Professional Activities:
Honors and Awards
- 2014 University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University, April 16, 2014
- Guest Speaker, Opening of Robotics Laboratory, Technical University of Sofia, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, February 27, 2014.
- Recipient of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology’s 2013 Willis J. Whitfield Award.
- Certificate of Appreciation, New Hampshire Joint Engineering Societies, Oct 2012.
- Certificate of Appreciation, American Chemical Society, 2012.
- Guest speaker, Entegris Analyst Day, NASDAQ, New York, NY May 12, 2011.
- Certificate of Appreciation, Nanoscience & Engineering, ASME Early Career Development Forum, Boston, MA, Nov 2, 2008.
- Certificate of Appreciation, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2006,2007,2008, 2009, 2010,2011 and 2012, Nanomanufacturing Conf. and Exhibit.
- 2006 Nanotech Briefs National Nano50™ Award, category: Innovator, National Nano Engineering Conf. (NNEC), Boston, MA, November 9-10, 2006. http://www.techbriefs.com/nano/
- 2006 Outstanding Faculty, SØren Buus Outstanding Research Award, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, April 10, 2006.
- 2005 Aspiration Award, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, March 29, 2005.
- Induction, Alpha Nu Chapter, Phi Beta Delta, April, 2005.
- Guest of Honor, Opening Ceremony, MicorBio Chip Research Center, Hanyang University, Ansan, Korea, February 2004.
- The 1999 ASMC DuPont Photomasks Best Paper Award, Annual IEEE/SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference, Boston, MA, September 2000.
- Elected as R. L. Patrick Fellow of the Adhesion Society, 1999.
- Elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1996.
- Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, Egypt, 1993-1994.
- Elected as an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.
- 1997 ASME Computers in Engineering Division Chair Award.
- 1997 ASME Computers in Engineering Conference Chair Award.
- 1990 Best Paper Award, ASME Computers in Engineering Conference, Boston, MA.
- 1992, 91, 90, 89 ASME Computers in Engineering Division Certificate of Appreciation
- 1990 John W. Graham, Jr. Faculty Research Award, Clarkson University
- 1988 Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
- 1988 Northeastern Region AIAA Faculty Advisor Award
- 1986 Ralph R. Teetor National Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- 1986 AIAA Northeastern Region Special Service Citation Award
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
- B. Sc. Honors
- Outstanding Senior and Junior Scholar Awards
Citations:
Who's Who in America (110th anniversary ) 2009 Ed.
Who's Who in the World (11th - 20th Edition)
Who's Who in America (Millennium Edition and 56th – 57th edition)
Who’s Who in the East (23rd - 27th Edition)
Who's Who in Science and Engineering (1st - 6th Edition)
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America (4th Edition)
Who's Who in American Education (3rd - 5th Edition)
Who's Who in Finance and Industry (27th - 29th Edition)
Who's Who Among Young American Professionals (2nd and 3rd Edition)
American Men and Women of Science (18th Edition)
Professional Activity
Editorial Activities
- Associate Editor, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, An Interdisciplinary Forum for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Springer Netherlands. http://www.springer.com/materials/nanotechnology/journal/11051?detailsPage=editorialBoard
- Member, Int’l Editorial Advisory Board, Electronic Materials Letters, Springer, 2009-pres.
- The Editorial Advisory Board, Controlled Environments Magazine, 1997-present.
- The Advisory Board for the Global Press Book Series, “Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces.” 1997-present.
- The Editorial Board of the Journal of Particulate Science and Technology, 1993‑present.
- The Editorial Advisory Board for the Semiconductor International Magazine, 1992‑2010.
- The Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1989‑present.
Advisory Boards Membership
- Member, Executive Board/Advisory Board, Center for Translational Cancer Nanotechnology -- CCNE (NIH-funded), Northeastern
Univ, Boston, MA, 2010-present. http://www.northeastern.edu/ccne/people/
- Chair, External Scientific Advisory Board, the University of California at Los Angeles Center for Environmental Implications of
Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), October 2008-2018.
- Advisory Board, National Science Foundation Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), 2005-present. (A Partnership,the San Francisco Exploratorium and the Science Museum of Minnesota, funded by NSF -$20 Million).
