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VITAE: Alain J. KassabEducational BackgroundPh.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 1989; M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University ofFlorida, 1985; B.S. in Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, 1982.

Employment History2001-present: Professor, University of Central Florida, MAE Department. Joint appointment Department of Mathematical Sciences. Graduate Program Coordinator (2001-2003), and (2008-present)1996-2001: Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, MMAE Department. Joint appointment: Department of Mathematical Sciences. Graduate Program Coordinator (1996-2001).1991-1995: Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department (MMAE). Joint appointment: Department of Mathematical Sciences.1989-1991: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Florida C.A.S.E., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.1983-1989: Mechanical Engineering Research Assistant, inverse heat conduction problems.1982-1985: Engineering Science Department, Research Assistant, solar pumped Neodymium YAG lasers.

Research Interests: , Bioengineering computational heat transfer and fluid flow, inverse problems, boundaryelements.

Teaching Experience(1) Undergraduate: Aerodynamics I, Fluid Mechanics I, Modeling Methods in MAE, Heat Transfer.(2) Graduate: Boundary Elements, Computational Fluid Dynamics I and II, Mathematical Methods in MAE, Heat Conduction, Convection Heat Transfer, Intermediate Heat Transfer, Statistical Thermodynamics, Numerical Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods, and Computational and Applied Biofluids.

Teaching, Research, and Service AwardsUniversity of Central Florida: 2000 University Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award.University of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science: 2000 Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award.University of Central Florida, MMAE Department, Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999.University of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Program (UCF-TIP) Award: 2011.University of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Program (UCF-TIP) Award: 2006.University of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Program (UCF-TIP) Award: 2001.State University System of Florida Teaching Incentive Program (SUS-TIP) Award: 1994.University of Central Florida Research Incentive Award (UCF-RIA): 2003.University of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science: Distinguished Researcher Award, 2002.University of Central Florida, MMAE Department, Research Award: 2002 and 2005.NASA Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program Award of Excellence, 2007.University of Central Florida, MMAE Department, Excellence in Professional Academic Advising: 2002.University of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science Excellence in Professional Service Award: 2001, 2006.University of Central Florida, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Excellence in Professional Service Award, 2001, 2006, 2009.

Graduate Student Activities Record: Graduated 10 Ph.D and 25 M.S. students, served on 44 Ph.D. dissertationand 27 M.S. committees, advising 7 Ph.D. and 3 M.S. students, guided non-M.S. thesis students.

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Publication/Research Record 85 refereed journal papers 167 refereed international/national archival conference papers 3 books authored/edited 9 Co-editor of Proceedings of international conferences 9 chapters in research monographs Guest editor of 5 journal special issues: Engineering Analysis (4) and Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering(1). ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews13 book reviews in 23 refereed and 5 un-refereed abstract conference presentations 13 Keynote/Opening Addresses/Invited Lectures at National/International Conferences Fellowships and Honors: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (USA), Fellowof Wessex Institute of Technology (UK), Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Professional Societies and Service Record Associate Editor of Engineering Analysis Associate Editor of Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering Editorial Board Thermopedia, Computational of Science and Engineering International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental MeasurementsEditorial Board of the Editorial Board of the International Journal for Engineering Modelling Associate Editor of Advances in Boundary Elements Computers, Materials & Continua (2005-2008) Editorial board of Editorial board of Boundary Element Communications (1994- termination of journal) Transactions of the Wessex Institute of Technology - boundary elementsEditorial Board of Chair 2011 International Conference on Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering Co-Chair 6th Subrata Chakrabarti International Conference on Fluid Structure Interaction Co-Chair 2nd International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes Co Chair of- 27th World Conference on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods. Co-chair of 20th Intl. Conf. on Boundary Elements Co-chair 14th Intl. Conf. on Boundary Element Technology Co-chair 6th Intl. Conf. on Comp. Aided Optimum Design Co-chair 9th Intl. Conf. on Boundary Element Technology Editorial Chair of SECTAM XXI, 21st Southeast Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Member of 64 international conference scientific advisory committees Chaired/co-chaired/co-organized 45 conference sessions Member of 9 conference organizing committees ASME Hxfer Division K-20 Committee on Computational Heat Transfer MMAE Graduate Program Coordinator (1996-2003, 2008-present) Chair of UCF CECS Personnel Committee (1999-2000, 2013-2014) Member of UCF Commencement, Convocation, and Recognition Committee, (2011-present). Member UCF Research Committee (1996-1999) Member of UCF University Promotion and Tenure Committee (2002-2004), (2008 vice chair-2010). Member of UCF Faculty Senate (2002-2007), Senate Steering Committee (2002-2007, 2008-2009) Member of UCF Faculty Senate Committte on Committees(2002) Member of the UCF Graduate Fellowship Committte (2005, 2006, 2007) Member of UCF Faculty Senate Budget Committtee (2005-2006) Member of ASME, AIAA, ASEE, ISBE, IABEMand Pi Tau Sigma (mechanical engineering honor society). President(1995) ASME Florida section Secretary(1994) ASME Florida section Technical Activities Chair, ASME Florida Section (1998-2000) Faculty advisor of UCF Delta Sigma Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma Delta Mechanical Engineering Honor society (1992-present), Faculty Advisor UCF Fishing Club (2007-present), Faculty Advisor of the MMAE Graduate Student Organization (GSO) (2010-present).

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Google Scholar Citations (taken 1/08/2014)http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ve2nKE8AAAAJ&hl=en

All Since 2009 Citations 1734 844 h-index 24 16 i10-index 57 29

Graduate Student Activities1. Current Advisees(a) Ph.D. Students (7) 1. Andres Vidal (Ph.D. advisor) - passed Candidacy 2. Andres Ceballos (Ph.D. advisor) - passed Candidacy. 3. Marcus Ni (Ph.D. advisor) - Start Fall 2013 4. Curtis Groves (Ph.D. advisor) - passed candidacy 5. Christopher Rose (Ph.D. advisor) - Start Fall 2013 6. Victor Humwayave (Ph.D. advisor) - Passed Candidacy 7. Michael Harris, (PhD. Advisor). (b) M.S. Students (3) 1. Steve Guimond(M.S.M.E. advisor) 2. Ray Prather (M.S.M.E. advisor) 3. Anthony Mansk (M.S.M.E. Advisor)

2. Students Graduated(a) Ph.D. Students 1. Salvadore Gerace(Ph.D. 2010) Dissertation Title: A Model Integrated Meshless Solver (MIMS) for Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow. 2. Mouna Lamnaouer(Ph.D. 2010) Disseration Title: Numerical Modeling of the Shock Tube Flow Fields Before and During Iginition Delay Time Experiments at Practical Conditions. 3. Zaher ElZahab (Ph.D. 2008), Disseration Title: Meshless Hemodynamics Modeling and Evolutionary Optimization of Bypass Grafts. 4. Mahmood Sleiti (Ph.D. 2004), Disseration Title: An inverse BEM/GA based approach for retrieval of multi-dimensional heat transfer coefficients within film cooling holes/slots. 5. Li, Chen (Ph.D., 2001), Dissertation Title: Development of the Boundary Element Method for Solids Exhibiting Inhomogeneities. 6. Stefanescu, Adrian (Ph.D., 2000), Dissertation Title: A Generalized Boundary Integral Method for Transient Heat Diffusion in Isotropic Heterogenous Media. 7. Butler, B. (Ph.D. 2000), Dissertation Title: Modeling of the interactions between electrochemical dissolution and externally applied stress fields. 8. Divo, E. (Ph.D., 1998), Dissertation Title: A New Boundary Integral Method for Heat Conduction in Anisotropic Media with Space Dependent Thermal Conductivity.

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9. Zhang, F. (Ph.D., 1996), Dissertation Title: Inverse elastic analysis of residual stress by the boundary element method. 10. Rahaim, C.P. (Ph.D., 1996), Dissertation Title: A coupled finite volume/DRBEM solution for the transient non-linear conjugate heat transfer problems for compressible flows.

(b) M.S. Thesis Students 1. Marcus Ni (M.S., 2013), Thesis Title: Automated Hybrid Singluarity Superposition and Anchored Grid Pattern BEM Algorithm for the Solution of the Inverse Geometric Problem. 2. Ruben Osorio (M.S., 2013), Thesis Title: Transient Multi-scale Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for Thrombus Tracking in An Assist Device Vascular Bed. 3. Orlando Ardila, (M.S., 2013), Thesis Title:. Biomechanical Factors Influencing Treatment of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) with the Pavlik Harness. 4. Sebastian Sotelo, (M.S. 2013), Thesis Title: Investigation of Multi-scale Fluid Structrure Interaction Modeling of Flow in Arterial Systems. 5. William Clark, (M.S. 2012), Thesis Title: A Bench Top Study of the Optimization of the LVAD Cannula Implantation to Reduce Risk of Cerebral Embolism (winners of the 2012 UCF Graduate Research Forum, Engineering and Science category). 6. Andres Ceballos (M.S. 2011), Thesis Title: A Multiscale Model of the Neonatal Circulatory System Following Hybrid Norwood Palliation. (2nd Place Graduate Paper Competition at the National Society of Hispanic Engineers Conference). 7. Craig Rogers, (M.S. 2010), Thesis Title: Parameter Estimation in Heat Transfer and Elasticity Using Trained POD-RBF Network Inverse Methods. 8. Troy Flaherty, (M.S. 2008), Thesis Title: Characterization of a Hydrogen-Based Synthetic Fuel in a Shock Tube. 9. Salvadore Gerace, (M.S. 2007), Thesis Title: An Automated Framework for Meshless Methods in Computational Dynamics and Thermofluids. 10. Frazier, Corey (M.S. 2007), Thesis Title: Wall Heat Transfer Effects in the Endwall Region Behind a Reflected Shock Wave at Long Test Times. 11. Eric Mitteff (M.S. 2006), Thesis Title: Automated Adaptive Data Center Generation for Meshless Methods. 12. Kevin Erhart (M.S. 2006), Thesis Title: A Laplace Transform, Boundary Integral Approach to the Solution of the Transient Heat Conduction Equation 13. Crain, Jennifer (M.S. 2006), Thesis Title: Oscillatory Flow as a Mean of Enhanced Species Separation: A Three Dimensional Time-Accurate CFD Analysis. 14. Morgan, Jennifer (M.S., 2005), Thesis Title: Estimating Thermal Contact Resistance. 15. Chehab, Edward (M.S., 2002), Thesis Title: Heat Transfer Coefficient Reconstruction in Conjugate Compressible Flow Heat Transfer Problems. 16. Aitmaalemachen, Rachid (M.S., 2002), Thesis Title: Explicit Evaluation of Smoothed Sensitivity Coefficients. 17. Yin, Qi, (M.S., 2001), Thesis Title: A Coupling Protocol of Hybrid Boundary and Finite Elements Analysis. 18. Rodriguez, Franklin (M.S., 1998), Thesis Title: An Efficient Inverse BEM Algorithm to Characterize Space Dependent Thermal Conductivity with an Evolutionary-Genetic Approach. 19. Pollard, John (M.S., 1996), Thesis Title: Solution of the Inverse Geometric Problem

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Using the Boundary Element Method. 20. Baker, Nathan (M.S., 1996), Thesis Title: Development of a Least Squares Dual ReciprocityBoundary Element Method for the Poisson Equation. 21. Preideman, Douglas, K. (M.S., 1995), Thesis Title: Time dependent boundary element solution of the hyperbolic heat conduction equation. 22. Skeen, Tanya, M. (M.S., 1994), Thesis Title: Extensions of the dual reciprocity boundary element method with applications to flow over aerodynamic bodies. 23. Daryapurkar, A.B. (M.S., 1993), Thesis Title: Inverse elastodynamic boundary element approach applied to nondestructive evaluation. 24. Nordlund, R.S. (M.S., 1992), Thesis Title: Application of the boundary element solution to heat conduction problems. 25. Chesla, S. (M.S., 1991), Thesis Title: Complex variable boundary element solution of nonlinear heat conduction problems.

(c) Undergraduate Honors in the Major Thesis 1. Kyle Snethen (2013), honors in the major thesis: A Computed Tomograohy-Based Model of the Infant Hip Anatomy for Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Hip Dysplasia Biomechanics. 2. Steve Guimond (2012), honors in the major thesis: Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation of the Orientation of a Pediatric Left Ventricular Assist Device Cannula to Reduce Stroke Events. 3. Russel Gentile (2012), honors in the major thesis: lumped analysis model of the Baroreflex. 4. Erik Rodriguez (2010), honors in the major thesis:. Comparison of the Kansa and Hermetian Meshless Methods for Convection-Diffusion Problems. 5. Salvadore Gerace (2006), honors in the major thesis: A Meshless Method Approach to Solving Coupled Thermoelasticity Problems (2005-2006). Selected as best HIM thesis in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and won First Place Outstanding Thesis Award at the 2007 Founder's Day Honor Convocation. 6. Kevin Eckhart (2005), honors in the major thesis: Laplace Transform BEM for 3D Transient Heat Conduction in large scale problems.

3. Ph.D. Students Passing Candidacy/Qualifying Exam 1. Andres Vidal (passed qualifying exam, FA 2011). 2. Andres Ceballos(passed qualifying exam, SP 2013). 3. Victor Humayave(passed qualifying exam, FA 2012).

4. Other Graduate Student Mentorship 1. Christopher Cooper, 2010-2012, UCF College of Medicine, Individual Research Experience (FIRE).

5. Undergraduate Student Involvment in Research 1. John Seligson (2014-present) HIM Thesis. 2. Sheila Serra ( 2013-present-bioengineering) 3. Nicholas Voce (2013-present, ULA hydrogen plume project) 4. Ray Prather (2012-present, bioengineering) 5. Marcus Ni (2011-2012, inverse problems)

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6. Brendan Jones (2012- present, bioengineering) 7. Brian Meyers (2011- 2013, bioengineering EXCEL URE) 8. Lauren Blanchette (2011- present, bioengineering EXCEL URE) 9. Kim Westerlund (2011- 2012, bioengineering EXCEL URE) 10. Justin Kinglsey (2011- 2013, bioengineering EXCEL URE) 11. Thuyi Tien Nguyen (2011- 2012, bioengineering, 1st Place SURE Showcase April 1, 2012,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science II (Medical Image Segmentation of MRI and CT-scans to Create 3-D Models of the Aorta for Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies). She is a student at USF Medical School. 12. Sergio Gomez(2011- present ICUBED-STEM) 13. David Duncan(2010-2012, bioeneering) 14. Steve Guimond (2010-present, heat transfer, ICUBED-STEM, ULA hydrogen plume project) 15. Russel Gentile( 2011-2012 - Honors in the MajorThesis) 16. Samantha Tindell (UCF EXCELL 2010-2011, bioengineering) 17. Ben Eslahpazir (2010- present, bioengineering) - 2nd Place SURE Showcase April 1, 2011,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science and Optics and Photonics I (In Vitro Predictor of Stroke Trajectory Generated by Axial Drive Left Ventricular Device). - 1st Place SURE Showcase April 1,18. Kyle Seneth(RAMP 2010-2013, bioengineering) 2011,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science and Optics and Photonics II Title: Femoral Vectoring for Hip Dysplasia in Neonates: a finite element analysis of the Pavlik Harness Aimed to Reduce Treatment Failures. BME PhD at Clemson. 19. Kelly Cox(RAMP2009-2013, bioengineering) - 1st Place SURE Showcase April 1, 2011,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science and Optics and Photonics I (Development of a Vascular Graft Apparatus). Order of the Pegasus (UCF 2012). Won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2013. Stanford Graduate program (MSMS/PhD) in mechanical engineering. 20. Sebastian Sotelo (RAMP 2010-2013, bioengineering) 21. Reginald Tran (2009-2011- bioengineering). Won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2012. PhD BME program at Georgia Tech. 22. Ruben Osorio(2009-2010- bioengineering) 23. William Clark(2008-2010- bioengineering) 24. Kesley Post( bioengineering) 25. Amanda Modesto( bioengineering) 26. Jesse Kelley (2006-2009- meshless methods) 27. Erik Rodriguez(2009-2010, HIM) 28. Luis Gonzales, (2005), Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics and meshless methods. 29. Andres Osorio, (2005-2008), Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (RAMP and RAMP UP recipient). Won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2010. PhD program at Berkeley. 30. Santiago Salizar, (2003-2005), meshless methods. 31. Brandon Rotavera (2005), parallel computing. 32. Salvadore Gerace (2005-2006), honors in the major thesis: A Meshless Method Approach to Solving Coupled Thermoelasticity Problems (2005-2006). 33. Colleen Crawford, (2005), CFD. 34. Shannon Statham (2005), CFD.

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35. Johnathan Wehking (2004). 36. Eric Mitteff, (2003-2005), meshless methods. 37. Luis Quintana, (2003-2004), meshless methods. 38. Kevin Eckhart, honors in the major thesis: Laplace Transform BEM for 3D Transient Heat Conduction in large scale problems (2002-2005). 39. Krystelle Gonsette(Su 2002), NASA FSGC Summer Research Experience: cryosurgical kit for long-term spaced based mission. 40. Krystelle Gonsette (2001-2002), undergraduate research assistant. 41. Christopher Douglass (2000-2002), United States National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates. 42. Kenischi Yamagishi (2000-present), undergraduate research assistant. 43. Raphael DeLatorre (1999-2000), Florida Space Grant Consortium Academic Year Undergraduate Program, Project title: Design of Passive Thermal Control System for a Low Earth Orbiting Spacecraft.

6. Other Graduate Committee Activity(a) Ph.D. Committee Member 1. Darwash F. (Civil Engineering) 2. Robert Van Gorder(mathematics) 3. Max Baxter (mathematics) 4. Wang Yu (Electrical Engineering) 5. George Fraghallah (Electrical Engineering) 6. Gregor Kosec (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia - attended defense in Slovenia, 2011) 7. Navid Khatami 8. Jun Huang 9. Garteth Bassett (Civil Engineering) 10. Funakoshi, Yuji (Civil Engineering) 11. Eric Tuema 12. Zhang, Chong 13. Danyong, Zeng 14. Erik Sweet (mathematics) 15. Kevin Erhart, Disseration Title: Manufacturing and Planning Improvements in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Cancer. 16. Denwood Parrish(mathematics) 17. Peter Bacopouplos (civil and environmental engineering) 18. Michael Parrish (civil and environmental engineering), defended 6/15/2007, "Target element size for finite element Tidal models from domain-wide, localized trunctation error analysis incorporating bottom stress and Coriolis force." 19. Tomasz Wlodarczyk (mathematics, member)"Stability and preservation properties of multisymplectic integrators", defended 6/8/2007. 20. Eric Tuema (member) , defended 2006. 21. Abdelhalim Alsharqawi (member), defended 11/9/2005, " Design and synthesis of clockless pipelines based on self-resetting stage logic." 22. Mohamed Salaman ( member) 23. Ni, P. (member) 24. Hsia, K.T. (member)

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25. He, M. (member) 26. Chen, J. (member) 27. Lin, B. (member) 28. Zakhia, N. (member) 29. Greg Turner (member) 30. S. Akour (member) 31. M. Al-Quaradawi (member) 32. Moraes, R. (member) 33. Ahn, Y. (member) 34. Lu, D. (member) 35. Hao, Z. (member) 36. Anagnostopoulos, G. (member) 37. Ionescu, I. (member) 38. Lui, Q. (member) 39. Sieliti, A. (member) 40. Volk, J. (member - University of Florida Committee Member). 41. Xiaoxi, L. (member) 42. Funakoshi, Yuji (member) 43. Danyong Zeng (member) 44. Zhang, Chong, (member)

(b) MS Thesis Committee Member 1. Michelle Valentino, (member,Oct. 30, 2011). 2. Wesly Johnson, (members, Fall 2010). 3. Johnathan Partridge, (member, Fall 2010). 4. Christopher Zinner, (member, April, 2008). 5. Rodolphe Carro (Nov.8, 2007). 6. Brian Walker (Nov. 9, 2007) 7. Hall, Joel (member, 11/03/2005) 8. DeVries, Jaap(member, 11/04/2005) 9. Li, H.J. (member) 10. Zeisler, P. (member) 11. Dobbs, R. (member) 12. Brunk, D. (member) 13. Ulrich, T. (member) 14. Patel, B. (member) 15. Wang, J. (member) 16. Anderson, H.A. (member) 17. Rodriguez, Joseph (member) 18. O'Dea, M. (member) 19. Brassard, Michel (member) 20. Deng, K. (member) 21. Tanriver, Ugur (member) 22. Hynes, S. (member) 23. Durham, M. (member) 24. Gulliver, Brian (member) 25. El-Zahab, Zaher (member)

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26. Qui, J. (member) 27. T. Joseph Mahaney (member)

7. Masters Non-Thesis Option 1. Hadjinocolaou, A. (advisor) 2. Gosselin, R.(advisor) 3. Divo, E. (advisor)

8. Student Awards 1. Orlando Ardilla (M.S.M.E.). The 2012 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Conference Technical Paper Competition, 2nd place winner, "Characterization of Factors in Pavlik Harness Treatment of Hip Dysplasia: a computational model". 2. Andres Ceballos (Ph.D.) The 2012 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Conference Technical Poster Competition, 1st place winner. The title of the presentation is "A Bench Top Study of the Optimizaiton of LVAD Implantation to Reduce Risk of Cerebral Embolism". 3. Thuyi Tien Nguyen (2011- present, bioengineering, 1st Place SURE Showcase April 1, 2012,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science II (Medical Image Segmentation of MRI and CT-scans to Create 3-D Models of the Aorta for Computational Fluid Dynamics Studies). 4. Ben Eslahpazir (2010- present, bioengineering) - 2nd Place SURE Showcase April 1, 2011,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science and Optics and Photonics I In Vitro Predictor of Stroke Trajectory Generated by Axial Drive Left Ventricular Device. 5. Kyle Seneth(RAMP 2010-present, bioengineering) - 1st Place SURE Showcase April 1, 2011,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science and Optics and Photonics II Title: Femoral Vectoring for Hip Dysplasia in Neonates: a finite element analysis of the Pavlik Harness Aimed to Reduce Treatment Failures. 6. Kelly Cox(RAMP2009-present, bioengineering) - 1st Place SURE Showcase April 1, 2011,Category: College of Engineering and Computer Science and Optics and Photonics I Development of a Vascular Graft Apparatus. 7. William Clark, (M.S. 2012), Thesis Title: A Bench Top Study of the Optimization of the LVAD Cannula Implantation to Reduce Risk of Cerebral Embolism (winners of the 2012 UCF Graduate Research Forum, Engineering and Science category). 8. Andres Ceballos (M.S. 2011), Thesis Title: A Multiscale Model of the Neonatal Circulatory System Floowing Hybrid Norwood Palliation. 2nd Place Graduate Paper Competition at the National Society of Hispanic Engineers Conference. 9. Salvadore Gerace (2006), honors in the major thesis: A Meshless Method Approach to Solving Coupled Thermoelasticity Problems (2005-2006). Selected as best HIM thesis in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and won First Place Outstanding Thesis Award at the 2007 Founder's Day Honor Convocation.

