Du, X. (16%), Kimball, J. (16%) and Rovey,
J. (16%), Office of Naval Research, “Waves, Wind
and Scavengers: Next Generation Renewable Energy
Systems for Naval Applications,” $660,008.00, August
16, 2010 - August 15, 2013.
Eversman, W.
Eversman, W. (100%), Spirit Aerosystems
Incorporated, “Duct Acoustics,” $99,847.00,
September 1, 2010 - December 31, 2011.
Finaish, F.
Finaish, F. (100%), National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, “NASA -
Missouri Space Grant Consortium,” $825,660.00, May
1, 2010 - April 30, 2015.
Finaish, F. (100%), National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, “NASA
- Missouri Space Grant Consortium,” $2,038,666.00,
May 1, 2005 - April 30, 2011.
Flanigan Jr., V.
Nam, P. (80%) and Flanigan Jr, V. (20%), Missouri Life
Science Research Board, “Integrated Program for the
Development of Microalgae as Sustainable Resources
for Biofuels and Biomaterials,” $526,906.00, January
1, 2008 - December 31, 2011.
Hosder, S.
Dogan, F. (76%), Anderson, H. (4%), Grasman, S.
(4%), Hosder, S. (4%), Koylu, U. (4%), Lee, S. (4%)
and Sheffield, J. (4%), Air Force Research Lab, “Task
4 - Advanced Military Installations that Integrate
Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Storage
Technologies,” $862,500.00, July 10, 2009 - July 9,
2012.
Hosder, S. (100%), M4 Engineering, “Quantification
of Uncertainties in Integrated Spacecraft,” $40,166.00,
January 29, 2010 - January 28, 2011.

MAE Annual Report 2011
Isaac, K.
Isaac, K. (50%) and Leventis, N. (50%), University of
Arizona, “Redox Magnetoconvection of Solution in
Small-Scale Electrochemical Systems,” $80,701.00,
August 15, 2007 - July 31, 2011.
Koylu, U.
Dogan, F. (76%), Anderson, H. (4%), Grasman, S.
(4%), Hosder, S. (4%), Koylu, U. (4%), Lee, S. (4%)
and Sheffield, J. (4%), Air Force Research Lab, “Task
4 - Advanced Military Installations that Integrate
Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Storage
Technologies,” $862,500.00, July 10, 2009 - July 9,
2012.
Landers, R.
Galecki, G. (55%), Landers, R. (10%), Summers,
D. (25%) and Van Aken, D. (10%), KMT Waterjet
Systems Incorporated, “CAMT IC Full Membership,”
$100,000.00, March 3, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Galecki, G. (55%), Landers, R. (10%), Summers,
D. (25%) and Van Aken, D. (10%), KMT Waterjet
Systems Incorporated, “CAMT IC Gold Membership,”
$80,000.00, February 27, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Landers, R. (100%), GKN Aerospace Services,
“CAMT IC GKN Aerospace Services,” $16,000.00,
April 2, 2008 - September 14, 2012,
Landers, R. (50%), Hall, R. (25%) and Sheng, H.
(25%), National Science Foundation, “Development
and Evaluation of Simulation and Emulation Tools for
Enhanced Manufacturing Automation Instruction,”
$149,988.00, April 15, 2008 - March 31, 2011.
Leu, M. (40%), Hilmas, G. (35%) and Landers, R.
(25%), Boeing Company, “Matching Support for NSF
GOALI,” $30,000.00, November 19, 2010 - July 31,
2012.
Leu, M. (40%), Landers, R. (25%) and Hilmas, G.
(35%), National Science Foundation, “GOALI: Freezeform
Extrusion Fabrication of Composite Structures
Using Ultra High Temperature Ceramics and Refractory
Metals,” $302,400.00, August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2012.
Landers, R. (100%), Boeing Company, “CAMT IC
Gold Membership Boeing,” $20,000.00, February 27,
2008 - September 14, 2012.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G.
(10%), Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%)
and Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation,
“REU Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $154,000.00,
July 15, 2010 - June 30, 2013.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G.
(10%), Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%)
and Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation,
“REU Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $246,000.00,
July 15, 2010 - June 30, 2013.
Liou, F. (36%), Chandrashekhara, K. (16%), Landers,
R. (16%), Leu, M. (16%) and Newkirk, J. (16%), Air
Force Research Lab, “Task 2 - Advanced Military
Installations that Integrate Renewable Energy and
Advanced Energy Storage Technologies,” $805,500.00,
July 10, 2009 - July 9, 2012.
Leu, M.
Leu, M. (40%), Hilmas, G. (35%) and Landers, R.
(25%), National Science Foundation, “GOALI: Freezeform
Extrusion Fabrication of Composite Structures
Using Ultra High Temperature Ceramics and Refractory
Metals,” $9,600.00, August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2011.
Leu, M. (100%), Spirit Aerosystems Incorporated,
“CAMT IC Spirit Aerosystems,” $10,000.00, November
13, 2007 - September 14, 2012.
Leu, M. (40%), Hilmas, G. (35%) and Landers, R.
(25%), Boeing Company, “Matching Support for NSF
GOALI,” $30,000.00, November 19, 2010 - July 31,
2012.
Leu, M. (100%), KMT Waterjet Systems Incorporated,
“CAMT IC KMT Waterjet Systems,” $5,000.00, March
3, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (75%) and Leu, M. (25%),
Spirit Aerosystems Incorporated, “CAMT IC Spirit
Aerosystems,” $20,000.00, November 13, 2007 -
September 14, 2012.
Leu, M. (40%), Landers, R. (25%) and Hilmas, G.
(35%), National Science Foundation, “GOALI: Freezeform
Extrusion Fabrication of Composite Structures
Using Ultra High Temperature Ceramics and Refractory
Metals,” $302,400.00, August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2012.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G. (10%),
Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%) and
Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation, “REU
Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $154,000.00, July 15,
2010 - June 30, 2013.
Hilmas, G. (50%) and Leu, M. (50%), Universal
Technology Corporation, “1.5 Additive Manufacturing
of Ultra-High Temperature Materials for Hypersonic
Aerospace Vehicles,” $197,363.00, July 27, 2010 - May
14, 2012.
Liou, F. (36%), Chandrashekhara, K. (16%), Landers, R.
(16%), Leu, M. (16%) and Newkirk, J. (16%), Air Force
Research Lab, “Task 2 - Advanced Military Installations
that Integrate Renewable Energy and Advanced
Energy Storage Technologies,” $805,500.00, July 10,
2009 - July 9, 2012.
Leu, M. (60%) and Liu, X. (40%), Boeing Company,
“CAMT IC Gold Membership,” $80,000.00, February
27, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Boeing Company, “CAMT IC
Gold Membership,” $4,805.00, February 27, 2008 -
September 14, 2012.
Chandrashekhara, K. (70%) and Leu, M. (30%),
Spirit Aerosystems Incorporated, “CAMT IC Spirit
AeroSystems Membership In-Mold Curing Process
for Aerospace Composites (9.10 Composites Thrust
Area),” $100,000.00, November 13, 2007 - September
14, 2012.
Leu, M. (100%), Boeing Company, “CAMT IC Gold
Membership Boeing,” $40,000.00, February 27, 2008 -
September 14, 2012.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G. (10%),
Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%) and
Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation, “REU
Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $246,000.00, July 15,
2010 - June 30, 2013.
Liou, F.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G. (10%),
Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%) and
Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation, “REU
Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $154,000.00, July 15,
2010 - June 30, 2013.
