Curriculum Vitae Of SAMUEL KINDE KASSEGNE

7162 Pintail Dr., Carlsbad, CA 92009 Tel: (760)-402-7162, (760)-438-2715 (H) E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Mechanics, December 1992. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI&SU), Blacksburg, VA. Dissertation: Layerwise Theory for Discretely Stiffened Laminated Cylindrical Shells. Doctoral Advisor: Professor J.N. Reddy. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, June 1987. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Thesis: Numerical Analysis of Box Girders by the Nodal Section Method. Advisor: Professor Tanvir Wasti. Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, December 1984. College of Engineering, Anna University, Madras, India. Graduated in First Class Distinction. Supervisor: Professor L. Elangovan. Courses from UCSD (University of California at San Diego) in OOP, MFC and Visual C/C++ programming.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1/03 – Present Visiting Scientist/Lecturer at University of California - Irvine (UCI), Irvine, CA 92697.

Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (Spring 03). A 4-units course for juniors and seniors in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Henri Samueli School of Engineering.

9/99 – Present Faculty Member at University of California - San Diego (UCSD) Extension, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093.

Finite Element Principles and Practices (Fall 99, 00, 01 and 02). [Course I]. A 3- units course in Electrical & Computer Engineering. The course is geared towards the needs of electrical, mechanical, reliability, biomedical, and structural engineers. Students come from leading San Diego and Irvine area firms such as Qualcomm, Kyocera, SAIC, Alaris, Honeywell, General Dynamics, General Atomics, OMM, BAE Systems and the Navy. Reviewed four times in a row by students as “very knowledgeable, excellent instructor”.

MEMS: FE Modeling and Numerical Prototyping. [Course II]. Designed this unique course given in Fall 2000 and Spring 2001. The course is geared towards the needs of makers of MEMS in inertial sensors, optical network switches and storage media devices

1 S. Kassegne and BioMEMS and highlights the application of FE to MEMS devices design and characterization.

MEMS: Computational Modeling and System Identification for Control. [Course III]. This is a follow-up to the Modeling and Numerical Prototyping course. The course focuses on the analysis and design of MEMS devices in which high performance dynamic response and feedback control applications play an important role. Co-instructor: Dr. Ray Callafon, assistant professor of ME at UCSD.

1/02 - Present Adjunct Faculty Member, University, Addis Ababa, .

Initiated and coordinated a joint masters and doctoral degree supervision and advising with the faculty of Computer Sciences and Civil Engineering at the Addis Ababa University (AAU).

Currently co-supervising the theses of 3 Masters degree students at civil engineering and computer science department. Thesis topics:

1. “Dynamic analysis of shell structures with variable depth”, [September 2001 – Nov 2002]. CE Dept.,

2. “A New Efficient Multiple-Node Constraint Approach for FE Analysis of RBS Special Moment Resisting Frames (SMRF)”, [May 2002 – Present]. CE Dept.,

3. “Network Architecture Design and Implementation Issues for VSAT-based telemedicine national network”, [July 2003 – Present]. CS Dept.,

Signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” with AAU in February 2002 to be considered as “Adjunct Associate Professor” of CS and CE.

12/2000 – Present Invited Lectures

Drift Increases in Special Moment Frames with RBS Elements and Stiffness Irregularities – Invited Talk - Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC), Seismology Committee, Los Angeles, CA, August 9, 2003. Areas of Computational Interest in Panel Zone Deformation and RBS Connections – Seminar – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Civil Engineering Department, Structures and Materials Group, Charlotte, NC, May 2, 2003. Trends in Computational Mechanics and Finite Element Methods – Mechanical and Civil Engineering Departments, Addis Ababa University, January 2002. Extensible Markup Language (XML) Localization Issues – Computer Science Department. Addis Ababa University, January 2002. Recent Advances in Computer-Assisted Structural Dynamics and Seismic Design – Eth. Civil Engineers Association, January 2002. Simulation Issues for MEMS and Nano Devices - Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Departments, Addis Ababa University, December 2000. Computational Methods and Finite Element Analysis for Earthquake Engineering - Civil Engineering Department, Addis Ababa University, December 2000.

1/99 – 3/2001 Faculty Member at RAM Institute, educational wing of RAM International.

2 S. Kassegne FE-Based 3-Dimensional Static and Dynamic Building Analysis. [Course I]. March and April 2000. This course was given to about 300 engineers in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Charlotte and Atlanta from leading structural engineering firms such as Weidlinger Assoc., McNamara and Salvia, Thornton and Tomasseti and Israel Seinuk. The course was also given to 170 engineers in Tucson, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis and Cincinnati in Spring/Fall 1999.

