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Al-Naffouri, Tareq
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Research: Using Wireless Ad Hoc Networks to Track Natural and Man-Made Phenomena
University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Giuseppe Caire
February 2008 - September 2008

Azimov, Shavkat
Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Physical Acoustic, The Physical-Technical Institute, Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Research: Phase Transformations With Acoustic Emission
Portland State University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Portland, OR, c/o Dr. William Wood
September 2007 - December 2007

Bahabad, Alon
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wolfson Faculty of Engineering, School of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Research: Multi-Partite Entanglement Using Quasi-Periodically Poled Frequency Converters
University of Colorado--Boulder, Physics Department, JILA Institute, Boulder, CO, c/o Dr. Margaret Murnane
January 2008 - January 2009

Barone, Stefano
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Technology, Production and Management Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Research: Experimental Calibration of Monitoring Devices for Multi-Component Degrading Systems
Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Atlanta, GA, c/o Dr. Jeff Wu
February 2008 - August 2008

Clenet, Stephane
Professor, Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics, National School of Arts and Trade--Lille, Lille, France
Research: Solution to Stochastic Problem in Electromagnetism
University of Akron, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Akron, OH, c/o Dr. Nathan Ida
January 2008 - August 2008

de Luis Garcia, Rodrigo
Assistant Professor, Department of Signal Theory, Communications and Telematic Engineering, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Research: Tensor Processing for the Segmentation of Anatomical Structures in MRI and DT-MRI
Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Laboratory of Mathematics in Imaging, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Carl-Fredrik Westin
March 2008 - February 2010

Dorn, Paul
Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Landshut, Landshut, Germany
Research: Nonlinear Control of Multi-Bladed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Clemson University, College of Engineering and Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson, SC, c/o Dr. Timothy Burg
February 2008 - August 2008

Fidaleo, Marcello
Researcher, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Research: Fundamental Studies on Reactive Nanoporous Microbial Ink-Jet Inks for Deposition of Living Bacteria Onto Electronic Devices
North Carolina State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Raleigh, NC, c/o Dr. Michael C. Flickinger
February 2008 - August 2008

Francisca, Franco
Assistant Researcher and Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Research: Electrowetting of Geomaterials
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, WI, c/o Dr. Dante Fratta
September 2007 - November 2007

Golemme, Attilio
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Research: Photovoltaic Cells Using Organic Materials
Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, c/o Dr. Bernard Kippelen
April 2008 - October 2008

Gonzalez Galvan, Emilio
Professor and Researcher, Department of Engineering, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Research: Development and Testing of Robots for Neurological Rehabilitation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Neville Hogan
August 2007 - August 2008

Goueygou, Marc
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Central School of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Research: Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Multi-Scale Heterogeneous Media Application to Nondestructive Parametric Characterization of Materials
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioacoustics Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, c/o Dr. William D. O'Brien Jr
Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, GA, c/o Dr. Laurence J. Jacobs
October 2007 - July 2008

Huespe, Alfredo
Assistant Professor and Researcher, Department of Material Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, National University of the Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
Research: Ductile Fracture Simulation by Using a Strong Discontinuity Approach
Brown University, Division of Engineering, Providence, RI, c/o Dr. Alan Needleman
September 2007 - December 2007

Hussainova, Irina
Senior Researcher, Department of Materials Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
Research: Nanocharacterization of Ceramic-Metal Composites
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Champaign, IL, c/o Dr. Iwona Jasiuk
February 2008 - December 2008

Kahsay, Mulu Bayray
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia
Research: Program and Curriculum Development in Renewable Energy Education
University of Massachusetts--Amherst, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, Amherst, MA, c/o Dr. Jon McGowan
February 2008 - June 2008

Kozmar, Hrvoje
Senior Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Research: Reducing the Wind-Induced Instability of Road Vehicles on Bridges and Viaducts
University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, c/o Dr. Ahsan Kareem
September 2007 - September 2008

