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AM3D AWARDS
ASME RUTH AND JOEL SPIRA 1981. In 1984, he left to start his own engineering consulting firm
OUTSTANDING DESIGN EDUCATOR which became CEC Combustion Services Group (CEC). Through
his work at (CEC), Mr. Puskar has directly contributed to saving
AWARD many lives and preventing explosions and fires throughout the world
whereever gaseous fuels and combustion equipment are in use. Mr.
Design Engineering Division Puskar’s body of work over the past 30 years in this field are rooted
in 5 major contributions: (a) Development of the world’s first
routinized system for detailed inspections and testing of combustion
Alice M. Agogino equipment, (b) Codes and standards development as part of
University of California at Berkeley 5different committees over the past 10 years, (c) Development of
recalled and defective combustion system component database, (d)
The development of innovative training techniques and materials
Biography: Alice M. Agogino is the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes delivered to thousands of persons throughout the world related to
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and is affiliated faculty at the fuels and combustion systems safety, and (e) Leadership and
Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. expertise regarding major industrial fires and explosions.
She directs the BEST (Berkeley Energy and Sustainability Technol-
ogies/ Berkeley Expert Systems Technologies / Berkeley Emergent
Space Tensegrities) Lab and co-directs the Berkeley Institute of ASME J.P. DEN HARTOG AWARD
Design. Agogino served as Chair of the UC Berkeley Division of the
Academic Senate and has served in a number of other administra- Design Engineering Division
tive positions at UC Berkeley including Associate Dean of Engineer-
ing. Agogino served as Chair of the AAAS section on Engineering
and Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Engineering Directorate David J. Ewins
of the National Science Foundation. She is a member of the National Imperial College London
Academy of Engineering (NAE) and has served on a number of NAE
committees. She has served as a member of a number of university
advisory boards: CMU, Harvard/Radcliffe, KAUST, MIT and SUTD.
Biography: David J. Ewins has spent the past 50 years studying and
Agogino received a B.S. degree from the University of New Mexico measuring vibration in a range of application areas—mostly in
(1975), M.S. degree from UC Berkeley (1978) and Ph.D. from aerospace, defense and other hi-tech industries. Having studied at
Stanford University (1984). Prior to joining the faculty at UC Imperial College London and Cambridge University, he has been
Berkeley, Agogino worked in industry for Dow Chemical, General based at Imperial as Professor of Vibration Engineering since 1983,
Electric and SRI International and continues to consult in product with periods as Visiting Professor overseas in the USA, France,
design. She has supervised 110 MS projects/theses, 41 doctoral Switzerland and Singapore. Following partial ‘retirement’ in 2005,
dissertations and numerous undergraduate researchers. Agogino he spends part of his time at Imperial and part at Bristol University as
has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications and has won Professor of Vibration Engineering. He sits on a number of advisory
numerous teaching, mentoring, best paper and research awards. Boards and was Chairman of the Scientific and Technological
She works with approximately 100 San Francisco Bay Area Advisory Board (STAB) for the CleanSky Programme from
companies and nonprofits on a number of product design and 2010-2014.
sustainability class and research projects.
His research has focused on two main areas—Modal Testing and
Vibrations in Turbomachinery, in the latter case, working closely with
Rolls-Royce with whom he set up the Vibration UTC at Imperial in
ASME BARNETT UZGIRIS PRODUCT 1990. Current research priorities seek to ensure that the dynamics of
SAFETY AWARD engineering structures can be controlled by: (a) routinely including
models of the joints that hold structures together, (b) accepting that
Design Engineering Division all structures are non-linear to a degree, and (c) ensuring that
modeling, prediction and measurement are fully integrated in the
teaching, research and practice of structural dynamics.