Liou, F. (100%), Product Innovation and Engineering
LLC, “SBIR Phase I: Multi-Axis Planning System for
Direct Fabrication and Repair of Metals,” $50,000.00,
August 31, 2007 - December 1, 2011.
Liou, F. (100%), Titanova Incorporated, “CAMT IC
Novel Diode Laser Clad,” $50,000.00, January 18,
2010 - January 17, 2011.
Landers, R. (20%), Bristow, D. (20%), Hilmas, G. (10%),
Leu, M. (10%), Liou, F. (10%), Newkirk, J. (10%) and
Sheng, H. (20%), National Science Foundation, “REU
Site: Additive Manufacturing,” $246,000.00, July 15,
2010 - June 30, 2013.
Liou, F. (36%), Chandrashekhara, K. (16%), Landers,
R. (16%), Leu, M. (16%) and Newkirk, J. (16%), Air
Force Research Lab, “Task 2 - Advanced Military
Installations that Integrate Renewable Energy and
Advanced Energy Storage Technologies,” $805,500.00,
July 10, 2009 - July 9, 2012.
Liou, F. (75%) and Newkirk, J. (25%), Boeing Company,
“CAMT IC Gold Membership Boeing,” $25,000.00,
February 27, 2008 - September 14, 2012.
Okafor, A.
Okafor, A. (100%), National Science Foundation,
“Development of Virtual CNC Machine Tools and Web-
Based Machining Process Simulation and Learning,”
$372,400.00, June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2012.
Pernicka, H.
Pernicka, H. (100%), Air Force Office of Scientific
Research, “Design, Integration, and Flight Test of a
Pair of Autonomous Spacecraft Flying in Formation,”
$110,000.00, March 1, 2009 - May 31, 2011.
Riggins, D.
Riggins, D. (100%), Doty Consulting Services, “A
Demonstration of Exergy-Based Analysis Including
Wake Losses for High-Speed Jet Engines -
Identification of Major Drivers on Exergy Destruction
and Performance Losses,” $9,999.96, March 1, 2010
- September 30, 2011.
Riggins, D. (100%), Doty Consulting Services, “A
Demonstration of Exergy-Base Analysis Including
Wake Losses for High-Speed Jet Engines -
Identification of Major Drivers on Exergy Destruction
and Performance Losses,” $10,000.00, December 1,
2010 - September 30, 2011.
Riggins, D. (100%), Universal Technology Corporation,
“Maximum Energy Utilization through System
Integration and Optimization,” $70,112.00, September
1, 2009 - September 9, 2011.
Rovey, J.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
$75,000.00, October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology
Mishra, R. (20%), Banerjee, A. (16%), Chandrashekhara,
K. (16%), Du, X. (16%), Kimball, J. (16%) and Rovey,
J. (16%), Office of Naval Research, “Waves, Wind
and Scavengers: Next Generation Renewable Energy
Systems for Naval Applications,” $660,008.00, August
16, 2010 - August 15, 2013.
Rovey, J. (75%) and Chandrashekhara, K. (25%),
Department of Energy, “Remote Monitoring of the
Structural Health of Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades,”
$159,972.00, October 1, 2010 - March 31, 2012.
Rovey, J. (100%), Air Force Office of Science
Research, “Energy Conversion and Loss Processes
in Heavy Gas, Field-Reversed Configuration Electric
Thruster Plasma,” $240,028.00, June 1, 2010 - May 31,
2013.
Rovey, J. (100%), Missouri Life Science Research
Board, “Pseudospark Pulsed Plasma X-ray Generation
for Portable Medical Devices,” $97,786.00, January 1,
2009 - May 31, 2011.
Sheffield, J.
Sheffield, J. (75%) and Martin, K. (25%), Air Force
Research Laboratory, “Advanced Military Installations
that Integrate Renewable Energy and Advanced
Energy Storage Technologies - Task 4,” $37,625.00, July
10, 2009 - July 9, 2012.
Myers, J. (70%) and Sheffield, J. (30%), Department
of Transportation, “NUTC (National University
Transportation Center for Transportation) Infrastructure
and Safety Year 2,” $3,010,000.00, July 1, 2007 - June
30, 2013.
Sheffield, J. (100%), General Motors Corporation,
“EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge Project,” $158,669.00,
May 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011.
Lee, S. (48%), Henthorn, K. (16%), Ludlow, D. (16%),
Sheffield, J. (12%) and Grasman, S. (8%), Air Force
Research Lab, “Task 3 - Advanced Military Installations
that Integrate Renewable Energy and Advanced
Energy Storage Technologies,” $537,808.00, July 10,
2009 - July 9, 2012.
Dogan, F. (76%), Anderson, H. (4%), Grasman, S.
(4%), Hosder, S. (4%), Koylu, U. (4%), Lee, S. (4%)
and Sheffield, J. (4%), Air Force Research Lab, “Task
4 - Advanced Military Installations that Integrate
Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Storage
Technologies,” $862,500.00, July 10, 2009 - July 9,
2012.
Sheffield, J. (80%) and Martin, K. (20%), Air Force
Research Laboratory, “Advanced Military Installations
that Integrate Renewable Energy and Advanced
Energy Storage Technologies,” $324,692.00, July 1,
2009 - July 9, 2012.
Rolufs, A. (50%) and Sheffield, J. (50%), Department
of Transportation, “FTA Grant - Research on Alternative
Sources of Energy to Power Transit Vehicles,”
$686,073.00, April 1, 2008 - October 1, 2013.
Myers, J. (70%) and Sheffield, J. (30%), Department
of Transportation, “National University Transportation
Center For Transportation Infrastructure and Safety - Yr
3,” $2,858,100.00, July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2013.
Myers, J. (67%) and Sheffield, J. (33%), Department
of Transportation, “NUTC (National University
Transportation Center for Transportation) Infrastructure
and Safety Year 1,” $1,560,000.00, July 1, 2006 - June
30, 2013.
Tsai, H.
Tsai, H. (60%) and O’keefe, M. (40%), University
of Lincoln, “Multi-Laser Beam Open Atmosphere
Surface Coating Techniques Based on Precursor
Excitation, Photodissociation and Controlled Cooling,”
$1,499,999.00, March 15, 2005 - September 30, 2011.
Tsai, H. (60%) and O’keefe, M. (40%), Univeristy
of Nebraska Lincoln, “Multi-Laser Beam Open
Atmosphere Surface Coating Techniques Based on
Precursor Excitation, Photodissociation and Controlled
Cooling,” $681,836.00, March 15, 2005 - September
30, 2011.
Balakrishnan, S.
PROFESSIONAL & SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
CHAIRMAN, CO-CHAIRMAN OF
TECHNICAL SESSIONS AND
CONFERENCES
Co-Chairman of Technical Session, AIAA Guidance,
Navigation and Control Conference, Portland, OR,
August 8 - 11, 2011.
Birman, V.
Co-Chairman and Co-organizer of Workshop on
Revolutionary Fundamental Research in Support of
Energy Harvesting, Austin, TX, August 7, 2011.
Chairman of Technical Session, Sandwich Structures,
Stability and Identification-II, ASME 2011 International
Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition,
Denver, CO, November 17, 2011.
Bristow, D.
Organizer, session on “Emerging Applications
of Iterative Learning Control”, American Control
Conference, July 1, 2011.
Organizer and Co-Chair, session on “Iterative Learning
Control Design Paradigms,” American Control
Conference, July 1, 2011.
Du, X.
Session Chair, session on “Simulation-based Design
Under Uncertainty,” 2011 ASME International Design
Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and
Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
(CIE), Washington, DC, August 28 - 31, 2011.
Eversman, W.