Lueprasert, Kamolwan
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology-North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Research: Applications of Alternative Dispute Resolutions in Thailand and the United States: A Case Study in Construction Government Contracts
University of Maryland--College Park, A. James Clark School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Park, MD, c/o Dr. Miroslaw J. Skibniewski
February 2008 - June 2008

Luis Lopes Maia, Joao Manuel
Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal
Research: Non-Isothermal Flow of Viscoelastic Fluids in Micro Channels
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Gareth H. McKinley
September 2007 - December 2007

Nikolic, Danilo
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
Lecturing and Research: Internal Combustion Engines: Modeling of Diesel Fuel Combustion, Pollutant Formation and Exhaust Emission
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, c/o Dr. Zoran Filipi
September 2007 - May 2008

Or, Yizhar
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, TECHNION--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Research: Nano-Robotic Control and Motion Planning: A Synergetic Interaction Between Robotics, Nonlinear Control Systems and Nanotechnology
California Institute of Technology, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Pasadena, CA, c/o Dr. Richard M. Murray
October 2007 - October 2008

Pinar, Mustafa
Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Correlation Estimation in High Frequency Foreign Exchange Data Using Nonlinear Optimization
Princeton University, Department of Economics, Berndheim Center for Finance, Princeton, NJ, c/o Dr. Yacine Ait-Sahalia
September 2007 - June 2008

Psyllaki, Eleftheria
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
Research: Sonochemical Degradation of Perfluorooctane Derivatives in Natural Waters and Wastewater
California Institute of Technology, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Environmental Science and Engineering Program, Pasadena, CA, c/o Dr. Michael R. Hoffmann
August 2007 - November 2007

Punchi Bandage, Ranjith
Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Research: Natural Disaster Mitigation
Columbia University, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Raimondo Betti
January 2008 - October 2008

Sener, Siddik
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Research: Size Effect in High Strength Reinforced Concrete Columns
Northwestern University, Department of Civil Engineering and Material Science, Evanston, IL, c/o Dr. Zdenek P. Bazant
September 2007 - September 2008

Shitikova, Marina
Professor, Department of Applied Informatics, Voronezh State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Voronezh, Russia
Lecturing and Research: Modal Interactions in Non-Linear Vibrations of Viscoelastic Beams, Plates and Shells With Fractional Calculus Constitutive Relations
Rice University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. Pol D. Spanos
October 2007 - June 2008

Sysoev, Victor
Docent, Department of Physics, Saratov State Technical University, Saratov, Russia
Research: Nanosensor Arrays From Quasi-1D Metal Oxide Nanostructures as a Platform for Artificial Olfaction Systems
Southern Illinois University--Carbondale, Department of Physics, Carbondale, IL, c/o Dr. Andrei Kolmakov
October 2007 - July 2008

Tena Colunga, Arturo
Professor, Department of Materials, Autonomous Metropolitan University--Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico
Research: Updating and Improving Code Guidelines in Mexico for the Seismic Design of Structures With Passive Control
SUNY--University at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY, c/o Dr. Michel Bruneau
August 2007 - August 2008

Turgumbaev, Jenishbek
Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyrgyz State Technical University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Research: Engineering Education in the United States and the Possibility of Its Adoption for the Development of Engineering Education in the Kyrgyz Republic
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, c/o Dr. Jim Garrett
September 2007 - May 2008

Velkovska, Violeta
Assistant Professor, Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia
Research: Analyzing New Types of Rubber Bearings for Seismic Safety of Structures in the Balkans
University of California--Berkeley, School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. James M. Kelly
October 2007 - June 2008

Yurum, Yuda
Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
Lecturing and Research: Hydrogen Storage Systems Based on Boron and Its Compounds
University of Miami--Coral Gables, College of Engineering, Clean Energy Research Institute, Coral Gables, FL, c/o Dr. T. Nejat Veziroglu
October 2007 - December 2007

Zgorniak, Piotr Jan
Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Machine Tools and Production Engineering, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
Research: Measurements of the Tool-Chip Interface Temperature During High-Speed Milling
University of North Carolina--Charlotte, William States Lee College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, Charlotte, NC, c/o Dr. Matthew A. Davies
October 2007 - February 2008

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