Service in Leadership Roles

SERVICE IN LEARDERSHIP ROLES

·       Graduate Program Director, Mechanical Engineering, Jan 2020 - July 2023

• Started the first ever “MME Graduate Research Symposium, Spring 2021”

• Received “University Assessment Award”, 2021 for significant contribution to the assessment of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program

• Prepared and submitted Graduate Program Assessment report, Dec 2020

• Developed and launched “Graduate Student Handbook” with Dr. Kumar Singh and Dr. Mark Sidebottom, Fall 2020

• Developed “Writing Guides for MME” with Dr. Mark Sidebottom that includes guidelines for proposal writing, thesis writing, design/project report writing, and research paper writing, Fall 2020 (I wrote 2 out of 4 guides)

• Prepared Academic Program Evaluation, Improvement & Prioritization (APEIP) report for the MS in Mechanical Engineering program, Fall 2020

• Overseeing MS in Mechanical Engineering program since January 2020

·       Search Committee Chair, Mechanical Engineering, Miami University, 2022 

-  Chaired two searches “Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor” and “Assistant/Associate Lecturer’ in the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Miami University 

·       Track Chair, Material Removal Track, ASME IMECE, 2022

-       Track 2 (Advanced Manufacturing) received largest abstract submission among all tracks.

-       Introduced monthly topic organizers meetings to connect with all topic chairs

-       Planning and managing track and topic organization and functions 

-       Overseeing the abstract submission and reviewing process for papers 

-       Inviting and coordinating plenary speakers, reviewers, and overseeing reviewing process, finished reviewing on time

-       Recommending final accept/reject decisions for papers in the track

·       Track Co-chair, Material Removal Track, SME NAMRC, 2021 - Present

• Oversaw the reviewing process for papers submitted to Material Removal Track

• Invited and coordinated reviewing process, finished reviewing on time

• Recommended final accept/reject decisions for papers in the track

·       Track Co-chair, 2021, Advanced Manufacturing Track, ASME IMECE, 2020, 2021

• Oversaw the reviewing process for the track

• Oversaw the “Best Paper Award” process by chairing the evaluation process

• Participated in development of strategic initiatives to grow the track 2 in IMECE 

·       Expert Educator Team (EET) member, Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) manufacturing institute, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), 2017-2019

-       The EET developed four reports on the future directions of Advanced Manufacturing education and curriculum in the US

-       identified current gaps in the manufacturing curriculum, 

-       focused on the importance of up-to-date curriculum and hands-on learning experiences in manufacturing education, 

-       proposed core competencies students need to develop both in 2-year community college degrees and 4-year engineering programs

·       Search Committee Chair, WKU, 2015

-        Served as the search committee chair for instructor position in the area of Advanced Manufacturing at WKU, 2015

·       Advanced Manufacturing Program Coordinator, WKU, 2014-2016

-        Oversaw the undergraduate manufacturing program 

-        Served as the chief advisor for manufacturing students

-        Initiated the proposal for BS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

-        Worked with manufacturing colleagues and department chair on the development of online competency-based BS in Advanced Manufacturing degree.

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN LEADERSHIP ROLES

Editorship

• Associate Editor, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Sep 2022 – Present

• Associate Editor, Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems, Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Frontiers in Manufacturing Engineering and Frontiers in Materials, Nov 2022 - Present

• Associate Editor, Advanced Manufacturing, Jan 2024 - Present

• Associate Editor, Advanced Equipment, Aug 2024 - Present

• Editorial Board Member, Adhoc Associate Editor, “npj Advanced Manufacturing” – Nature, Oct, 2023 - Present 

Scientific Committee, Topic and Track organizers

·       Track co-chair, Material Removal Track, SME NAMRC 2021 

·       Track co-chair, Advanced Manufacturing Track, ASME IMECE 2020, 2021

·       Scientific Committee, SME NAMRC 2020, 2021.

·       Topic organizer for Advanced Machining and Finishing topic in ASME IMECE 2018, 2019.

·       Symposium co-organizer of Non-conventional Machining in ASME MSEC 2019, 2020, 2021.

Session/Symposium Chair

·       Symposium Co-organizer, “Non-Traditional Manufacturing” ASME MSEC 2019, 2020, 2021

·       Topic Organizer, “Advanced Machining and Finishing”, ASME IMECE 2018, 2019

·       Session Chair, ASME IMECE 2017, 2018, 2019

·       Session Chair, ASME MSEC 2017, 2018

·       Session Chair, DESS 2017, 13th Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium

·       Session Chair, Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) Annual Meetings, 2013, 2014, 2015

Previous Service as Editorial Board Member:

·       International Journal of Materials Forming and Machining Processes (IJMFMP) [Nov, 2012 – Dec, 2015]

·       Journal of Institute of Industrial Applications Engineers, Japan [Mar, 2014 – Dec, 2017]