Curriculum Vitae
Dean of the Graduate Division of UC Berkeley, and
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Education
Ph.D. 1988, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York
M.S. 1987, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York
B.S. 1984, University of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
Professional Experience
July, 2007 –
Present
Dean of the Graduate Division of UC Berkeley.
July, 2005 –
June, 2007
Associate Dean in the Graduate Division.
July, 2003 -
present
Professor, U.C. Berkeley, Department of Mechanical
Engineering.
Member, Applied
Science and Technology Graduate Group.
October, 2000 -
March, 2001
Humboldt Research Fellow with Prof.
Werner Lauterborn, University of Goettingen, Germany.
January, 1997 -
June 2003
Acting Associate, later Associate Professor, U.C.
Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
July, 1991 -
December, 1996
Assistant, later Associate Professor, U.C. Irvine,
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
December, 1989 -
June, 1990
Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Researcher, U.C. Santa
Barbara
December, 1988 -
November, 1989
Weizmann Research Fellow, California Institute of
Technology
Current Research Interests:
fluid dynamics and applied mathematics: especially convective-diffusive transport, nonlinear dynamics, perturbation methods, control theory, bifurcation theory, knot theory; applications to transport processes in bubbles, ultrasound in medicine, shock wave lithotripsy, computational neuroscience, and anti-HIV microbicides
Honors and Awards
2009, Elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
2003, Teaching Award, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, U.C. Berkeley
2002, Excellence in Teaching Award, Pi Tau Sigma (Honor Society), U.C. Berkeley
2000 - 2001, Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1999, Excellence in Teaching Award, Pi Tau Sigma (Honor Society), U.C. Berkeley
1993 - 1997, Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research
1993, Outstanding Assistant Professor Award, U.C. Irvine
1988 - 1989, Chaim Weizmann Research Fellow, CalTech
1984 - 1988, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
1984 - 1988, A. D. White and College of Engineering Fellow, Cornell University
Selected Professional Service
Scientific Advisory Board for the Symposium on Advancing Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Berkeley March 2009. 125 attendees.
GRE Board (member 2008 – present, chair-elect 2009-10, chair 2010-11, past chair 2011-12).
2005-present, Mechanical Engineering Advisory Council, Olin College
2001 - present, Associate Editor, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Local Organizing Committee for the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, held at San Francisco, California in November, 1997. 1200 attendees.
Local Organizing Committee for the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, held at Irvine, California in November, 1995. 1050 attendees.
1994 - present, Editor, Journal of Nonlinear Science
Selected University Service
2007 - present, Chair, Administrative Committee of the Graduate Council of the Academic Senate
2003 - 2005, Chair, Graduate Council of the Academic Senate
2001 - present, Member, Graduate Council of the Academic Senate
2001 - 2003, Member, Advisory Committee on GSI Affairs
Society Membership
APS-DFD, ASA, SIAM
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