Biographical Sketch

 

Education

·         Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Similarity Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers
University at Buffalo, 1997.

·         B.S. Mechanical Engineering
University at Buffalo, 1990.

·         Research Associate
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University at Buffalo, 1998-1999.

 

Professional Memberships

·         AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

·         APS: American Physical Society.

·         ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

 

Awards

·         National Society of Black Engineers
Research Contribution: "The New Law of the Wake for Zero Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer", 1996.

·         Patricia Robert Fellowship
Academic Achievement, 1992-1995.

·         Underrepresented Minority Scholarship
Academic Achievement, 1990-1991.

·         White Westinghouse Award
Academic Achievement, 1990.

·         Fisher Price Award
Academic Achievement, 1989.

 

Selected Papers

·         Boundary Layers with Pressure Gradient: Similarity of the Velocity Deficit Region,
AIAA, 38th mtg., paper# 2000-0913, Reno, NV, January (2000).

·         The Zero Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layer,
Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol.50, no.12, part1, December (1997).

·         A Theory for Turbulent Pipe and Channel Flows,
TAM Report No. 872, UILU-ENG-97-6033, November (1997).

·         Boundary Layer with Pressure Gradient: Another Look at the Equilibrium Boundary Layer,
Near the Wall Turbulent Flows, (50, R.M.C. etc.al editors), 901-910, Elsevier, NY (1993).

 

Recent Seminars

·         Similarity of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Pressure Gradient.
Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Wall Jet Meeting, Department of Mechanics, Stockholm, Sweden, June (1999).

·         New Understanding of Turbulent Boundary layers with Pressure Gradient.
Chalmers University of Technology
Department of Thermo-Fluid Sciences, Goteborg, Seweden, May (1999).

·         A Breakthrough in Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layers
Office of Naval Research: ONR
Division of Fluid Mechanics, Virginia, April (1999).

·         Pressure Gradient Turbulent Boundary Layers: The Outer Flow
University of Puerto Rico
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, February (1999).

·         On Similarity Analysis of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Pressure Gradient.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical and Mechanics, Troy, NY January (1999).

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