Session Chair (General Acoustics) 17th AIAA/CEAS
Aeroacoustics Conference, Portland, OR, June 2011.
Administrative Chair 17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics
Conference, Portland, OR, June 2011.
Leu, M.
Organizer and Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board
Meeting of the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing
Technologies, Wichita, KS, May 11, 2011.
Takai, S.
Session Chair, 2011 ASME International Design
Engineering Technical Conference, Washington, DC,
August 28 - 31, 2011.
SERVICE ON COMMITTEES OF
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Armaly, B.
Chaired the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology’s Finance Committee Meeting, Baltimore,
MD, January 27 - 28, 2011.
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Executive Committee Meeting (serving as Treasurer),
Baltimore, MD, February 24 - 25, 2011.
Missouri Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules
Meeting, Jefferson City, MO, February 10, 2011.
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Executive Committee Meeting (serving as Treasurer),
Baltimore, MD, March 26, 2011.
Balakrishnan, S.
Member, IEEE Aerospace Technical Committee, 2011.
Banerjee, A.
Energy Sustainability Committee, ASME, Washington,
DC, August 7 - 10, 2011.
Tsai, H. (100%), Missouri Life Science Research
Board, “Advanced Cardiovascular Stent Built with
Nanotechnology,” $216,000.00, January 1, 2009 -
December 31, 2011.
Birman, V.
Member of the Advisory Board, ICCE-19: The
Nineteenth International Conference on Composites/
Nano Engineering, Shanghai, China, July 24 - 30, 2011.
Crosbie, A.
AIAA Thermophysics Publication Subcommittee
Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 5, 2011.
AIAA Thermophysics Technical Committee Meeting,
Orlando, FL, January 5, 2011.
AIAA Journals Committee Meeting, Orlando, FL,
January 6, 2011.
AIAA Publications Committee Meeting, Orlando, FL,
January 4 - 7, 2011.
AIAA Publications Executive Committee Meeting,
Orlando, FL, January 6, 2011.
AIAA Editors-in-Chief Committee Meeting (Chair),
Orlando, FL, January 6, 2011.
AIAA Publications Committee Meeting on Open
Access, March 9, 2011.
AIAA Publications Committee Meeting on Open
Access, March 29, 2011.
AIAA Publications Committee Meeting on Open
Access, May 10, 2011.
Selection Committee for Van de Hulst Light Scattering
Award, May 2011.
Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer report to
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Thermophysics Committee, June 2011.
AIAA Publications Executive Committee Meeting,
October 4, 2011.

Drallmeier, J.
Board of Directors, Institute of Liquid Atomization and
Spray Systems, 2011.
Board of Directors, Central States Section of the
Combustion Institute, 2011.
Du, X.
Paper review session co-coordinator, 2011 ASME
DETC, March 2011.
Paper review co-coordinator, 2011 ASME International
Design Engineering Technical Conference, March 2011.
Eversman, W.
AIAA Aeroacoustics Technical Committee Vice Chair,
2011.
AIAA Aeroacoustics Award Selection Committee,
2011.
AIAA Aeroacoustics Technical Committee, 2011.
AIAA Fellow Selection Sub-Committee, 2011.
Finaish, F.
Member, Aeronautics Group of the National Council of
Space Grant Directors, Washington, DC, March 2011.
Member, National Council of the Space Grant
Directors, Washington, DC, March 3 - 5, 2011.
Chair of the Midwest Space Grant Region Consortia
(9 regional states), Washington, DC, March 3 - 5, 2011.
Hosder, S.
AIAA Hypersonic Technologies and Aerospace
Planes Program Committee Meeting, 17th AIAA
International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems
and Technologies Conference, San Francisco, CA, April
2011.
Isaac, K. M.
Represented Dr. Jim Drallmeier at the Aerospace
Department Chairs Association meeting, Orlando, FL,
January 2011.
Koylu, U.
ASME K-2 Committee on Long Range Directions and
Issues in Heat Transfer, 2011.
MacSithigh, G.
Arrangements Committee, Society for Natural
Philosophy, East Lansing, MI, October 7 - 9, 2011.
Takai, S.
Secretary of ASME Design for Manufacturing and
the Life Cycle Technical Committee, October 2010 -
September 2011.
Selection committee for the inaugural Design
Engineering Division - Design for Manufacturing and
the Lifecycle Conference Kos Ishii-Toshiba Award,
June 2011.
Secretary of ASME Design for Manufacturing and the
Life Cycle Technical (DFMLC) Committee, 2011 - 2012.
Paper review co-coordinator, 2011 ASME International
Design Engineering.
Technical Conference, Washington, DC, August 28 -
31, 2011.
Vice Chair of ASME Design for Manufacturing and the
Life Cycle Technical (DFMLC) Committee, 2011 - 2012.
Yang, X.
Judge for Intelligent Systems Center poster
symposium at Missouri S&T, November 2011.
EDITORS OF SYMPOSIUMS,
PROCEEDINGS, AND JOURNALS
Balakrishnan, S.
Associate Editor, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control,
and Dynamics
Birman, V.
Associate Editor, Applied Mechanics Reviews
Co-Editor, Collection of presentations at the
“Workshop on Revolutionary Fundamental Research
in Support of Energy Harvesting,” Austin, TX
Associate Editor, Komposyty (Composites), published
by the Polish Society for Composite Materials
Associate Editor, Member of Editorial Board,
International Journal of Aeronautical and Space
Sciences, published by the Korean Society for
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Associate Editor, Composites Part B: Engineering
Bristow, D.
Associate Editor, International Program Committee,
2011 Conference on Control Applications (January
2011 - April 2011)
Associate Editor, Mechatronics
Chandrashekhara, K.
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Biobased Materials
and Bioenergy, 2011
Crosbie, A.
MAE Annual Report 2011
Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of
Thermal Science
Editor-in-Chief, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and
Heat Transfer
Associate Editor, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy
& Radiative Transfer
Dharani, L.
Editorial Board, International Journal of Damage
Mechanics International Scientific Committee
International Conference on Damage Mechanics
Drallmeier, J.
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Atomization and
Sprays
Du, X.
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of
Reliability and Safety
Landers, R.
Program Committee Member, IEEE Conference on
Control Applications
Program Committee Member, International
Symposium on Flexible Automation
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Control
Systems Technology
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems,
Measurement, and Control
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Manufacturing
Science and Engineering
Liou, F.
Associate Editor, Mechanism and Machine Theory, the
Journal of IFToMM - The International Federation for
the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms
Pernicka, H.
Managing Editor, The Journal of the Astronautical
Sciences
Sheffield, J.
Subject Editor & Associate Editor, International Journal
of Hydrogen Energy
Tsai, H.
Editorial Board of ISRN Chemical Engineering
Balakrishnan, S.
Ding, J. and Balakrishnan, S. N., “Approximate Dynamic
Programming Solutions with a Single Network
Adaptive Critic for a Class of Nonlinear Systems”,
Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 9, No.
3, pp.370 - 380, 2011.
Banerjee, A.
Haley, A. and Banerjee, A., “Role Of Initial Conditions
In Unstably Stratified Hydrogen Air Mixing Zones,”
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36, 11174-
11182, DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.06.001, 2011.
Mukherji, S. S., Kolekar, N., Banerjee, A. and Mishra,
R., “Numerical Investigation and Evaluation of Optimum
Hydrodynamic Performance of a Horizontal Axis
Hydrokinetic Turbine,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable
Energy, Vol. 3, 063105, November 2011.
Birman, V.
