EDUCATION

Ph.D.   September 1994 – January 2000  Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware
Thesis: Heat Transfer during Laminar Incompressible Flow of Fluids in Periodic Porous Media. 

            Advisor: Dr. Suresh G. Advani

B.S.     September 1987 – June 1991        Naval Architecture Engineering, National Taiwan University

EXPERIENCE
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Alabama

                Assistant Professor (August 2003 – Present)
Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware

                Research Associate (September 2000 – August 2003)

                Postdoctoral Fellow (January 2000 – August 2000) 
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware

                Research Assistant (February 1995 – December 1999) 
Department of Naval Architecture Engineering, National Taiwan University

                Research Assistant (February 1994 – July 1994) 

CONSULTING
W.L. Gore and Associates. Inc. 

            SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

            American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

            Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

            HONORS, AWARDS AND LISTINGS

            Who’s Who in America (2004-present).

            Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (2005-present).  

   Co-chair for RTM session in the 7th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials (FPCM7), Newark, Delaware, July 7-9, 2004.

   Symposium co-organizer and sessions (4) co-chair of Nanocomposites Fabrication and Characterization Symposium in 2006 ASME- International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (ASME-IMECE2006) conference, Chicago, IL, November 5-10-2006.

   Symposium co-organizer of Nanocomposites Symposium for ASME-IMECE2007 conference, Seattle, Washington, November 10-16, 2007.

            REVIEW ACTIVITIES

            Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

            Composites Science and Technology.

            International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

            Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.

            Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.

            Journal of Porous Media.

            Nanotechnology.

            Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering.

            Measurement Science and Technology.

            Polymer

            Panelist of NSF proposals review.  

            Panelist of Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund proposal review.

[Mechanical Engineering]    [College of Engineering]    [University of South Alabama]