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Appendix D: Committee Biographies
Pages 106-110

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... He has received the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia Outstanding Paper Award, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Award for Teaching Excellence, ASM International Materials Science Division Research Award (Silver Medal) , and a National Science Foundation Creativity Extension and is a fellow of ASM International.
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From page 107...
... Larson Memorial Award, WE 1999 Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, ASEE 1997 George Westinghouse Award, and 2002 Ralph Coats Roe Award. She has contributed six book chapters, one McGraw Hill Custom Textbook, and over 140 refereed articles in the education and research literature.
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From page 108...
... His research areas of interest are in combustion and flame radiation phenomena with emphasis on efficiency, productivity enhancement and pollutant reduction in gas turbine combustors and industrial burners and furnaces, and fire safety with understanding of flow and radiation phenomena including advanced detection.
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From page 109...
... Richards Award for his advancement of the art of minerals processing by "prolific innovation of concepts reflecting the highest quality spirit of an educator, engineer, inventor and dedicated researcher." Dr. Miller served as principal investigator in 1998 for a project conducted at the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center and titled "Removal of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons from Contaminated Water Using Air-Sparged Hydrocyclone Technology." He also served as conference co-chair for the Environmental Technology for Oil Pollution 2nd International Conference, "Analysis and Utilization of Oily Wastes." G.P "Bud" Peterson, provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
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From page 110...
... He also managed the development of space power and space instrument systems, including the Mars Viking Biology Instrument, atmospheric analysis instruments on Pioneer Venus, Earth observation instruments, and two ultraviolet spectrometers for the Voyager mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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