Liu, Y., Birman, V., Chen, C., Thomopoulos, S. and
Genin, G. M., “Mechanisms of Bimaterial Attachment
at the Interface of Tendon to Bone,” ASME Journal
of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 133,
doi:10.1115/1.4002641, January 2011.
Barton, B., Shetty, M. S., Birman, V. and Dharani, L. R.,
“Tapered Cylindrical Cantilever Beam Retrofitted with
Steel Reinforced Polymer or Grout,” Composites Part
B, Vol. 42, pp. 207 - 216, March 2011.
Thomopoulos, S., Das, R., Birman, V., Smith, L., Ku,
K., Elson, E. L., Pryse, K. M., Marquez, J. P. and Genin,
G. M., “Fibrocartilage Tissue Engineering: The Role of
the Stress Environment on Cell Morphology and Matrix
Expression,” Tissue Engineering Part A, Vol. 17, No. 7-8,
pp. 1039 - 1053, April 2011.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Nguyen, C. H., Butukuri, R. R., Chandrashekhara, K.
and Birman, V., “Dynamics and Buckling of Sandwich
Panels with Stepped Facings,” International Journal of
Structural Stability and Dynamics, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp.
697 - 716, August 2011.
Bristow, D.
Ahn, H. S. and Bristow, D. A., “Special Issue on Iterative
Learning Control,” Asian Journal of Control, Vol. 13,
No. 1, pp. 1 - 2, January 2011.
Bristow, D. A. and Singler, J., “Towards Transient
Growth Analysis and Design in Iterative Learning Control,”
International Journal of Control, Vol. 84, No. 7, pp.
1234 - 1245, 2011.
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Loganathan, M., Kodandarama, S. R. and Bristow,
D. A., “Measurement Sensitivity Improvement in
Tapping-mode Atomic Force Microscopy through Bi-
Harmonic Drive Signal,” Review of Scientific Instruments,
Vol. 82, No. 103704, October 2011.
Chandrashekhara, K.
Chen, J., Chandrashekhara, K., Mahimkar, S. C.,
Lekakh, S. N. and Richards, V. L., “Void Closure Prediction
in Cold Rolling Process Using Finite Element
Analysis and Neural Network,” Journal of Materials
Processing Technology, Vol. 211, pp. 245 - 255, February
2011.
Nguyen, C. H., Butukuri, R. R., Chandrashekhara, K.
and Birman, V., “Dynamics and Buckling of Sandwich
Panels with Stepped Facings,” International Journal
of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Vol. 11, Issue 4,
pp. 697 - 716, August 2011.
Crosbie, A.
Crosbie, A. L., “A Twenty-Fourth Successful Year for
the Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,”
AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,
Vol. 25, pp. 1 - 4, January 2011.
Dharani, L.
Barton, B. L., Shetty, M. S., Birman, V. and Dharani, L.
R., “Tapered Cylindrical Beam Retrofitted with Steel
Reinforced Polymer or Grout,” Composites Part B:
Engineering, Part B 42, pp. 207 - 216, January 2011.
Drallmeier, J.
Massey, J. A., Wagner R. M., and Drallmeier, J. A.,
“Application of Accelerometers for Sensing Combustion
Phasing of an Advanced Combustion Engine,”
International Journal of Engine Research, Vol. 12, No.
5, pp. 405 - 420, October 2011.
Du, X.
Zhang, J. and Du, X., “Time-Dependent Reliability
Analysis for Function Generator Mechanisms,”
Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133, No. 3,
031005, March 2011.
Zhang, J. and Du, X., “Time-Dependent Reliability
Analysis for Function Generator Mechanisms,” ASME
Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133, pp. 031005-
1–031005-9, March 2011.
Wang, J., Zhang, J. and Du, X., “Hybrid Dimension
Reduction for Mechanism Reliability Analysis with
Random Joint Clearances,” Mechanism and Machine
Theory, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1396 - 1410, October 2011.
Eversman, W.
Eversman, W. and Gallman, J., “Impedance Eduction
with an Extended Search Procedure,” AIAA
Journal, Vol. 49, No. 9, September 2011.
Hosder, S.
Bettis, B. and Hosder, S., “Efficient Uncertainty
Quantification Approach for Reentry Flows with
Mixed Uncertainties,” Journal of Thermophysics and
Heat Transfer, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 523 - 534, October
2011.
Hutcheson, R.
Nagel, R., Hutcheson, R., McAdams, D. and Stone,
R., ”Process and Event Modeling for Conceptual
Design,” Journal of Engineering Design, Vol. 22, Issue
3, March 2011.
Isaac, K.
Sen, D., Isaac, K. M., Leventis, N. and Fritsch, I.,
“Investigation of Transient Redox Electrochemical
MHD Using Numerical Simulations,” International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 54, pp. 5368
– 5378, September 2011.
Koylu, U.
Vudumu, S. K. and Koylu, U. O., “Computational
Modeling, Validation, and Utilization for Predicting the
Performance, Combustion and Emissions Characteristics
of Hydrogen IC Engines,” Energy, Vol. 36, pp.
647 - 655, January 2011.
Landers, R.
Tang, L. and Landers, R. G., “Layer–to–Layer Height
Control for Laser Metal Deposition Processes,”
ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering,
Vol. 133, No. 2, 021009, April 2011.
Landers, R. G., Galecki, G., Young, K. and Hanks, R.,
“Peripheral Milling of Thin Titanium Plates: Modeling,
Analysis, and Process Planning,” Proceedings of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B – Journal
of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 225, No. 6, pp. 783
– 798, June 2011.
Leu, M.
Doiphode, N. D., Huang, T., Leu, M. C., Rahaman, M.
N. and Day, D. E., “Freeze Extrusion Fabrication of 13-
93 Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Bone Repair,” Journal
of Material Science: Materials in Medicine, Vol. 22,
No. 3, March 2011.
Kolan, K. C. R., Leu, M. C., Hilmas, G. E., Brown, R.
F. and Velez, M., “Fabrication of 13-93 Bioactive Glass
Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering Using Indirect
Selective Laser Sintering,” Journal of Biofabrication,
Vol. 3, No. 2, ID: 025004.download, June 2011.
Oz, C. and Leu, M. C., “American Sign Language
Word Recognition with a Sensory Glove Using
Artificial Neural Networks,” Journal of Engineering
Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 24, pp. 1204
- 1213, 2011.
Joshi, A., Leu, M. C. and Murray, S. L., “Fastening
Ergonomics Study Based on State-Space Modeling
of Hand-Arm System,” International Journal of Human
Factors Modeling and Simulation, Vol. 2, No. 1/2,
2011, pp. 26 - 46.
Bourell, D. L., Leu, M. C., Chakravarthy, K., Guo, N.
and Alayavalli, K., “Graphite-Based Indirect Laser
Sintered Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates Containing Graphite
Fiber Additions,” Journal of Manufacturing Technology
– CIRP Annals, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 275 - 278, 2011.
Huang, T., Doiphode, N. D., Rahaman, M. N., Leu,
M. C., Bal, B. S., Day, D. E. and Liu, X., “Porous
and Strong Bioactive Glass (13-93) Scaffolds Fabricated
by Freeze Extrusion Technique,” Journal of
Material Science and Engineering: C, Vol. 31, No. 7,
pp. 1482 - 1489, October 2011.
Zhu, W., Vader, A. M., Chadda, A., Leu, M. C., Liu,
X. F. and Vance, J. B., “Wii Remote Based Low-Cost
Motion Capture for Automated Assembly Simulation,”
Journal of Virtual Reality, Vol. 15, Nos. 2 - 3,
doi://10.1007/s10055-011-0204-z, December 2011.