Chair/Editorial Chair of International Conference1. Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., co-chairs for the 2011 International Confrence and Inverse Problems in Engineering (ICIPE), Orlando,Florida, May 4-6, 2011.

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2. Brebbia, C.A., Kassab, A.J., and Divo, E., co-chairs for the 6th Subrata Chakrabarti International Conference on Fluid Structure Interaction, 9 - 11 May 2011,Orlando, USA3. Brebbia, C.A., Kassab, A.J., and Divo, E., co-chairs for the 2nd International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes, 11 - 13 May 2011.4. Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., and Divo, E., co-chairs for the 27th World Conference on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods(BEM 27/MRM), Orlando, Florida, March 12-15, 2005.5. Brebbia, C.A., Poljak, D. and Kassab, A.J., ELECTROCOMP 2005 Seventh International Conference on Computational and Experimental Methods in Electrical Engineering and Electromagnetics,16 - 18 March 2005, Orlando.6. Kassab, A.J., Editorial Chair for , SECTAM XXI the 21st Southeast Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, held at UCF, May 19-21, 2002, Orlando Florida, 2002.7. Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., Chopra, M.B. and Divo, E., co-chairs for BETECH2001, the 14th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, held March 12-14, 2001, at UCF, Orlando, Florida.8. Hernandez, S., Kassab, A.J., and Brebbia, C.A., (co-chairs), OPTI99, the 6th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, 16-18 March, 1999, held at UCF, Orlando, Florida.9. Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., and Chopra, M.B. (co-chairs), BEM 20, the 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements, August 19-21,1998, held at UCF, Orlando, Florida.10. Kassab, A.J. and Brebbia, C.A. (co-chairs), BETECH94, the 9th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, March 16-18, 1994, held at UCF, Orlando, Florida.

Scientific Advisory Committees/Editorial Boards of International/National Conferences1. Member of the International Scientific Committee (SC) of the VI International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (COUPLED PROBLEMS 2015) 18 - 20 May 2015, Island of San Servolo, Venice, Italy2. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of BEM/MRM 2014, to be held in New Forest, UK, from 8 - 10 September 2014.3. Member of the International Advisory Committee for the 3rd International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal Problems, to be held on Lake Bled, Slovenia, June 2-4, 2014.4. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of BEM/MRM 36, to be held in Dalian, China , from 22 - 24 October 20135. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the International Seminar on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods 2013, to be held in New Forest, UK , from 11 - 13 June 20136. Member of the International Advisory Scientific Board of IPM 2013 the 3rd International Conference on Inverse Problems in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, in Baranow Sandomierski, Poland, on April 24-27, 2013.7. Member of the International Advisory Scientific Board of 4th Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization Symposium (IPDO-2013), Albi, France, June 26-28, 2013.8. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the 5th Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering. COUPLED 2013, 17-19 June 2013 in Ibiza, Spain.9. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of The Numerical Heat Transfer

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2012 (ECCOMAS Special Interest Conference), Wroclaw, Poland, September 4th – 6th, 2012.10. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of IPM2011 ECCOMAS Thematic Conference Inverse Problems in Mechanics 27-30 April 2011, Rzeszow Sieniawa, Poland, http://ipm.prz.edu.pl11. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of BEM/MRM 34, to be held in Split, Croatia, June 25 - 27, 201212. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of ICCES MM'12, ICCES Special Symposium on Meshless & Other Novel Computational Methods held Budva, Montenegro,September 2-6,2012.13. Member of the Technical Advisory Panel for 2011Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (Coupled 2011) ECCOMAS conference organized 20-22 June, 2011 on the island of Kos, Greece.14. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of BEM/MRM 33, held in the New Forest, UK, from 28 - 30 June, 201115. Member of the Scientific Committee of the "3rd Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization Symposium (IPDO-2010)," João Pessoa, Brazil, August 24-27, 2010.16. Member of the Scientific Committee of the "5th International Conference on Inverse Problems and Simulation," Antalya, Turkey, May 24-29, 2010.17. Member of the Scientific Committee of "Meshless & Other Novel Computational Methods", ICCES MM10, Pusan, Korea, during 17-21 August 2010.18. Member of the Scientific Committee of the 2009 " Meshless & Other Novel Computational Methods" conference, ICCESMM09, during Aug 31- Sep 2, 2009, in Bistra Castle, Ljubljana, Slovenia.19. Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 18th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics CMM 2009, held at the University of Zielona Gora (Poland) on May 18 – May 21, 2009; organized by Polish Academy of Sciences – Department of Technical Sciences, Polish Association of Computational Mechanics, affiliated by IACM and ECCOMAS, University of Zielona Gora.20. Member of Technical Advisory Panel for Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (Coupled 2009), Organized by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) and the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) June 8-11, 2009, Ischya, Italy.21. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM/MRM30, the 30th International Conference on Boundary Elements, July 7-8, 2008, Maribor, Slovenia.22. Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Symposium on Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO-2007), April 16-18, 2007, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.23. Member in the International Scientific Committee of the 17th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics (CMM-2007), June 19-22, 2007, Lodz, Poland, organized by the Central European Association of Computational Mechanics, CEACM 2007.24. Member of Technical Advisory Panel for Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (Coupled 2007), Organized by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)and the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)21 - 23 May, 2007, Santa Eulalia in the Ibiza Island, Spain.25. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI 2007, the 10th Intl.

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Conference on Optimum Design of High Performance Structures and Materials in Engineering, May 7-7, 2007, Myrtle beach, South Carolina.26. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM/MRM29, the 29th International Conference on Boundary Elements, June 4-6, 2007, Southampton, UK.27. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM/MRM28, the 28th International Conference on Boundary Elements, May 10-12, 2006, Skiathos, Greece.28. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for NHT 2005: Numerical Heat Transfer Conference, 13-16 September, 2005, Krakow, Poland.29. International Scientific Advisory Committee for the the 16th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, CMM-2005, June 14-17, 2005, Czestochowa, Poland.30. International Scientific Advisory Committee for Inverse Design and Optimization Symposium, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, March 17-19, 2004.31. International Scientific Advisory Committee for Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, 25-28 May, 2005, Santorini, Greece, Organized by the European Community on Computational Methods in applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)and the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM).32. International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI05, the 9th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, 23-25, 2005, Skiathos, Greece.33.Member of the Scientific Committee of the 5th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering: Theory and Practice (5ICIPE 2005) will be held at the University of Cambridge, UK, July 11-15, 2005.34. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM26, the 26th International Conference on Boundary Elements, April 19-21, 2004, Bologna, Italy.35. International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI03, the 8th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, held in Detroit, Michigan, 2003.36. International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI01, the 7th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, held at the University of LaCoruna, Spain, 2002.37. Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 15th International Conference on Computer Methods in Mechanics, CMM-2003, 3-6 June, 2003, Gliwice/Szczyrk, Poland.38. Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 4th International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques, 15-17 July, 2003, Granada, Spain.39. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for ISIP2003, International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 2003, held on 18-21 February 2003 in Nagano/Japan.40. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM25, the 25th International Conference on Boundary Elements, September 2003, Split, Croatia.41. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BETECH 03, 14th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, May, 2003, Detroit, Michigan, USA.42. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI2003, the 9th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, 19-21 May, 2003, Detroit, Michigan, USA.43. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for HPSC 2002, the 2002 International Conference on High Performance Structure and Composites, March 11-23, 2002, Seville, Spain, Brebbia, C.A., deWilde W.P. and Blain, W. co-chairs.44. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for the Boundary Element Techniques 2002 Conference to be held in September 2002 at Institute of Solid Mechanics,

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Tsinghua University, Beijing. M.H. Aliabadi and ZhenhanYao co-chairs.45. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for the 4th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering: Theory and Practice (4ICPE) to be, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 26-31, 2002.46. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM 24, the 24th International Conference on Boundary Element Methods, to be held at Sintra, Portugal, June 17-19, 2002.47. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI2002, the Eight International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, 11-14 May, 2002, Seville, Spain.48. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for ,ISIP'2001 the 2001 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics, to be held, March 7-10, 2001, Nagano City, Japan.49. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM 23, the 23rd International Conference on Boundary Element Methods, to be held at Lemnos, Greece, May 7-9, 2001.50. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for International Conference on Boundary Element Methods 22, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, 4-6th September, 2000.51. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI2001, the 2001 Seventh International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, 28-30 May, 2001, Bologna, Italy.52. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for ,ISIP'2000 the 2000 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics, March 7-10, 2000, Nagano City, Japan.53. Vice-chair of Editorial Board for , SECTAM XX the 20th Southeast Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Auburn, Alabama, 2000.54. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BETECH 99, 13th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, June 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada.55. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM 21, the 21st International Boundary Element Conference, August 24-27, 1999, Oxford, United Kingdom.56. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee for ISIP'98, the 2000 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 1998, March 24-27, 1998, Nagano City , Japan.57. Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee for Heat Transfer '98, the Fifth International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer, June17-19, 1998, in Cracow, Poland.58. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM 1 , the 1 th International* *

Boundary Element Conference, September 10-12, 199 , Rome, Italy.(

59. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM 18, the 18th International Boundary Element Conference, September 25-27, 1996, Braga, Portugal.60. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BETECH 97, 12th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, April 1997, Knoxville, Tennessee.61. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BETECH 96, 11th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, April 25-26, 1996, Hawaii.62. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BETECH 95, 10th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Sept. 13-15, 1995 in Liege, Belgium.

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63. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BEM 17, the 17th International Boundary Element Conference, July 17-19, 1995, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.64. Member of International Scientific Advisory Committee for BETECH 93, the 8th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Villamoura, Portugal, Nov. 9-11, 1993.

Conference Sessions Chaired/Organized1. Chaired Session S10: Advanced numerical techniques, Wednesday, September 5th, 14:00 - 15:40, Room C, ,NHT 2012 - Numerical Heat Transfer International Conference held Sept. 4-6, 2012, Wroclaw, Poland.2. Kassab, A.J., Organized and Chaired Special Session on Coupled Problems in Bioengineering, 2011Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (Coupled 2011) ECCOMAS conference organized 20-22 June, 2011, Kos, Greece.3. Organized Symposium 107 Conjugate Heat Transfer - with industrial applications at ECCM 2010, IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics Palais des Congrès, Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010.4. Kassab, A. and Pepper, D., and Acharya, S., Session: Advances in Computational Heat Transfer III, at ASME IMECE 2009 in Orlando.5. Kassab, A. and Pepper, D., Session: , at ASME IMECE 2009 in Orlando. Meshless Methods6. Kassab, A,. and Divo, E.A., Applications of BEM, Meshless and other Mesh Reduction Methods to Coupled Problems, I and II, Tuesday June 9th 11:00-13:00 and 14:30-16:30, ECCOMAS 2008- Coupled Problems, Ischia, Italy.7. Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.A. Topic co-organizers for Topic 17-1 and session co-organizers for Session 17-1-1: , ASME Summer HeatHeat Transfer Education Transfer conference, Jacksonville, Florida, August 2008.8. Chaired Session A07: Meshless Methods, Theme: Meshless and other novel methods of computer modeling in engineering and the sciences, 19-March 2008, 10:30 AM-12:40 PM, Room A, ICCES 2008, Hawaii.9. Co-organized with Eduardo Divo (UCF), Richard Bialecki (SUT, Poland) and Bozidar Sarler (Nova Gorica, Slovenia), mini-symposium: MINISYMPOSIUM 74 - ON INVERSE PROBLEMS IN HEAT TRANSFER for ECCOMAS 2008, the 2008 European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, held in Venice, Italy 2008.10. Co-organized with Eduardo Divo (UCF), Richard Bialecki (SUT, Poland) and Bozidar Sarler (Nova Gorica, Slovenia), MINISYMPOSIUM 75 - ON ADVANCES IN MESH REDUCTION TECHNIQUES: BEM AND MESHLESS METHODS, for ECCOMAS 2008, the 2008 European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, held in Venice, Italy 2008.11. Co-organized with Yuri Melnikov, Special Session on Applied Partial Differential Equations (Code: SS 4A) at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Sectional Meeting 2007 Fall Southeastern Meeting Murfreesboro, TN, November 3-4, 2007.12. Chaired Session at the BEM/MRM29, the 29th International Conference on Boundary Elements, June 4-6, 2007, Southampton, UK.13. Chaired Session at the Symposium on Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO-2007), April 16-18, 2007, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.14. Co-organized Special Sessions , MondayCoupled Thermofluid-Structural Problems I and II May 21, 2007, for Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (Coupled 2007), Organized by the European Community on Computational

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Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)and the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)21 - 23 May, 2007, Santa Eulalia in the Ibiza Island, Spain.15. Co-Organized session at the ASME IMECE 2005HTD K20 Coupled Field Problems Congress in Orlando, Florida, November 2005.16. Chaired session S17 "Other Applications II", (Friday, September 16 from 16:40 till 18:00), Numerical Heat Transfer NHT2005 EUROTHERM Symposium 82, Krakow, Poland, Sept. 13-17, 2005.17. Organized and Chaired Minisymposium on Conjugate Heat Transfer and Thermoealsticity for the ECCOMAS Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Sience and Engineering, May 25-28, 2005, Santorini, Greece.18. Co-organized and co-chaired Minisymposium on at BEM/MRM 27,Meshless Methods March, 2005, Orlando.19. Co-Organized session , Sunday,HT-1D K20 Boundary Element Methods in Heat Transfer Nov. 14, 7:45-9:15 P.M. at the ASME IMECE 2004, Anahein, California.20. Chaired Session 5 on advanced Mesh Reduction, Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at BEM 26, Bologna, Italy, April 19-21, 2004.21. Chaired sessions on Algorithms and Theoretical Aspects 1 (14:20-15:40, March 17, 2004), , Rio de Janiero, Brazil, March 17-19, 2004.Inverse Design and Optimization Symposium22. Chaired Acoustics Session, II at , held at Detroit Michigan, June 19-21, 2003.BETECH0323. Chaired session at ISIP2003, International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 2003, held on 18-21, February 2003 in Nagano/Japan.24. Chaired Session I of Inverse Problems and Optimization Mini-Symposium at ,SECTAM XXI t , held at UCF,he 21st Southeast Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics May 19-21, 2002, Orlando Florida, 2002.25. Chaired Section 6B "Acoustics and Fluid Flow" on Tuesday July 17th at the Joint Meeting of International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques and International Association for Boundary Element Methods, July 16-18 2001, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.26. Co-organizing and Co-chairing MiniSymposium on "Inverse Problems in Engineering," at SECTAM XXI the 21st Southeast Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, , to be held at UCF, Orlando Florida, 2002.27. Chaired Session 6, "Dual Reciprocity Method and Radial Basis Functions," Tuesday 8th of May, 2001, Lemnos, Greece.BEM2328. Co-organized and Co-chaired Session HT-23 Panel Session "Future Trends in Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer in Turbomachinery", , American Society of MechanicalIMECE 2000 Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, to be held in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 14-18, 2000.29. Chaired , May 23, 2000, Boundary Element Methods: Solids and Fracture Problems The 2000 ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, held at the University of Texas, Austin, May 21-24, 2000.30. Chaired , April 18, 2000, Session TC2: Inverse Problem Session SECTAM XX, 20th Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, held at Carraway Gardens, Georgia.31. Chaired SessionTC4: , April 18, 2000, Topics in Heat Transfer II SECTAM XX, 20th Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, held at Carraway Gardens, Georgia.

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32. Chaired Session A2, Inverse Heat Conduction, Friday, March 10, 2000, ISIP2000, the 2000 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics, held March 7-10, 2000, Nagano City, Japan.33. Chaired Session 5a, Fluid Dynamics I, Thursday, August 26, 1999, BEM 21, the 21st International Boundary Element Conference, August 25-27, 1999, Oxford, England.34. Chaired Session 10, Thursday, June 3, 1999, IUTAM/IACM/IABEM, Symposium on Advanced Mathematical and Computational Aspects of the Boundary Element Method, Cracow, May3-June 3, 1999.35. Chaired Session 2: Advances in Numerical Optimization, Tuesday, March 16, 1999, , Orlando,OPTI99, 6th Intl. Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures March 15-18 1999.36. Chaired Session 9: Applications in Mechanical Engineering (1), Thursday March 18, 1999, , Orlando,OPTI99, 6th Intl. Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures March 16-18 1999.37. Chaired , May 5, 1998, Inverse Problem Session SECTAM XIX, 19th Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boca Raton, Florida.38. Chaired , Monday, June 22, 1998, Applied Mathematics Session 13 th US National Congress on Applied Mechanics, Gainesville, Florida.39. Chaired , Thursday, March 26, 1998, Shape Detection Session ISIP98, 1998 International Symposium on Inverse Problems, Nagano, Japan.40. Chaired , Wednesday the 11th of September, 1997, Heat Transfer Session BEM 1 , the 1 th* *

International Boundary Element Conference, September 10-12, 199 , Rome, Italy.(

41. Chaired , Wednesday, April 9, 1997,Sensitivity Analysis and Inverse Problems Session , BETECH 97 12th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, April 9-11, 1997, Knoxville, Tennessee.42. Chaired , Thursday, April 25, 1996, Heat Transfer Session BETECH 96, 11th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, April 25-26, 1996, Hawaii.43. Chaired , Tuesday, July 18, 1995, Session 7B: Potential Problems BEM 17, the 17th Boundary Element International Conference, July 17-19, 1995, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.44. Chaired , Wednesday, 16th of March, 1994, Session Three: Heat Transfer BETECH 94, the 9th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, March 16-18, 1994, Orlando, Florida.45. Chaired , Tuesday, 9th of November, 1993, Session Three: Fluid Dynamic BETECH 93, the 8th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Villamoura, Portugal, Nov. 9-11, 1993.

International/National Conference Organizing Committee1. Member of Organizing Committee for NASA's 16th Annual Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop TFAWS05, held at UCF, August 8-12, 2005.2. Member of International Organizing Committee for the Eighth International Conference on Integral Methods in Science and Engineering IMSE2004, Orlando, August 2-5, 2004.3. Member of International Organizing Committee for ISIP2003, International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics 2003, held on 18-21 February 2003 in Nagano/Japan.4. Member of Organizing Committee for , the 21st Southeast ConferenceSECTAM XXI

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on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, to be held at UCF, Orlando Florida, May 16-19, 2002.5. Member of Local Organizing Committee for , American Society of MechanicalIMECE 2000 Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, to be held Nov. 5-10, 2000, Orlando, Florida,6. Member of Organizing Committee for Moving Boundaries 99, Computational Modelling of Free and Moving Boundary Problems, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 30-July 2, 1999.7. Member of Organizing Committee for OPTI99 Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, Orlando, Florida, March 15-20, 1999.8. Member of Organizing Committee for , BETECH 97 12th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Spring 1997, Knoxville, Tennessee.9. Member of Organizing Committee for BETECH94, the 9th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, March 16-18, 1994 at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Service1. University of Central Florida Committee Activities1.a MAE Department Committee Activities (formerly MMAE Depmt.):MMAE Advisory Committee, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014.MMAE Graduate Committee, 1995-1996, 2005-2008, 2009-present.MMAE Graduate Program Coordinator, 1996 - 2003, 2008-present.MMAE Graduate Committee, Chair, 1996 - 2003, 2008-present.MMAE External relations committee, 2008-2009.MMAE Chair 5-year Administrative Review Committee, 2007.MMAE Personnel Committee, 1996 - 1998, 2003-present, Chair for 2013-2014.MMAE Computer Usage Committee, 2003.MMAE Graduate Student Assessment and Performance Committee, Chair, 1996 - 2003, and 2008-present.MMAE Distinguished Professor Recruitment Committee (PREP), Chair, 2001-2002MMAE Graduate Program Secretary Search Committee, Chair, 2002.MMAE Colloquium Committee, Chair and founder, 1991- 2001.MMAE Honors Committee, 2000-2001.MMAE MS Degree PR Committee, Co-Chair, 1999-2000.MAE Thermofluids Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Coordinator, 1996-2008, 2012, 2013.MAE Mathematics Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Coordinator, 2012, 2013.MAE Program Accountant Search Committe, Chair (2013).MAE Lecturer Search Committee, Chair, 2012.MAE Faculty Search Committee (Mechanics), 2011-2012.MMAE Faculty Search Committee (combustion), Chair, 2000.MMAE Faculty Search Committee, (materials), Chair, 1993 - 1995.MMAE Faculty Search Committee(aerospace), Chair, 2002-2003.MMAE Faculty Search Committees, 1992 - 1996, 1999-2000.MMAE Chair Search Committee, 1994 - 1995.MAE Strategic Planning Committee, 1994 - 1995, 1998-1999.MMAE Lab Instructor Search Committee, 2001-2002.MMAE Graduate Secretary Search Committee, Chair, 1999, 2000, 2002.