- Member, Advisory Committee, Int’l Conf from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems,June 2008-present. http://www.uta.edu/ic4n/advisory.php
- Advisory Committee, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Nanomanufacturing Conference, 2008-present.
- Member, National Science Foundation, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center MRSEC Advisory Board, University of S. Mississippi, 2007-present.
- Member, The Technical Advisory Committee to the President and CEO, Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., 2004-2006.
- Member, Advisory Committee, International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, 2004-present.
- Member, NASA Nanotech Briefs Advisory Board, 2004-present.
- Member, Micro, Nano, and Emerging Technologies Commercialization and Education Foundation MANCEF General Advisory Council,2004- present.
- Member, International Advisory Board, The 2nd Pac-Rim International Conference on Planarization and Its Application, Seoul, Korea, November 17-19, 2005.
- Network for Public Engagement with Nanotechnology, Boston, MA, 2005-present.
- Member, Chemical Industry Vision2020 Nanomaterials Roadmap, 2005-present.
- Advisory Professor, The Inje University, Nanomedical Engineering Center, Gyongnam, Korea, January 2005.
- Senior Advisor, Advisory Board, U.S.-Korea Forums on Nanotechnology, 2003-Present.
- The Technical Advisory Board of the Delsys Pharmaceutical Corp., Monmouth Jct, NJ, 2001-2003.
- The Editorial Board of the Journal of Advanced Applications in Contamination Control, 2000‑present.
- Technical Advisory Board, Portal Bay, Inc. (Siliconbay.com), Sunnyvale, CA, 1999-2001.
Committee Membership
- Member, NSF/CBEDS Site Visit Team, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Oct 22-23, 2012.
- Member, NSF Site Visit Team, NanoCEMMS NSEC, at UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems,” June 5-8, 2011. Section Leader of the Site Visit Report: Thrust 3 (Manufacturing Proc Platform), Facilities, Sustainability Business Plan.
- Member, Int’l Program Committee, Int’l Symposium on Nanomanufacturing (ISNM), 2008-present http://www.lms.mech.upatras.gr/isnm6/programme/index.html
- Member, 2008 VLSI Multilevel Interconnection (VMIC) Executive Committee.
- Member, 5th U.S.-Korea Joint Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, 2008.
- Founder, National Surface Cleaning User's Group, November 2006.
- Member, College-Industry Partnership (CIP) Division, American Society for Engineering Education, 2002-pres.
- Member, Steering and Technical committee, Annual IEEE/SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC), 2006-present.
- Member, Organizing Committee, 3rd U.S.-Korea Forum on Active Nano Devices & Systems, Seoul, Korea, April 3-5, 2006.
- Member, Metals and Oxides, 2004 NSF/MRSEC Review Panel, Arlington, VA, November 16-18, 2004.
- Member, Massachusetts Nanotech Exchange Steering Committee, 2004-present.
- Member, NSF NSEC Annual UCLA Site Review Team, September 7, 2004.
- Judge, 2004 MITX - Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, Technology Awards, Boston, MA, August 18th , 2004.
- Chairman, ASME Insurance Committee, 2002-present.
- Member, Executive Committee, the Adhesion Society, 1998-2000.
- COE Representative, ASME Council on Member Interests, 1998-present.
- Chairman, Particle Adhesion Division, the Adhesion Society, 1997-2000.
- Chairman, ASME Computers in Engineering Division, 1996-1997.
- Vice-Chairman, ASME Computers in Engineering Division, 1995-1996.
- Vice-Chairman, Particle Adhesion Division, the Adhesion Society, 1995-1997.
- Member, ASME Computers in Engineering Division Executive Committee, 1991-1997.
- Member, ASME Council on Engineering, Technology Executives Conference.
- Member, Advisory Committee, CleanRooms Conference, 1992-present.
- Member, Program Committee for the ASME Computers in Engineering Conference, 1987-1995.
- Member, Program Committee for the Fine Particle Society Annual Meeting, 1987-1993.
- Member, National AIAA Student Activities Committee, 1986‑1989
- Member, National AIAA Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee, 1986-1989.
Conferences and Symposia Organized
- Organizer, High-rate Nanoscale Printing, Symposium, Burlington, MA, September 17, 2014.