Liou, F.
Chen, X., Sparks, T., Ruan, J. and Liou, F. W.,
“Study of Ti64 Vibration Laser Metal Deposition
Process,” Journal of Advanced Materials Research,
Vol. 189 - 193, pp. 512-517, 2011.
Dietrich, D., Hayes, M. and Liou, F. W., “Additive
Manufacturing Mechanical Property Assessment
and Part Candidate Screening,” International Journal
of Rapid Manufacturing (IJRapidM): Special Issue on:
“Rapid Manufacturing in Medical Applications,” Vol.
2, No. 1/2, pp. 28 - 55, 2011.
Shyam, B., Sparks, T. and Liou, F. W., “Development
of Low Cost Imaging System for Laser Metal
Deposition Processes,” Rapid Prototyping Journal,
Vol. 17, Issue 3, pp. 203 – 210, 2011.
Kulkarnia, N., Liou, F. W. and Newkirk, J. W.,
“Comparison of Direct Deposition Process and
Electro-Write Process for Proton Exchange Membrane
Fuel Cell MEA Manufacturing,” Journal of
Sustainable Manufacturing and Renewable Energy,
Article 2, Vol. 1, Issue 1 - 2, 2011.
Pernicka, H.
Lee, D. and Pernicka, H. J., “Integrated System for
Autonomous Proximity Operations and Docking,”
International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences,
Paper No. IJASS10-041, pp. 43 - 56, December
2011.
Lee, D. and Pernicka, H. J., “Vision-Based Relative
State Estimation Using the Unscented Kalman Filter,”
International Journal of Aeronautical and Space
Sciences, Paper No. IJASS10-032, pp. 24 - 36, December
2011.
Riggins, D.
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Novel Drag Reduction Techniques for Hypersonic
Blunt Bodies,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 49, No. 9, pp. 1871
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Rovey, J.
Donius, B. R. and Rovey, J. L., “Ionic Liquid Dualmode
Spacecraft Propulsion Assessment,” Journal
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Jing, H. and Rovey, J. L., “Faraday Cup with Nanosecond
Response and Adjustable Impedance for
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Sheffield, J.
Arauco, E., Grasman, S., Thomas, M., Martin, K. B.
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Research and Development Garage,” International
Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 36, Issue 13, pp.
8017-8022, July 2011.

Cottrell, C., Grasman, S., Thomas, M., Martin, K. B.
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Portable Fuel Cell Markets,” International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 36, Issue 13, pp. 7969 - 7975,
July 2011.
Shah, A., Mohan, V., Sheffield, J. W. and Martin, K.
B., “Solar Powered Residential Hydrogen Fueling Station,”
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Takai, S.
Takai, S., “A Pre-Post Assessment of Creativity Methods
in an Experimental Course,” International Journal
of Engineering Education, Vol. 27, pp. 380 - 388, April
2011.
Takai, S., Jikar, V. K. and Ragsdell, K. M., “An Approach
Toward Integrating Top-Down and Bottom-Up Product
Concept and Design Selection,” ASME Journal of Mechanical
Design, Vol. 133, No. 7, 071007, July 2011.
Takai, S., Yang, T. G. and Cafeo, J. A., “A Bayesian
Method for Predicting Future Customer Need Distributions,”
Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications,
Vol. 19, No 3, pp. 255 - 264, October 2011.
Tsai, H.
Jiang, L., Li, X., Zhang, X. P., Chen, Q. H., Tsai, H. L.
and Lu, Y. F., “Short Pulse Laser Micro/Nano Manufacturing:
Fundamentals and Applications,” International
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January 2011.
Han, Y., Liang, Z., Sun, H., Xiao, H. and Tsai, H. L.,
“Nanostructured Substrate with Nanoparticles Fabricated
by Femtosecond Laser for Surface–Enhanced
Raman Scattering,” Applied Physics A, Vol. 102, pp.
415 – 419, January 2011.
Zhao, L. J., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Xiao, H., Lu, Y. F. and
Tsai, H. L., “A High-Quality Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
Fiber Sensor by Femtosecond Laser One-Step
Processing,” Sensors, Vol. 11, pp. 54 - 61, January
2011.
Han, Y., Liang, Z., Sun, H., Xiao, H. and Tsai, H. L.,
“Nanostructured Substrate with Nanoparticles Fabricated
by Femtosecond Laser for Surface–Enhanced
Raman Scattering,” Applied Physics A, Vol. 102, pp.
415 – 419, January 2011.
Lin, N., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Xiao, H., Lu, Y. F. and
Tsai, H. L., “Thermostable Refractive Index Sensors
Based on Whispering Gallery Modes in a Microsphere
Coated with Poly (Methyl Methacrylate),” Applied
Optics, Vol. 50, pp. 992 - 998, February 2011.
Lin, N., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Xiao, H., Lu, Y. F. and
Tsai, H. L., “Thermostable Refractive Index Sensors
Based on Whispering Gallery Modes in a Microsphere
Coated with Poly (Methyl Methacrylate),” The Virtual
Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 6, May 4, 2011.
Rao, Z. H., Liao, S. M. and Tsai, H. L., “Modeling of
Hybrid Laser–GMA Welding: Review and Challenges,”
Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, Vol.
16, pp. 300 – 305, February 2011.
Liang, Z. and Tsai, H. L., “Thermal Conductivity of
Interfacial Layers in Nanofluids,” Physics Review E,
Vol. 83, 041602, April 2011.
Wang, S. M., Jiang, L., Li, B. Y., Zhao, L. J., Yang, J.
P., Wang, M. M., Xiao, H. , Lu, Y. F. and Tsai, H. L.,
“Ultrafast Laser Fabrication of Novel Fiber Mach
Zehnder Interferometer Sensors and Its Cost–Effective
Alternative Manufacturing Methods,” Chinese
Journal of Lasers, Vol. 38, 0601002, May 2011.
Li, B. Y., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Zhou, L. Y., Xiao, H.
and Tsai, H. L., “Ultra–Abrupt Tapered Fiber Mach–
Zehnder Interferometer Sensors,” Sensors, Vol. 11, pp.
5729 – 5739, May 2011.
Li, B. Y., Jiang, L., Wang, S. M., Tsai, H. L. and Xiao,
H., “Femtosecond Laser Fabrication of Long Period
Fiber Gratings and Applications in Refractive Index
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MAE Annual Report 2011
Liang, Z. and Tsai, H. L., “Effect of Molecular Film
Thickness on Thermal Conduction Across Solid-Film
Interfaces,” Physics Review E, Vol. 83, 060603, June
2011.
Wang, C., Jiang, L., Wang, F., Li, X., Yuan, Y. P. and
Tsai, H. L., “First–Principles Calculations of the Electron
Dynamics during Femtosecond Laser Pulse Train
Material Interactions,” Physics Letters A, Vol. 375, pp.
3200 – 3204, July 2011.
Lin, N., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Xiao, H., Lu, Y. F. and Tsai,
H. L., “Design and Optimization of Liquid Core Optical
Ring Resonator in Refractive Index Sensing,” Applied
Optics, Vol. 50, pp. 3615 – 3621, July 2011.
Hamdorf, A., Olson, M., Lin, C. H., Jiang, L., Zhou, J.,
Xiao, H. and Tsai, H. L., “Femtosecond and Nanosecond
Laser Fabricated Substrate for Surface–Enhanced
Raman Scattering,” Optics Letters, Vol. 36, pp. 3353
– 3355, August 2011.
