Program Chair, Engineering, The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Work Experience

• NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. 1986-1990
• NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. 1991-1994
• Aerospace Research Center, MAE Dept., Arizona State University. 1994-1996
• The Polytechnic School, Engineering, Arizona State University. 1996-Present

Professional Membership

• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International)
• Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Member, Society of Engineering Sciences (SES)
• Member, American Helicopter Society (AHS)

Professional Service

• Member, Multidisciplinary Analysis & Optimization (MDO) Technical Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2006-Present).
• Member, Air Breathing Propulsion Technical Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1995-2001).
• Chair, Propulsion/Airframe Integration subcommittee, Air Breathing Propulsion Technical Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (1999-2001).
• Member, Propulsion/Airframe Integration & Publications subcommittees Air Breathing Propulsion Technical Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (1995-2001)
• Technical Chair, Air Breathing Propulsion, 37th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January, 1999.

Arizona State University Service Activities (Recent)

1. ASU East Campus Personnel Committee (2000 ? 2005)
2. ASU East Scholarship Committee (1998-2001)
3. ASU East FGIA Proposals Review Committee (1998-2003)
4. ASU Academic Senate (2004 ? 2006)
5. ASU Committee on Academic Freedom &Tenure (CAFT) (2007 ? present)
6. ASU Polytechnic Academic Senate (2004 ? present)
7. ASU Polytechnic College of Technology & Innovation Scholarship Committee (2006 ? present)
8. ASU Polytechnic Curriculum Committee (PCAPC) (2007-Present)

Education

Ph.D Aerospace Engr., Georgia Tech, 1984
MS Aerospace Engr., Georgia Tech, 1980
B.Tech Aeronautical Engr., Indian Institute of Technology, India 1979

Expertise

Fluids, Thermal Sciences

Research Interests

Multidisciplinary design and optimization, Thermofluids, Alternate Energy, Applied Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Turbulence Modeling, Reacting Flows