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Abdelnaby, Mohamed
Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Department of Structural Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Research: Increasing Structural Safety of Long-Span Bridges by Active Control
George Washington University, School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, DC, 20052
c/o Dr. William Roper
October 2001 - June 2002


Abu-Rub, Haithem
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank
Research: Digital Signal Professor-Based Nonlinear Sensorless Control of Induction Machines with Parameters Adaptation
Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, TX, 77843-1244
c/o Dr. H. A. Toliyat
January 2001 - January 2002


Al-Oumar, Ahmad
Associate Professor and Head, Civil Engineering Faculty, Department of Surveying, Al-Baath University, Homs, Syria
Research: Geographic Information Systems Hydrological Modeling of Al-Assi Basin in Syria
University of North Carolina--Charlotte, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Charlotte, NC, c/o Dr. Hilary Inyang
October 2001 - April 2002


Ashkenasy, Nurit
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical Enginering and Physical Electronics, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Research: Novel Nanocrystal/Polymer Solar Cells
Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Chemistry, La Jolla, CA, 92037
c/o Dr. M. Reza Ghadiri
May 2001 - May 2002


Aydemir, Mehmet
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Application of Coaxial Transformers in High-Power High-Frequency Inverters
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Wisconsin Power Electronic Research Center, Madison, WI, c/o Mr. Thomas A. Lipo
August 2001 - February 2002


Azrar, Lahcen
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Mathematics, University of Abdelmalek Essaadi, Tangier, Morocco
Research: Modeling of Large Amplitude Vibration and Active Vibration Control of Structures
Old Dominion University, College of Engineering and Technology, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Norfolk, VA, 23529
c/o Dr. Chuh Mei
August 2001 - November 2001


Baloch, Abdul
Professor, Department of Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Research: Accurate Modeling and Characterization of Si/SiGeHBTs for High Frequencies
University of Central Florida, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Orlando, FL, 32816
c/o Dr. Juin J. Liou
January 2002 - October 2002


Batal, Mohamed Ata
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Department of Power, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Research: Combined Cycles of Power Stations and Their Effect on the Syrian Economy
Lehigh University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Bethlehem, PA, 18015
c/o Dr. Edward K. Levy
February 2002 - August 2002


Chachati, Louay
Lecturer, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria
Research: Electrode Design for Cardiac Tachyarrhythmia Ablation
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Madison, WI, c/o Dr. John G. Webster
November 2001 - May 2002


Chang, Feng-Yuan
Senior Engineer, Department of Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan
Research: Industry Integration Study Through the United States Advanced Technology Program
Princeton University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton, NJ, 08544
c/o Dr. Christodoulos A. Floudas
September 2001 - March 2002


Coleman, Stephen
Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Research: Subaqueous Sediment Movement and Sediment Waves
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Enivronmental Engineering, Champaign, IL, 61820
c/o Dr. Marcelo Garcia
June 2001 - February 2002


Dimitrov, Lubomir
Head, Section for Design and Mechanical Components, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Research: Improvement and Renewal of the University Course: Principles of Machine Design
University of Cincinnati, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, Cincinnati, OH, c/o Dr. Ronald L. Huston
September 2001 - February 2002


Dobre, Octavia
Lecturer, Department of Remote Control and Electronics in Transports, Technical University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Research: Advanced Communication Techniques for Wireless Channels
Stevens Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hoboken, NJ, 07030
c/o Dr. Yu-Dong Yao
September 2001 - April 2002


Escalona, Jose
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Research: Dynamics of Flexible Multibody Systems Using the Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation
University of Illinois--Chicago, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chicago, IL, 60607-7022
c/o Mr. Ahmed Shabana
September 2001 - September 2003


Fuenzalida Bosse, Maria
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Catholic University of the North, Antofagasta, Chile
Research: High-Performance Electrophoretic Devices
Florida State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tallahassee, FL, 32306
c/o Dr. Pedro Arce
January 2002 - April 2002


Gavriliuc, Robert
Associate Professor, Faculty of Building Services Engineering, Department of Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
Research: Dimethyl-Ether-Thermodynamic Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge, TN, c/o Dr. Thomas Schmidt
September 2001 - March 2002


Georgiadis, Haralambos
Associate Professor, Mechanics Division, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Research: Thermal and Contact Effects in Dynamic Fracture of Materials
California Institute of Technology, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories, Pasadena, CA, 91125
c/o Dr. A.J. Rosakis
April 2002 - June 2002


Gonzalez-Alvarez, Alejandro
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Research: Crystallization of Polymer Melts Under Flow
University of Massachusetts--Amherst, Department of Chemical Engineering, Amherst, MA, c/o Dr. H. Henning Winter
August 2001 - October 2001


Grangetto, Marco
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Electronics Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Turin, Turin, Italy
Research: Reliable Delivery of Image and Video Signals Over Wireless Packet Networks
University of California--San Diego, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0407
c/o Dr. Pamela Cosman
September 2001 - June 2002


Hulicki, Zbigniew
Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunications, University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Research: Integration of the Interactive Multimedia and Digital Television Services for the Purpose of Distance Learning
Princeton University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton, NJ, c/o Dr. Hisashi Kobayashi
January 2002 - October 2002