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1.b College of Engineering and Computer Science Committee Activities:College of Engineering & Computer Science Tenure and Promotion Criteria Committee, 2013.College of Engineering & Computer Science Space Usage Committee, 2013-present.College of Engineering & Computer Science Teaching Incentive Program Selection Committee, Chair, 2013.College of Engineering & Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering Faculty Search Committee (2011)College of Engineering & Computer Science Sabbatical Committee, 2009, 2010 (Chair).College of Engineering & Computer Science’s Curriculum Planning Committee, 2008-2009.College of Engineering and Computer Science Pre-Med Committee, Chair, 2007-2008.I Lab Fellowship Committee, 2006.#

College of Engineering and Computer Science International Committee, 2003-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.College of Engineering and Computer Science search commitee for Assistant Director for Academic Affairs, 2002.College of Engineering and Computer Science, College Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, Chair, 1999-2000.College of Engineering and Computer Science Teaching Incentive Program Selection Committee, Chair, 2002.College of Engineering Teaching Incentive Program Selection Committee, 1995, 1996.College of Engineering Dean's advisory LAN and computer committee, 1995.College of Engineering and Computer Science, Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards, 1999-2003.School of Optics College Level Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1999-2001.

1.c University Level Committee Activities:University of Central Florida, Commencement, Convocation, and Recognition Committee, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014.University of Central Florida Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2001-2003; 2008-2011.University of Central Florida Medical School Curriculum Committee, 2006-2008.University of Central Florida, Faculty Senate Budget and Administrative Procedures Committee, 2005-2006.University of Central Florida Fellowship Committee 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.University of Central Florida, AT&T Graduate Fellowship in Modeling and Simulation awards committte, 2008.University of Central Florida Graduate Program Review Committee, 2008-2009.University of Central Florida Committee on International Visitors, 2004.University of Central Florida Graduate Education Strategic Planning Committee, 2004.University of Central Florida, Faculty Senate, 2002-2004, 2004-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011.University of Central Florida, Faculty Senate, Committee on Committees, 2002-2003, 2004-2005.University of Central Florida, Faculty Senate, Steering Committee, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, and 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010.University of Central Florida, Faculty Senate, Udergraduate Course Review

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Committee, 2010-2011.University of Central Florida, Faculty Senate, Graduate Council Liason Committee, 2002-2003.University of Central Florida Thesis Editor Search Committee, Chair, 2002.University of Central Florida Program Coordinators Committee, 1997-present.University of Central Florida Research Council, 1996-1999.University of Central Florida Interdisciplinary Council, 1999-2000.University of Central Florida Research Committee Research Council Sub-committee on University-Wide Center Grants, 1997.University of Central Florida Research Council Sub-committee on in-house Grants, 1997-98.University of Central Florida Committee on Graduate Coordinator Responsibilities, 1997.

1.d external committee activities1. Great Minds in STEM: HENAAC July 2010 Summit- industry, military, and university honorsselection committee.

2. Professional Societies and ServiceAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Fellow of ASME (elected in 2000).Wessex Insitute of Technology, Fellow(elected in 2005)American Institute of Aerospace and Astronautics (AIAA).International Society for Boundary Elements (ISBE), Fellow of Wessex Institute of Technology.International Association for Boundary Element Methods (IABEM).National Science Foundation CAREER Panel review, CTS Division, 1998.External reviewer for Promotion at Nova Gorica Polytechnic, Slovenia, 2001.Co-Chair of BETECH2001, the 15th International Boundary Element Technology Conference.Co-chair of OPTI99, the 6th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, held at the University of LaCoruna, Spain, 2003.Co-chair of the BEM 20, 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements.Co-Chair of BETECH94, the 9th International Boundary Element Technology Conference.International Scientific Advisory Committee for HPSM 2004 High Performance Structures and Materials, held May 31-2 June 2004, Ancona, Italy.International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI03, the 8th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, held in Detroit, Michigan, 2003.International Scientific Advisory Committee for OPTI01, the 7th International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures, held at the University of LaCoruna, Spain, 2002.International Scientific Advisory Committee for BETECH 93, BETECH95, BETECH96,BETECH97, BETECH99, BETECH00 (the 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology).International Scientific Advisory Committee for International Boundary Element Conferences: BEM 17, BEM18, BEM 21, BEM22, BEM 23, BEM 24, BEM 25, BEM 26, BEM 27, BEM 28, BEM 29, BEM 30, ...BEM 37.International Scientific Advisory Committee for ISIP'98, the 1998 International Symposium on Inverse Problems.International Scientific Advisory Committee for ISIP'2000, the 2000 International Symposium on Inverse Problems.International Scientific Advisory Committee for ISIP'2001, the 2001 International Symposium on Inverse Problems.

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International Scientific Advisory Committee for Heat Transfer '98, the 5th International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Heat transfer.International Scientific Advisory Committee for HPSC 2002, the 2002 International Conference on High Performance Structure and Composites.Heat Transfer Steering Committee member for the International Society for Boundary Elements.President of the ASME Florida Section, 1995-1996.Secretary of the ASME Florida Section, 1994-1995.Technical activities chair of the ASME Florida section, 1993-present.Membership Chairman of the AIAA Central Florida Chapter, 1993-1994.Faculty Advisor of the UCF Reelknights Fishing ClubFaculty advisor of the UCF Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma mechanical engineering honorary, 1992-present.Faculty advisor of the UCF swim club and water polo club, 1993-1997.

3. Editing and ReviewingAssociate Editor for the international series of monographs: Advances in Boundary Elements (1997 - present).Associate Editor for the international journal: (1997 - present).Inverse Problems in Engineering Associate Editor of the international journal: (2011-present).Engineering Analysis Editorial Board of the International Journal for Engineering ModellingMember of Editorial Board of the international journal: (1994 - 2011).Engineering Analysis Member of Editorial Board of the international journal: Boundary Element Communications (1997 - termination of journal).Member of International Editorial Board of bookHigh Performance Structures and Materials series (1999-present).Technical editor for , (1993 - 1994).ASME Applied Mechanics ReviewsReviewer for the following journals: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Numerical Heat Transfer, Journal of Computational Physics, Inverse Problems in Engineering Boundary Element Communications, Engineering Analysis, Computer, Methods in Engineering and Sciences, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Journal of Solar Engineering, Advances in Engineering Software, Electronic Journal of Boundary Elements, Applied Thermal Engineering, and IEEE Trans on Components & Packaging Technologies, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Heat and Fluid Flow, Chemical Engineering, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Heat Transfer Engineering, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Differential Equations and Nonlinear Mechanics, International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science & Mechanics, Applied Mathematical Modeling.Reviewed papers for national AIAA and ASME conferences and the international andBEM BETECH conferences.Book reviewer for , (1994 - present). ASME Applied Mechanics ReviewsReviewed proposals for the United Stated National Science Foundation.Review Panel for 1998 NSF CAREER Award Proposals, Thermal Transport and Thermal Processing, Chemical Transport System Division, National Science Foundation, held November 14, 1998, Anaheim, California.

4. National Society Technical Committee Activity

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ASME Heat Transfer Division K-20 Committee on Computational Heat Transfer, 2002-present

5. External Review of Dissertations/ThesesUniversity of Southern Queensland, Duc-Anh An-Vo, 2013.University of Southern Queensland, Dao Minh Ho, 2011.University of Southern Queensland, Khoa Cao Le, 2011.University of Nova Gorica, Mechanical Engineering Department, disseration committee for Mr. Gregor Kosec, , 2010.Local meshless methods for multiphase fluid problemsUniversity of Florida, Chemical Engineering Department, dissertation committee for Mr. Johnothan Volk, ,Pulsatile Flow as Means of Enhancing Separation of Species 2003-2006.Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, external reviewer for thesis entitled: charge simulation method of analysis of composite plates, 1997.

Honors and Awards1. FellowshipFellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, U.S.A.Fellow of the Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom.

2. Teaching AwardsUniversity of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Program (UCF-TIP) Award, 2011.University of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Program (UCF-TIP) Award, 2006.University of Central Florida Teaching Incentive Program (UCF-TIP) Award, 2001.University of Central Florida, 2000 University Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award.University of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 2000 Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award.University of Central Florida, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 1994, 1996, 1999.State University System of Florida Teaching Incentive Program (SUS-TIP) Award, 1994.

3. Research AwardsUniversity of Central Florida Research Incentive Award (UCF-RIA), 2003.University of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science Distinguished Researcher Award, 2002.University of Central Florida, MMAE Department, Distinguished Senior Research Award: 2002, 2005.

4. Service AwardsUniversity of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 2001 and 2005 Excellence in Professional Service Award.University of Central Florida, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, 2001 and 2005 Excellence in Professional Service Award.

3. Honors, Awards, Certificates of AppreciationMember of National Mechanical Honor Society, Pi Tau Sigma.Member of Phi Kappa Phi.Grand Marshall for UCF Graduation Ceremony, Spring 1997.

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The Florida Section of the ASME Award for Service as President, 1995 -1996.The Florida Section of the ASME Award for Outstanding Service as Secretary, 1994 -1995.The Florida Section of the ASME citation for Outstanding Service as Technical Committee Chairman and International Boundary Element Technology Conference Chairman, 1993-1994.University of Central Florida Student Chapter AIAA Certificate of Appreciation, September 25th, 1993.The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Central Florida Section, Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service as Membership Chair, 1993-1994.University of Florida President's Recognition Award, 1988.

Keynote/Opening Addresses, Plenary/ Invited Lectures at International/NationalConferences1. "Conjugate Heat Transfer - methods and applications" invited distinguished keynote lecturer to be delivered at ENCIT 2014, the 15th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, Belem, Brazil, 10-13th November , 2014.2. "Inverse problems - model reduction with applications to cavity and subsurface flaw detection & property identification via POD-based methods," delivered ThursdayPlenary Lecture September 6, 2012 at NHT 2012 - Numerical Heat Transfer 2012, Wroclaw, Poland.3. "CFD Case Study to Optimize Surgical Adjustment of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation to Minimize Stroke Risk," delivered on March 30, 2010 atKeynote Address the ICCES 2010, International Conference on Computational, Experimental Engineering and Sciences, held March 28-April 1, 2010 Las Vegas Nevada.4. "Biomedical Applications of the Localized Meshless Collocation Method (LCMM) - shape optimization of by-pass grafts and modeling the interaction between the lungs and tracheo- bronchial tree," , September,2, 2009 Session A10, ICCES MeshlessKeynote Address Methods '09 (ICCES MM'09), Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 30-Sept. 3, 2009.5. "Conjugate Heat Transfer - with industrial applications," at Pleanary Address ECCOMAS Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering III (Coupled 2009), Organized by the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) and the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) June 8-11, 2009, Ischya, Italy.6. "Identification of Non-Homogeneous Heat Conductivity by an RBF-trained POD-based Inverse Approach," at the 2009 Fall Southeastern Meeting of theInvited Lecture American Mathematical Society, Boca Raton, Florida, October 30 - November 1, 2009.7. " ,"Solving Transient Heat Conduction Utilizing POD-Reduced FEM Models IMECE2008-67404 Invited Speaker at the IMECE 2008 Minisymposium Tack 12, Topic: 12-30 "Reduced Order Models in Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer"8. "Singular-Superposition Method for the Inverse Geometric Problem - applications in heat transfer and electricity”," presented at the Invited Lecture Minisymposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering, Thursday June 28, 2:00–4:00 PM, AIP 2007, First International Congress of IPIA, Conference on Applied Inverse Problems 2007: Theoretical and Computational Aspects, June 25-29, 2007, University of British Columbia Campus,Vancouver, Canada9. "Localized Meshless Methods for Convective Heat Transfer," (45Invited Panel Presentation minutes), Session 57 TP-4: meshless methods, 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibition, Jan. 9, 2006.

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10. "Boundary Element Strategies and Applications to 3D Large-Scale Heat Transfer Modeling and to Inverse Problems", , Plenary Lecture Eighth International Conference on Integral Methods in Science and Engineering IMSE2004, Orlando, August 2-5, 2004.11. "A Hybrid BEM/Singular Superposition Algorithm to Solve the Inverse Geometric Problem Applied to Subsurface Cavity Detection," delivered 3:30-14:20,Invited Lecture 3 March 18, 2004, at the , Rio de Janiero,Inverse Design and Optimization Symposium Brazil, March 17-19, 2004.12. "A BEM-based Inverse Method for Identification of Thermal Conductivity of Non-homogeneous Media", at the Invited Lecture/Opening Address 2nd UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods, Brunel University, London, September 13-14, 1999.13. "A BEM-Based Inverse Algorithm to Retrieve Multi-dimensional Heat Transfer Coefficients from Transient Temperature Measurements," at Keynote Address BETECH99, the 13th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, Las Vegas Nevada, June 9, 1999.

Invited Seminars/Lectures"Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling in Congential Heart Disease: the Norwood Palliation," Session 18, Life Science, STAR Global Conference 2013, Sheraton, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Tuesday March 19, Royal Palms Ballroom."POD-Based Inverse Heat Conduction Problem to Identify Non-hyomogeneous Heat Conductivity," Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 2, 2010."Optimization of LVAD implantation to reduce stroke risk and progress in modeling of the Hybrid Norwood operation for Hypolastic Left Heart Syndrome" University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, May 10, 2010."Parallel Domain Decomposition Method for Large-Scale BEM Applications," Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, Friday, Feb. 4, 2005.Panel Discussion on Publications, held during the UCF Faculty Center for Teaching Learning Winter Workshop, Tuesday, December 11, 2001."An inverse BEM method for Identification of Heat Transfer Coefficient Maps," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, October 21, 1999."Optimization and Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer at UCF," Presented at OPTI99, 6th Intl. Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures"A Generalized Boundary Element Method for Heat Conduction in Heterogeneous Media," Mathematics Department, University of Central Florida, September 11, 1998."A New Boundary Element Method for Heat Conduction in Non-homogeneous Media," Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, April 2, 1998."The Solution of Field Problems by the Boundary Element Method and Potential for Parallelization," presented on May 24, 1995 at the Summer Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Computing, held by the University of Central Florida Computer Sciences Department in Orlando Florida, May 22-June 2, 1995."Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer and Elastostatics," Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Science, and Mechanics, University of Florida, October 14, 1994."Boundary Element Methods (BEM) in Engineering Analysis," Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Orlando, Florida, September 30, 1994."On Some Inverse Problems of Heat Transfer and Solid Mechanics," Mathematics Department at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, September 14, 1993.

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"Design Analysis Using Boundary Element Techniques," Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Orlando, Florida, May 21, 1993."Complex Variable Boundary Element Method in Linear and Nonlinear Heat Transfer," Department of Aerospace, Engineering Sciences, and Mechanics at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 6, 1992."The Boundary Element Method and the Complex Variable Boundary Element Method in Linear and Nonlinear Heat Conduction," Mathematics Department at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, October 25, 1992."The Complex Variable Boundary Element Method in Heat Transfer," Mathematics and Physical Sciences Department at Embery-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, October 6, 1992.

Articles and Press Releases: Press releases from ACS and World-wide from LVAD presentation at American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting in Washington 2010: http://www.facs.org/clincon2010/press/press_kit/decampli.html http://orlandohealth.com/arnoldpalmerhospital/Misc/ViewNews.aspx?WID=4& News_ID=654&PageFrom=M&pid=407 http://www.naceonline.com/CME-Courses/news.php?newsID=2556 http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index?page=article&id=0024004107a42ec8a012b4426d5b3006743 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-reduce-strokes-after-surgery,0,2789799.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/os-reduce-strokes-after-surgery,0,1464124.story

Dynamics Article featuring Hybrid Norwood research Prashanth S. Shankara - CD-adapco "Matters of the Heart - The role of simulation in saving lives," Dynamics - simulating systems, 2103, Vol. 35, pp. 25-27; http://www.cd-adapco.com/magazine

NASA SATOP Feature Article http://www.spacetechsolutions.com/i_bodySuccess_storyText.asp?STORY_ID=10148 http://www.spacetechsolutions.com/i_bodySuccess_storyText.asp?STORY_ID=10156 (won national excellence award May 15, 2007) http://www.txconstruction.com/news/infrastructure/archive/0705.asp

Short CoursesUCF EXCEL - applications of Calculus I (2008-2011).UCF EXCEL- application of Calculus II (2008-2011).Divo E. and Kassab, "Beyond the Grids: Meshless Methods in Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow," Short Course delivered at the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Vancouver, Canada, Monday, July 9, 2007 for the ASME K20 Technical Committee.Florida ASME Section Short Course "Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)” HANDS-ON course, Delivered at Enser Corporation, February 11, 2006, Orlando, Florida."Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods," Short Course at the NASA Thermofluids Analysis Workshop (TFAWS 2005), Orlando, August 9-12, 2005."The Boundary Element Method in Heat Transfer- a short course," Short course at NASA Lewis, Turbomachinery Branch, February 23, 1998, Cleveland, Ohio.

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"Boundary Element Methods in Engineering Analysis of Heat Transfer and Thermoelastic Problems," NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, September 12, 1996.

Industry Workshops/Summits AttendedThe 2008 Workshop on the Integration of Simulation in The Engineering Curriculum ISTEC2008, , Cornell University, July25-28, 2008.Miniaturization of Energy, Chemical, and Biomedical Systems, September 21, 1999, Sponsored by AMPAC, MMAE, CD3, September 21, 1999.AGTSR Industry/University Heat Transfer Workshop III, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, February 10-13, 1999.United States Department of Energy Microturbine Turbine Technology Summit, Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida, December 7-8, 1998.NASA, 1st Annual Partners in Education and Research Conference, Cocoa Beach,, October 6-8, 1998.AGTSR Industry/University Heat Transfer Workshop II, Wild Dunes Isle of Palms, South Carolina, February 12-14, 1997.IBM Computational Fluid Dynamics Workshop, Ft. Lauderdale, March 10-12, 1990.

Consulting ExperiencesCentecorp, Orlando, Florida.Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (LMCO), Orlando, Florida.NASA Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida.NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California.Applied Technology Associates, Orlando, Florida.Engineering Technology Incorporated, Orlando, Florida.General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Orlando, Florida.Carnegie Mellon University, Pittshburgh, USA.NASA Lewis (now NASA Glenn, at Lewis Airfield), Lewis Research Center Turbomachinery Cleveland Ohio.Supervision International Inc., Orlando, Florida.Zona Technologies, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Hosting Foreign Scientists/StudentsMr. Z. Ostrowski, Ph.D. student from the Silesian Institute of Technology, Poland, as a FulbrightFellow, November 2003 - July 2004. Research Project: Proper Orthogonal Decomposition andapplications to inverse problems in heat transfer.

Mr. Christophe Besnard, Universitee de Toulouse, August 18, 2003-May 6, 2004. Research'project: A singularity superposition methodology to solve the inverse geometric problem inelasticity.

Mr. Olivier Labeille, Universitee de Toulouse, January 7-April 31, 2002. Research project:'inverse problems in heat transfer investigating the use of genetic algorithms in the reconstructionof multi-dimensional heat transfer coefficients using narrow band thermochromic liquid crystals.

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Professor Richard Bialecki, Institute of Thermal Technology Silesian Technical University,Gliwice, Poland. Fullbright Fellowship Grant, July 14-September 15, 2002: joint research workon development of conjugate radiation/conduction/convection heat transfer schemes using BEM.

Ms. Kristelle Bisch, Ecole Superieure des Sciences et Technologies de l'Ingenieur de Nancy,Universite Henri Poincare, Feb 18-Sept.21, 2001: 6 month stage as partial fufillment of degree ofengineer. Carry out work on film cooling schemes for turbomachinery applications.

Professor Richard Bialecki, Institute of Thermal Technology Silesian Technical University,Gliwice, Poland. Fullbright Fellowship Grant, October 2000-June 2001: joint research work ondevelopment of conjugate radiation/conduction/convection heat transfer schemes using BEM.

Professor Massimo Guiggianni, Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita di Siena. July 1-August31, 1999. NATO-Travel Grant: joint research work on development of BEM in lubrication.

Professor S. Long, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Hunan University, People's Republicof China, September 1, 1997-March 31, 1998: joint work on BEM methods for contactmechanics problems.

Arranging Formal Collaboration/Exchanges Between UCF and Institutions AbroadMS Program Agremment with Quingdao University, Quingdao, China, 2012-2013.

Prof. Philippe Murillo, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, Toulouse, France. StudentExchange Agreement, signed and executed May, 2003.

Professor Richard Bialecki, Institute of Thermal Technology Silesian Technical University,Gliwice, Poland. Twinning Ph.D. Agreement between UCF and SUT, signed and executed 2001.

Program DevelopmentUCF College of Engineering Minor in Bioengineering, (2007), Commitee Chair.UCF College of Engineering International Minor, (2007).

