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)