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Alam, Sheikh Kaisar
Scientist, New York, NY
Lecturing and Research: A Program in Biomedical Imaging
Islamic University of Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
June 2012 - October 2012

Billinge, Simon John Laird
Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, School of Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
Research: Spatially and Temporally Resolved Local Structure Studies in Advanced Functional Materials
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
August 2011 - November 2011

Blekhman, David
Associate Professor, Department of Technology, College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University--Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Lecturing and Research: Fuel Cell Technologies and Hydrogen Infrastructure
St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
September 2011 - December 2011

Borg, John Pfaff
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Research: Dynamic Response of Heterogeneous Systems: A Meso-Scale Approach
Ernst-Mach-Institute, Freiburg, Germany
September 2011 - February 2012

Budiman, Jeff
Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
Lecturing and Research: Development of a New True Triaxial Apparatus to Characterize the Constitutive Parameters of Tropical Residual Soils by Laboratory Experiments
Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia
August 2011 - June 2012

Chen, Wei Richard
Professor, Engineering and Physics Department, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
Lecturing and Research: Engineering Solutions to Biomedical Problems
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
September 2011 - July 2012

Detamore, Michael Scott
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Lecturing and Research: Combining Technologies to Build a Better Biomaterial for Temporomandibular Joint Tissue Regeneration
National University of Ireland--Galway, Galway, Ireland
September 2011 - January 2012

Duffy, Vincent
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Lecturing and Research: Science, Technology, Higher Education and Society
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow, Russia
October 2011 - June 2012

El-Ghazawi, Tarek
Professor and Director, Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Lecturing and Research: Preparing for the Parallel Computing Transformation
Abdelmalek Essaadi University--Tetouan, Tetouan, Morocco
September 2011 - December 2011

Elsayed, Elsayed A.
Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--Piscataway, Piscataway, NJ
Lecturing and Research: Reliability and Condition-Based Maintenance
Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
September 2011 - December 2011

Faruque, Saleh
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Mines, University of North Dakota--Grand Forks, Grand Forks, ND
Lecturing: Workforce Development in Telecommunications for a Digital Bangladesh
Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
September 2011 - January 2012

Gallego, Nidia Constanza
Research Scientist, Materials Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Lecturing and Research: Sharing Carbon Science and Engineering
University of Valle, Cali, Colombia
October 2011 - December 2011

Gleason, Rudolph Lawson Jr.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Lecturing and Research: Integrating Engineering, Biology and Medicine to Study HIV in Children
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
August 2011 - August 2012

Hangartner, Thomas N.
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Research: The In-vivo Assessment of Bone Strength in Health and Disease
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
March 2012 - September 2012

Ityokumbul, Mku Thaddeus
Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University--University Park, University Park, PA
Lecturing and Research: Process Development for Beneficiation of Nigerian Iron Ores
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
July 2011 - May 2012

Kawatra, Surendra K.
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Research: Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steelmaking
Tata Research Development and Design Centre, Pune, India
August 2011 - May 2012

Kiker, Gregory Alan
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Research: Establishing a Community of Practice for Modeling Elephant and Vegetation Dynamics for Adaptive Management in Complex Ecosystems
University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
February 2012 - January 2013

Lacksonen, Thomas Allen
Professor, Department of Operations and Management, College of Management, University of Wisconsin--Stout, Menomonie, WI
Lecturing: Lean Manufacturing in Turkey
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
September 2011 - June 2012

MacDonald, Eric
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Texas--El Paso, El Paso, TX
Lecturing and Research: Additive Manufacturing for Structural Electronics
Federico Santa Maria Technical University, Valparaiso, Chile
August 2011 - October 2011

Maurer, Edwin Philip
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Lecturing and Research: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in Chile
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
August 2011 - December 2011

Melesse, Assefa Mekonnen
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Lecturing and Research: Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Face of Climate Change: An Integrated Research and Education Approach
Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
October 2011 - August 2012

Mtenga, Primus Vincent
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL
Lecturing and Research: Bridge Management Systems Engineering and Education
University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
November 2011 - September 2012