Yang, J. P., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Li, B. Y., Wang, M. M.,
Xiao, H., Lu, Y. F. and Tsai, H. L., “High Sensitivity of
Taper–Based Mach–Zehnder Interferometer Embedded
in a Thinned Optical Fiber for Refractive Index
Sensing,” Applied Optics, Vol. 50, pp. 5503 – 5507,
September 2011.
Lin, N., Jiang, L., Wang, S, Xiao, H., Tsai, H. L. and Lu,
Y. F., “Simulation and Optimization of Polymer–Coated
Microsphere Resonators in Chemical Vapor Sensing,”
Applied Optics, Vol. 50, pp. 5465 – 5472, September
2011.
Lin, N., Jiang, L., Wang, S., Xiao, H., Tsai, H. L. and Lu,
Y. F., “Ultrasensitive Thermal Sensors Based on Whispering
Gallery Modes in a Polymer Core Optical Ring
Resonator,” Applied Optics, Vol. 50, pp. 6254 – 6260,
November 2011.
Liang, Z. and Tsai, H. L., “Effect of Thin Film Confined
between Two Dissimilar Solids on Interfacial Thermal
Resistance,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,
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of Soy-based Aliphatic Polyurethane Nanocomposites
for Pultrusion,” Proceedings of the Society for the
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Butukuri, R., Bheemreddy, V., Chandrashekhara,
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Activities on Design Outcomes,” Proceedings of 2011
ASME International Design Engineering Technical
Conferences, DETC2011-47498, Washington, DC,
August 28 - 31, 2011.
Banga, K. and Takai, S., “Effects of Design Parameters
in Cost Estimation and Cost Uncertainty Modeling,”
Proceedings of 2011 ASME International Design
Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC2011-47886,
Washington, DC, August 28 - 31, 2011.
Razu, S. S. and Takai, S., “Reliability and Accuracy
of Bootstrap and Monte Carlo Methods for Demand
Distribution Modeling,” Proceedings of ASME
2011 International Design Engineering Technical
Conferences, DETC2011-47496, Washington, DC,
August 28 - 31, 2011.
Takai, S., Razu, S. and Yang, G. T., “An Approach Toward
Making a Design Decision Based on Future Demand
Prediction,” Proceedings of ASME 2011 International
Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC2011-
47493, Washington, DC, August 28 - 31, 2011.
Tsai, H.
MAE Annual Report 2011
Zhou, J., Khalilollahli, A., and Tsai, H. L., “Modeling
of Transport Phenomena and Thermal Stress in Spot
Laser Keyhole Welding,” the 39th North American
Manufacturing Research Conference, Corvallis,
Oregon, June 13 – 17, 2011.
Wei, T., Lan, X., Xiao, H., Han, Y. K., and Tsai, H. L.,
“Optical Fiber Sensors for High Temperature Harsh
Environment Sensing,” 2011 IEEE International
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology
Conference, Hangzhou, China, May 11 – 12, 2011.
Su, H. W., Lin, C. Y., Chiu, K. C., Tsai, H. L., and
Chen, S.J., “2D Freeform Plasmonic Trapping via
Spatial Light Modulator,” SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 7902,
79020O, February 10, 2011.
Yang, X.
Yang, X., Liu, Y., Oulton, R. F., Yin, X. and Zhang,
X., “Enhanced Optical Forces in Hybrid Plasmonic
Waveguides,” Proceedings of SPIE NanoScience +
Engineering, 8097 - 48, San Diego, CA, August 24,
2011.
Yang, X., Ishikawa, A., Yin, X. and Zhang, X.,
“Hybrid Photonic-Plasmonic Crystal Nanocavities,”
Proceedings of SPIE NanoScience + Engineering,
8096 - 102, San Diego, CA, August 24, 2011.
Yang, X., Yao, J., Rho, J., Yin, X. and Zhang, X.,
“Experimental Demonstration of Three-Dimensional
Nanoscale Metamaterial Optical Cavities,”
Proceedings of FiO/LS Conference, PDPC6, San Jose,
CA, October 19, 2011.
Yang, X., Ishikawa, A., Yin, X. and Zhang, X.,
“Hybridization of Photonic Crystal Cavities and Surface
Plasmons,” Proceedings of FiO/LS Conference,
FWW3, San Jose, CA, October 19, 2011.
Birman, V.
Birman, V., Plate Structures, Springer, Dordrecht,
Heidelberg, London, New York, ISBN 978-94-007-
1714-5, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1715-2, July 2011.
Riggins, D.
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO BOOKS
AND
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Riggins, D. W., Camberos, J. and Moorhouse,
D., “Entropy Generation and Aerospace Vehicle
Performance,” Chapter 6, Vol. 238, AIAA Progress in
Astronautics and Aeronautics Series, Exergy Analysis
and Design Optimization for Aerospace Vehicles
and Systems, AIAA, 2011, pp. 181 - 227, Reston, VA,
September 2011.
Riggins, D. W., Camberos, J. and Moorhouse, D.,
“Characterization of Aerospace Vehicle Performance
and Mission Analysis Using Exergy,” Chapter 8, Vol.
238, AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics
Series, Exergy Analysis and Design Optimization for
Aerospace Vehicles and Systems, AIAA, 2011, pp. 275
- 307, Reston, VA, September 2011.
Riggins, D. W., Moorhouse, D., Camberos, J. and
von Spakovsky, M., “Optimization Utilizing Entropy-
Generation Minimization for Maximum Performance
of Hypersonic Vehicles,” Chapter 7, Vol. 238, AIAA
Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series,
Exergy Analysis and Design Optimization for
Aerospace Vehicles and Systems, AIAA, 2011, pp. 229
- 273, Reston, VA, September 2011.
Birman, V.
INVITED TALKS
Liu, Y., Gitomer-Schwartz, A., Birman, V., Chen,
C., Thomopoulos, S. and Genin, G. M., “Partially
Mineralization of Soft Tissue during Development,
and Speculation on its Role in Modulating Stress.”
Paper IMECE2011-64585, ASME 2011 International
Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition,
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, November
2011.
Birman, V. and Keil, T., “Nonlinear Sandwich Energy
Piezoelectric Harvester Coupled with Flextensional
Displacement Multiplier,” ASME 2011 International
Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition,
Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, November
2011.
Du, X.
Du, X., “Time-Dependent Probabilistic Mechanism
Analysis and Synthesis,” Xihua University, Chengdu,
China, January 5, 2011.
Du, X., “Time-Dependent Reliability and Hydrokinetic
Energy,” Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu,
China, December 15, 2011.
Du, X., “Time-Dependent Reliability and Hydrokinetic
Energy,” University of Electronic Science and
Technology of China, Chengdu, China, December 19,
2011.
Hosder, S.
Hosder, S., “Efficient Uncertainty Quantification in
Aerospace Simulations with Stochastic Expansions,”
Missouri Institute for Computational and Applied
Mathematical Sciences (MICAMS) Seminar, Missouri
University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO,
October 24, 2011.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology
Hutcheson, R.
Hutcheson, R., “Best Practices for Lab Courses,”
invited roundtable discussion for Missouri University
of Science and Technology Center for Educational
Research and Teaching Innovation, Rolla, MO, February
23, 2011.
Hutcheson, R., “IDE20 eFellows Project,” invited
presentation at the 2011 Missouri S&T Teaching and
Learning Technology Conference, Rolla, MO, March
10, 2011.
Koylu, U.
Koylu, U., “Conventional and Sustainable Energy
Systems,” Physics Colloquium, Truman State
University, Kirksville, MO, May 8, 2011.
