Professional and Honorary Affiliations

  • American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • Tau Alpha Pi
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Sigma Xi

Honors and Awards

  • 2002    Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • 2001    Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Kansas State University.
  • 1999   Symposium Paper Award, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, Air Conditioning Engineering.
  • 1997   Myers-Alford Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, Kansas State University.
  • 1997   James Hollis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Finalist, College of Engineering, Kansas State University.
  • 1996   James Hollis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Finalist, College of Engineering, Kansas Stat University.
  • 1995   Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, Region VII, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • 1993   James Hollis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Finalist, College of Engineering, Kansas State University.
  • 1992   Faculty Development Award, Kansas State University.
  • 1991   Faculty Development Award, Kansas State University.

·         1992   Outstanding Research Paper Award - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Mississippi State University, "Thermal Boundary Conditions Effects on Heat Transfer in Turbulent Rough-Wall Boundary Layers," Warme-und Stoffubertrangung, Vol. 27, pp.131-140.

·         1990   Outstanding Research Paper Award - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Mississippi State University, "Comparison of Constant Wall Temperature and Heat Flux Cases for the Turbulent Rough-Wall Boundary Layer," Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 3, pp.117-127.

·         1989   Outstanding Research Paper Award- College of Engineering, Mississippi State University,  "Thermal Boundary Condition Effects on Heat transfer in the Turbulent Incompressible Flat Plate Boundary Layer," Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol.32, no.6, pp.1165-1174.

·         1984   Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University.

  • Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering
  • Listed in American Men and Women of science
  • Listed in Strathmore’s Who’s Who.