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Grants AwardedUnited Launch Alliance & I4 High Tech. Corridor Match, $50,000 (October 10, 2013-April 30, 2014). Project Title: "Delta Plume Mitigation Study-Q4 comparative study," PI: Alain Kassab (UCF ORC 16-26-8220 and ).United Launch Alliance & I4 High Tech. Corridor Match, $50,667(August 31, 2013-April 30, 2014). Project Title: "Delta Plume Mitigation Study-Q4 Study," PI: Alain Kassab (UCF ORC 16-26-8217).United Launch Alliance & I4 HighTech Corridor, $52,000 ( Feb. 15- March 31, 1, 2013). Project Title: "Delta Plume Mitigation Study at SCX36," PI: Alain Kassab (UCF ORC 16-26-8204 and 20-09-9096).United Launch Alliance & I4 HighTech Corridor, $67,625 ( Feb. 15- August 31, 2013). Project Title: "Delta Plume Mitigation Study," PI: Alain Kassab (UCF ORC 16-26-8203 and 20-09-9093).United States National Science Foundation, $340,474 (September 1, 2012- August, 31, 2015), Project Title: "Analysis and Optimization of the Pavlik Harness Treatment of Neonates with Hip Dysplasia," PI: Alain Kassab, Charles T. Price, Eduardo Divo and Faissal Moslehy (NSF Grant Number CBET-1160179 & UCF ORC 16-26-6100).Orlando Regional Health Services & I4 High Tech. Corridor Match: $34,507, 2012-2013. Project Title: Investigation of Hyperflexion in Pavlik Harness Treatment of Children with Dysplastic Hips,” PI's: Kassab, A.J.and Divo, E. A. (UCF ORC: 16-26-8192 and 20-09-9024). (old: 20-09-0024).United Launch Alliance and I4 HighTech Corridor, $33,339 (July 1 December 31, 2012). Project Title: "Delta Plume Mitigation Study," PI: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (UCF ORC 16-26-8183 and 20-09-9022) . (old:20-09-0118 ).American Heart Association, $165,000. (September 1, 2011- August 31, 2013). Project title: "Multiscale Modeling of the Neonate Circulation After Hybrid Norwood Palliation," P.I.: Kassab, A.J., DeCampli, W.M. and Divo, E. (AHA Grant number 11GRNT7940011, UCF-ORC 16-26-8162).US National Science Foundation, $5,006. (May 1 , 2011- October 31, 2011). Project title: "Support for Workshop at the Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering 2011, May 4-6, 2011, in Orlando, Florida," PI: Alain J. Kassab (NSF: 1134897, UCF ORC: 16-26-6100).SUS of Florida Board of Governors, $325,000 ($565,625 with matching), Jan. 1, 2011-Dec. 31, 2011, Project Title: "New Florida Clustering Program - Florida Biomedical Engineering Partnership," PI: Alain Kassab (UCF ORC: 16-26-0009).Orlando Regional Health Services & I4 High Tech. Corridor Match: $67,707, 2010-2012. Project Title: Femoral Vectoring for Hip Dysplasia in Neonates: a finite element study of the Pavlik Harness. PI's: Kassab, A.J.and Divo, E. A. (UCF ORC: 16-26-8146 and ) 20-09-9039 (old: 20-09-0076).Orlando Regional Health Services: $14,000, 2009-2010. Project Title: Bench-top LVAD Experiment. PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E. A. (UCF-Foundation: 05-1626-0002).Siemens Power Generation Inc.: $5,250, 2009. Project Title: CFD Analysis of Engine Spargers and Inlet Section, PI's: Eduardo Divo and Alain Kassab (ORC: 16-27-8033).Lochibe & Belochi Corp: $3,943, 2009. Project title: Comprehensive Study of Hand-Rest Prototype. PI's: Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J.(UCF ORC:16-27-8030).Siemens Power Generation Inc. $5,615, 2008-2009. Project title: CFD Analysis of Inlet Section. PI's: Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J. (UCF ORC: 16-27-8028).

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Florida High Tech I4 Council, Incorporating 3D Lung$331,179, 2008-2009. Project title: Dynamics Into Lung Radiotheraphy for non-small Lung Cancer, PI’s: Rolland, J, Rudy-Hoffman, B, Ilegbusi, O, Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., (UCF ORC: 20-19-0144).Convergent Solutions, Inc., $21,465.54 , 2008-2009. Project title: Viscous Modeling for Automated Flow Simulation. PI's: Divo, E. and Kassab, A. (UCF ORC: 16-26-8022).US Department of Education-FIPSE, Engineering Global Leaders, $340,069, 2008-2013. Project title: Engineering Global Leaders. PI's: Consuelo Stebbins, Alain Kassab, and Avelino Gonzales (UCF: 10-31-6006 ).Florida High Tech I4 Council, $57,357, 2008-2009. Project title: Development of Customized Application for Automatic CAM Format Translation and Tool-path Generation, PI’s: Eduardo Divo and Alain Kassab, (UCF ORC: 20-19-0138).MD Anderson, $905,495.00, 2008-2010. Project Title: Incorporating 3D Lung Dynamics Into Lung Radiotheraphy for non-small Lung Cancer. PI: Rolland. J., Ilegbusi,S., Kassab, A. and Divo E. (UCF ORC: 65-01-8321, 16-26-8120, and 18-70-8012)Clemson University 2007-2008, $66,729. Project title: Combustion Characterization and Modeling of Fuel Blends for Power Generation Gas Turbines. PI: Alain Kassab, 16-26-8048 (16-26-4117 and 16-26-9907).DotDecimal 2008, $116, 483. Project title: Development of Customized Application for Automatic CAM Format Translation and Tool-path Generation, PI’s: Eduardo Divo and Alain Kassab, (UCF ORC:16-27-8021).Florida High Tech I4 Council, 2007-2008, $21,783. Project title: Development of Customized Application for Automatic CAM Format Translation and Tool-path Generation. P.I.'s: Divo, E. and Kassab, A. (UCF ORC: 20-19-0114).CML Project Support, 2007: $1,500. P.I.'s: Kassab, A. and Divo, E. (UCF Research Foundation Account Number: 05-1626-0002)DotDecimal 2007, $43,566. Project title: Development of Customized Application for Automatic CAM Format Translation and Tool-path Generation, PI’s: Eduardo Divo and Alain Kassab, (UCF ORC:16-27-8013).SUS of Florida Turbine Initiative: Advanced Turbines, Energy and Environment, 2006-2007:$50,000. Project Title:Coupled FVM/BEM Conjugate Thermo-Elastic Analysis and Automated Design of Cooling Channel Configurations. P.I.'s: Kassab, A. and Divo, E. (UCF ORC: 16-26-9036).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2006: $2,000. Project title: RTA #2456, Lubricant Contact Model of a Synkinetics Device. PI: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2006: $2,000. RTA #2247, "Heat Transfer Study of Aluminum Extrusion Process," PI: Eduardo Divo and Alain Kassab, (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373).Florida High Tech I4 Council, 2006-2007, $15,000. Project title: Optimization and Thermal Modeling for RF Antennae. P.I.'s: Divo, E. and Kassab, A. (UCF ORC: 20-19-0053 ).Sciperio,Inc., 2006-2007: $30,000. Project title: Optimization and Thermal Modeling for RF Antennae. PI's: Divo, E. and Kassab, A. (UCF ORC: 16-27-8009).UCF Presidential Equipment Grant 2005-2006, $39,327, "Expansion of the High-Performance Computing Infrastructure of the Computational Mechanics Laboratory."Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2006: $2,000. RTA# 2325, "Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis Needed to Reduce Rate of Pressure Drop Recovery Across a Ducted Axial Kinetic Hydro Turbine," PI's: Kassab, A.J.

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and Eduardo Divo, (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373). Featured as a NASA SATOP Success Story, .Vol. 6, No.2, 2007Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2006: $2,000. RTA# 1978, "Spoiler Effect Riding Sail," PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Eduardo Divo (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373), Featured as a NASA SATOP Success Story.Florida High Tech I4 Council, 2005-2006, $38, 628. Project title: Parallel Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Antennae Arrays and CFD Modeling and Analysis of Nozzle Design. P.I.'s:Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF OOR: 20-19-0012).Florida High Tech I4 Council, 2005-2006, $13,281 Monte Carlo Simulation of Smoke Pattern Distributions. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF OOR: 20-18-0017).Sciperio,Inc., 2005-2006: $38,628. Project title: Parallel Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Antennae Arrays. PI's: Divo, E. and Kassab, A. (UCF ORC: 16-26-8057).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2005: $2,000. RTA# 1791 "Heat Exchanger Modeling," PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E. (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373). Featured as a NASA SATOP Success Story, NASA SATOP Vol. 6, No.1, 2007)UCF-UF Space Research Initiative, 2005: $200,000. Project title: Oscillatory Flow as a Means of Enhanced Species Separation - Application to life support for NASA's long-term space- based missions. PI's: Narayanan, R., Kassab, A.J., and Divo, E. (UCF OCR: 20-04-0002).NsCrypt, Inc., 2005: $38,628. Project Title:CFD Modeling and Analysis of Nozzle Design. PI's: Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J. (UCF ORC: 16-26-8057).General Dynamics-Ordance and Tactical Systems, 2005: $19,621. Project Title: Monte Carlo Simulation Of Smoke Screens. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (UCF OOR: 16-26-8057).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2005: $2,000. RTA# 1577 "Optimization of Cyclone Separators," PI: Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E. (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2005: $2,000. RTA# 1601 "CAD Design for Spring Clip," PI: Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J. (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2005: $2,000. RTA# 1231 "Vortex Fuel Saver.," PI: Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E. (UCF Continuing Education Acct. #3514373).General Dynamics-Ordance and Tactical Systems, 2004: $4,533. Project Title: Monte Carlo Simulation Of Smoke Screens. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (UCF OOR: 16-26-8057).Siemens-Westinghouse Power Corporation, 2004: $3,000. CFD Modeling of Transition Section P.I.'s: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (16-26-8052).Engineering Technology Incorporated, 2004, $2,407. Project title: Monte Carlo Simulation Of Smoke Screens. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (UCF OOR: 16-26-8057).Florida High Tech I4 Council, 2004-2005, $5,719.5. Project title: Project title: Monte Carlo Simulation Of Smoke Distribution. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF OOR: 20-17-0010).Engineering Technology Incorporated, 2004, $11,439. Project title: Monte Carlo Simulation Of Smoke Distribution. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (16-26-8049).Florida High Tech I4 Council Phase IX, 2004, $88,127. Project title: Measurement of Endwall Film Cooling Under Realistic Conditions. PI's: Jay Kapat and Alain Kassab,

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(UCF OOR: 20-17-0003).Florida High Tech I4 Council, 2004-2005, $19,230. Project title: Evaluation Study of Heat Transfer CFD Grid Generation Tools. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF OOR: 20-17- 0011).Siemens-Westinghouse Power Corporation, 2004: $38,459. Evaluation Study of Heat Transfer CFD Grid Generation Tools P.I.'s: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (16-26-8047).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2004: $2,000. Project title: Aerodynamic drag reduction on open wheel road racing car. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (UCF Continuing Education Account: 3514373).Lockheed Martin Corporation, Missiles and Fire Control, 2004: DRBEM$10,799. Project title: -Based Inverse Algorithm to Determine an Unknown Multi-dimensional Transient Temperature Boundary Condition. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF OOR: 16-26-8042).UCF Presidential Equipment Grant, 2004, $59,992. Project Title: Computing Cluster for Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computational Mechanics. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo (UCF OOR: 20-03-009).Florida High Tech I4 Council, 2003, $10,000. Project title: Beowulf Cluster for Computational Fluid Dynamics. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF OOR: 20-03-0007).Siemens-Westinghouse Power Corporation, 2003: $20,004.40. Project title: Beowulf Cluster for Computational Fluid Dynamics. PI's: Alain Kassab and Eduardo Divo, (UCF OOR: 16-26-8034).Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP), Titusville, Florida, 2002: $2,000. Project title: CFD modeling of a new dirigeable design. PI: Alain Kassab (UCF Continuing Education Account: 3514373).Florida Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Summer Research Experience, 2002: $3,000. Project title: investigative study for a ,cryo-surgery kit for long-term space-based missions PI: Kassab, A.J., undergraduate student: Ms. Krystel Gonsette(UCF-OOR: 16-26-991).Siemens-Westinghouse Power Corporation and Florida High Tech Council Phase V, Sept. 2001-2006: $688,114. Project Title: Measurement of Endwall Film Cooling Under Realistic Conditions, PI's: Kapat, J. and Kassab, A.J. SWPC funded first three years at $288,890 K (UCF-OOR: 20-07-046).NASA, National Research Announcement NRA-01-GRC-2, NASA Glenn Research Center, Sept., 2001-2004: $300,000. Project Title: Glenn-HT/BEM Conjugate Heat Transfer Solver for Large-Scale Turbomachinery Models PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Kapat, J. NASA Grant Number NAG3-2691 (UCF-OOR: 16-26-232).United States National Science Foundation, 2000-2001: $5,000. Project Title: Research Experience for Undergraduates. PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Kapat, J.S. NSF grant no. CTS-0042852 (UCF OOR: 16-26-413).University of Central Florida College of Engineering International Activities Committee, 2000-2001: $2,500. Project Title: Support for BETECH2001, the 2001 International Conference on Boundary Element Technology, PI: A.J. Kassab (UCF OOR: 16-10-035).NASA, National Research Announcement NRA-99-GRC-2, NASA Glenn Research Center,June, 1999-2001: $103,740. Project Title: Investigation of Conjugate Heat Transfer in Turbine Blades and Vanes. PI's: Kapat, J.and Kassab, A.J., NASA Grant Number NAG3-2311 (UCF OOR: 16-26-228).United States National Science Foundation, 1999-2001: $110,584. Project Title: Reconstruction of Multidimensional Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient Distributions Using an Inverse

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BEM-Based Problem Approach. PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Kapat, J.S. NSF grant no. CTS-9978558 (UCF OOR: 16-26-412).United States Department of Energy, Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research SCERD Center Contract number 99-01-SR080, 1998-2001: $239,865 Project Title: Tip Clearance Heat Transfer and Desensitization in High Pressure Turbines. Funded 1st year at $89K. PI's: Kapat J. and Kassab, A.J. (UCF OOR: 16-26-869).Florida Space Grant Consortium Academic Year Undergraduate Program, 1999-2000: $6,000. Project tilte: Design of Passive Thermal Control System for a Low Earth Orbiting Spacecraft, PI: Kassab, A.J., NGTS- 40025, (UCF OOR: 16-26-775).Florida Space Grant Consortium and Technological Research Development Authority, 1999-2000: $35,192. Project title: Inverse BEM Algorithm for Identification of Multi-Dimensional Time-Dependent Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients in Aerospace Components, PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., NASA Contract number: NGTS- 40025, (UCF DSR: 16-26-774).Florida Space Grant Consortium and Technological Research Development Authority, 1998-1999: $43,791.Project title: Development of a 3-D Boundary Element Method Model to Predict Recession Rates of Thermal Protection Systems of Re-Entry Vehicles, PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Cavalleri, R. , NASA Contract number: NGTS- 40025, (UCF DSR: 16-26-762).University of Central Florida College of Engineering International Activities Committee, 1997-1998: $4,500. Project Title: Support for the 20th World Conference on Boundary Elements. PI's: A.J. Kassab and M. B.Chopra, (UCF DSR: 16-10-035).Florida Space Grant Consortium and Technological Research Development Authority, 1997-1998: $33,277. Project title: Thermal Conductivity Characterization of Non-homogeneous Aerospace Materials. PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Cavalleri, R., NASA Contract number: NGTS- 40025, (UCF DSR: 16-26-745).United States Department of Energy, Advanced Gas Turbine Systems Research, SCERD Center, 1997: $5,500. Project title: US Department of Enegy-AGTSR Industrial Internship Program. PI: Kassab, A.J. (UCF DSR: 16-26-861).Energy International, 1996: $25,572. P.I.: Kassab, A.J. Project Title: Heat Transfer Modelling in Ferrofluids (UCF DSR: 16-26-855).University of Tennnesee NSF Graduate Student Stipend for three students' travel to BETECH97, 1997: $780.Applied Technologies Associates, 1996-1997: $16,070. Project title: Experimental and analytical jet vane development: phase II- three dimensional BEM analysis, PI.: Kassab, A.J., (UCF DSR: 16-26-853 ).Florida Space Grant Consortium and Technological Research Development Authority, 1995-1996: $35,144. Project title: A coupled finite volume and boundary element analysis for the transient solution of conjugate fluid flow and non-linear heat transfer problems. PI's: Kassab, A.J. and Cavallieri, R., NASA Contract number: NGTS- 40015, (UCF DSR: 16-26-731).Applied Technologies Associates, 1994-1995: $4,500. Project title: TVC jet vane conjugate heat transfer research using FDM/BEM. PI: Kassab, A.J. (UCF DSR: 16-26-842).Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1994 -1996: $51,600. Project title: Boundary element research in conjugate heat transfer problems and fluid-structure interactions, PI: Kassab, A.J. (UCF DSR: 16-26-841).Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1994: $2,000. Project title: Support for BETECH94.

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PI: Kassab, A.J. (UCF DSR: 16-26-404, UCF Foundation no: 2700-0204).United States National Science Foundation, 1994: $10,700. Project title: support of BETECH94. PI: Kassab, A.J. NSF grant no. ECS-9322240, (UCF DSR: 16-26-404).American Public Power Association 1993-1994: $3,000. Project title: Boundary element numerical solution of the transmission equation for a lossy line (Industrial Fellowship for Mr. D.K. Preideman).UCF DSR initiation grant 1992: $5,000. Project title: Boundary element solution of hyperbolic heat conduction equation. PI: Kassab, A.J.UCF travel grants 1992, 1993: $850. PI: Kassab, A.J.UCF/EIES grant 1992: $6,900. Project title: Non stationary inputs to Lorenz (weather model) systems.PI: Kassab, A.J.UCF Academic and Cultural Grant 1992: $450 for MAE Colloquium. PI: Kassab, A.J.UCF/EIES grant 1991: $10,000. PI: Kassab, A.J.

___________________________________________*Some grant amounts quote total budget including if any deparment/industry partner matches.

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Publications1. Refereed Journal Publications (published, accepted, or in print)[1] Argueta-Morales, I.R., Tran, R., Ceballos, A., Osorio, R., Clark, W., Divo, E., Kassab, A., William M. DeCampli, Mathematical modeling of patient-specific ventricular assist device implantation to reduce particulate embolization rate to cerebral vessels, ASME. Journal of Bioengineering, (accepted for publication January 2014).[2] Kelly, J, Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Numerical Solution of the Two-Phase Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations using a GPU-Accelerated Meshless Method Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements," , 2014, Vol. 40C,Engineering Analysis pp. 36-49 DOI information: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2013.11.015[3] Lamnaouer, M. , Divo, E., Kassab, A. J. and Petersen, E., "A Conjugate Axi-symmetric Model of a High-Pressure Shock-Tube Facility," International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow(accepted for publication August, 2013, in press).[4] Osorio, A.F., Osorio, R., Ceballos, A., Tran, R., Clark, W., Divo, E.A., Argueta-Morales., I.R., Kassab, A.J., and DeCampli, W.M., "Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Surgical Adjustement of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation to Minimize Stroke Risk," Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2013, vol. 16, no. 4-6, pp. 622-638. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2011.629616)[5] Gerace, S, Erhart, E. Kassab, A., and Divo, E., A Model-Integrated Localized Collocation Meshless Method (MIMS), Computer Assisted Methods in Engineering and Sciences, 2013, Vol, 20, pp. 207–225.[6] Ardila, O., Divo, E.A., Moslehy, F., Rab, G.T., Kassab, A.J., and Price, C.T., "Mechanics of Hip Dysplasia Reduction in Infants Using the Pavlik Harness: A Physics-Based Computational Model," 2013, Vol. 46,, Journal of Biomechanics, No. 9, pp. 1501–1507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.03.031[7] B oundary Elementutler, B., Chopra, M.B., Kassab, A.J. and Chaitanya, V., B Model for Electrochemical Dissolution under Externally Applied Low Level Stress 2013, Vol. 37, pp. 977-987.Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2013.03.010.[8] William M. DeCampli, I. Ricardo Argueta-Morales, Eduardo Divo, and Alain J. Kassab, "Computational Fluid Dynamics in Congenital Heart Disease," ,Cardiology in the Young 2012, Vo. 22, pp. 800–808. (doi:10.1017/S1047951112002028)[9] Gerace, S., Erhart, K., Kassab, A., and Divo, E., "A Model-Integrated Localized Collocation Meshless Method for Large Scale Three Dimensional Heat Transfer Problems," Engineering Analysis, (accepted for publication September 2012, due to appear in 2013).[10] Ceballos, A., Argueta-Morales, I.R., Divo, E., Osorio, R., Caldarone, C., Kassab, A.J., and DeCampli, W.M., "Computational Analysis of Hybrid Norwood Circulation with Distal Aortic Arch Obstruction and Reverse Blalock-Taussig Shunt," Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2012, Vol. 94, No. 5, pp. 1540-1546. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.043 ).[11] Rogers, C.A., Kassab, A.J., Divo, E.A., Ostrowski, Z. and Bialecki, R.A,"An inverse POD-RBF network approach to parameter estimation in mechanics," 2012, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 749-768.Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, [12] Gerace, S. , Erhart, K., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.,"Adaptively Refined Hybrid FDM/Meshless Scheme with Applications to Laminar and Turbulent Flows," CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering and Science, 2011, Vol. 81, no.1, pp. 35-68.