- Symposium Co-Chair, “Nanotech Advanced Materials & Applications,” 2014 TechConnect World, National Innovation Summit & SBIR/STTR Conf & Expo, Washington, DC, June 15-18, 2014.
- Conference Organizer, “Trends in Environment and Nanomanufacturing,” NSF, 2013 Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conf., Arlington, VA, December 4-6, 2013.
- Organizer, “10th U.S.-Korea Nanotechnology Forum,” Boston, MA, Oct 15-16, 2013.
- Organizer and Chair, “Manufacturing at the Nanoscale; Overcoming Barriers to Commercialization,” Nanotech Conf 2011, Boston, MA, June 13-16, 2011.
- Member, Organizing Committee, NSF Nanoscale Grantee Conference, Arlington, VA, December 6-8, 2010.
- Chair , T Symposium, "Self-Assembling Materials and Processes from Fundamental Phenomena to Nanomanufacturing" IUMRS, Seoul, Korea, August 22 –27, 2010.
- Member, Organizing Team, Nanomanufacturing Summit 2009, Boston, MA, May 27-29, 2009.
- Member, 2009 ASMC Organizing Committee, Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof, Berlin, Germany, May 11-13, 2009
- Track Organizer, Nano-Manufacturing Technology (14), ASME, 2008 IMECE, Boston, MA, November 05, 2008.
- Organizer and co-chair, 1st International Conference, “Nanomanufacturing and Directed Self-Assembly Processes,” Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea, June 27-29, 2007.
- Member, the Joint Operating Committee for COMS 2005, Baden, Germany, August 21-25, 2005.
- Co-organizer, 9th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2004, San Francisco, CA, July 2004.
- Organizer, 3nd Annual Meeting of IUCRC, Center of Microcontamination Control, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 9-10, 2003.
- Co-organizer, 8th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2003, San Francisco, CA, July 2003.
- Organizer, 2nd Annual Meeting of IUCRC, Center of Microcontamination Control, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 24-25, 2002.
- Organizer, 1st Annual Meeting of IUCRC, Center of Microcontamination Control, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 17-18, 2001.
- Co-organizer, 7th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2002, San Francisco, CA, July 2002.
- Co-organizer, 6th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2001, San Francisco, CA, July 2001.
- Co-organizer, 5th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2000, San Francisco, CA, July 2000.
- Co-organizer, 1st International Conference on Microelectronics and Interfaces, AVS, February 7- 11, 2000, Santa Clara, CA.
- Co-organizer, 4th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 99, San Francisco, CA, July 12, 1999.
- Co-organizer, 3rd Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 98, San Francisco, CA, July 13, 1998.
- Co-organizer, 2nd Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON Southwest 97, Austin, TX, October 13, 1997.
- Conference Chairman, 1997 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Sacramento, CA, September 14-17, 1997.
- Organizer, Symposium on Particle Adhesion, Adhesion Society, 20th Annual Meeting, Hilton Head Island, SC, February 23-26, 1997.
- Co-organizer and Co-chairman, 1st Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON Southwest 96, Austin, TX, October 14, 1996.
- Co-organizer and Co-chairman, Symposium on Particle Adhesion, Adhesion Society, 19th Annual Meeting, Adhesion Society, Myrtle Beach, SC, February 18-21, 1996.
- Overall Technical Program Chairman, 1995 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Boston, MA, September 17-21, 1995 (responsible for organizing more than 35 sessions, panels, tutorials and keynote lectures).
- Co-organizer and Co-chairman, Symposium on Particle Adhesion, Adhesion Society, 18th Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, SC, February 20-22, 1995.
- Organizer and Chairman, Symposium of Particles on Surfaces, Fine Particle Society, 24th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 24‑28, 1993.
- Program Chairman and Organizer, 4 Sessions, 1993 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, August 1993.
- Organizer, 2 Sessions, ICCCS, International Symposium on Contamination Control, London, England, September, 1992.
- Program Chairman and Organizer, 7 Sessions, 1992 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 1992.
- Symposium Chairman, Fine Particle Society, 23rd Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, July 3‑17, 1992.