Narayanan, Ranganathan
Chair and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Lecturing and Research: Instability and Patterns at Interfaces
TECHNION--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
February 2012 - June 2012

Nasereddin, Mahdi
Associate Professor, Department of Information Sciences and Technology, School of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University--Berks, Reading, PA
Lecturing: Information Technology
University of Nizwa, Barkat al-Muz, Oman
October 2011 - July 2012

Ovcharovichova, Janka
Professor and Coordinator, Department of Engineering, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
Lecturing and Research: Promoting Education
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
September 2011 - June 2012

Prasad, Nadipuram Rangaswami
Associate Professor, Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Lecturing: Energy Harvesting From Natural and Renewable Energy Sources
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
January 2012 - July 2012

Puleo, Jack Anthony
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Lecturing and Research: Comprehensive Sediment Transport on Beaches
University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
September 2011 - July 2012

Reed, Brian Edward
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland--Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Lecturing and Research: Improving Group Project-Based Learning and the First-Year Engineering Experience
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
September 2011 - June 2012

Ryu, Dewey D.
Professor and Director, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, College of Engineering, University of California--Davis, Davis, CA
Lecturing: Fulbright Distinguished Chair Lectureship Award in Advanced Biomolecular Engineering
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
March 2012 - January 2013

Sato, Chikashi
Professor and Director, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Lecturing and Research: Water Quality Protection in Nepal; Sustainable Water Disinfection Technology
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
January 2012 - August 2012

Senbetta, Ephraim
Director, Sustainability and Quality Management, Mapei Corporation, Deerfield Beach, FL
Lecturing and Research: Improving Concrete Construction Practices Through Education and the Introduction of New Materials Technology
Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
September 2011 - July 2012

SenGupta, Arup K.
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Research: Mitigating Arsenic and Fluoride Crisis in Groundwater in India: A Sustainable Community-Based Approach
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
December 2011 - April 2012

Seraphin, Supapan
Professor and Director, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Lecturing and Research: New Nanomaterials Science Ph.D. Program at Kasetsart University; Nano- and Micro-Structural Analysis of Advanced Materials in Thailand
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
October 2011 - April 2012

Shah, Syed Ismat
Professor, Department of Materials Science and Physics, College of Engineering and Arts and Science, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Lecturing and Research: Energy, Environment and Materials Science
Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan
September 2011 - January 2012

Shaurette, Mark Edward
Assistant Professor, Department of Building Construction Management, College of Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Lecturing and Research: Identifying Educational Opportunities to Promote Energy Conserving Retrofitting of Existing Structures
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
January 2012 - May 2012

Taylor, Harry William Jr.
Associate Dean and Professor, School of Engineering, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Lecturing: New School of Engineering at the Catholic University of Cameroon-Bamenda
Catholic University of Cameroon-Bamenda, Catholic University of Cameroon-Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon
January 2012 - September 2012

Tsukrov, Igor
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Lecturing and Research: Numerical Modeling and Mechanical Characterization of Carbon-Carbon Composites on Multiple Length Scales
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
September 2011 - December 2011

Tullos, Desiree Derrick
Assistant Professor, Biological and Ecological Engineering Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Research: Ecological, Economic and Engineering Sustainability Through Sediment Management in Reservoirs
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
November 2011 - September 2012

Widmann, James Michael
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA
Lecturing and Research: Preparing Globally Competent Mechanical Engineers Through Active Learning and Cultural Understanding
Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal
January 2012 - August 2012

Winters, Kraig B.
Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California--San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Lecturing and Research: High-Resolution Simulation of Internal Waves in Environmental Flows
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
August 2011 - December 2011

Xanthos, Savvas Steliou
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, CUNY--City College, New York, NY
Lecturing and Research: Vulnerability Assessment and Risk-of-Failure Modeling of Water Piping Networks
University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
September 2011 - May 2012

Yao, Y. Lawrence
Chair and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY
Research: Collaborative Research in Laser Materials Processing
University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
September 2011 - January 2012

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