Fellows of Professional Societies

College of Engineering faculty who are Fellows of Professional Societies:

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

  • Richard Barnwell (also ESM): Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
  • Alan Brown: Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).
  • Eugene Cliff (Emeritus): Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Bernard Grossman: Fellow of AIAA.
  • Zafer Gurdal (Emeritus, also ESM): Associate Fellow and Lifetime Member of AIAA.
  • Christopher Hall: Associate Fellow of AIAA; Fellow of American Astronautical Society (AAS)
  • Rakesh Kapania: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • James Marchman: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • William Mason: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Joseph Schetz: Fellow of AIAA; Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Roger Simpson: Fellow of AIAA, ASME and the Institute of Diagnostic Engineers (IDE).
  • Robert Walters: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Joseph Wang: Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Biological and Systems Engineering

  • John Cundiff: Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
  • Saied Mostaghimi: Fellow of ASABE.
  • Mary Leigh Wolfe: Fellow of ASABE.

Chemical Engineering

  • Donald Baird: Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers.
  • Y.A. Liu: Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
  • Garth Wilkes (Emeritus): Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers and Fellow of the Division of Polymer Chemistry of the American Chemical Society.
  • James McGrath: Fellow of the Division of Polymer Chemistry of the American Chemical Society

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Greg Boardman: Fellow of ASCE.
  • Finley Charney: Fellow of ASCE.
  • Tom Dingus: Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
  • Michael Duncan: Honorary Member of ASCE.
  • George Filz: Fellow of ASCE.
  • James Mitchell (Emeritus): Honorary Member of ASCE.
  • Thomas Murray: Fellow of ASCE.
  • Raymond Plaut: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Academy of Mechanics.
  • Dusan Teodorovic: Fellow of the Serbian Scientific Society.
  • Michael Vorster: Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers.
  • Richard Walker (Emeritus): Fellow of ASCE.
  • Richard Weyers: Fellow of the American Concrete Institute.

Computer Science

  • J.A.N. Lee (Emeritus): Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
  • Richard Nance (Emeritus): Fellow of ACM.
  • Barbara G. Ryder: Fellow of the ACM.
  • Layne Watson: Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Ioannis Besieris (Emeritus): Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
  • William Blackwell (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE.
  • Dushan Boroyevich: Fellow of IEEE
  • Charles Bostian: Fellow of IEEE and the Radio Club of America.
  • Gary Brown: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Dan Chen (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE.
  • Richard Claus (also MSE): Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) and the Institute of Physics.
  • David de Wolf (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE and the Optical Society of America (OSA).
  • Dong S. Ha: Fellow of IEEE
  • Robert Hendricks (also MSE): Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Physical Society (APS).
  • Ira Jacobs: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Fred Lee: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Arun Phadke (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE.
  • T.C. Poon: Fellow of OSA and SPIE.
  • Saifur Rahman: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Krishnan Ramu: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Jeffrey Reed: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Sedki Riad: Fellow of IEEE.
  • F. William Stephenson (Emeritus): Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and IEEE.
  • Warren Stutzman: Fellow of IEEE.
  • William Tranter: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Yue ("Joseph") Wang: Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
  • Amir Zaghloul: Fellow of IEEE.

Engneering Education

  • Bevlee Watford: Fellow of the ASEE

Engineering Science and Mechanics

  • Hassan Aref: Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), the Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, and the World Innovation Foundation.
  • Richard Barnwell (also AOE): Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
  • Richard Benson, Dean (also ME): Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Romesh Batra: Fellow of ASME, American Society of Mechanics, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Society of Engineering Science.
  • David Dillard: Robert L. Patrick Fellow of The Adhesion Society.
  • Norman Dowling (also MSE): Fellow of the American Society for Testing and Materials International.
  • J. C. Duke: Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) and of ASME.
  • Zafer Gurdal (Emeritus, also AOE): Associate Fellow and Lifetime Member of AIAA.
  • Robert Heller (Emeritus): Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Michael Hyer: Fellow of AIAA, the American Society for Composites, ASME, and AAM.
  • Robert Jones (Emeritus): Fellow of AIAA.
  • Glenn Kraige: Fellow of ASEE.
  • Ali Nayfeh: Fellow of AIAA, AAM, APS, ASME, and the Society for Design and Process Science.
  • Ishwar Puri (ESM Dept. Head): Fellow of ASME and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
  • Daniel Schneck (Emeritus): Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; inaugural Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
  • M. P. Singh: Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • Demetri Telionis: Fellow of the American Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Industrial and Systems Engineering

  • John Casali: Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).
  • Joel Nachlas: Fellow of the American Society for Quality.
  • Subhash Sarin: Fellow of IIE.
  • Hanif Sherali: Fellow of IIE and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
  • Don Taylor (Dept. Head): Fellow of IIE.
  • Paul Torgersen: Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and IIE.
  • Eileen Van Aken: Fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Sciences.

Materials Science and Engineering

  • David Clark: Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.
  • Richard Claus (also ECE): Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering and the Institute of Physics.
  • Norman Dowling (also ESM): Fellow of the American Society for Testing and Materials International.
  • Diana Farkas: Fellow of the American Society for Materials International.
  • Diane Folz: Fellow of ACerS and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.
  • Robert Hendricks (also ECE): Fellow of the AAAS and the American Physical Society (APS).

Mechanical Engineering

  • Mehdi Ahmadian: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Kenneth S Ball: Fellow of ASME
  • Richard Benson, Dean (also ESM): Fellow of ASME.
  • Eugene Brown: Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
  • Thomas Diller: Fellow of ASME.
  • Daniel Inman: Fellow of AIAA, the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, the American Academy of Mechanics, and ASME.
  • Gordon Kirk: Fellow of ASME.
  • Doug Nelson: Fellow of Society of Automotive Engineers.
  • Wing Ng: Fellow of ASME and Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Walter O'Brien: Life Fellow of ASME and Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Michael von Spakovsky: Fellow of ASME.

Mining and Minerals Engineering

  • Michael Karmis: Distinguished Member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME).
  • Roe-Hoan Yoon: Distinguished Member of SME.

Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences

  • Clay Gabler: Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers
  • Ge Wang: Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering, and Fellow of the Optical Society of America.