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[13] Santhanam A.P., Neelakkantan H, Min Y, Papp N, Bhargava A, Erhart K., Long X, Mitchell R, Divo E, Kassab A, Ilegbusi O, Ruddy BH, Rolland JP, Meeks SL, Kupelian PA. Visualization of 3D volumetric lung dynamics for real-time external beam lung radiotherapy. , 2011. 163: p. 567-573Studies in Health Technology and Informatics[14] Frazier, C., Lamnaouer, M,. Divo, E., Kassab, A., and Petersen, E., "Effect of Wall Heat Transfer on Shock-Tube Test Temperature at Long Times", Shock Waves - An International Journal on Shock Waves, Detonations and Explosions 2011, Vo. 21, No. 1, pp.1-17.[15] Gámez, B., Divo, E., Kassab, A. and Cerrolaza, M., "Evaluation of fatigue crack growing in cortical bone using the boundary element method," International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 2010, Vol. 11, No.3 pp. 202 - 221.[16] Anand P Santhanam, Sudhir P Mudur, Thalanayar P Santhanam, Yugang Min, Abhinav Rastogi, Bari H Ruddy, Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab, Jannick P Rolland, and Patrick Kupelian, "An Inverse Hyper-Spherical Harmonics-based Formulation for Re-constructing 3D Volumetric Lung Deformations," ,Comptes Rendus Mechaniques Vol. 338, No. 7-8., July 2010, pp. 461-473.[17] Butler, B, Kassab, A. Chopra, M., and Chaitanya, V., "Boundary element method for electrochemical dissolution with geometric non-linearities," 2010Engineering Analysis, Vol. 34, pp. 714–720.[18] El-Zahab, Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J, "Minimization of the Wall Shear Stress Gradients in Bypass Grafts Anastomoses using Meshless CFD and Genetic Algorithms Optimization" 2010, Vol. 13, No. 1Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, pp. 35-47[19] Silieti, M., Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.A., "Singular Superposition/Boundary Element Method for Reconstruction of Multi-Dimensional Heat Flux Distributions with Application to Film Cooling Holes, " , , 2009,Computers, Materials and Continua CMC Vol.12, No.2, pp.121-143.[20] Silieti, M., Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.A., "The Effect of Conjugate Heat Transfer on Film Cooling Effectiveness," , 2009,Numerical Heat Transer Part A: Fundamentals, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 335-350.[21] Silieti, M., Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.A., "Film Cooling Effectiveness: comparison of adiabatic and conjugate heat transfer CFD models," International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2009, Vol. 48, pp. 2237–2248.[22] El-Zahab, Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J.,"A Localized Collocation Meshless Method for Incompressible Flows CFD Modeling with Applications to Transient(LCMM) Hemodynamics," , 2009, Vol. 33, pp. 1045–1061.Engineering Analysis[23] El-Zahab, Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., A Meshless CFD Approach for Evolutionary Shape Optimization of Bypass Grafts Anastomoses, Inverse Problems in Engineering and Science, 2009, Vol. 17, No. 3, 411–435.[24] Gill, J, Divo E, and Kassab, A.J., "Estimating thermal contact resistance using sensitivity analysis and regularization," , 2009, Vol. 33, No.1, pp. 54– 62.Engineering Analysis[25] Gámez, B., Ojeda, D., Divo, E., Kassab, A., and Cerrolaza, M.,"Parallelized Iterative Domain Decomposition Boundary Element Method for Thermoelasticity in Piecewise Non-Homogeneous Media," Engineering Analysis, 2008, Vol. 32, pp. 1061-1073.[26] Ojeda, D., Divo, E., Kassab, A., and Cerrolaza, M.," Cavity Detection in Biomechanics by an Inverse Evolutionary Point Load BEM Technique," Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 2008, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 981–993.

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[27] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Localized Meshless Modeling of Natural Convective Viscous Flows," , 2008, Vol. 53, pp. 487–509.Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: fundamentals[28] Erhart, K. Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., "An Inverse Localized Meshless Technique for the Determination of Non-Linear Heat Generation Rates in Living Tissues," International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2008, Vol. 18, No.3, pp. 401-414.[29] Ostrowski, Z., Bialecki, R.A. and Kassab, A.J., "Solving Inverse Heat Conduction Problems Using Trained POD-RBF Network Inverse Methods," Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, . 2008, Vol.16, No.1, 2008, pp. 39-54[30] "Localizacion deGámez, B., Ojeda, D., Divo, E., Kassab, A., and Cerrolaza, M., Defectos en Hueaso Cortical Empleando el Metodo de los Elementos de Contorno y Algoritmos Geneticos", , 2008, Vol. 46, No. 1. Revista BoletínTécnico del IMME[31] Ojeda, D., Divo, E. Kassab, A. and Cerrolaza, A., "Detección de Cavidades en Problemas de Elastostática Usando Algoritmos Genéticos y el Método de los Elementos de Contorno," Revista Internacional de Metodos Numericos para Calculo y Diseno en Ingeniera , 2007, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 363-377.[32] B. Gamez, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza, "Análisis de Problemas Elásticos 2D utilizando la Técnica de Descomposición de Dominio y el Método de los Elementos de Contorno," Revista de la Facultad de Ingeneria Universitad Central de Venezuela, 2007, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 107-113.(http://www.revele.com.ve/revistas.php?rev=fiucv)[33] D. Ojeda, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza, "Superposición de Singularidades para Simular la Presencia de Cavidades en Problemas de Elastostática Usando el Método de los Elementos de Contorno," Acta Cientifica Venezolana, 2007, Vol. 58, No. 1, 2007. (http://acta.ivic.ve/)[34] B. Gamez, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza, "Descomposicion de Dominio Iterativo en Paralelo para Problemas Termoelásticos usando el Método de Elementos de Contorno," (http://acta.ivic.ve/)Acta Cientifica Venezolana, 2007, Vol. 58, No. 1.[35] Divo, E.A. and Kassab, A.J., "An Efficient Localized RBF Meshless Method for Fluid Flow and Conjugate Heat Transfer," , 2007,ASME Journal of Heat Transfer Vol. 129, pp. 124-136.[36] Bialecki, R., Divo, E. and Kassab, A., Reconstruction of Time Dependent Boundary" Heat Flux by a BEM-Based Inverse Algorithm, " , 2006,Engineering Analysis Volume 30, No. 9, pp. 767-773.[37] Erhart, K., Divo, E.A., and Kassab, A.J., "A Parallel Domain Decomposition Boundary Element Method Approach for the Solution of Large-Scale Transient Heat Conduction Problems," , 2006, Volume 30, No. 7, pp. 553-563.Engineering Analysis[38] Divo, E.A., and Kassab, A.J., "Transient Non-linear Heat Conduction Solution by a Dual Reciprocity Boundary," Vol. 2, No.4, CMC: Computers, Materials, & Continua, 2006, pp. 275-288.[39] Divo, E.A. and Kassab, A.J., "Iterative Domain Decomposition Meshless Method Modeling of Incompressible Flows and Conjugate Heat Transfer," ,Engineering Analysis Vol. 30, No. 6, 2006, pp. 465-478.[40] Ostrowski, Z., Bialecki, R.A. and Kassab, A.J., "Estimation of constant thermal conductivity by use of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition," ,Computational Mechanics Vol. 37, No. 1, 2005, pp. 52-59.[41] Fic, A., Bialecki, R., and Kassab, A., "Solving Transient Non-linear Heat Conduction Problems by Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and FEM," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A,Fundamentals, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2005, pp. 103-124.

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[42] Bialecki, R.A., Kassab, A.J., and Fic, A, "Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Modal Analysis for Acceleration of Transient FEM Models," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, .Vol. 62, 2005, pp. 774-797[43] Divo, E.A. and Kassab, A.J., "A Meshless Method for Conjugate Heat Transfer," , Volume 29, No. 2 , 2005, pp. 136-149.Engineering Analysis[44] Kassab, A.J., Divo, E., Kapat, J.S., and Chyu, M.K., "Retrieval of Multi-Dimensional Heat Transfer Coefficient Distributions Using an Inverse-BEM-Based Regularized Algorithm: Numerical and Experimental Examples," Volume 29,Engineering Analysis, No. 2 , 2005, pp. 150-160.[45] Silieti, M., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J.,"An Inverse Boundary Element Method/Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for Retrieval of Multi-dimensional Heat Transfer Coefficients within Film Cooling Holes/Slots," Inverse Problems in Engineering and Science, Vol. 13, No.1, 2005, pp. 79-98.[46] Eduardo Divo, Alain J. Kassab, and Franklin Rodriguez, "A Hybrid Singularity Superposition/BEM Method for the Solution of the Inverse Geometric Problem," , Vol. 46, No. 1, 2004, pp.1-30.Numerical Heat Transfer Part B: Fundamentals, [47] E. A. Divo, A. J. Kassab, and M. S. Ingber, "Shape optimization of acoustic scattering bodies," , Vol. 27, No. 7, 2003, pp. 695-704 . Engineering Analysis[48] Eduardo Divo, Alain J. Kassab, and Franklin Rodriguez, "Parallel Domain Decomposition Approach for large-scale 3D Boundary Element Models in Linear and Non-Linear Heat Conduction," Vol. 44,Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B, Fundamentals, No.5, 2003, pp. 417- 437.[49] Kassab, A., Divo, E., Heidmann, J., Steinthorsson, E., and Rodriguez, F., "BEM/FVM Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of a Three-Dimensional Film Cooled Turbine Blade," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 13, No. 5, 2003, pp. 581-610 .[50] Bialecki, R., Divo, E., Kassab, A.J. and Ait Maalem Lachen, R., "Explicit Calculation of Smoothed Sensitivity Coefficients for Linear Problems," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2003, pp. 143-167 .[51] Ryszard Bialecki, Eduardo Divo, and Alain Kassab, "Unknown Time Dependent Heat Flux Boundary Condition Reconstruction Using a BEM-Based Inverse Algorithm," ,Electronic Journal of Boundary Elements URL: http://tabula.rutgers.edu/EJBE/proceedings/2001/.[52] "An iterative BEM/FVME Divo, E Steinthorsson, A. J. Kassab, and R. Bialecki, Þ Þ

protocol for steady-state multi-dimensional conjugate heat transfer in compressible flows," Volume 26, No. 5, 2002, pp. 447-454.Engineering Analysis, [53] Bialecki, R., Ostrowski, Z., Kassab, A.J., Yin, Q., and Scubbia, E., "Coupling FEM, BEM, and Analytical Solutions in Steady-State Potential Problems," Engineering Analysis, Vol. 26, No. 7, 2002, pp. 597-612.[54] Kassab, A.J., Divo, E., and Kapat, J.S., "Multi-Dimensional Heat Flux Reconstruction Using Narrow-Band Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Thermography," Inverse Problems in Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 5, 2001, pp. 537-559.[55] Chen, L., Kassab, A.J., Nicholson, D.W., and Chopra, M.B., "Generalized Boundary Element Method for Solids Exhibiting Nonhomogeneities," Engineering Analysis, Vol. 25, No. 6, 2001, pp. 407-422 .[56] Nicholson, D.W. and Kassab, A.J., "Explicit Boundary Element Method for Non-linear Solid Mechanics Using DIRA - a domain integral reduction algorithm, " Engineering

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Analysis, Vol.24, No.10, 2000, pp 707-713.[57] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and Rodriguez, F., "Characterization of Space Dependent Thermal Conductivity with a BEM-Based Genetic Algorithm," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: applications, Vol. 37, No. 8, 2000, pp. 845-877.[58] Rahaim, C.P., Kassab, A.J., and Cavalleri, R., "A Coupled Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element/Finite Volume Method for Transient Conjugate Heat Transfer," AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2000, pp. 27-38.[59] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and Cavalleri, R.J., "Application of the DRBEM to Model Ablation Characteristics of a Thrust Vector Control Vane," ,Engineering Analysis Vol. 23, No. 8, 1999, pp. 693-702.[60] Kassab, A.J., and Divo, E., "Author's Reply to Bonnet and Guiggiani Comments on the Sifting Property," Vol. 22, No. 3, 1998, pp. 241-244.Engineering Analysis,[61] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Generalized Boundary Integral Equation for Heat Conduction in Non-Homogeneous Media: recent developments on the sifting property," Engineering Analysis, Vol. 22, No.3, 1998, pp. 221-234.[62] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "A Generalized BIE for Transient Heat Conduction in Heterogeneous Media," AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 12, No.3 1998, pp. 364-373., [63] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "A Boundary Integral Equation for Steady Heat Conduction in Anisotropic and Hetrogenous Media," Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: fundamentals, Vol. 32, No. 1, 1997, pages 37-61.[64] Zhang, F., Kassab, A.J., and Nicholson, D.W., "A Boundary Element Solution of an Inverse Elasticity Problem and Applications to Determining Residual Stress and Contact Stress," Vol. 34, No.16, 1997,International Journal f Solids and Structures, 9

pp. 2073-2086.[65] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., "A General Boundary Integral Equation for Isotropic Heat Conduction Problems in Bodies with Space Dependent Properties," Engineering Analysis, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1996, pp. 273-286.[66] Vajravelu,K., Kassab, A.J., and Hadjinicolaou, "A BEM Solution to Transient Free Convective Heat Transfer in a Viscous, Electrically Conducting, and Heat Generating Fluid," , Vol. 30, No. 6, 1996,Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications pp. 555-574.[67] Rahaim, C.P. and Kassab, A.J. ,"Pressure Correction DRBEM Solution for Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Incompressible Viscous Fluids," ,Engineering Analysis Vol. 18, No. 4, 1996, pp. 265-272.[68] Hsieh, C.K. and Kassab, A.J, "A Source and Sink Method for Numerical and Exact Solutions of Stefan Problems," Vol. 16, No. 2, 1996, pp. 149-160.Engineering Analysis, [69] Ulrich, T. W., Moslehy, F.A., and Kassab, A.J., "A BEM Based Pattern Search Method for the Solution for a Class of Inverse Elastodynamic Problems," International Journal of Solids and Structures, 1996, Vol. 33, No.15, pp. 2123-2131.[70] Kassab, A.J. and Pollard, J., "An Inverse Heat Conduction Algorithm for the Thermal Detection of Arbitrarily Shaped Cavities," Vol. 1,Inverse Problems in Engineering, No.3, 1995, pp. 231-245.[71] He, M., Kassab, A.J., and Bishop, P.J., and Minardi, A., "A Coupled FDM/BEM Iterative Solution for the Conjugate Heat Transfer Problem in Thick Walled Channels: Constant Temperature Imposed at the Outer Channel Wall," , Vol. 15, No.1,Engineering Analysis 1995, pp. 43-50.

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[72] Ouyang, X., Minardi, A., and Kassab, A.J., "A Semi-Analytical Polynomial Interpolation Method for the Efficient Solution of the Radiative Heat Transfer Equation," Numerical Heat Transfer Part B: Fundamentals, , Vol. 28, No.1, 1995, pp. 97-110.[73] He, M., Bishop, P., Kassab, A.J., and Minardi, A.,"A Coupled FDM/BEM solution for the Conjugate Heat Transfer Problem," , Numerical Heat Transfer Part B: Fundamentals, Vol.28, No.2, 1995, pp.139-154.[74] Kassab, A.J. and Nordlund, R.S., "Algorithm to Retrieve Real Coefficients of a 2-D Fourier Series Using Complex 1-D FFT's," Vol. 19,Advances in Engineering Software, 1994, pp. 41-44.[75] Kassab, A.J. and Pollard, J., "Automated Cubic Spline Anchored Grid Pattern Algorithm for the High Resolution Detection of Subsurface Cavities by the IR-CAT Method," Vol. 26, No.1, 1994, pp. 63-78.Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, [76] Kassab, A.J. and Nordlund, R.S., "Addressing the Corner Problem in the BEM Solution of Heat Conduction Problems," ,Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering Vol.10, 1994, pp. 385-392.[77] Kassab, A.J., Moslehy, F.A., and Daryapurkar, A., "Nondestructive Detection of Cavities By An Inverse Elastostatics Method," , Vol. 13, No. 1, 1994,Engineering Analysis pp. 45-56.[78] Kassab, A. J., and Nordlund, R.S., "Efficient Implementation of the Fourier Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method Using Two-Dimensional Fast Fourier Transforms," , Vol. 12, No. 2, 1993, pp. 93-102.Engineering Analysis[79] Kassab, A. J., and Nordlund, R.S., "Application of the FDRBEM to Nonlinear Heat Conduction with Generation Using a Two-Dimensional FFT," Boundary Element Communications, Vol. 4, No. 5, 1993, pp. 195-198.[80] Kassab, A.J. and Pollard, J. "Automated Algorithm for the Nondestructive Detection of Subsurface Cavities by the IR-CAT Method," ,Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Vol.12, No. 3, 1993, pp. 175-187.[81] Kassab, A.J. and Chesla, S., "An Iterative CVBEM Solution of Nonlinear Heat Transfer Problems," , Vol. 11, No. 1, 1993, pp. 67-75.Engineering Analysis[82] Hsieh, C.K. and Kassab, A.J., "Complex Variable Boundary Element Methods for Solving Potential Problems in Multiply Connected Domains," Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 86, 1991, pp. 189-213.[83] Kassab, A.J. and Hsieh, C.K., "Application of the Complex Variable Boundary Element Method to the Solution of Heat Conduction Problems in Doubly Connected Domains," , Vol. 29, No. 1, 1990,International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering pp. 161-181.[84] Kassab, A.J. and Hsieh, C.K., "Application of Infrared Scanners and Inverse Heat Conduction Problems to Infrared Computerized Axial Tomography," Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 58, No. 1, 1987, pp. 89-95.[85] Hsieh, C.K. and Kassab, A.J., "A General Method for the Solution of Inverse Heat Conduction Problems with Partially Unknown System Geometries," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.29, No.1,1985, pp. 47-58.

2. BooksAuthored EditedÎ[1] Pepper, D., Kassab, A., and Divo, E., An Introduction to the Finite Element, Boundary Element, and Meshless Methods - with applications to heat transfer and fluid flow, ASME Press, New York (due 2014- in Press).

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[2] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., Boundary Element Method for Heat Conduction with Applications in NonHomogeneous Media, Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT) Press, Southampton, UK, and Boston, USA, 2003.[3] Kassab, A.J. and Aliabadi, M.H.(eds.), Advances in Boundary Elements: Coupled Field Problems, , , WIT Press Southampton and Boston 2001.

3. Editor of International Conference Proceedings[1] Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., Divo, E.A., and Hernandez, S. (eds.), Fluid Structure Interaction VI, WIT Press, Southampton, 2011.[2] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.A., (eds.), Proceedings of ICIPE2011, 7th International Conference on Inverse Problems, Centecorp Press, Orlando, 2011.[3] Kassab,A.J., Brebbia, C.A., Divo, E.A, (eds.), Disaster Management and Human Health Risks II, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Disaster Management and Huyman Health Risks, Wessex Institute of Technology Press, Southampton and Boston, 2011.[4] Kassab,A.J., Brebbia, C.A., Divo, E.A, and Poljak, D. Boundary Elements XVII: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Boundary Elements and Mesh Reduction Methods, Wessex Institute of Technology Press, Southampton and Boston, 2005.[5] Kassab, A.J., Nicholson, D.W., and Ionescu, I.(eds.), Proceedings of SECTAM XXI, Recent Advances in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Orlando, Florida, May 19-21, 2002, Rivercross Publishing, Orlando, Florida, 2002.[6] Brebbia, C.A., Kassab, A.J., Chopra, M.B. and Divo, E. (eds.), Proceedings of BETECH2001, the 14th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, March 12-14, 2001, Orlando, Florida, Computational Mechanics, Boston, 2001.[7] Hernandez, S., Kassab, A.J., and Brebbia, C.A., (eds.), Proceedings of OPTI99, the 6th nternational Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of StructuresM , March, 16-18, 1999, Orlando, Florida, WIT Press, Boston, 1999.[8] Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A. and Chopra, M.B., (eds.), Proceedings of BEM20, the 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements, ,August 19-21 1998, Orlando, Florida, Computational Mechanics, Boston, 1998.[9] Brebbia, C.A. and Kassab, A.J. (eds.), Proceedings of BETECH94, the 9th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, March 16-18, 1994, Orlando, Florida, Computational Mechanics, Boston, 1994.

4. Book Chapters in Research Monographs[1] Kassab, A.and Divo, E., "Application of the Boundary Element Method to Non-Homogeneous Media: heat conduction and thermoelasticity," Chapter in , E.J. Sapountzakis (ed.),Recent Developments in the Boundary Element Method WIT Press, Southampton, UK, 2010.[2] Erhart, K., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., "Parallelization for large-scale heat conduction problems," Chapter in Domain Decomposition Techniques for Boundary Elements- Application to Fluid Flow, (eds.), Popov, V., Power, H., and Skerget,L., WIT Press, Southampton, U.K. , 2007, pp. 147-182.[3] Kassab, A. and Divo E., "Parallel Domain Decomposition Boundary Element Method for Large-scale Heat Transfer Problems", Chapter 12 in Integral Methods in

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Science and Engineering: theoretical and practical aspects, Constanda, C. Nashed, Z. and Rollins, D. (eds.), Birkhauser, Boston, 2006, pp. 117-133.[4] Kassab, A.J., Wrobel, L.C., Bialecki, R., and Divo, E., "Boundary Elements in Heat Transfer," Chapter 4 in , , 2nd Edition,Handbook of Numerical Heat Transfer Vol. 1 Minkowycz, W., Sparrow, E.M., and Murthy, J. Y. (eds.), John Wiley and Sons, pp. 125-166, 2006.[5] Kassab, A.J., Li, H.J., and Ye, R., "Coupled FVM/BEM Approach to Conjugate Heat Transfer," Kassab, A.J. andAdvances in Boundary Elements: Coupled Field Problems, Aliabadi, M.H., (eds.), Wessex Institute of Technology Press and Computational Mechanics, Boston 2001, pp. 79-104., [6] Kassab, A.J. and Wrobel, L.C., "Boundary Element Methods in Heat Conduction," Chapter 5 in W.J. Mincowycz and E. M.Recent Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer, Sparrow, (eds.), Vol. 2, Taylor and Francis, New York, 2000, pp. 143-188.[7] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., "A Generalized Boundary Integral Formulation for Diffusion Problems in Inhomogeneous Media," Chapter 2, in Advances in Boundary Elements: Numerical and Mathematical Aspects, Golberg, M.A., (ed.), Computational Mechanics, Boston 1998, pp. 37 - 76., [8] Kassab, A.J., Hsieh, C.K., and Pollard, J., "Solution of the Inverse Geometric Problem for the Detection of Subsurface Cavities by the IR CAT Method," Chapter 2, Boundary Integral Formulations in Inverse Analysis, L.C. Wrobel and D.B. Ingham, (eds.), Computational Mechanics,Boston, 1997, pp. 33-65.[9] Kassab, A.J., Bailey, R.T., and Hsieh, C.K., "CVBEM in Simply and Multiply Connected Domains for the Solution of Heat Conduction Problems," Chapter 8 in Advanced Formulations in the Boundary Element Method, Brebbia, C.A. and Aliabadi, M.H., (eds.), Computational Mechanics and Elsevier Press, New York, 1993, pp. 249-281.