Static Pushover and Nonlinear Time-History Analysis. [Course II]. Spring 2000 - In-house course and seminar given to structural engineering firms in San Diego, California.

SERVICES A. Conference Organization

1. Co-organizer and Program Co-chairman, "Mini-symposia on Computational Modeling of BioMEMS", SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (SIAM CSE03), February 10-13, 2003, San Diego, CA. Narayan Aluru at UIUC (Beckmann Institute) is the other co-organizer.

2. Program Co-Chairman, "The Joint EACE-AAU International Conference on Computational Mechanics, Structures and Earthquake Engineering (ICCMSE- 2003)," Addis Ababa, January 9-10, 2003.

3. Session chair, "Smart Structures and Integrated Systems - Control of Smart Structures," SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March 20, 2002.

4. Co-Chairman, "ETXML Specifications Working Group," since August 2001. The WG works closely with the W3C XML Core Working Group.

5. Conference Organizer and Chair, "Technical Meeting for Setting up an Interim 8-bit Standards for Ethiopic Script," Los Angeles, California, July 5, 1998.

6. Program Organizer, Proposed "XML Standards for FEA and BEA Applications", The Executive Committee of the USACM (US Association of Computational Mechanics) has approved this proposal for implementation in 2003 in association with W3C.

B. Reviewer – Journals and Grant Proposals

1. Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures.

2. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering.

3. International Journal of Solids and Structures.

4. Journal of Computers and Structures.

5. Journal of Mechanics and Materials.

6. ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering.

7. Journal of Sensors and Actuators B – Chemical

8. US CRDF (Civilian Research & Development Foundation) Cooperative Grants Program.

3 S. Kassegne 9. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics,

C. Professional Organizations

1. Founder, EthCITA (Eth. Computing and Information Technology Association) – a professional organization for computing professionals and academics with board members in the US and abroad. The organization is involved in setting and updating 8-bit, Unicode and XML standards for localization applications in association with the Unicode Consortium and ISO. [2000-Present].

2. Founding Member, Southern California MEMS Interest Group (San Diego and Irvine), [2000].

PUBLICATIONS A. Books

"FE-Based Three Dimensional Static and Dynamic Building Analysis," Published by RAM International, San Diego, California, May 2000.

B. Editorialship

1. Founding Editor of RAM eJournal - a bi-monthly international technical journal with a subscriber base of more than 1500 engineers, educators and students from about 25 countries. This -based journal covers topics in advanced dynamic analysis, numerical modeling of structures, CAD/CAE applications and structural design issues..

2. Editor and Conference Organizer, "Proceedings of the First EthCITA E-Mail Conference on Community-Wide Networking Strategy, Ethiopic Software and Role of Information Technology in Addressing Community Issues," via the World- Wide Web, San Diego, California, October 31- November 3, 1994.

Archived Journals and Peer Reviewed Articles (main author unless indicated otherwise)

1. "Local Behavior of Discretely Stiffened Composite Plates and Cylindrical Shells," (with J.N. Reddy), Composite Structures 41, pp. 13-26, 1998.

2. "A Layerwise Shell Stiffener and Stand-Alone Curved Beam Element," (with J. N. Reddy), Asian Journal of Structural Engineering, Volume 2, Nos. 1 and 2, pp 1-14, 1997.

3. "Dynamic Behavior of Laminated Composite Non-Prismatic Folded Plate Structures under a Low-Velocity Impact”, (with K.S. Chun, CE Dept., University of Seoul, Korea [Main-author]). Submitted to ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, June 2003.

4. "Second Order Analysis of Building and Industrial Structures," (with Leandro Buriek and Andrew Miller). Structural Engineer, London, UK. February 2001.

5. "Analysis of Box Girders by the Nodal Section Method," (with Tanvir Wasti), METU Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, Vol. 22, No 1, pp. 33-59, 1989.

6. "Numerical Modeling of Transport and Accumulation of DNA on Electronically Active Biochips," (with Mike J. Heller, Marc J. Madou, et al). Journal of Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 94 (2003) 81–98. 4 S. Kassegne 7. "Separation of Simulants of Biological Warfare Agents from Blood by a Miniaturized Dielectrophoresis Device," (with Y. Huang [Main-author], JM Yang, M. Tirando, et al). Journal of Biomedical Microdevices (BMMD), Vol. 5, 217-225, July 2003.

8. "A Micro Electro-Optical DNA Array Sensor," (with H. Reese, P. Swanson, Marc J. Madou, et al.). Full Paper Published in the Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March 17-21, 2002.