John R. Puskar
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy of
Prescient Technical Services Engineering, and of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Biography: Mr. Puskar started his professional career at Standard
Oil of Ohio, in Cleveland, Ohio as an Energy Systems Engineer in
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AM3D AWARDS
ASME RUTH AND JOEL SPIRA 1981. In 1984, he left to start his own engineering consulting firm
OUTSTANDING DESIGN EDUCATOR which became CEC Combustion Services Group (CEC). Through
his work at (CEC), Mr. Puskar has directly contributed to saving
AWARD many lives and preventing explosions and fires throughout the world
whereever gaseous fuels and combustion equipment are in use. Mr.
Design Engineering Division Puskar’s body of work over the past 30 years in this field are rooted
in 5 major contributions: (a) Development of the world’s first
routinized system for detailed inspections and testing of combustion
Alice M. Agogino equipment, (b) Codes and standards development as part of
University of California at Berkeley 5different committees over the past 10 years, (c) Development of
recalled and defective combustion system component database, (d)
The development of innovative training techniques and materials
Biography: Alice M. Agogino is the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes delivered to thousands of persons throughout the world related to
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and is affiliated faculty at the fuels and combustion systems safety, and (e) Leadership and
Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. expertise regarding major industrial fires and explosions.
She directs the BEST (Berkeley Energy and Sustainability Technol-
ogies/ Berkeley Expert Systems Technologies / Berkeley Emergent
Space Tensegrities) Lab and co-directs the Berkeley Institute of ASME J.P. DEN HARTOG AWARD
Design. Agogino served as Chair of the UC Berkeley Division of the
Academic Senate and has served in a number of other administra- Design Engineering Division
tive positions at UC Berkeley including Associate Dean of Engineer-
ing. Agogino served as Chair of the AAAS section on Engineering
and Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Engineering Directorate David J. Ewins
of the National Science Foundation. She is a member of the National Imperial College London
Academy of Engineering (NAE) and has served on a number of NAE
committees. She has served as a member of a number of university
advisory boards: CMU, Harvard/Radcliffe, KAUST, MIT and SUTD.
Biography: David J. Ewins has spent the past 50 years studying and
Agogino received a B.S. degree from the University of New Mexico measuring vibration in a range of application areas—mostly in
(1975), M.S. degree from UC Berkeley (1978) and Ph.D. from aerospace, defense and other hi-tech industries. Having studied at
Stanford University (1984). Prior to joining the faculty at UC Imperial College London and Cambridge University, he has been
Berkeley, Agogino worked in industry for Dow Chemical, General based at Imperial as Professor of Vibration Engineering since 1983,
Electric and SRI International and continues to consult in product with periods as Visiting Professor overseas in the USA, France,
design. She has supervised 110 MS projects/theses, 41 doctoral Switzerland and Singapore. Following partial ‘retirement’ in 2005,
dissertations and numerous undergraduate researchers. Agogino he spends part of his time at Imperial and part at Bristol University as
has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications and has won Professor of Vibration Engineering. He sits on a number of advisory
numerous teaching, mentoring, best paper and research awards. Boards and was Chairman of the Scientific and Technological
She works with approximately 100 San Francisco Bay Area Advisory Board (STAB) for the CleanSky Programme from
companies and nonprofits on a number of product design and 2010-2014.
sustainability class and research projects.
His research has focused on two main areas—Modal Testing and
Vibrations in Turbomachinery, in the latter case, working closely with
Rolls-Royce with whom he set up the Vibration UTC at Imperial in
ASME BARNETT UZGIRIS PRODUCT 1990. Current research priorities seek to ensure that the dynamics of
SAFETY AWARD engineering structures can be controlled by: (a) routinely including
models of the joints that hold structures together, (b) accepting that
Design Engineering Division all structures are non-linear to a degree, and (c) ensuring that
modeling, prediction and measurement are fully integrated in the
teaching, research and practice of structural dynamics.
John R. Puskar
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy of
Prescient Technical Services Engineering, and of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Biography: Mr. Puskar started his professional career at Standard
Oil of Ohio, in Cleveland, Ohio as an Energy Systems Engineer in
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