Professional Service

  • Computer Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF). Role: reviewer. Screen approximately 40 applications for prestigious computational science award. 10/2016 - 11/2016
  • Johns Hopkins Extreme Materials Institutute. Role: organizer. Review abstracts, solicit speakers, etc. for MACH conference. 03/2014 - 12/2015
  • various journals. Role: Manuscript reviews. Manuscript reviews. 01/2014 - 12/2014
  • Department of Energy. Role: Reviewer. CSGF Fellowship application reviews. 01/2014 - 02/2014
  • Idaho National Laboratory. Role: reviewer. External review of career accomplishments for an INL technical staff member (required for promotion). 10/21/2013 - 10/21/2013
  • Reaction Engineering International. Role: Consultant. Provided unpaid consulting on status of constitutive models and momentum solvers in Uintah. 10/2013 - 11/2013
  • International Particles 2013 conference. Role: Session chair. Session chair. 09/2013 - 09/2013
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Role: reviewer. Assess a model for granular mechanics. 06/2013 - 06/2013
  • 7th Material Point Method Workshop. Role: Host and organizer. Bring together scholars from across the nation for focused two-day workshop. 01/01/2013 - 03/16/2013
  • Finite Elements In Design. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer. 10/2012 - 11/2012
  • International Journal of Impact Engineering. Role: Reviewer. reviewer. 07/2012 - 08/2012
  • JoMMS. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer. 07/2012 - 08/2012
  • Journal Of Applied Sciences. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer. 03/2012 - 04/2012
  • National Science Foundation. Role: panel member. Proposal review. 02/22/2012 - 02/23/2012
  • International Plasticity Conference. Role: Chair. Symposium organizer. 01/2012 - 12/2012
  • Hypervelocity Impact Symposium. Role: organizing committee member. Sort abstracts. 12/2011 - 02/2012
  • International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering -- Barcelona, Spain. Session chair (two sessions). 10/26/2011 - 10/28/2011
  • Krell institute. Role: application reviewer. Second-tier review of applications for the prestigious DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. 01/27/2011 - 02/10/2011
  • Krell institute. Role: Volunteer reviewer. Review 650 applications for the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF) program. 10/21/2010 - 12/31/2011
  • Cambridge . Role: Paid proposal reviewer ($300.00). Review of proposal for a continuum mechanics textbook with emphasis on nonlinear constitutive models, especially for biological media. 10/13/2010 - 11/01/2010
  • ABET. Accredit a never-before accredited Mechanical Engineering program in Chihuahua, Mexico. 08/01/2010 - 11/20/2010
  • ASME. Role: reviewer. Manuscript review of proposed new standard: "Primer on verification and validation". 05/12/2010 - 11/15/2010
  • ASME Commission on Engineering Accreditation (CEA). Role: member. Review ABET visit reports for consistent application of the ABET and ASME criteria, comment on proposed changes to the criteria. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010

Honors & Awards

  • Top 15% teaching recognition. University of Utah, 09/2015
  • Best paper award (free license to MPM-sim software) . 7th MPM workshop, 03/15/2013
  • Nominated to receive an international travel and accommodation award for a one-month visit to the University of Queensland Brisbane. Australian Research Council (ARC), 03/15/2011
  • Named ASME Fellow. See http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/Governance/Honors/Fellows/31094.pdf. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 11/2010
  • Named ASME fellow. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 10/2010
  • Invited to participate on National Academies study committee on “Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications”, 11/10/2009. National Academies, 01/2010

Internal Service

  • RPT evaluation of Dr. Brittany Coats. Peer teaching review, 03/10/2015 - 03/10/2015. College service.
  • Preparation for ABET accreditation visit. committee chair, 01/2015 - 11/2015. Department service.
  • Distinguished Seminar by Johns Hopkins professor KT Ramesh. organizer, 11/20/2014 - 11/21/2014. Department service.
  • Five-year tenure review committee. member, 08/2014 - 05/2015. Department service.
  • Mech. Engr. ABET committee. Chair, 01/2014 - 12/2014. Department service.
  • Mechanics division committee. member, 01/2014 - 12/2014. Department service.
  • Executive committee. member, 01/2014 - 12/2014. Department service.
  • ABET. member, 01/2014 - 12/2014. College service.
  • Faculty searches (review applications, interview, etc.). search member, 01/2014 - 12/2014. Department service.
  • Strategic planning committee. member, 01/2014 - 08/2014. Department service.
  • Holiday Faculty Party. Host, 12/11/2013 - 12/14/2013. Department service.
  • Exit exam -- continuum mechanics. examiner, 04/15/2013 - 04/15/2013. Department service.
  • Peer teaching review (Monson). evaluator, 03/21/2013 - 03/22/2013. Department service.
  • Research overview for Dean and his PR advisory committee. information provider, 02/08/2013 - 02/09/2013. College service.
  • Saving UINTAH: provided usage data, funding data, and publication data supporting a white paper developed by the Computer Science Department aimed at maintaining funding for the Uintah computational framework. data provider, 02/2013 - 03/2013. College service.
  • Graduate committee. member, 01/2013 - 12/2013. Department service.
  • ABET committee. chair, 01/2013 - 12/2013. Department service.
  • Solid Mechanics Strategic Planning Committee. member, 05/2012 - 12/2012. Department service.
  • Distinguished Seminar Host for Prof. Dave Benson (UCSD). Organizer for Seminar Committee, 03/2012 - 04/2012. Department service.
  • Monitor ABET activities and continuual improvement. Alert chair and faculty to potential shortcomings under the current criteria. Chair, 01/2012 - 12/2012. Department service.
  • Provide research overview to COE development and marketing committee members. Information provider and presenter, 01/2012 - 02/2012. College service.
  • Solid Mechanics Search Committee. Chair, 09/2011 - 05/2012. Department service.
  • Seminar Committee. Personally hosted two new distinguished seminar speakers, 01/2011 - 12/2011. Department service.
  • ABET committee. Chair, 01/2011 - 12/2011. Department service.
  • Graduate Committee. member, 01/2011 - 12/2011. Department service.
  • Seminar committee. Personally recommended and hosted two of the distinguished speakers. member, 01/2010 - 12/2010. Department service.

Outreach

  • Posted tutorials about solid mechanics in the CSM website, one of which earned a message of appreciation from a national laboratory. 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • Meet-and-greet with high-school girls to foster interest in engineering. Date approximate. 05/2013 - 06/2013
  • Brownbag lunch meet and greet with high school girls to foster interest in engineering. Date approximate. 09/2012 - 10/2012

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