Awards & Services

Awards

AGENCY AWARD YEAR
ICOMM2014 Best Paper AwardPaper title: Punch Design for Floating Based Micro-Tube Hydroforming Die Assembly, 9th International Conference on Micro Manufacturing ICOMM2014. 2014
MAE Department NCSU, 2012 Research Excellence Award 2012
NC State University Outstanding Teacher Award 2011
ASME MED BOSSAWARD: The Best Organizer of Symposium and Sessions, “Advances in Materials Forming”, MSEC 2010 2010
ASME-SERAD & NIOSH National Students Safety Engineering Design Contest. 2nd Place Paper on Spike Setting Mechanism Project, Students: G. Campbell, J. Gomes, J. Graham, L. Petree, and D.Squires 2010
ASME-SERAD & NIOSH National Students Safety Engineering Design Contest. 1st Place Paper on Autonomous Tie Plate Insertion Machine, Students: W. Best, K. Blomquist, J. Giaquinto, C. Kinard, and J. List. 2006
National Science Foundation NSF CAREER (2005- 2011) 2005
Japan Ministry of Education Scholarship to pursue PhD Studies in Japan 1996
Japan Ministry of Education Scholarship to pursue MS Studies in Japan 1993
Williamson Diamond Best Student in 4th year project( BSc- University of Dar Es Salaam ) 1991
Oil Industries Best Student in 3rd year project( BSc- University of Dar Es Salaam ) 1989

 

Services

2014
  • Secretary, International Institution of Micro Manufacturing, I2M2
  • Associate editor: ASME Journal of manufacturing science and Engineering
  • Associate editor: SME Journal of manufacturing processes
  • Guest editor, ASME Journal of Micro and Nano Manufacturing
  • Technical Chair, ASME MSEC 015

2013
  • Secretary, International Institution of Micro Manufacturing, I2M2
  • Associate editor: ASME Journal of manufacturing science and Engineering
  • Associate editor: SME Journal of manufacturing processes
  • Guest editor: SME Journal of manufacturing processes
  • Scientific committee chair of the Institution of Micro Manufacturing ICOM 2014
  • Co-Technical Chair ASME MSEC 2014

2012
  • Associate editor: SME Journal of manufacturing processes
  • Guest editor: SME Journal of manufacturing processes
  • Co- Scientific committee chair of the Institution of Micro Manufacturing ICOM 2013

2011
  • Guest editor: ASME Journal of manufacturing science and Engineering
  • Co-organizer, ASME symposium on Advances on Materials Forming, to be held in Corvallis, OR, June 2011

2010
  • Guest Editor, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering for Special Issue on Advances in Plastic Forming of Metals
  • Co-organizer Symposium on Advances in Plastic Forming of Metals and Other Material for MSEC 2011
  • Conference session chair: MSEC 2010, ICTMP 2010
  • Scientific committee member: ICOMM 2011, ICTP 2011

2009
  • Co-organizer Symposium on Advances in Plastic Forming of Metals and Other Material for MSEC2010
  • Conference session chair: MSEC 2009,TUBEHYDRO 2009
  • Scientific committee member: TUBEHYDRO 2009