Koylu, U., “Search for Cleaner Energy in Traditional
Combustion, Alternative Fuels, and Fuel Cells,”
Seminar, Koc University, Instanbul, Turkey, November
30, 2011.
Landers, R.
Landers, R. G., “Manufacturing Process Control,”
presented at Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an,
China, June 30, 2011.
Leu, M.
Leu, M. C., “Motion Capture with Wii Remotes,”
presented at CIRP January Meeting, STC-A, Paris,
France, January 27, 2011.
Leu, M. C., “Additive Manufacturing with Rapid Freeze
Prototyping, Freeze-Form Extrusion Fabrication, and
Selective Laser Sintering,” National University of
Singapore, Singapore, September 23, 2011.
Liou, F.
Liou, F., “Laser Metal Deposition and Its Emerging
Applications,” invited seminar by Industrial Technology
Research Institute (ITRI), Tainan, Taiwan, March 30,
2011.
Liou, F., “Multiscale and Multiphysics Modeling of
Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials - 1,”
NASA Langley Research Center, VA, July 7, 2011.
Liou, F., “Is Modeling Really Useful and Practical
in Product Development?” National Cheng-Kung
University, Tainan, Taiwan, December 23, 2011.
Rovey, J.
Pahl, R., Meeks, W., Hulsey, T., Lewis, W. and Rovey,
J. L., “Missouri S&T’s Role in Developing High-Power
Advanced Space Propulsion,” presented to University
of Missouri Board of Curators, March 22, 2011.
Sheffield, J.
Sheffield, J., Missouri S&T EcoCAR PowerPoint and
Video Presentation to the Board of Curators’ Dinner
Meeting, Rolla, MO, March 21, 2011 .
Tsai, H.
Tsai, H., “Femtosecond Laser Fabrication of
Microsensors for Chemical and Biological Sensing and
Detection,” Industrial Technology Research Institute
South, Tainan, Taiwan, January 4, 2011.
Yang, X.
Yang, X., “Manipulating Light with Optical Nanostructures,”
Electrical Engineering, Missouri University
of Science and Technology, November 2011.
Yang, X., “Manipulating Light with Engineered Optical
Nanostructures,” Physics, Missouri University of
Science and Technology, November 2011.
Yang, X., “Light Manipulation with Optical Nanostructures,”
Biomedical Engineering, Washington
University in St. Louis, December 2011.
Banerjee, A.
Roach, P. and Banerjee, A., “An Update on
Experiments and Simulations of Rayleigh Taylor
Instability in Elastic Plastic Solids,” American Physical
Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, MD,
November 20 - 22, 2011.
Banerjee, A. and Haley, A., “Progress on 2-Wheel
High Acceleration Experiment to Study Rayleigh Taylor
Instability,” American Physical Society - Division of
Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, MD, November 20 - 22,
2011.
Birman, V.
Liu, Y., Thomopoulos, S., Birman, V., Li, J-S. and Genin
,G. M., “Bi-material Attachment Through a Soft Tissue
Interfacial System,” First Annual Musculoskeletal
Winter Symposium, Washington University School of
Medicine, St. Louis, MO, January 27, 2011.
Birman, V. and Keil, T., “Observations on Energy
Harvesting Techniques and Flextensional Bimorph
Technologies,” Workshop on Revolutionary Fundamental
Research in Support of Energy Harvesting,
Austin, TX, April 7, 2011.
Liu, Y., Gitomer-Schwartz, A., Birman, V., Chen, C.,
Thomopoulos, S. and Genin, G. M., “Where Does
Mineral Fit Within Partially Mineralized Collagen, and
What Does It Mean for the Attachment of Tendon to
Bone?” Paper McMat2011-4535, ASME 2011 Applied
Mechanics and Materials Conference, Chicago, IL,
May 31 – June 2, 2011.
Liu, Y., Gitomer-Schwartz, A., Birman, V., Chen, C.,
Thomopoulos, S. and Genin, G. M., “Stress in the
Developing Rotator Cuff: Effects of Evolving Material
and Structural Properties.” Paper McMat2011-4527,
ASME 2011 Applied Mechanics and Materials
Conference, Chicago, IL, May 31 – June 2, 2011.
Bristow, D.
White, P. J. and Bristow, D. A., “An Adaptive Precision
Motion Control Methodology for a Multi-Axis MEMS
Array,” American Society for Precision Engineering
Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 17, 2011.
Drallmeier, J.
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Massey, J. A., Bettis, J. B., Attebery, A. D., Drallmeier,
J. A. and Sarangapani, J., “Capturing Cycle-to-Cycle
Dynamics in an HCCI Engine Using a Five-State
Thermodynamic Model,” 7th U.S. National Meeting of
the Combustion Institute, Atlanta, GA, March 2011.
Landers, R.
Landers, R. G., “Implementation and Evaluation of
a Mini–CNC Rapid Development System,” NSF CCLI
TUES Principle Investigator’s Conference, Washington,
DC, January 27, 2011 (poster only).
Landers, R. G., “REU Site in Additive Manufacturing,”
NSF Engineering Education Awardees’ Conference,
Reston, VA, March 5 - 6, 2011 (poster only).
Leu, M.
Leu, M. C., Hilmas, G. E., Landers, R. G., Roman,
C., Zhang, S. and Tang, L., “Freeze-Form Extrusion
Fabrication of Composite Structures using Ultra-
High Temperature Ceramics and Refractory Metals,”
Proceedings of 2011 NSF CMMI Research and
Innovation Conference, Atlanta, GA, January 4 - 7, 2011.
Leu, M. C., “Real-Time Automated Simulation
Generation Based on CAD Modeling and Motion
Capture,” 2011 PACE Global Annual Forum, Vancouver,
Canada, July 27 - 30, 2011.
Leu, M. C., “Update of the 2013 Keynote Paper on
CAD Model Based Assembly Simulation, Planning and
Training,” CIRP General Assembly, STC-A meeting,
Budapest, Hungary, August 26, 2011.
Leu, M. C., “Fabrication of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds
by Freeze Extrusion Fabrication and Selective Laser
Sintering for Bone Repair,” CIRP General Assembly,
CWG-BioManufacturing, Budapest, Hungary, August
25, 2011.
Leu, M. C., “CAMT and Its Research on Freezeform
Extrusion Fabrication,” Boeing GlobalNet 2011
Conference, Singapore, Singapore, September 19 - 21,
2011.
Liou, F.
Liou, F., “A Rapid Manufacturing Process for High-
Precision Metal Parts,” Proceedings of the DARPA
Open Manufacturing - Midwest Meeting, Detroit, MI,
March 9, 2011.
Liou, F., “Modeling of A Hybrid Manufacturing
System,” 2011 Midwest Chinese-American Science
and Technology Symposium, St. Louis, MO,
September 10, 2011.
Okafor, A.
Okafor, A. C. and Talekar, V., “Determination of
Specific Cutting Force Coefficients for Web-Based
Cutting Force Modeling and Simulation in Machining
Titanium Alloys,” Proceedings of 2011 NSF Engineering
Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, GA,
January 4 – 7, 2011.
Okafor, A. C. and Kilicay, O., “Design and Manufacture
of Alternative Low Cost and Durable Metallic Bipolar
Plates for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel
Cell,” Proceedings of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2011
International Conference and Exhibition, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, May 15 - 18, 2011.
Sheffield, J.
Martin, K. B., Meintz, A., Bapat, A. and Sheffield, J.
W., “Missouri S&T EcoCAR: Fuel Cell Plug-In Hybrid
Electric Vehicle,” Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy 2011,
Washington, DC, February 13 - 16, 2011.