- Program Chairman and Organizer, 6 Sessions, 1991 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Santa Clara, CA, August 1991.
- Program Chairman and Organizer, 7 Sessions, 1990 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Boston, MA, August 1990.
- Program Chairman and Organizer, 5 Sessions, 1989 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, July 1989.
- Program Chairman and Organizer, 11 Sessions, 1988 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 1988.
- Conference Chairman and Organizer, 1986 AIAA Northeast Student Conference, Potsdam, NY, April 1986 (150 participants).
Workshops and Sessions Chaired/Organized:
- Session Chair, 11th U.S.-Korea Forum on Nanotechnology: Nanomanufacturing, Nanocomposites and Nanoinformatics, Seoul, Korea, September 29 & 30, 2014.
- Co-Organizer, 11th U.S.-Korea Forum on Nanotechnology: Nanomanufacturing, Nanocomposites and Nanoinformatics, Seoul, Korea, September 29 & 30, 2014.
- Session chair, Sustainable Nanomanufacturing, 2014 TechConnect World, National Innovation Summit & SBIR/STTR Conf & Expo, Washington, DC, June 15-18, 2014.
- Organizer, 3rd Nanotechnology Commercialization/Ideation Workshop, Burlington, MA, November 14, 2013.
- Organizer, “10th U.S.-Korea Forum on Nanotechnology: A New Generation of Nano-technological Products & Processes,” NSF, Boston, MA, Oct 15-16, 2013.
- Invited Session Co-Chair, Stakeholder Perspectives on the Perception, Assessment, and Management of the Potential Risks of Nanotechnology, Group 3: Nanomanufacturing Community, 2013 NNI Workshop, Washington, DC, September 10-11, 2013.
- Organizer and Chair, Reconfigurable Nanofabs for Nanoscale Printin of Electronics and Sensors, TechConnect World Summit & Innovation Showcase 2013, Washington, DC, May 12-16, 2013.
- Organizer and Chair, Manufacturing Technologies for Nano-enabled Products, 2nd workshop, Burlington, MA, February 21, 2013.
- Organizer, Jobs in the Micro and Nano Electronics Industry Connecting College Students to Industry, SEMI Professional Development Workshop, , Boston, MA, February 22, 2013.
- Organizer and Chair, Mass Medical Angel Investors, Workshop, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing,Boston, MA, Dec. 6, 2012.
- Organizer and Chair, Manufacturing Technologies for Nano-enabled Products: Enabling from Nano to Macro; from Electronics to Medicine; from Energy to Materials, Workshop, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Boston, MA, Nov 9, 2012.
- Chair, Advanced Manufacturing, 1st Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conf, Arlington, VA, Nov 4-6, 2012.
- Session chair: Nanofabrication II, Nanotech Conf & Expo 2012, Sant Clara, CA, June 18-21, 2012. http://www.techconnectworld.com/Nanotech2012/sym/nanofab_manufacturing_instrumentation.html#TU7.17
- Co-Chair, nanoscale Fundamentals and Basic Tools for NT Convergence, 9th Korea-U.S. Nanoforum, Seoul, Korea, June 4-5, 2012.
- Group Leader, “Electronics, Photonics and Energy ,” NSF, Nanotechnology Infrastructure Workshop. Arlington, VA, April 3‐4, 2012.
- Facilitator, Technology, Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, National Advanced Manufacturing Initiative, Regional Meeting, MIT, Cambridge, November 28, 2011.
- Chair, 2 sessions, Manufacturing at the Nanoscale: Overcoming Barriers to Commercialization - NNI Signature Initiative Focus, Nanotech Conf 2011, Boston, MA, June 13-16, 2011. http://www.techconnectworld.com/World2011/thursday.html#TH1.162
- Session Chair, Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Nanosystems, NSF-National Nanomanufacturing Network Workshop, Arlington, VA, March 2-3, 2011.
- Session Co-Chair, Research Opportunities for the Signature Initiative on Sustainable Nanomanufacturing, NSF-National Nanomanufacturing Network Workshop, Arlington, VA, March 2-3, 2011.
- Session Chair, Electronics Manufacturing by Printing and Nanoimprinting, NanoChina Forum, Suzhou, China, Nov 13-15, 2010.