5. Guest Editor Journal Issue[1] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.A, (guest editors), Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Special Issue: Selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering – ICIPE 2011, 4–6 May 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, Vol. 20, No. 5, (in press to appear July 2012).[2] Alexander Cheng, Alain Kassab, Ernian Pan and Benny Hon, (guest editors), Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Innovative Numerical Methods for Micro and Nano Mechanics and Structures - Part II, 2008.[3] Alexander Cheng, Alain Kassab, Ernian Pan and Benny Hon, (guest editors), , Vol. 31, No. 5, Innovative NumericalEngineering Analysis with Boundary Elements Methods for Micro and Nano Mechanics and Structures, Part I, May 2007.[4] Tanaka, M. and Kassab, A.J. (guest editors) Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements: Special Issue on Inverse Problems and Optimization, .Vol.28, No.3, 2004[5] Kassab, A.J. (guest editor) Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements: Special Issue Dedicated to Stefan and Moving Front Problems, .Vol. 16, No. 2, 1996

6. Refereed International/National Conference Proceedings/Papers/Poster/Presentations[1] Yueqian Jia, Ricardo Argueta-Morales, Miao Liu,, Eduardo Divo, Alain J. Kassab, Yuanli Bai, and William M. DeCampli, Experimental Study of Anisotropic Stress/Strain Relationships of the Piglet Great Vessels and Relevance to Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiology 2014, the 17th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease,

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February 19 – 23, 2014, Orlando, Florida.[2] A. Ceballos, Divo, E., I. Argueta-Morales, C. Calderone, A. Kassab, and W. Decampli, "A Multi-Scale CFD Analysis of the Hybrid Norwood Palliative Treatment for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: effect of the reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt diameter," ASME Paper IMECE 2013- 66856 , Proceedings of the 2013 International Congress and Exposition IMECE 2013, November 15-21, San Diego, California, USA[3] Secasanu V, Argueta-Morales IR, Cox K, Ionan C, Kassab AJ, DeCampli WM. Systemic-to -pulmonary artery shunt counterpulsation prevents diastolic coronary blood flow runoff. J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2013;217(3S):36. Presented at the Surgical Forum of the American College of Surgeons 99th Annual Clinical Congress on Oct, 2013. Washington, DC.[4] Orlando J. Ardila, Eduardo Divo, Faissal Moslehy, George T. Rab, Alain J. Kassab, Charles T. Price, Femoral Vectoring for Hip Dysplasia in Neonates, Proceedings of V International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering ECCOMAS COUPLED PROBLEMS 2013, Papadrakakis, M., Onates, E., and Schefler, B. (eds.), CMINE, Barcelona, 201, held June 17-19, 2013, Ibiza, Spain (CD-ROM).[5] A. Ceballos, R. Osorio, E. Divo, I. R. Argueta-Morales, C. Caldarone, A. Kassab, and W. DeCampli, A Multiscale Model of the Neonatal Circulatory System Following Hybrid Norwood Palliation, Andrew Anderson (ed.), Proceedings of 11th International Symposium of the Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Conference (CMBBE), April 3-7, 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah, Abstract also accepted for Poster presentation.[6] Orlando J. Ardila, Eduardo Divo, Faissal Moslehy, George T. Rab, Alain J. Kassab, Charles T. Price, A Dynamic Computer Model for Simualtion of Hip Reduction with Pavlik Harness in Developmental Hip Dysplasia, Andrew Anderson (ed.), Proceedings of 11th International Symposium of the Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Conference (CMBBE), April 3-7, 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah, Abstract accepted for Poster presentation.[7] Mouna Lamnaouer, Alain Kassab, Eduardo Divo, Rodrigo Garza-Urquiza, Nolan Polley, and Eric Petersen, "A Conjugate Axisymmetric Model of a High-Pressure Shock-Tube Facility," (eds.), A. Nowak and R.A. Bialecki, Proc. of ECCOMAS Special Interest Conference: Numerical Heat Transfer 2012, September, 4-6, 2012, WrocLaw, Poland, pp. 148-171.[8] Salvadore Gerace, Kevin Erhart, Eduardo A. Divo, and Alain J. Kassab, "A Model-Integrated Meshless Solver (MIMS) Based on the Localized Meshless Method for Large Scale Three -Dimensional Heat Transfer Analysis," (eds.), A. Nowak and R.A. Bialecki, Proc. of ECCOMAS Special Interest Conference: Numerical Heat Transfer 2012, September, 4-6, 2012, WrocLaw, Poland.[9] A. Ceballos, A. Kassab, R. Osorio, E. Divo, I. Argueta-Morales, and W. Decampli, "Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis to Minimize Stroke Risk," Faculty Podium Presentation by W. M. Decampli at the The 3rd International Conference on Engineering Frontiers in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, he d at Stanford edical School,6 Q May 1-2, 2012.[10] A. Ceballos, R. Osorio, E. Divo, William Clark, I. Argueta-Morales, A. Kassab, and W. Decampli, "A Multiscale Model of the Neonatal Circulatory System Following Hybrid Norwood Palliation," Junior Investigator Selected Presentation (one of four) Presented by A. Ceballos at the The 3rd International Conference on Engineering Frontiers in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, he d at Stanford edical School,6 Q May 1-2, 2012, (also selected poster presentation).

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[11] Divo, E. and Kassab, A., "A Meshless Method Solution Approach for the Transient Poro -elasticity Levee Problem," Brebbia, C.A. and Poljak, D., (eds.), Proc. of BEM/MRM 2012, the 34th International Conference on Boundary Elements and other Mesh Reduction Methods, Split Croatia, WIT Press, Southampton, U.K, pp. 233-244.[12] Andrés Vidal, Alain Kassab, Daniel Mota and Damian Dechev, "A Multithreaded Solver for the 2D Poisson Equation ," Proc. of 20th High Performance Computing Symposium (HPC2012), March 26-29, 2012, Orlando Florida (CD ROM indexed by Odysci).[13] Vidal, A., Dechevb, D., and Kassab, A., "Evaluation of two acceleration techniques in a multi-threaded 2D Poisson equation solver," Procedia Computer Science, 2012, Vol. 9, pp. 2016 – 2019. (selected as part of 30% of papers appearing in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2012 held June 4 - June 6, 2012 in Omaha, Nebraska)[14] Andres Ceballos, Rubén D. Osorio, Alain J. Kassab, Eduardo A. Divo, Ricardo Argueta-Morales and William M. DeCampli, "A Multiscale Model of the Circulatory System in Infants Undergoing Hybrid Norwood Palliation," Abstract in Proc. of 2011Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering (Coupled 2011 ECCOMAS Conf., 20-22 June, 2011, Kos, Greece),Papadrakakis, M., Onates, E., and Schefler, B. (eds.), CMINE, Barcelona, 2011 (CD ROM).[15] A Ceballos, A Kassab R Osorio E Divo, I Argueta-Morales, C Caldarone, W Decampli, "A Multiscale Model of the Neonatal Circulatory System Following Hybrid Norwood Palliation," , Fort Abstract 172, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 48th Annual Meeting Lauderdale, Florida, January 30 – February 1, 2012. (also poster presentation).[16] DesJardins S, Argueta-Morales IR, Ceballos A, Osorio RD, Tran R, Divo EA, Kassab AJ, DeCampli WM. ‘‘Tailoring’’ the Surgical Placement of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) May Reduce Stroke Risk. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 2(1):187, 2011 (also presented Saturday, February 5, 2011, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.at the Poster Session at Cardiology 2011 the 15th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease Bringing Interdisciplinary Evidence-based Practice to the Patient).[17] Lamnaouer, M., Divo, E., Kassab, A., Urquiza, R. G., Polley, N. L, and Petersen, E., "Development of an Axi-symmetric Model of a High-Pressure Shock-Tube Facility," 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, New Horizons Forum and Aerospace, 4 - 7 January, Orlando, Florida, AIAA Paper 2010-926.[18] William M DeCampli, Alain Kassab, Ricardo Argueta, Andreas Ceballos, Eduardo Divo, Christopher Caldarone, "Progress Toward Multiscale Modeling of the Hybrid Norwood Circulation," , Oct. 24-25, 2010,Congential Heart Surgeons Society Annual Meeting Session I: Basic Science & Videos A.[19] I. Ricardo Argueta-Morales, Reginald Tran, William Clark, Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab, William M. DeCampli, "Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to Tailor the Surgical Implantation of a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD): A Patient-Specific Approach to Reduce Risk of Stroke," Presented at the Surgical Forum program atzx the American College of Surgeons 96th Annual Clinical Congress, October 3-7, 2010, Washington, DC. (Abstract SF2010-10094), Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Vo. 211, No. 3, Sept. 2010, p. S26. (subject of national press release by ACS).[20] Osorio, A., Osorio, R., Tran. R., Ceballos, A., Kassab, A.J, Divo, E., Argueta- Morales, R., and DeCampli, W., "CFD Case Study to Optimize Surgical Adjustment of Ventricular

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Assist Device Implantation to Minimize Stroke Risk. Part I: Steady-State CFD Modeling," presented atPaper No. : ICCES1020100130308, ICCES 2010: International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences. Las Vegas, NV, March 28 - April 1, 2010.[21] Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab, Greisa Mendez, I. Ricardo Argueta Morales,and DeCampli, W., "CFD Case Study to Optimize Surgical Adjustment of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation to Minimize Stroke Risk. Part II: towards transient multiscale modeling," presented atPaper No. : ICCES1020100130309, ICCES 2010: International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences. Las Vegas, NV, March 28 - April 1, 2010.[22] I. Ricardo Argueta-Morales, Reginald Tran, , William Clark, Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab,William M. DeCampli, "Surgical adjustment of the LVAD conduit to reduce thrombo-embolism: current results and progress towards multi-scale modeling," Presented at First International Conference on Computational Simulation in Congenital Heart Disease (CS-CHD 2010), February 26 and 27, 2010, La Jolla, California.[23] M. Lamnaouer, E. Divo, E. L. Petersen, and A. Kassab, "Conjugate Heat Transfer Modeling in an Axi-Symmetric Shock Tube" ECCM 2010, IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics Palais des Congrès, Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010.[24] Gerace, S., Erhart, K, Divo, E. and Kassab, A., "Local and Virtual RBF Meshless Method for High Speed Flows," , Brebbia, C.A. (ed.),Mesh Reduction Methods, Proc. of BEM/MRM 31 WIT Press, Southampton, UK, 2009, pp. 83-94.[25] Andres F. Osorio, Alain J. Kassab, Eduardo A. Divo, I. Ricardo Argueta-Morales, and William M. DeCampli, "Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Surgical Adjustement of Ventricular Assist Device Implantation to Minimize Stroke Risk, "ASME paper IMECE2009 -12813, Proceedings of IMECE09 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.[26] Erhart, K, Divo, E. and Kassab, A., "Direct Compensator Profile Optimization for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning," ASME paper IMECE2009-12864, Proceedings of IMECE09 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.[27] Erhart, K, Gerace, S., Divo, E. and Kassab, A., "An RBF Interpolated Generalized Finite Difference Method For Compressible Turbulent Flows," ASME paper IMECE2009-11452, Proceedings of IMECE09 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 13-19, 2009, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.[28] Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab, Lakshmi Reddi, Sai Kakuturu, and Scott Hagen, "RBF- FVM Numerical Solution of the Pror-Elastic Levee Problem with Time-varying Boundary Conditions," Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled Problems 2009, B. Schrefler , E. Oñate and M. Papadrakakis (Eds),CIMNE, Barcelona, 2009.[29] Huyamave, V. A. Vidal, A. Kassab, E. Divo, A. Santhanam, and P. Kupelian,"A Meshless Approach to Solve the Fluid Proelastic Interaction Problem Between the Tracheo-Bronchial Tree and the Lungs, " Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled Problems 2009, B. Schrefler, E. Oñate and M. Papadrakakis (Eds), CIMNE, Barcelona, 2009.[30] S. Gerace, K.Erhart, E. Divo, and A. Kassab, " Generalized Finite Difference Meshless Method in Computational Mechanics and Thermofluids," Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled

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Problems 2009, B. Schrefler , E. Oñate and M. Papadrakakis (Eds), CIMNE, Barcelona, 2009.[31] K.Erhart, S. Gerace, E. Divo, and A. Kassab, "Turbulent Compressible Flow Analysis with Meshless Methods," Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled Problems 2009, B. Schrefler , E. Oñate and M. Papadrakakis (Eds), CIMNE, Barcelona, 2009.[32] A. Osorio, Kassab, A.J, Kassab, A.J., Divo, E., R.A. Morales, and W. Campli, " A Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian Computational Analysis to Evaluate Implantation of Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Alternative Aortic Bypass with the Aim to Reduce Thromboembolism" Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled Problems 2009, B. Schrefler , E. Oñate and M. Papadrakakis (Eds), CIMNE, Barcelona, 2009.[33] Kassab, A. , "Conjugate Heat Transfer: a coupled FVM/BEM approach," Proc. of Int. Conf. on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled Problems 2009, B. Schrefler , E. Oñate and M. Papadrakakis (Eds), CIMNE, Barcelona, 2009.[34] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., "The Inverse Geometric Problem: Applications to Heat Transfer and Thermoelasticity," EM08: Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. May 18-21, 2008. (Invited)[35] Divo, E., Kassab, A., and El Zahab, Z., "Upwinded Localized Collocation Meshless Method (ULCMM) for Thermo-Fluids Modeling," . ASMEASME Paper: HT2008-56451 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Jacksonville, FL, Aug. 10-14, 2008.[36] Z. El Zahab , E. Divo , and A. J. Kassab," Localized Collocation Meshless Method (LCMM) Shape Optimization of Vascular Grafts. Part I: LCMM Hemodynamics Modeling," Paper No. : ICCES0820071210187, in Proc. of "ICCES'08: International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences", held Honolulu Hawaii, March, 2008.[37] Z. El Zahab , E. Divo , and A. J. Kassab," Localized Collocation Meshless Method (LCMM) Shape Optimization of Vascular Grafts. Part II: Multiobjective femoral bypass graft shape optimization," Paper No. : ICCES0820071210188, in Proc. of "ICCES'08: International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences", held Honolulu Hawaii, March, 2008.[38] Moslehy, F., Divo, E., Kassab, A., and Srivastava, B., "Coupled Laser Speckle Genetic Algorithm Technique for Surface Displacement Measurement," SEM XI International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Orlando, Florida, USA, June 2 - 5, 2008.[39] Divo, E. and Kassab, A., "Localized Collocation Meshless Method (LCMM) for Convectively Dominated Flows," Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering. Venice, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2008. [40] Divo, E., Kassab, A., Ojeda, D., and Cerrolaza, M., "Inverse Point Load Superposition Thermoelastic-BEM Cavity Detection Technique," Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering. Venice, Italy, June 30 - July 5, 2008.[41] El Zahab, Z., Divo, E., and Kassab, A., "Multi-Objective Shape Optimization of Vascular Grafts Anastomoses using a Meshless CFD Solver," Proceedings of CIMENICS 2008, 9th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 31 - April 4, 2008.[42] Divo, E., Kassab, A., Erhart, K., and ElFadli, M., "BEM/FVM Conjugate Heat Transfer Modeling using a Film Coefficient Forward - Temperature Back Iteration Scheme," Proceedings of CIMENICS 2008, 9th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 31 - April 4, 2008.[43] Ojeda, D., Gamez, A., Divo, E, Kassab, A., and Cerrolaza, M., "Herramienta Médica Computacional para la Localización de Cavidades en Huesos," Proceedings of CIMENICS 2008, 9th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 31 - April 4, 2008.[44] B. Gamez, D. Ojeda, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza. "Crack analysis and cavity detection in human bone using the Boundary Element Method and Genetic Algorithms," , December 3-6, 2007, Kyoto, JAPAN.APCOM'07 in conjunction with EPMESC XI[45] Corey Frazier, Alain Kassab, and Eric L. Petersen,"Wall heat transfer in shock tubes at long test times," 2007, PaperProceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Shock Waves, No. 0910.[46] B. Gamez, D. Ojeda, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza. Current Research in Biomechanics using The Boundary Element Method, IX International Conference on Computational Plasticity COMPLAS 2007, Barcelona, Spain. (Invited Paper).[47] D. Ojeda, B. Gamez, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza. Singular Superposition Elastostatics BEM/GA Algorithm for Cavity Detection, , Proceedings of BEM-MRM 29 Brebbia, C.A., Poljak, D. and Popov, V.(eds.), WIT Press, UK, pp. 313-323.[48] B. Gamez, D. Ojeda, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza. Parallelized Iterative Domain Decomposition Boundary Element Method for Thermoelasticity, Proceedings of , 4 - 6 June, 2007, Brebbia, C.A. , Poljak, D. and Popov, V. (eds.), WITBEM-MRM 29 Press, UK, pp. 149-158.[49] Erhart, K., Divo, E., and Kassab, A. Boundary Element Method Thermo-Elastic Analysis for Laser Drilling, ECCOMAS 2007 Symposium in Coupled Field Problems: Coupled 2007, Onates, E., Papadrakis, M., and Schrefler, B. (eds.), International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 179-183.[50] Erhart, K., El Fadli, M., Kassab, A., Divo, E., and Heidmann, J. Coupled BEM/FVM Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of a Three-Dimensional Film Cooled Turbine Blade. , held May 21ECCOMAS 2007 Symposium in Coupled Field Problems: Coupled 2007 -23, 2007, Ibiza, Spain.[51] Divo, E., and Kassab, A.,"A Meshless Method for Conjugate Heat Transfer," ECCOMAS 2007 Symposium in Coupled Field Problems: Coupled 2007, Onates, E., Papadrakis, M., and Schrefler, B. (eds.), International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 175-179.[52] Mitteff, E., Gerace, S., Divo, E., and Kassab, A. A Meshless/BEM Method for Coupled Thermofluids-Structural Interactions, ECCOMAS 2007 Symposium in Coupled Field Problems: Coupled 2007, Onates, E., Papadrakis, M., and Schrefler, B. (eds.), International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 200-204.[53] Divo, E., Kassab, A., Gamez, B., Ojeda, D., and Cerrolaza, M., "Parallelized Iterative Domain Decomposition BEM for Large-Scale Coupled Thermoelasticity, " ECCOMAS 2007 Symposium in Coupled Field Problems: Coupled 2007, held May 21-23, 2007, Ibiza, Spain.

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[54] D. Ojeda, E. Divo, A. Kassab, M. Cerrolaza, "Cavity Detection using Genetic Algorithm and Boundary Element Method in Elastostatic Problems," held April 16-18,IPDO 2007ß 2007, Miami, FL, USA.[55] Gerace, S., Kassab, A., and Divo, E., "An Automated Approach to Multiobjective Shape Optimization for Engineering Design Problems," , held April 16-18, 2007,IPDO 2007 Miami, FL, USA.[56] El-Zahab, Z., Divo, E., and Kassab, A., "A Genetic-Algorithm-Based Design Approach to Minimize Abnormal Hemodynamics Patterns at the End-To-Side Distal Anastomoses of Synthetic Bypass Grafts," , held April 16-18, 2007, Miami, FL, USA.IPDO 2007[57] El Zahab, Z., Divo, E.A., Kassab, A.J., and Mitteff, E., " Meshless Numerical Modeling of the Blood Flow within a Peripheral Bypass Graft End-to-Side Distal Anastomosis," ASME Paper IMECE 2006-14900.[58] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Efficient Localized Meshless Modeling of Natural Convective Viscous Flows," .AIAA Paper AIAA-2006-3089[59] K. Erhart, E. A. Divo, and A.J. Kassab, "An Inverse Localized Meshless Technique for the Determination of Non-Linear Heat Generation Rates in Living Tissue ," . AIAA Paper 2006-3587[60] S. A. Gerace, E. A. Divo, and A. J. Kassab,"A Localized Radial-Basis-Function Meshless Method Approach to Axisymmetric Thermo-Elasticity ," .AIAA Paper 2006-3788[61] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Efficient Meshless Modeling of Natural Convective Viscous Flows," Proc. of CIMENICS 2006, 8th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences, held on Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 20-24, 2006, Gamez, B., Ojeda, D., Larrazabal, G., and Cerrolaza, M.,(eds.), Sociedad Venezuelana de Methodos Numericos En Engineria, Valencia, Venezuela, 2006, Margarita Island, Venezuela, pp. 85-92.[62] Erhart, K., Kassab, A.J., Divo, E., and Bialecki, R., "The Truncated POD Laplace Inversion Method for Transient Heat Conduction," Proc. of CIMENICS 2006, 8th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. held on Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 20-24, 2006, Gamez, B., Ojeda, D., Larrazabal, G., and Cerrolaza, M.,(eds.), Sociedad Venezuelana de Methodos Numericos En Engineria, Valencia, Venezuela, 2006, Margarita Island, Venezuela, pp. 61-68.[63] Mitteff, E., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., "Automated Point Distribution and Parallel Segmentation for Meshless Methods," Proc. of CIMENICS 2006, 8th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. held on Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 20-24, 2006, Gamez, B., Ojeda, D., Larrazabal, G., and Cerrolaza, M.,(eds.), Sociedad Venezuelana de Methodos Numericos En Engineria, Valencia, Venezuela, 2006, Margarita Island, Venezuela, pp. 93-100.[64] Gerace, S., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., "A Radial-Basis Function Meshless Method Approach to Thermoelasticity," Proc. of CIMENICS 2006, 8th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 20-24, 2006, pp. 9-16.[65] Crain, J., Oropeza, I., Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and Narayanan, R., "Oscillatory Flow as a Means of Enhanced Species Separation: A Three-Dimensional Time-Accurate Numerical Study," Proc. of CIMENICS 2006, 8th International Congress of Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Sciences. Margarita Island,held on Margarita Island, Venezuela, March 20-24, 2006, Gamez, B., Ojeda, D., Larrazabal, G., and Cerrolaza, M.,(eds.), Sociedad Venezuelana de Methodos Numericos En Engineria, Valencia, Venezuela, 2006, Margarita Island, Venezuela, pp. 109-116.