9. "Design Issues in SOI-Based High-Sensitivity Piezoresistive Cantilever Devices," (with Marc J. Madou, R. Whitten, et al.). Full Paper Published in the Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March 17-21, 2002.

10. "Layerwise Theory for Discretely Stiffened Laminated Cylindrical Shells," (with J. N. Reddy), VPI&SU, CCMS Report 93-02, 1993.

11. "Need for Revision of XML 1.0 to account for Localization Issues," (with B. Ephraim), draft submitted to the ETXML Working Group in December 2001. Final version that was upgraded to a recommendation status was submitted to the World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML Core Working Group in June 2002. The document provides critical support and rationale for the hotly debated revision of XML 1.0 to 1.1.

12. "Views and Recommendations on the Unicode Technical Report #1 Draft Proposal on Ethiopic Script," (with A. Alameneh [main-author], T. Kidane et al.), Committee for Standardization of Ethiopic Script (CSES), 1995, Report Submitted to the Unicode Consortium. The report was accepted and formed one of the major bases for Unicode 3.0 revision.

Conference Proceedings (main author unless indicated otherwise)

1. "Design of Architecture and Implementation Issues for a Terrestrial LAN & VSAT-based Telemedicine Network,” (with Fikreyohannes Lemma), Abstract submitted, 4th World Conference on Biomedical Informatics, September 2004, San Francisco, USA. 2. "Review of Structural Damages Due to Earthquakes in the Afar Triangle and the Main Ethiopian Rift,” (with Asrat Worku and Dawit Hailu), Abstract accepted, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, August 1 - 6, 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 3. "Challenges in Computational Modeling of Gel Permeation Layers in BioMEMS Devices," (with K. Sarkar). Proceedings of the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (SIAM CSE03), February 10-13, 2003, San Diego, CA.

4. "A New Efficient Multiple-Node Constraint Approach for FEA Analysis of Radius- Cut RBS Moment Frames in Highly Seismic Areas," [co-author with Dawit Alemayehu (main-author) and Adil Zekaria], Proceedings of the Joint EACE-AAU International Conference on Computational Mechanics, Structures and Earthquake Engineering (ICCMSE-2003), January 9-10, 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

5. "Issues in Seismic Zoning and Proposed Reconsiderations in Seismic Building Codes in Ethiopia," Proceedings of the Joint EACE-AAU International Conference on Computational Mechanics, Structures and Earthquake Engineering (ICCMSE-2003), January 9-10, 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

6. "Characterization of Porous Membrane Elements in Microfluidic Devices," (second-author with Kamal Sarkar, Marc J. Madou, et al.). 14th US National 5 S. Kassegne Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 23- 28, 2002.

7. "Computational Requirements and Proposed Solution for Extension of Ethiopic Chracter Set to Accommodate Long Vowels and Short Consonants," (with Bibi Ephraim). 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES-2003), July 21-25, 2003, Hamburg, Germany.

8. "Architecturing Multiphysics FEA/BEA Simulation Software: A Case of Micro Devices Simulation," (with S. Quarshie). Proceedings of the Sixth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dearborn, Michigan, August 2001.

9. "Object-Oriented Interactive Optimization Tool for Analysis and Design of Plates and Shells," (With S. Quarshie) Proceedings of Fifth U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Denver, Colorado, August 1999.

10. "Second Order Effects in Building Structures with Partial and Multiple Diaphragms," Proceedings of the 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, La Jolla, California, May 17-20, 1998.

11. "Seismic Analysis of Buildings using the RAM Structural System," (with Alexandro Donnadieu Cervantes), Presented at the Mexican Society of Seismic Engineering Meet in Mexico City, Mexico, April 22, 1998.

12. "Analysis of Plates and Shells with Cut-outs Using Layerwise Theory," (with Somanath Nagendra), 34th Conference of Structures, Dynamics and Materials (SDM), La Jolla, California, 1993.

13. "Analysis of Discretely Stiffened Laminated Cylindrical Shells," (With J. N. Reddy), Proceedings of MEET'N'93, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, June 1993.

D. Misc. Publications

1. "Basics of Computer-Assisted Analysis of Building and Industrial Structures," online course material (s105) for PDHonline.org, McLean, Virginia, 2001.

2. "Practical Dynamic Analysis and Design for Engineers and Architects," online course material (g109) for PDHonline.org, McLean, Virginia, 2001.

3. "Wind-Tunnel Test and Dynamic Analysis," RAM eJournal, Carlsbad, CA, March 1999.

