Manufacturing Equipment Technical Committee (TC), Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME):
TC Chair (Elected), 2016-2018
TC Vice-Chair (Elected), 2014-2016
(The TC is responsible for maintaining a healthy membership of diverse/international researchers, annually proposing/organizing multiple symposia, conducting symposium sessions at the ASME International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference (MSEC), proposing/coordinating symposium invited speakers, state-of-the-art review papers, reporting annually to the MED Executive Committee (EC), & recruiting/growing & advancing the TC overall)
Hosting/Organizing Committee, ASME International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference (MSEC), SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC), Texas A&M University, 2018
Part of a core faculty team hosting/organizing the 5-day 700+ attendee collocated conference, bringing the international flagship conference on Advanced Manufacturing to Texas A&M University for the first time
Track Chair/Organizer, Manufacturing Equipment & Systems track, ASME International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference (MSEC):
Management of 10 symposia (66 technical papers), 2018
Management of 12 symposia (96 technical papers), 2017
Symposium Organizer, ASME International Manufacturing Science & Engineering Conference (MSEC):
Advances in the Mechanics of Materials & Manufacturing Processes
Tribology of Material Removal/Deformation Processes & Machinery
Initiated the sole manufacturing-tribology annual symposium in the ASME-MSEC conferences
Proposed & hosted (1 of 3) Symposium Invited Speakers selected to speak at the Joint MSEC-NAMRC-JSME Symposia in 2017 – “Emerging Trends in Nano-Tribology, & their Implications for Manufacturing,” by Dr. Robert Carpick, University of Pennsylvania
Innovations in Equipment/Tooling Design, Control & Automation to Enhance Manufacturing Processes
Advances in Cyber Physical Systems, Stochastic Modeling & Sensor Networks in Advanced Manufacturing
Process-Machine-Interactions (PMI) in Advanced Manufacturing
Information Extraction & Utilization for Monitoring & Control of Multistage Manufacturing Processes
ASEE Conference for Industry & Education Collaboration (CIEC), 2014
Sustainability Perspectives for Engineering Technology session (Best Division Moderator Award - Engineering Technology Division (ETD))
Panelist, Early Career Forum: Careers in Industry, National Laboratories, & Academia, ASME-MSEC 2014 / SME-NAMRC 42 / JSME-ICMP 2014 Conferences, Detroit, MI, 2014 (Invited).
Hosting/Organizing Committee, National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on Advanced Manufacturing for the Oil & Gas Energy Industry, Houston, TX, Nov. 2-4, 2014.
Proposal Review Panels:
National Science Foundation (NSF) Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Manufacturing Machines & Equipment (MME)
Materials Engineering & Processing (MEP)
Textbook/Companion-Material Reviewer:
Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Pearson, Upper Saddle River, NJ
Journal Reviewer:
Additive Manufacturing (Elsevier)
Current Nanomaterials (Bentham Science Publishers)
Transportation Research Part D: Transport & Environment (Elsevier)
Current Nanomaterials (Bentham Science Publishers)
International Journal of Manufacturing Research (Inderscience)
Science & Engineering of Composite Materials (De Gruyter)
Program Representative, ETID Scholarship Committee, 2017 - present
Faculty Judge, Engineering Undergraduate Summer Research Grant (USRG) & National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Poster Symposium, Texas A&M University, 2013
Conducted Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Examination Review Sessions (for graduating seniors) on Engineering Mechanics, Tau Alpha Pi Engineering Technology Honor Society, ETID, 2013 - 2015
3. Outreach Workshops
Workshop Organizer & Leader, Bioinspired Tribology - To Roll or Slide, or to Stick or Slip?, Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Outreach Program, Women in Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University, Annual event (Dec. 1, 2018; Dec. 2, 2017; Dec. 3, 2016; Dec. 5, 2015; Dec. 6, 2014)
STEM career exploration conference for 6th grade female students from the local B/CS community
~20-60 middle schoolers participated in this half-day hands-on workshop at the PI’s Lab (MGBTL)
Workshop Organizing Team, Research Experiences for Teachers (RET): Enhancing Teacher Knowledge & Skills in Modern Manufacturing (Sponsor: NSF), Texas A&M University, 6 summer weeks (2018)
12 middle/high school teachers from the local ISDs were hosted for a 6-week resident program each year
Activities included intensive 2-week hands-on training in traditional/advanced manufacturing principles
Workshop Organizer, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU): Interdisciplinary Research Experiences in Metrology & Non-Destructive Inspection (Sponsor: NSF), Texas A&M University, 10 summer weeks (2018; 2017)
10 undergraduates from 2/4-year US educational institutions were hosted for a 10-weeks each year
Activities included two half-day workshops in (i) Metrology Labs, & (ii) Non-Destructive Inspection Labs
Workshop Organizing Team, Innovative Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers (ITEST): Connected STEM - Promoting STEM Education through Connected Devices & Building Automation (Sponsor: NSF), Texas A&M University, Annual 2-week workshop (Jul. 23 - Aug. 3, 2018; Jul. 24 - Aug. 4, 2017)
12 high school teachers from the local ISDs were hosted for a 2-week resident STEM workshop each year
Workshop activities included STEM instruction & curriculum development to be implemented in schools
Workshop Organizing Team, Making in The Colonias: Motivating STEM Participation through Making as Micro-Manufacture (Sponsor: NSF), Texas A&M University, On-site workshop (Nov. 11-13, 2017; Mar. 1-5, 2017)
6 high schoolers & 2 teachers from an underserved Colonias region (Bruini ISD) were hosted each year
Workshop activities included apprenticeship-based student instruction & teacher training in STEM
Station Coordinator – NASCAR Station, Gateway To Technology Program (GTT) Outreach Day, Clemson University - International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), Greenville, SC, May 17, 2011
~80 middle schoolers (6th & 7th graders) from the local community participated in the day-long workshop
Coordinated NASCAR race station education & activities for LEGO cars fabricated by the students
Station Coordinator – CNC Machining Station, Gateway To Technology Program (GTT) Outreach Day, Clemson University - International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), Greenville, SC, May 19, 2010
Introduced & assisted middle schoolers in metal cutting & related hands-on engineering tasks
Instructor – Manufacturing Lab, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI, Monthly sessions (Jan ’04 - Aug ’05)
~10 high-schoolers from the local community participated in each of the half-day sessions
Introduced CNC codes & demonstrated machining/robotics operations to high school students
4. Professional Society Affiliations
Society of Tribologists & Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
