Service Activities

Technical Leadership

  • Chair, US Sections of the Combustion Institute, 2015-present
  • Past chair, Central States Section of the US Combustion Institute, 2015-present
  • Chair, Coal, Biomass, an Alternative Fuels Committee, ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, 2016 – present
  • Vice Chair, US Sections of the Combustion Institute, 2014-15
  • Chair, Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, 2013-15
  • Co-Chair, Coal, Biomass, an Alternative Fuels Committee, ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, 2014 – 16.
  • Member, US Board of the Combustion Institute, 2013-
  • ASME IGTI Turbo Expo, 2014, CBAF Committee Vanguard Chair, 2013-2014
  • AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting 2012, Terrestrial Energy Systems (TES) Committee Point of Contact.
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Combustion, 2009-2012
  • Co-organizer, 2008 Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute.
  • On-site Reviewer, Combustion Research, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 2006
  • Member, Board of Advisors, U.S. Central States Section of The Combustion Institute, 2004-
  • Co-Chair (with R. Parthasarathy), 23rd Oklahoma AIAA/ASME Symposium, Norman, OK, 2003
  • Organizer, Annual Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Fair, Norman, 2002, 2003, 2004

Departmental Committees

  • Chair, ME Assessment Committee, 2009 – 2011
  • Member, ME Assessment Committee, 2007-2008
  • Member, Graduate Education Committee, Jan. 05 – Dec 05
  • Chair, Undergraduate Design Committee, Jan. 03-Dec. 05
  • Member, Thermal Science Faculty Search Committee, Sep. 03-April 04.
  • Member, Ad-Hoc Committee on Efficient Use Resources in AME, Jan 03-June 03
  • Chair, Undergraduate Design and Computing Committee, Aug 98-Dec. 02
  • Faculty Advisor, ASHRAE Student Chapter, 1997-2004
  • Member, Undergraduate Design and Computer Committee, 96-98
  • Member, Graduate Studies Committee, 93-96
  • Member, Undergraduate Design Committee, 94-96
  • Member, Computer Network Committee, 93-96
  • Member, Technical Support Committee, 93-96

College of Engineering Committee

  • Member, College Undergraduate Research Committee, 2009
  • Convocation Field Marshall, 2002

University Committees

  • Co-chair, Research and Service Committee, Faculty senate, 2016-
  • UA Faculty Senate Representative, 2015-
  • Chair, Research Advisory Committee, 2012-2103
  • Univ Oklahoma Faculty Senate, 1998-2000
  • Information Technology User Services Representative, 2002
  • Consultant Interview Committee, HVAC Improvement Projects, 1999
  • Faculty Senate, 1998-2000

Community Service

  • Featured Participant, Books That Inspire Exhibit, OU Library, 2003
  • Judge, Oklahoma State Science Fair, 2002, 2003
  • Faculty Advisor, Oklahoma Undergraduate India Society, 2002-2003.

Society Memberships

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fellow)
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow)
  • The Combustion Institute (Member)
  • Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Honors Society

Technical Committee Memberships

  • ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, Coal, Alternative, and Biomass Fuels Committee, 2007-
  • AIAA, Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee, 2003-2014
  • ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, Combustion and Fuels Technical Committee, 1993-
  • ASME Fluid Engineering Division’s Coordinating Group on CFD, 1991-1995.

Technical Reviews (numbers tracked since 2004 – 2012 only)

  • Clean Air, 2008 (1)
  • Energy and Fuels, 2008 (1)
  • Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2008 (1)
  • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2008 (1)
  • Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2007 (1)
  • Measurement Science and Technology, 2007 (1)
  • Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2007 (1)
  • International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2007 (1)
  • Physics of Fluids, 2006 (1)
  • Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2006 (1)
  • ASME IDETC/CIE 2006 (2), 2007 (1)
  • International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2006 (1)
  • Experiments in Fluids, 2004 (1), 2005 (2), 2006 (1), 2007 (2)
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2006 (1), 2008 (4)
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 2005(1)
  • Applied Optics, 2004 (1)
  • Combustion Science and Technology, 2004(1)
  • Combustion Symposium (International), 2004 (1), 2006 (7), 2008(6)
  • CRC Press, 2004 (1)
  • Combustion and Flame, 2007 (1)
  • Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2005 (5), 2006 (1,4), 2007 (6), 2008 (6+1)
  • ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 2007 (1)
  • ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology
  • AIAA Journal, 2005 (2), 2006 (1)
  • AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2004(2), 2005(4), 2006(2), 2007(2), 2008(1)
  • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • ASME IMECE and Heat Transfer Division Meetings
  • AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, 2005 (6)
  • AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, 2006 (6), 2007 (11)