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[66] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "An Efficient Localized RBF Meshless Method Applied to Fluid Flow and Conjugate Heat Transfer," .ASME Paper Number IMECE2005-82150[67] Erhart, K., Divo, E.A., and Kassab, A.J.,"An Inverse Meshless Technique for the Determination of Non-Linear Heat Generation in Living Tissue," Proc. of NHT-05 Eurotherm82, Bialecki, R.A. and Nowak, A.J. (eds.)., 2005.[68] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Modeling of Convective and Conjugate Heat Transfer by a Third Order Localized RBF Meshless Collocation Method," ,Proc. of NHT-05 Eurotherm82 Bialecki, R.A. and Nowak, A.J. (eds.)., 2005, pp. 357-366.[69] A. Thomas, R. Narayanan, E. Divo, A. Kassab, and Tom Mills, "Use of Oscillatory Flows to Separate Species - a method with applications to particle separation," Proc. of Obscurants 2005 Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, organized by the Biological Defense, Product Manager Obscuration, June 6-9, 2005, Orlando 2005.[70] Z. Ostrowski, R.A. Bialecki and A.J. Kassab, "Advances in Applications of Proper Orhtogonal Decomposition in Inverse Problems", Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering: Theory and Practice, Cambridge, UK, 11-15th July 2005, D. Lesnic (ed.), vol.III; Leeds University Press, (2005) pp. 1-10.[71] Alain J. Kassab Eduardo A. Divo, Minkling Chyu, and Frank Cunha, "ß Inverse BEM Method to Identify Surface Temperatures and Heat Transfer Coefficient Distributions at Inaccessible Surfaces," , , PowerGT2005-68873 Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2005 for Land, Sea, and Air June 6–9, 2005, Reno-Tahoe, Nevada, USA[72] Mahmood Silieti, Alain J. Kassab, and Eduardo Divo, "Film Cooling Effectiveness From a Single Scaled-Up Fan Shaped Hole: a CFD simulation of adaibatic and conjugate heat transfer models," GT2005-6843 Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2005, , Power for Land, Sea, and Air June 6–9, 2005, Reno-Tahoe, Nevada, USA[73] Eduardo Divo and Alain J. Kassab,"A Meshless Method for Conjugate Heat Transfer," , May 25-28, 2005, Santorini,Proceedings of ECCOMAS 2005: coupled problems 2005 Greece.[74] Alain Kassab, Eduardo Divo, E., Minking Chyu, and Frank Cunha," An Inverse BEM-Based Heat Conduction Approach to Identify Surface Temperatures ,," Proceedings of BEM27/MRM Kassab, A.J., Brebbia. C.A. and Divo, E.A. (eds.), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., 2005, pp. 211-222.[75] ,"M. Silieti, E Divo, and A. J. KassabÞ Singularity superposition BEM/inverse technique for reconstruction of heat flux distributions within film cooling holes", Proceedings of BEM27/MRM, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia. C.A. and Divo, E.A. (eds.), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., 2005, pp. 233-244.[76] "Effective Domain Decomposition Meshless Formulation ofEduardo Divo and Alain Kassab, Fully Viscous Incompressible Fluid Flows,"Proceedings of BEM27/MRM, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A. and Divo, E.A. (eds.), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K., 2005, pp. 67-78.[77] Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab, and Zaher El Zahab, "Parallel Domain Decomposition Meshless Modeling of Dilute Convection-Diffusion of Species," , Kassab, Proceedings of BEM27/MRM A.J., Brebbia. C.A. and Divo, E.A. (eds.), Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, U.K.,2005, pp. 79-90.[78] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.,"Parallel Domain Decomposition Boundary Element Method for Large-scale Heat Transfer Problems ", Integral Methods in Science and Engineering: theoretical and practical aspects, C. Constanda, Z. Nashed, and D. Rollins (eds.),

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Birkhäuser, 2005.[79] Z. Ostrowski, R.A. Bialecki and A.J. Kassab, Application of proper orthogonal decomposition in inverse heat conduction problems, Proc. XII Symp. Heat and Mass Transfer, vol 2; Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Thermodynamics and Combustion, Cracow (2004) pp. 625-636, (in Polish).[80] A. Fic, R.A. Bialecki and A.J. Kassab, Application of the proper orthogonal decomposition and FEM to the solution of direct heat conduction problems, Proc. XII Symp. Heat and Mass Transfer, vol 1 Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee for Thermodynamics and; Combustion, Cracow (2004) pp. 221-233, (in Polish).[81] A. Fic, R.A Bialecki and A.J. Kassab, The proper orthogonal decomposition technique combined with FEM - an effective tool for solving transient heat conduction problems, 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice-Ustron, (2004) pp 415-426[82] A. Fic, R.A. Bialecki and A.J. Kassab, Solving transient nonlinear heat conduction problems by proper orthogonal decomposition and FEM, Proceedings of CHT-04 ICHMT International Symposium on Advances in Computational Heat Transfer, April 19-24, 2004, Norway, Paper No CHT-04-173, full text on CD (submitted for journal publication).[83] Z. Ostrowski, R. A. Bialecki, A. J. Kassab, "Improved POD solution of inverse problems," , Sept. 5-10, 2004,Computational Mechanics WCCM VI in conjunction with APCOM’04 Beijing, China 2004 Tsinghua University Press & Springer-Verlag (CD ROM).[84] E.A. Divo and A.J. Kassab, "Transient Non-linear Heat Conduction Solution by a Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method with an Effective Posteriori Error Estimator," .ASME Paper, IMECE2004-59262[85] Mahmood Silieti , Eduardo Divo , and Alain J. Kassab, "Numerical Investigation of Adiabatic and Conjugate Film Cooling Effectiveness on a Single Cylindrical Film-Cooling Hole," ASME Paper IMECE2004-62196.[86] Silieti, M., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J.,"Singular Superposition/BEM Inverse Technique for Reconstruction of Multidimensional Heat Flux Distributions with Appplication to Film Cooling Slots," ASME Paper IMECE2004-62208.[87] Gill, J., Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Estimating Thermal Contact Resistance Using the BEM and Sensitivity Analysis," ASME Paper IMECE2004-62230.[88] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., Mitteff, E., and Quintana, L., "A Parallel Domain Decomposition Technique for Meshless Methods Applications to Large-Scale Heat Transfer Problems," .ASME Paper HT-FED2004-56004[89] Erhart, K. Divo, E., and Kassab, A., "A Parallel Domain Decomposition Boundary Element Technique for Large-Scale Transient Heat Conduction Problems," ASME Paper .HT-FED2004-56104[90] Silieti, M., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., "The Effect of Conjugate Heat Transfer on Film Cooling Effectiveness," .ASME HT-FED2004-56234[91] Kassab, A.J., Divo. E., and Hadjinicolaou, A.,"A Hybrid BEM/Singular Superposition Algorithm to Solve the Inverse Geometric Problem Appplied to Subsurface Cavity Detection," Proc. of the Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization Symposium, Orlande.H. and Dulikravich. G., (eds.), Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 2004.[92] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J. and Rodriguez, F., "Domain Decomposition for 3D Boundary Elements in Non-Linear Heat Conduction," ASME Paper HT2003-47553.[93] Douglass, C.J., Kapat, J.S., Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., Tapley, J, and Durham, M, "Steady Thermochromic Liquid Crystals Technique for Study of Conjugate Heat Transfer

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Problems," ASME Paper GT2003-38587.[94] Bialecki, R., Kassab, A.J., and Ostrowski, Z., "Proper Orthogonal Decomposition: A Means of Reducing the Dimensionality in Transient FEM," , presented atAIAA Paper 2003-4207 the 36th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Orlando, 2003.[95] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and Rodriguez, F., "Iterative Domain Decomposition for Parallel Computing ," of Large-Scale BEM Heat Transfer ModelsAIAA Paper 2003-4208.[96] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J. and Rodriguez F.,"An Efficient Singular Superposition Method for the Technique for Cavity Detection and Shape Optimization," Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics IV: international symposium on inverse problems in engineering mechanics, (ISIP 2003), Masataka Tanaka, (Ed.), Elsevier Press, 2004.[97] Bialecki, R., Kassab, A.J. and Ostrowski, Z., "Application of the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition in Steady State Inverse Problems," Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics IV: international symposium on inverse problems in engineering mechanics, (ISIP 2003), Masataka Tanaka, (Ed.), Elsevier Press, 2004.[98] Eduardo Divo, Alain J. Kassab, and Jennifer Gill, "An Inverse Algorithm to Estimate Spatially Varying Thermal Contact Resistance," ASME Paper IMECE2002-32429.[99] Divo, E., Kassab, A., and Rodriguez, F.,"A Practical Approach for BEM Solution of Heat Conduction in Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Film-Cooled Turbine Vanes Models," Proc. of BETECH03, Brebbia, C.A., (eds.),WIT Press, Southampton and Boston, 2003, pp. 301-310.[100] Heidmann, J.D., Kassab, A.J., Divo, E.A., Rodriguez, F., and Steinthorsson, E.," Conjugate Heat Transfer Effects on a Realistic Film-Cooled Turbine Vane, " ASME Paper GT2003-38553.[101] Eduardo Divo, Marc Ingber, and Alain Kassab,"A BEM-Based Inverse Algorithm for Shape Optimization of Axisymmetric Acoustic Scatterers," Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Sound and Vibrations, Orlando, Florida, July 8-12, 2002 (CD-ROM Proceedings).[102] E. Chehab and A.J. Kassab, "Heat Transfer Coefficient Reconstruction in Conjugate Compressible Flow Heat Transfer Problems," Kassab, A.J., Nicholson, D.W., and Ionescu, I.(eds.), Proceedings of SECTAM XXI, Recent Advances in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Orlando, Florida, May 19-21, 2002,pp. 449-458.[103] R. Ait Maalem Lahcen, A.J. Kassab, E. Divo, and R. A. Bialecki,"Explicit Calculation of Sensitivity Coefficients for Inverse Heat Conduction," Kassab, A.J., Nicholson, D.W., and Ionescu, I.(eds.), Proceedings of SECTAM XXI, Recent Advances in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Orlando, Florida, May 19-21, 2002,pp. 459-468.[104] F. Rodriguez, E. Divo, and A.J. Kassab,"A Strategy for BEM Modeling of Large-Scale Three Dimensional Heat Transfer Problems," Kassab, A.J., Nicholson, D.W., and Ionescu, I.(eds.), Proceedings of SECTAM XXI, Recent Advances in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Orlando, Florida, May 19-21, 2002, pp. 645-654.[105] Eduardo Divo, Alain Kassab, and Jennifer Gill, "An inverse algorithm to estimate spatially varying thermal contact resistance," ASME HTD-Paper No. 2-20-5-4, to be presented at the ASME IMECE 2002, November 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, Parameter Estimation in Thermal Systems, B. F. Blackwell and K. Woodbury, (Eds.).[106] Nicholson, D.W., Ionescu, I., and Kassab, A.J., "Domain Reduction Algorithm in DBEM," ,Proc. of the International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics September 18-21, 2002, Milan, Italy, Gualgliano, M. and Aliabadi, F., (eds.), Hogar Press, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 185-193.[107] E. Divo, A. Kassab, and R. Bialecki, "Unknown Heat Flux Boundary Condition

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Reconstruction Using A BEM-Based Inverse Algorithm," Proc. of the Joint Meeting of International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques and International Association for Boundary Element Methods, July 16-18 2001, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA., Denda, M. and Aliabadi, F., (eds.), Hogar Press, Geneva, Switezerland pp. 241-252.[108] Bialecki, R., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., Comparison of a Genetic Algorithm and the Levenberg-Marquardt Method for Multi-Dimensional Heat Flux Reconstruction, the 2001 European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM2001, Krakow, Poland, June 26-29 , 2001, , pp. 472-473 and CD ROM Proceedings.Abstracts of ECCM2001[109] Bialecki, R., Ostrawski, Z., Kassab, A.J., Qi, Y., and Sciubba, E., Coupling of Finite Element and Boundary Element Solutions, the 2001 European Conference on Computational Mechanics, ECCM2001, Krakow, Poland, June 26-29 , 2001, , pp. 162-163 and CD-ROM Proceedings.Abstracts of ECCM2001[110] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, "Flux Reconstruction for Narrow Band TLC Applications," ,Proceedings of BEM 23, 23rd International Conference on Boundary Element Methods Besksos, D., Brebbia, C.A., Katsikadelis, J.T., and Manolis, G., (eds.)May, 7-9, 2001, Lemons, Greece, pp. 465-474, .(invited Paper)[111] Divo, E. , Ingber, M. and Kassab, A.J., "Genetic algorithm for shape optimization of acoustic scattering bodies," Proceedings of BEM 23, 23rd International Conference on Boundary Element Methods, Besksos, D., Brebbia, C.A., Katsikadelis, J.T., and Manolis, G., (eds.), May, 7-9, 2001, Lemons, Greece, pp. 255-264, (invited Paper).[ ] Divo, E , Steinthorsson, E., and Kassab, A.J., "112 TFFB coupling BEM/FVM algorithm forÞ

multi-dimensional conjugate heat transfer," Proceedings of BETECH 2001, the 15th International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., Divo, E., and Chopra, M., (eds.), March 12-14, 2001, Orlando, Florida, pp. 57-66.[ ] Nicholson, D.W., Kassab, A.J., and Ionescu, I., Domain Integral Reduction in BEM: the113 foundations, Proceedings of BETECH 2001, the 15th International Conference on Boundary Element Techniques, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., Divo, E., and Chopra, M., (eds.), March 12-14, 2001, Orlando, Florida, pp. 315-324.[114] Bialecki, R., Divo,E., and Kassab, A. J., "The Time-to-Arrival Problem for Determination of Multi-dimensional Heat Flux," Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechancis III, Proc. of the 2001 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics, Tanaka, M. and Dulikravich, G.S, Co-Chairs, 6-9 February 2001, Nagano City, Japan, Elsevier Press, pp. 29-39.[115] E. Divo, A.J. Kassab, J.S. Kapat and J. Tapley, "Determination of heat transfer coefficient maps using an inverse BEM algorithm," Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics II, Proceedings of ISIP2000, the 2000 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics, Tanaka, M. and Dulikravich, G.S, (eds.), March 7-10, 2000, Nagano, Japan, Elsevier Press, pp 63-71.[116] Nicholson, D. W., and Kassab, A.J.,"Explicit Boundry Element Method for Nonlinear Mechanics Based on a new Dual Reciprocity Method," Proc. of SECTAM XX, the 20th Southeastern Conf. on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Tippur, H., (eds.), Caraway Gardens, Georgia, April 16-18, 2000, SM74, pp. 1-7.[117] Chen, L., Kassab, A.J., Guiggiani, M., Nicholson, D.W., and Chopra M.,"Dual Reciprocity and Generalized Boundary Element Method for Material Inhomogeneous Media," Proc. of SECTAM XX, the 20th Southeastern Conf. on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Tippur, H., (ed.), Caraway Gardens, Georgia, April 16-18, 2000, SM53, pp. 1-8.

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[118] Butler, B., Chopra, M., and Kassab, A. J., "Boundary Element Model for Stress Field - Electrochemical Dissolution Interactions," Proceedings of EM2000, the Fourteenth Engineering Mechanics Conference, Austin, Texas, May 21-24, 2000 (CD-ROM).[119] Divo, E. , Kassab, A.J., Kapat, J.S., and Chyu, M.K., "Retrieval of Multidimensional Heat Transfer Coefficient Distributions Using an Inverse BEM-Based Regularized Algorithm: numerical and experimental results," , pp. 235-244,ASME Paper HTD-Vol. 364-1 Proceedings of the ASME, Heat Transfer Division, 1999, Witte, L.C. (ed.), IMECE99 HTD, K14 session 34, Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 13, 1999.[120] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and Rodriguez, F., "A BEM-Based Inverse Method for Identification of Thermal Conductivity of Non-homogeneous Media,"Proceedings of the 2nd United Kindgom Conference on the Boundary Integral Equation Method, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom, Sept. 13-15, 1999, Wrobel L.C. and Chandler-Wilde (eds.), Brunel University Press, pp. 1-12, (invited paper and invited Lecture/Opening Address).[121] Stefanescu, A., Kassab, and A.J., "Time Dependent BEM for Heat Conduction in Non homogeneous Media," Proceedings of BEM 21, the 21st International Conference on the Boundary Element Method, Worcester College of Oxford University, United Kingdom, August 25-27, 1999, .(invited paper)[122] Kassab, A.J., Divo, E., and Chyu, M., "A BEM-Based Inverse Algorithm to Retrieve Multidimensional Heat Transfer Coefficients from Transient Temperature Measurements," BETECH99, Proceedings of the 13th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, Las Vegas, June 8-10, 1999, Chen, C.S., Brebbia, C.A., and Pepper, D, (eds.), Computational Mechanics, Boston, Ma., 1999, pp. 65-74, (invited paper and Keynote Address).[123] Stefanescu, A., Kassab, A.J., and Divo, E., "A Boundary Integral Equation Method for Transient Diffusion in Isotropic Non-Homogeneous Media," Proceedings of the UTAM/IACM/IABEM Symposium on Advanced Mathematical and Computational Aspects of the Boundary Element Method, Burczynski, T. (ed.), held May 30-June 3, 1999, Cracow, Poland, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht .(invited paper)[124] Rodriguez, F., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., "An Efficient BEM Algorithm to Characterize Space Dependent Thermal Conductivity with an Evolutionary-Genetic Approach, "Proceedings of BEM 20, the 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., and Chopra, M.B., (eds.), Orlando, Florida, August 19-21, 1998, pp. 371-381.[125] Butler, B.M., Kassab, A.J., Chopra, M.B., and Desai, V., "Boundary Element Model of Electrochemical Dissolution with Geometric Non-Linearities," Proceedings of BEM 20, the 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., and Chopra, M.B., (eds.), Orlando, Florida, August 19-21, 1998, pp. 565-575.[126] Chen, L., Subbiah, R., Chopra, M.B., and Kassab, A.J., "Modeling of Turbo-Generator Rotors Using BEM,"Proceedings of BEM 20, the 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., and Chopra, M.B., (eds.), Orlando, Florida, August 19-21, 1998, pp. 597-607.[127] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "Boundary Integral Formulation for Non-Linear Heat Conduction in Anisotropic Heterogenous Media, " Proceedings of BEM 20, the 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., and Chopra, M.B., (eds.), Orlando, Florida, August 19-21, 1998, pp. 659-669.[128] Ye, R., Kassab, A.J., and Li, H.J.,"FVM/BEM Approach for the Solution of Nonlinear

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Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems," Proceedings of BEM 20, the 20th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Kassab, A.J., Brebbia, C.A., and Chopra, M.B., (eds.), Orlando, Florida, August 19-21, 1998, pp. 679-689.[129] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and Cavalleri, R.J., "BEM Model of Ablation Characteristics of a Thrust Vector Control Vane," AIAA 98-2578, presented at the 7th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, June 15-18, 1997, Albuquerque Hyatt, Albuquerque, New Mexico.[130] Cavalleri, R.J., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., "Boundary Element Method Thermal and Ablation Analysis of Thrust Vector Vanes," 22nd Annual Conference on Composite Materials and Structures, Organized by CMC Committee of ACWG, USAF, US Army,$

NASA, DARPA, and US DOE, Cocoa Beach, Jan. 26-30, 1998.[131] Stefanescu, A., Li, H., and Kassab, A.J., "A Quasi-Three Dimensional Approach for Turbomachinery," Proceedings of SECTAM XIX, 19th Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Tsia, C.T. (ed.), May 3-5, 1998, Boca Raton, pp. 492-501.[132] Chen, L., Kassab, A.J., Chopra, M.B., and Subbiah, R.,"Strain Energy Density Based BEM for Rotor Dynamic Analysis," , May 17-20,12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE 1998, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, pp. 142-145.[133] Kassab, A.J., Hsieh, C.K., and Pollard, J., "The Inverse Geometric Problem Applied to the IR-CAT Method for Detection of an Irregular Subsurface Cavity," Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics, Proceedings of ISIP98, the 1998 International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics, Tanaka, M. and Dulikravich, G.S, (eds.), March 24-27, 1998, Nagano, Japan, pp. - .""" "#!