- Organizer and chair, 7th Int’l Surface Cleaning Workshop -Future and Current Challenges in Surface Cleaning, Boston, MA, Oct 28-29, 2010.
- Organizer, Ideation Workshop, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA, October 27, 2010.
- Organizer and Chair, Ideation Workshop, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA, Sept. 21, 2010.
- Organizer and Chair, Pre-Ideation Workshop, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA, August 31, 2010.
- Chair, Session T1, IUMRS, Seoul, Korea, August 22 –27, 2010.
- Organizer and Chair, Ideation Workshop, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA, April 21, 2010.
- Organizer, Nanomanufacturing Prototyping Lab Workshop, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA, April 6, 2010.
- Co-Chair, Collaboration in Nanotechnology and biotechnology, Italian Trade Commission Workshop, Boston, Ma Sept. 24-26, 2009.
- “Nanofabrication and Nanometrology: Pattern Transfer,” ChinaNANO 2009, Beijing, China, September 1-3, 2009.
- Organizer and chair, 7th New England Int’l Nanomanufacturing Workshop, and 2nd Int’l Conf on Nanomanufacturing & Directed Self-Assembly Process, Boston, MA, June 18-19, 2009.
- Organizer, Small Business Nanomaunfacturing Workshop, Boston, MA, May 15, 2009.
- Organizer and chair, 6th International Surface Cleaning Workshop, “Future and Current Challenges in Surface Cleaning,” Boston, MA, November 3-4, 2008.
- Organizer and chair, 6th New England Int’l Nanomanufacturing Workshop, Boston, MA, September 11-12, 2008.
- Session Chair and Organizer, “Nanofabrication & Nanomanufacturing NN-3,” 1ST Int’l Conf from Nanoparticles & Nanomaterials to Nanodevices & Nanosystems, Halkidiki, Greece, June 16-18, 2008.
- Co-Organizer, The 5th U.S.-Korea Forum on Nanotechnology, Jeju Island, Korea, April 17-19, 2008.
- Session Chair, Nano-Biosensors, The 5th U.S.-Korea Forum on Nanotechnology, Jeju, Korea, April 17-19, 2008.
- Organizer and chair, 5th Int’l Surface Cleaning Workshop-Future and Current Challenges in Surface Cleaning, Boston, MA, Nov. 12-14, 2007.
- Organizer and chair, 5th New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop, “Breaking the Barriers to Nanomanufacturing to Enable the Commercialization of Nanotechnology,” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 19-20, 2007.
- Session Chair, Manufacturing, NASA Tech Briefs National Nano Engineering Conference, Boston, MA, November 9-10, 2006.
- Organizer and chair, 4th Int’l Surface Cleaning Workshop, Boston, MA, Nov. 6-8, 2006.
- Organizer and chair, 4th New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop, Boston, MA, June 27 – 28, 2006.
- Session Co-chair, “Defect Inspection,” 17th Annual IEEE/SEMI® Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC), Boston, MA, May 22–24, 2006.
- Session Chair, 2nd PacRim Int’l Conf on Planarization CMP and its Application Technology, Seoul, Korea, November 17-19, 2005.
- Organizer and chair, 3rd New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop, “Breaking the Barriers to Nanomanufacturing to Enable the Commercialization of Nanotechnology,” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 21-22, 2005.
- Organizer and chair, the 3rd International Surface Cleaning Workshop, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, October 4-6, 2004.
- Session Co-Chair, Contamination Free Manufacturing Part 2, SEMICON West Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 12, 2004.
- Session Co-Chair, Contamination Free Manufacturing Part 1, SEMICON West Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 12, 2004.
- Organizer, 2nd New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop, “Breaking the Barriers to Nanomanufacturing to Enable the Commercialization of Nanotechnology,” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 28-30, 2004.
- Session Chair, Particle Adhesion II, 27th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society, Wilmington, NC, February 15-18, 2004.
- Organizer, 2nd Annual Int’l Surface Cleaning Workshop, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, November 10-12, 2003.
- Session Chair, Contamination Reduction Methodologies, SEMICON West Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 14, 2003.
- Session Chair, Advanced Wafer Cleaning and Surface Preparation, SEMICON W Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 14, 2003.