Ibell, Timothy
Visiting Professor, Department of Agriculture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Lecturing: Ductility of Future Concrete Structures
University of Missouri--Rolla, School of Engineering, Rolla, MT, c/o Mr. Antonio Nanni
March 2002 - January 2003


Kasa, Glenn-Ole
Doctoral Candidate, Process Automation Department, Telemark University College, Porsgrunn, Norway
Research: Development and Implementation of Control System for Pneumatic Clutch and Gear Shift Actuation in Trucks
University of California--Santa Barbara, Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA, c/o Mr. Brad E. Paden
March 2002 - July 2002


Makovec, Darko
Research Associate, Department of Ceramics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lecturing and Research: Fluorine as an Anionic Donor-Dopant in BaTiO3 Ceramics
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Champaign, IL, 61801
c/o Dr. David A. Payne
September 2001 - February 2002


Matsushita, Junichi
Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan
Research: Technology Transfer and Technology Liaison Systems at United States Universities
University of Washington, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Intelligent Materials and Systems, Seattle, WA, c/o Dr. Minoru Taya
July 2001 - October 2001


Mishra, Barada
Professor, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
Research: Parallelization Code Development for Tumbling Mills
University of Utah, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112
c/o Dr. R.K. Rajamani
May 2002 - August 2002


Mutlu, Mehmet
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Food Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Surface Characterization of Piezoelectric Quartz Crystals and Polymeric Membranes for Enzyme Electrode Preparation
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Agriculture and Life Systems, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Madison, WI, 53706
c/o Dr. Sundaram Gnasakaran
June 2001 - October 2001


Nedeltchev, Stoyan
Research Associate, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Research: Regime Transitions in Bubble Columns Based on Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking and Computed Tomography in Data
Washington University, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, St. Louis, MO, c/o Dr. Milorad P. Dudukovic
September 2001 - March 2002


Oliva-Lopez, Eduardo
Research Project Director, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico
Research: Impact of Egocentric Management on the Achievement of the Firm's Productivity and Quality Objectives
University of Wisconsin--Platteville, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Platteville, WI, 53818
c/o Dr. Kurt C. Rolle
August 2001 - May 2002


Perez Correa, Jose
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago 22, Chile
Research: Biosystem Processes Supervision through Dynamic Data Reconciliation
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
c/o Dr. Lorenz Biegler
August 2001 - November 2001


Rodriguez, Rosana
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Analysis of the Effect of the Gate Oxide Degradation and Breakdown on the Behavior of Integrated Circuits
International Business Machines Corporation, Thomas J. Watson Center, IBM Research, Yorkstown Heights, NY, 10598
c/o Dr. James Stathis
July 2001 - July 2003


Saurim, Tarcisio
Assistant Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Research: Safety and Production: An Integrated Planning and Control Model
University of Florida, M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction, International Faculty and Scholar Services, Gainesville, FL, c/o Prof. Jimmie Hinze
January 2002 - July 2002


Shuraim, Ahmed
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Research: Guidelines for the Design of RC Floor Systems Characterized by Wide-Shallow Beams and Supported on Wall-Like Columns
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, c/o Dr. Antoine E. Naaman
October 2001 - July 2002


Simonsen, Bo
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Lecturing and Research: Computational Methods for Prediction of Ductile Fracture in Large Plate Structures
University of California--Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Berkeley, CA, 94720
c/o Dr. Alaa E. Mansour
January 2002 - August 2002


Soman, Shreevardhan
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai, Bombay, India
Research: Computational Issues in the Application of Krylov Subspace Methods for Large Scale Power System Analysis
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical Engineering, Urbana, IL, 61801
c/o Dr. M.A. Pai
June 2002 - July 2002


Stazi, Furio
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Structural Energy and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
Lecturing and Research: Mesh Free Methods in Multifield Theories
Northwestern University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Evanston, IL, 60208
c/o Dr. Ted Belyschko
October 2001 - April 2002


Thompson, Roger
Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Research: Characterizing Mine Haul Road Functional Defects as a Causal Factor in Truck Driver Jolting/Jarring Injuries
Colorado School of Mines, Department of Mining Engineering, Golden, CO, 80401
c/o Dr. Tibor G. Rozgonyi
Spokane Reseach Laboratory, Office for Mine Safety and Health Research, Spokane, WA, 99207
c/o Mr. John R. M. Hill
September 2001 - December 2001


Thoruwa, Thomas
Senior Lecturer, Appropriate Technology Center, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Research: An Integrated Solar Concentrator Photovoltaic-Heat Exchanger System for Power Generation and Water Heating
North Carolina State University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Raleigh, NC, 27514
c/o Dr. Richard Johnson
September 2001 - May 2002


Tran, Manh Tuan
Head, Department for Structural Engineering and Construction, Hanoi Water Resources University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Lecturing and Research: Study, Introduction, Training and Application of the American Concrete Institute Design Code to Civil and Infrastructure Construction in Vietnam
American Concrete Institute - International, Farmington Hills, MI, 48331
c/o Dr. Shuaib Ahmad
December 2001 - August 2002


Zanuttini, Miguel
Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Cellulose Technology, Litoral National University, Santa Fe, Argentina
Research: Upgrading Recycled Paper for Containers Using Clean Processes
Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA, c/o Prof. Thomas McDonough
December 2001 - March 2002



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