[134] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "A generalized Boundary Integral Equation for Axisymmetric Heat Conduction in Non-homogeneous Media,"Proceedings of BEM 19, the 19th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Brebbia, C.A., Santini, P., Aliabadi, M.H., and Orlandi, P., (eds.), Rome, Italy, September, 9-12, 1997, pp. 453-464.[135] Zhang, F., Kassab, A.J., and Nicholson, D.W., "A 3-D Boundary Traction Reconstruction Using BEM and Subsurface Strain Data," Proceedings of BEM 19, the 19th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Brebbia, C.A., Santini, P., Aliabadi, M.H., and Orlandi, P., (eds.), Rome, Italy, September, 9-12, 1997, pp. 13-22, . (invited paper)[136] Rahaim, C., Cavelleri, R.J., and Kassab, A.J., "Computational Code For Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems: An Experimental Validation Effort," , presented atAIAA Paper 97-2487 the 32nd AIAA Thermophysics Conference, June 23-25, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia.[137] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J.,"A Generalized BIE for Transient Heat Conduction in Heterogenous Media," AIAA Paper 97-2436, presented at the 32nd AIAA Thermophysics Conference, June 23-25, 1997, Atlanta, Georgia.[138] Zhang, F., Kassab, A.J., and Nicholson, D.W., "A 3-D Traction Reconstruction Method Using BEM and Internal Strain Data," , presented at 38thAIAA Paper 97-1299 AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, April 7-10, 1997, Orlando, Florida.[139] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "On a Boundary-Only BEM for Heat Conduction in Non-Homogenous Anisotropic Media,"Proceedings of BETECH97, the 12th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, Brebbia, C.A. and Frankel. J., (eds.), April 9-11, 1996, Knoxville, Tennessee.[140] Baker, N. and Kassab, A.J., "A Least Square DRM (LSDRM) for the Poisson Equation,"Proceedings of BETECH97, the 12th International Boundary Element

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Technology Conference, Brebbia, C.A. and Frankel. J., (eds.), April 9-11, 1996, Knoxville, Tennessee.[141] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., "On a Boundary Integral Equation for Heat Conduction in Heterogeneous Media," Proceedings of BEM18, the 18th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Brebbia, C.A., Martin, J.B., Aliabadi, M.H., and Haie, N. (eds.), September 24-26, Braga, Portugal, 1996, pp. 75-84, .(invited paper)[142] Birginie, J.M., Allard, F., and Kassab,A.J., "Application of Trigonometric Boundary Elements to Heat and Mass Transfer Problems," Proceedings of BEM18, the 18th International Conference on Boundary Elements, Brebbia, C.A., Martin, J.B., Aliabadi, M.H., and Haie, N. (eds.), September 24-26, 1996, Braga, Portugal, pp. 65-74.[143] Rahaim, C.P., Cavalleri,R.J, McGarth, J.G., and Kassab, A.J., "Jet Vane Thrust Vector Control: A Design Effort," , presented at the 32nd AIAA/ASME/ASEEAIAA Paper 96-2904 Joint Propulsion Conference, July 1-3, 1996, Orlando, Florida.[144] Ouyang, X., Minardi, A., and Kassab, A.J.,"Development of a Semi-Analytical Polynomial Interpolation Method for the Efficient Solution of the Radiative Heat Transfer Equation in a Participating Medium," , Vol. 1, 1996, pp. 109-117.ASME HTD-Vol. 332[145] Nordlund, R.S. and Kassab, A.J., "A Conjugate BEM Optimization Algorithm for the Design of Turbine Vane Cooling Channels," Proceedings of the 12th International Boundary Element Technology Conference BETECH96,, R. C. Ertekin, M. Tanaka, R.P.Shaw, and Brebbia, C.A. (eds.), April 24-26, 1996, Hawaii, pp. 237-246, (invited paper).[146] Kassab, A.J., Moslehy, F.A., Ulrich, T., and Pollard, J, "Inverse Boundary Element Solution for Locating Subsurface Cavities in Thermal and Elastostatics Problems," Computational Mechanics '95 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Engineering, Science, S.N. Atluri, Yagawa, G., and Cruse, T.A., (eds.) July 30-August 3, 1995, Hawaii, pp. 3024-3029.[147] Vajravelu,K., Kassab,A.J., and Hadjinicolaou, A.," Transient Free Convection in a Viscous Electrically Conducting and Heat Generating Fluid Past a Vertical Flat Plate in the Presence of Free Stream Oscillations," Proceedings of the Second International Conference of Dynamical Systems and Applications, May 24-27, Atlanta, Georgia, 1995, pp. 65-66.[148] Butler, B., Kassab, A.J., Chopra, M.B. and Desai, V., "Galvanic Corrosion Predictions of Roof Systems at Walt Disney World," Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Boundary Elements, BEM 17, July 17-19, 1995, Madison, Wisconsin, pp. 421-428.[149] Preideman, D. and Kassab, A.J., "A Boundary Element Solution of the Hyperbolic Heat Conduction Equation Using Time Dependent Fundamental Solutions," Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Boundary Elements, BEM 17, July 17-19, 1995, Madison, Wisconsin, pp. 305-314.[150] Zhang, F., Kassab, A.J., and Nicholson, D.W. "A Boundary Element Inverse Approach for Determining Residual Stress and Contact Pressure," Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Boundary Elements, BEM 17, July 17-19, 1995, Madison, Wisconsin, pp. 331-339.[151] Kassab, A.J., Pollard, J., Hsieh, C.K., and Chew, L., "BEM Solution of the Inverse Geometric Problem," Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Boundary Elements, BEM 17, July 17-19, 1995, Madison, Wisconsin, pp. 323-330, .(invited paper)[152] Nordlund, R.S. and Kassab, A.J., "Non-Fourier Heat Conduction: a boundary element solution of the hyperbolic heat conduction equation, " Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Boundary Elements, BEM 17, July 17-19, 1995, Madison,

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Wisconsin, pp. 279-286.[153] Rahaim, C.P. and Kassab, A.J., "A DRBEM Solution for Incompressible Viscous Flows and Heat Transfer," , presented at AIAA 29th ThermophysicsAIAA Paper 95-2113 Conference, San Diego, California, June 19-22, 1995.[154] Rahaim, C.P. and Kassab, A.J., "A Pressure Correction DRBEM Solution for Incompressible Laminar Viscous Flows," , AIAA 26th FluidAIAA Paper 95-2300 Dynamics Conference, San Diego, California, June 19-22, 1995.[155] He, M., Bishop, P., Minardi, A., and Kassab, A.J., "A Flux Correction Method for the Conjugate Heat Transfer Problem," Proceeedings of the 30th National Heat Transfer Conference, August 6-8th, 1995, Portland, Oregon, W.J. Bryan and J.V. Beck (eds.), ASME HTD-Vol. 312, Vol. 10, pp. 9-25, 1995.[156] Li, H. and Kassab, A.J., "Numerical Prediction of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Turbine Blades with Internal Cooling," , presented at theAIAA/ASME 94-2933 AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 27-29, 1994.[157] Li, H. and Kassab, A.J., "A Coupled FVM/BEM Solution to Conjugate Heat Transfer in Turbine Blades," , presented at the AIAA/ASME 6th JointAIAA Paper 94-1981 Thermophysics Conference, June 20-23, 1994, Colorado Springs, Colorado, (nominated for AIAA Best 1994 Thermophysics paper).[158] Zhang, F., Kassab, A.J., and Nicholson, D.W., "Application of the Boundary Element Method to Measurement of Residual Stress," Proceedings of the 9th International Boundary Element Technology Conference BETECH94,, Brebbia, C.A. and Kassab, A.J., (eds.), held March 16-18, 1994 in Orlando, Florida, pp. 165-171.[159] Rahaim, C.P. and Kassab, A.J., "Application of the Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method to Viscous Fluid Flow in Channels," Proceedings of the 9th International Boundary Element Technology Conference BETECH94,, Brebbia, C.A. and Kassab, A.J., (eds.), March 16-18, 1994 in Orlando, Florida, pp. 147-154.[160] Kassab, A.J., Moslehy, F.A., and Daryapurkar, A., "Detection of Arbitrarily Shaped Cavities by an Inverse Elastostatics Boundary Element Method: Experimental Results," ,Proceedings of the 9th International Boundary Element Technology Conference Brebbia, C.A. and Kassab, A.J., (eds.), held March 16-18, 1994 in Orlando,BETECH94, Florida, pp. 85-91.[161] Kassab, A.J. and Nordlund, R.S., "Two Special Techniques Useful for Heat Transfer BEM: Addressing the Corner Problem and the Use of 2-D FFT in Turning Domain into Boundary Integrals," Proceedings of BETECH93, the 8th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology BETECH93, , Brebbia C.A. and R. Pina, (eds.), held Nov. 9-11, 1993 in Villamoura, Portugal, pp. 105-114, .(invited paper)[162] Kassab, A.J., Moslehy, F.A., and Daryapurkar, A., "Inverse Elastostatics Boundary Element Approach Applied to Nondestructive Evaluation," Proceedings of the 15th Boundary Element International Conference BEM15, , Brebbia, C.A. and Rencis J.J., (eds.), August 10-13, 1993 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, pp. 387-398.[163] Kassab, A.J. and Chesla, S., "CVBEM Solution of Nonlinear Heat Conduction Problems," Proceedings of the Seventh International Boundary Element Technology Conference, BETECH92, Brebbia, C.A. and Ingber M., (eds.), held June 3-5, 1992, Albuquerque, New Mexico, pp. 457-472.[164] Pollard, J. and Kassab, A.J., "Automated Solution of Inverse Heat Conduction Problems for the Nondestructive Detection of Subsurface Cavities Using Boundary Elements,"

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Proceedings of the Seventh International Boundary Element Technology Conference, BETECH92, Brebbia, C.A. and Ingber, M., (eds.), held June 3-5, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, pp. 441-456.[165] Choi, C.Y., Hsieh, C.K. and Kassab, A.J., "A Boundary Element Solution for the Stefan Problem,"Proceedings of the Seventh International Boundary Element Technology Conference, BETECH92, Brebbia, C.A. and Ingber, M., (eds.), held June 3-5, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, pp. 473-493.[166] Kassab, A.J. and Hsieh, C.K., "Complex Variable Boundary Element Methods for the Solution of Heat Transfer Problems in Multiply Connected Domains," Proceedings of the 13th International Boundary Element Conference BEM13 , , Brebbia, C.A. and Gipson, G.S., (eds.), held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1991, pp. 357-374.[167] Kassab, A.J. and Saltiel, C.J., "A Boundary Element Solution to Multimode Heat Transfer Problems in Radiatively Participating Media," Proceedings of the 13th International Boundary Element Conference BEM13, , Brebbia, C.A. and Gipson, G.S., (eds.), held in Tulsa, Oklahoma 1991, pp. 357-374.

7. Book Reviews[1] Reviewed manuscript for: Amos Gilat and Vishwanath Subramaniam, "Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists- An Introduction with Applications using Matlab," John Wiley and Sons, 2006.[2] Reviewed manuscript for: Cengel,Y. "Heat Transfer," McGraw Hill Book Co., 2005[3] Kassab, A.J.,"Book Review of: The Boundary Element Method vol. 1 - applications in thermo-fluids and acoustics, by L.C. Wrobel," ,ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews Vol. 56, No. 2, p. B17, 2003.[4] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: Energy methods for free boundary problems, by Antontsev, S.N., Diaz, J.I., and Shmarev, S.," ,ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. B74-B75, 2002.[5] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer, by Ozisik, N.M. and Orlande, H., " , Vol. 55, No.1, pp. B18-B19, 2002ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews .[6] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: Heat Conduction, by Jiji, L..M., "ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews ., Vol. 53, No. 9, pp. B94-B95[7] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: Computer Simulation of Dynamic Phenomena, by Mark L. Wilkins," Vol. 52, No. 12, .pp. B127-128.ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews, [8] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, by F. Toro" Vol. 52, No. 3, p. B8, 1999.ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews, [9] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: Heat Conduction, lumped analysis, integral transforms, symbolic computation, by R. M. Cotta and M.D. Mikhailov," ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews, .Vol. 51, No. 1, pg. B8, 1997[10] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: Introduction to Boundary Element Methods, by P.K. Kythe," Vol. 49, No. 10, p. B105, 1996ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews, .[11] Kassab, A.J., "Book review of: BE applications in fluid mechanics, H. Power, (ed.)," Vol. 49, No.29, pp. B22-B23, 1996.ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews, [12] Kassab, A.J., "9R3 Book review of: Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow on a Personal Computer, by Kotake, S., and Hijikata, K., Elsevier Press, New York, 1993," , Vol. 47, No. 9, pg. B82, 1994.ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews[13] Kassab, A.J., "4R27 Book review of: Integral Transforms in Computational Heat and Fluid Flow, by Cotta, R.M., CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1993, " ASME Applied Mechanics

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Reviews, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. B46-47,1995.

8. Refereed Conference Presentations (reviewed abstracts)[1] Andrés Vidal, Alain Kassab, Daniel Mota and Damian Dechev, "Evaluation of two acceleration techniques in a multithreaded 2D Poisson equation solver," ICCS 2012, Internatiaonl Conference on Computational Science, Omaha, Nebraska, June, 4-6, 2012.[2] Andrés Vidal, Alain Kassab, Daniel Mota and Damian Dechev, "A Multi-threaded Solver for the 2D Poisson Equation," 20th High Performance Computing Symposium (HPC 2012) at the SCS Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'12)in cooperation with ACM/SIGSIM, Orlando, Florida, March 21-26, 2012.[3] Lamnaouer, M, Divo,E., Kassab, A. and Petersen, E., "Axisymmeric Viscous Modeling of Shock-tube Flow Fields,"33rd International Symposium on Combustion (Aug. 1-6, 2010, Bejing) Work in Progress (WIP) Poster number W1P009 presented Monday, 2 August 2010Þ[4] Ziemowit Ostrowski, Ryszard Bialecki, Alain Kassab, Marc Muster, Roman Weber, "Inverse POD-RBF solution for time and spatial distribution of film coefficient for ball immersed in cooling water," IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010 Palais des Congrès.[5] M. Lamnaouer, E. Divo2, . L. Petersen, and A. Kassab, "Conjugate Heat Transfer Modeling in an Axi-Symmetric Shock Tube," IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering, Paris, France, May 16-21, 2010, Palais des Congrès.[6] C. Rogers, A.J. Kassab, E. Divo, R.A. Bialecki, and Z. Ostrowski, "Identification of Non- Homogeneous Heat Conductivity by a Trained POD-based Inverse Approach," American Mathematical Society, Sectional Meeting, Special Session on Inverse Problems and Signal Processing, Oct. 30-Nov. 12009, Boca Raton (invitation).[7] Kassab, A. and Divo, E., "Singular-Superposition Method for the Inverse Geometric Problem - applications in heat transfer and elasticity," International Conference on Applied Inverse Problems 2007 (AIP07), Vancouver, Canada, June 25-29, 2007. Archival book of abstracts[8] K. Erhart, M. ElFadli, A. Kassab, E. Divo, J. Heidman, Coupled BEM/FVM Conjugate Heat Transfer Analysis of a Film-Cooled Turbine Blade , 21/05/2007, Invited Session - Coupled Thermofluid-Structural Problems I, ECCOMAS Symposium: Coupled Problems 2007, Ibiza, May 21-23, 2007.[9] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E., "Fractional Time Step Localized Meshless Method for Forced and Natural Convective Heat Transfer," 44th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting and Exhibition, Jan. 9-12, 2006, Reno, NV. (Invited panel session).[10] Divo, E. and Kassab, E., "Air Quality and Ventilation in Space Vehicles and Space Environments: A Meshless Method Model" HABITATION 2006, Conference on Habitation Research and Technology Development, Feb 5-8, 2006, Orlando, FL.[11] Thomas, A., Crain, J., Oropeza, I., Kassab, A., Divo, E., and Narayanan, R., "Oscillatory Flow as a Means of Enhanced Species Separation - application to life support" HABITATION 2006, Conference on Habitation Research and Technology Development, Feb 5-8, 2006, Orlando, FL.[12] E. Divo, A. J. Kassab, "A Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Method for Transient Non-Linear Heat Transfer with an Effective Posteriori Error Estimator," IABEM 2004,

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May 24-26,2004, University of Minnesota.[13] Z. Ostrowski, R. A. Bialecki, A. J. Kassab, "Estimation of Constant Thermal Conductivity by Use of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition," IABEM 2004, May 24-26,2004, University of Minnesota.[14] M. Silieti, E. Divo, A. J. Kassab, "An Inverse Boundary Element Method/Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for Retrieval of Multi-dimensional Heat Transfer Coefficients within Film Cooling Holes/Slots," IABEM 2004, May 24-26,2004, University of Minnesota[15] Eduardo Divo, A. Kassab, and J. Kapat, "Determination of Heat Transfer Coefficients Using Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Thermography - A Steady-State Application," Session I, Session Chairman, Keith Woodbury Tenth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar Program, June 5-6, 2000, University of Texas, Arlington.[16] Divo, E., Kassab, A.J., and Rodriguez, F., "A Steady-State BEM-based inverse approach to identifying unknown multidimensional thermal conductivity of non-homogeneous materials," Session 1C (Nonlinear and inverse problems), Symposium on Advances in Boundary Element Methods organized by J. Bialek, T. L. Cruse, G. Maier, R. Pak, during , University ofUSNCCM'99, Fifth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA-August 4-6, 1999 .(by invitation only)[17] Butler, B., Chopra. M.B., and Kassab, A.J., "Boundary Element Model for Stress Field - Electrochemical Dissolution Interactions," ,ASCE 14th Engineering Mechanics Conference May 21-24, 2000, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.[18] Rodriguez, F. and Kassab, A.J., "An Inverse Boundary Element Method for Characterization of Thermal Conductivities of Non-Homogeneous Materials," 13th US National Congress on Applied Mechanics, June 21-26, 1998, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.[19] Divo, E. and Kassab, A.J., "A New Boundary Element Method for Heat Conduction in Non- Homogeneous Media," , June 21-26,13th US National Congress on Applied Mechanics 1998, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.[20] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, "Boundary Integral Error Estimate for the Sifting Property of the Forcing Function Used in the Generalized Boundary Integral Equation for Heat Conduction in Non-Homogeneous Media," IABEM98, 1998 International Symposium on Boundary Element Methods, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, May 26--29, 1998[21] Kassab, A.J., Hsieh, C.K., and Pollard, J., "Detection of a Subsurface Cavity Using the IR- CAT Method," SECTAM XIX, 19th Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, May 3-5, 1998, Boca Raton.[22] Bruce M. Butler, Alain J. Kassab, Manoj B. Chopra, and Vimal Desai, "Boundary Element Model of Electrochemical Dissolution with Geometric Non-linearities," presented at Brebbia,BETECH97, the 12th International Boundary Element Technology Conference, C.A. and Frankel. J., co-chairs, April 9-11, 1996, Knoxville, Tennessee.[23] Butler, B., Chopra, M.B., Desai, V.H. and Kassab, A.J. "A Coupled BEM-Experimental, Method for the Detection of Corrosion Activity in Buried Pipelines", Presented at the 10th Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Boulder, Colorado, May 1995.

9. Unrefereed Conference Papers (abstract) /Presentations [1] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, E.A., ASME HT2008-56451, Session 17-1-1: Heat Transfer Education, ASME Summer Heat Transfer conference, Jacksonville, Florida, August 2008.[2] Stefanescu, A., and Kassab, A.J., "A Transient BEM for Heat Conduction in Non-

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homogenous Media, " Session HT-18: Heat Transfer Poster Session II, Boundary Element, Finite Element, and Meshless Methods in Heat Transfer with Application to Industry, November 8, 2000, , American Society of Mechanical EngineersIMECE 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 5-10, 2000, Orlando, Florida.[3] Rodriguez, F., Divo, E., and Kassab, A.J., "An Inverse Boundary Element Method for Characterization of Thermal Conductivities of Non-Homogeneous Aerospace Materials," , Cocoa Beach,NASA, 1st Annual Partners in Education and Research Conference October 6-8, 1998.[4] Kassab, A.J. and Divo, "A Boundary Only BEM for Heat Conduction in Heterogeneous Media," Symposium on BEM in Mechanics, p. 81, 1997 Joint Summer Meeting of the ASME,ASCE, and SES, June 29-July2, 1997, Evanston, Illinois.[5] Kassab, A.J., Hsieh, C.K., and Pollard, J.,"Detection of an Irregular Cavity Using the IR- CAT Method," Symposium on Inverse Problems in Experimental Mechanics, p. 507, , June 29-July2, 1997,1997 Joint Summer Meeting of the ASME, ASCE, and SES Evanston, Illinois.

10. Educational Publications[1] Kassab, Alain, "Application of Series in Heat Transfer - Transient Heat Conduction," Chapter 7 in , Scott C. Hagen andUCF EXCEL- application of Calculus II Stephen C. Medeiros, P.E., eds., 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, pp. 7:1-12.[2] Kassab, Alain, "Application of Limits and Rates of Change - Heat Conduction," Chapter 1 in , Cherie Geiger andUCF EXCEL- application of Calculus I Alvaro Silva, eds., 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, pp. 1:1-10.