Shah, A., Mohan, V. and Sheffield, J. W., “Solar
Powered Residential Filling Station for Fuel Cell Plug-in
Hybrid Electric Vehicle,” Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy
2011, Washington, DC, February 13 - 16, 2011.

Balakrishnan, S.
Jie Ding (PhDME), Advisor: Balakrishnan, S. N.,
“Approximate Dynamic Programming Solutions
of a Single Network Adaptive Critic for a Class of
Nonlinear Systems,” March 2011.
Birman, V.
M.S. THESIS AND
PH.D. DISSERTATIONS
Tyler Keil (MSAE), Advisor: Birman, V., “Design,
Analysis, and Optimization of Composite Structures
for Aerospace Applications,” July 2011.
Cody Huu Nguyen (PhDME), Advisor: Birman, V.,
“Sandwich Structures with Advanced Facings,” July
2011.
Du, X.
Harsheel Shah (MSAE), Advisor: Du, X., “Quantifying
Model Uncertainty Using Measurement Uncertainty
Standards,” July 2011.
Finaish, F.
Justin Roger Aholt (MSAE), Advisor: Finaish, F.,
“Computational Investigation of Plasma Actuator
as an Active Flow Control Strategy of Laminar
Separation Bubbles,” July 2011.
Homan, K.
James Tinsley (MSAE), Advisor: Homan, K., “Heat
Transfer Augmentation in Rectangular Ducts Due to
Passive Flow Destabilization,” September 2011.
Hosder, S.
MAE Annual Report 2011
Jason Searcy (MSAE), Advisor: Pernicka, H.,
“Magnetometer-Only Attitude Determination with
Application to the M-SAT Mission,” March 2011.
Tonya Sanders (MSAE), Advisor: Pernicka, H.,
“Shaker Table Vibration Testing of a Microsatellite,”
April 2011.
Riggins, D.
Christopher David Marley (MSAE), Advisor: Riggins,
D., “A Numerical Study of Novel Drag Reduction
Techniques for Blunt Bodies in Hypersonic Flows,”
April 2011.
Rovey, J.
John Gaither (MSAE), Advisor: Rovey, J., “Numerical
Comparison of Thermal and Kinetic Modification of
Hydrogen and Oxygen,” March 2011.
Bristow, D.
Patrick J. White (MSME), Advisor: Bristow,
D., “Design and Control of a Multi-Axis Micro-
Mechanical System Array for Coordinated Micro-
Manipulation,” May 2011.
Chandrashekhara, K.
Ramanjaneya Reddy Butukuri (MSME), Advisor:
Chandrashekhara, K., “Design Optimization
Through Design of Experiments, Out-of-Autoclave
Manufacturing and Performance Evaluation of
Honeycomb Sandwich Structures,” January 2011.
Jian Chen (PhDME), Advisor: Chandrashekhara,
K., “Nonlinear Modeling and Simulation of Radial
Forging Process,” May 2011.
Venkatagireesh Menta (PhDME), Advisor:
Chandrashekhara, K., “Advanced Composites
Using Non-Autoclave Processes: Manufacturing and
Characterization,” August 2011.
Nathaniel James Richie (MSME), Advisor:
Chandrashekhara, K., “Development of Hybrid
Composite Bipolar Plates for Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cells,” August 2011.
Nathan Robert Roe (MSME), Advisor:
Chandrashekhara, K., “Advanced Moisture
Modeling of Polymer Composites,” December 2011.
Dharani, L.
Jared Loebs (MSME), Advisor: Dharani, L. R.,
“Processing and Mechanical Characterization of
Polyurea Aerogel,” September 2011.
Drallmeier, J.
Shawn Wildhaber (MSME), Advisor: Drallmeier, J.
A., “Impact of Combustion Phasing on Energy and
Availability Distributions of an Internal Combustion
Engine,” February 2011.
Jeffery A. Massey (PhDME), Advisor: Drallmeier, J.
A., “Development of a Simple Vibration Model for
Predicting the Structural Dynamics of an HCCI I,”
September 2011.
Cory H. Huck (MSME), Advisor: Drallmeier, J. A.,
“Methods of Optimizing the Gas Exchange Process
to Improve Fuel Efficiency of Small Carbureted Spark
Ignition Engines,” December 2011.
Daoru Han (MSAE), Advisor: Hosder, S., “Inherent
and Model-Form Uncertainty Analysis for CFD
Simulation of Synthetic Jet Actuators,” July 2011.
Koylu, U.
Sachin Laxman Puthran (MSME), Advisor: Koylu,
U., “3-Dimensional CFD Modeling of Tubular Solid
Oxide Fuel Cell Using Different Fuels,” August 2011.
Leu, M.
Rohit Vijay Bapat (MSME), Advisor: Leu, M.,
“Integration of Multiple Vision Systems and Toolbox
Development,” December 2011.
Liou, F.
Amar Bala Sridhar (MSMfge), Advisor: Liou, F.,
“Innovative Air Breathing Design and Output Control
for Portable Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell,”
April 2011.
Shyam Barua (MSMfge), Advisor: Liou, F.,
“Development of Lower Cost Imaging Systems for
Laser Metal Deposition Process,” May 2011.
Haythem Gaja (MSMfge), Advisor: Liou, F., “Analysis
and Modeling of Depth-of-Cut During End Milling
Process of Deposited Material,” May 2011.
Sweta Dhaveji Chakravadhanula (MSMfge), Advisor:
Liou, F., “Generic Kinematic Simulation of Serial
Mechanisms to Validate Laser Metal Deposition Tool
Paths,” December 2011.
Jomy Francis (MSMfge), Advisor: Liou, F., “5-Axis
Tool Path Generation with Collision Detection for
Finish Machining of Freeform Surfaces,” December
2011.
Okafor, A.
Vinay Rao Talekar (MSME), Advisor: Okafor, A. C.,
“Development of Virtual CNC Machine Tools and
Web-Based Machining Process Simulation
mechanistic Cutting Force Models and Determination
of Specific Force Coefficients in Helical End Milling,”
July 2011.
Pernicka, H.
James Meub (MSAE), Advisor: Pernicka, H.,
“Continuous Low Thrust for Small Spacecraft
Proximity Operations,” March 2011.
David Zidar (MSAE), Advisor: Rovey, J., “Hall-effect
Thruster Surface Properties Investigation,” March
2011.
Sheffield, J.
Vijay Mohan (MSME), Advisor: Sheffield, J. W.,
“Design of a Hydrogen Community for Santa
Monica,” July 2011.
Aanchal Shah (MSME), Advisor: Sheffield, J. W.,
“Solar Powered Residential Fueling Station,” August
2011.
Takai, S.
Swithin Samuel Razu (MSME), Advisor: Takai, S.,
“A Comparison of Bootstrap, Binomial Inference,
and Monte Carlo Methods for Demand Distribution
Modeling,” April 2011.
Tsai, H.
Yukun Han (PhDME), Advisor: Tsai, H. L.,
“Femtosecond Laser Micromachining of
Microstructures for Sensing and Detection,” April
2011.
Matthew Olson (MSME), Advisor: Tsai, H. L.,
“Fabrication of SERS Active Nanostructures by
Femtosecond Laser Micromachining,” April 2011.
Adam Hamdorf (MSME), Advisor: Tsai, H. L.,
“Femtosecond and Nanosecond Laser Machined
Substrate for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering,”
May 2011.
Photograph on back cover courtesy of Gayle Babcock at Architectural Imageworks, LLC
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
194 Toomey Hall
400 W. 13th Street
Rolla, MO 65409
(573) 341-4661 mae@mst.edu