- Organizer and chair, 1st New England International Nanomanufacturing Workshop, “Breaking the Barriers to Nanomanufacturing to Enable the Commercialization of Nanotechnology,” Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 16-18, 2003.
- Organizer and Chair,“3-D Nanomanufacturing: Partnering with Industry,” NSF Workshop, Birmingham, AL, January 5-6, 2003.
- Organizer and chair, 1st Annual Int’l Surface Cleaning Workshop, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, November 12-13, 2002.
- Session Chair, Sensors Expo and Conference, Boston, MA, September 23-26, 2002.
- Session Chairman, Nanotechnology, 7th Int’l Conference on the Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems, Ypsilanti, MI, September 2002.
- Co-chairman, 7th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2002, San Francisco, CA, July 2002.
- Co-chairman, 6th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2001, San Francisco, CA, July 2001.
- Co-chairman, 5th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 2000, San Francisco, CA, July 2000.
- Co-chairman, 4th Annual Symposium on Contamination-free
- Manufacturing, SEMICON West 99, San Francisco, CA, July 12, 1999.
- Co-chairman, 3rd Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON West 98, San Francisco, CA, July 13, 1998.
- Co-chairman, 2nd Annual Symposium on Contamination-free Manufacturing, SEMICON Southwest 97, Austin, TX, October 13, 1997.
- Session Chairman, 1997 ASME Design Engineering Conferences, Sacramento, CA, September 14-17, 1997.
- Session Chairman, Symposium, Particle Adhesion, Adhesion Society, 20th Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, SC, February 23-26, 1997.
- Session Chairman, 13th ICCCS International Symposium on Contamination Control, The Hague, The Netherlands, September 16-20, 1996.
- Session Chairman, ACS, 1996 National Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, FL, August 25-29, 1996.
- Session Chairman, 1996 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Irvine, CA, August 1996.
- Session Chairman, Symposium, Particle Adhesion, Adhesion Society, 19th Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC, February 18-21, 1996.
- Session Chairman, 12th ICCCS International Symposium on Contamination Control, Yokohama, Japan, October 10-14, 1994.
- Session Chairman, 1994 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Minneapolis, MN, September 11-14, 1994.
- Session Chairman, Fine Particle Society, 4th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 24‑28, 1993.
- Session Chairman, 1993 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, August 1993.
- Session Chairman, IES, 39th Annual Technical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, May 2‑7, 1993.
- Session Chairman, 11th ICCCS International Symposium on Contamination Control, London, England, September 21-25, 1992.
- Session Chairman, 1992 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 2-6, 1992.
- Session Chairman, Fine Particle Society, 23rd Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, July 13‑17, 1992.
- Session Organizer and Chairman, IES, 38th Annual Technical Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 3-8, 1992.
- Session Chairman, 1991 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Santa Clara, CA, August 18-22, 1991.
- Session Organizer and Chairman, Fine Particle Society, 22nd Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, August 1991.
- Session Chairman, 10th ICCCS International Symposium on Contamination Control, Zurich, Switzerland, September 10‑14, 1990.
- Session Chairman, 1990 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Boston, MA, August 5-9, 1990.
- Session Chairman, 1989 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, July 30-August 2, 1989.
- Session Organizer and Chairman, Fine Particle Society, 20th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 21-25, 1989.
- Session Chairman, 9th ICCCS International Symposium on Contamination Control, Los Angeles, CA, September 26-30, 1988.
- Organizer, two sessions, 9th ICCCS International Symposium on Contamination Control, Los Angeles, CA, September 26-30, 1988.
- Session Chairman, 1988 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 31-August 3, 1988.
- Session Organizer and Chairman, Fine Particle Society, 19th Annual Meeting, Santa Clara, CA, July 19-22, 1988.
- Session Chairman, 1987 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, New York, NY, August 9‑13, 1987.
- Organizer, five sessions, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Energy Systems, 1987 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, New York, NY, August 9‑13, 1987.
- Session Chairman, AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 23rd Joint Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA, June 1987.
- Session Chairman, AIAA, 25th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 1987.
- Organizer, five sessions, Energy Systems, 1986 ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Chicago, IL, July 20-24, 1986.