4. "Accidental Torsion in Dynamic Analysis," RAM eJournal, Carlsbad, CA, March 1999.

5. "Interpretation of Results from Dynamic Analysis," RAM eJournal, Carlsbad, CA, July 1999.

6. "Modeling Truss Systems with Gravity and Lateral Load Considerations," RAM eJournal, Carlsbad, CA, October 1999.

7. "Gaining Insight to Building Behavior through Energy Methods," RAM eJournal, Carlsbad, CA, November 2000.

8. "Internet in Ethiopia: Challenges and Prospects," Feature Story, MediaEthiopia. Reprinted at Balancing Acts, London, UK, February 2001.

6 S. Kassegne 9. "Responding to a New Challenge: The Case of Telecom Policy in Ethiopia," (with S. Kifle and T. Kidane), British Council Conference on Communication Technologies and Development, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 18-20, 2001.

10. "Internet in Ethiopia Revisited – A Mixed Bag of Progress and Opportunities on- Hold," Feature Story, MediaEthiopia. Reprinted at Balancing Acts, London, UK, April 2002.

11. "Earthquake Risks in Addis Ababa And Other Major Ethiopian Cities - Will the Country Be Caught Off-Guarded?", Feature Story, MediaEthiopia, April 2002. Reprinted in Addis Tribune, AllAfrica.com (Washington, DC, USA), Reformatorisch Dagblad (Holland), and Brooke Pattrick’s Building Africa (Bedfordview, South Africa), 2002.

C. Software

1. RAMFrame – Award winning program with a user-base of almost 15,000 engineers in the US and abroad. Developed this Finite Element Analysis [FEA] software from the ground up and supported it through 3 major updates. Salient Features include IBC 2000, UBC 97, ASCE-95/98, BOCA, SBC, NBCS95 seismic and wind loads, response spectra analysis (+/- 5% eccentricity), center of rigidity, 3D shear-deformable frame element, plane- stress element with incompatible deformation, panel zone deformation, P-Delta, etc. [1996].

2. COSHELL – Program for nonlinear analysis of thick composite plates and shells. Currently used by about 15 researchers around the world in application ranging from woven composites to damage progression in shells and laminated composite folded plates. [1992]. Continuously updated.

3. R DRIFT CONTROL – A module based on energy optimization algorithms. Highly functional program used for optimizing frames and shear walls for controlled lateral drift. Works with RAMFrame. [1999].

4. SANPLATE – Program for nonlinear time history dynamic analysis of sandwich plates. Damage progression modeling is included. The program is based on shear deformable theories. [1999].

5. RSS FE++ – A highly scalable finite element program based on object-oriented FE programming. Currently used in RSS Foundation Module™, a proprietary foundation analysis/design program. “No tension” elements are used with iteration algorithm. [2000].

6. LAYRWISE – Program for nonlinear time history dynamic analysis of sandwich panels. Damage progression modeling is included. The program is based on a modified layerwise plate theory. [2000].

7. NODSEC – Program used for linear approximate analysis of box-girder bridges of varied cross-section, loading and boundary conditions. [1987].

8. RBS_Panel – This program is under development and uses a combination of 3D frame and parabolic solid elements to model radius cut RBS – “reduced beam sections” moment connections that are increasingly being adopted in SMF (special moment frames) in high seismic areas. [2003].

FUNDED PROJECTS

7 S. Kassegne 1. Principal Modeling Engineer for a dielectrophoresis cell separation device used for sample- preparation. Project is funded by DARPA (DARPA BioFlips Program #N66001-00-C-8076). Determined optimum DEP electrode geometry and configuration. April - June 2002.

2. Principal Modeling Engineer for a low-volume 2nd generation biochip. Project is funded by USAMRIID-0046 (DUST I). Studied feasibility and efficiency of a biochip design based on electrophoresis and capillary actions in micro channels. August 2001 – February 2002. AWARDS

1. AISC Hot Product of the Year (1997) – Awarded by AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) for RAMFrame, the FE simulation program I wrote in 1994 -1996.

2. CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) Fellowship – For undergraduate studies 1980-1984. Ranked first among 80 applicants.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Top-rated Engineering Scholars Portal [www.edulix.com]: Founded a top-rated web site for scholars and graduate students in engineering, computer science, and business management in 2000. Current membership stands at around 12,500 with an average of 30% annual subscription growth. The site is rated a leader among its peers.

2. Hot Product Award: Won this prestigious industry award from AISC in 1997 for RAMFrame. According to an industry report, as much as 50% of steel buildings (industrial, office, high-rise) in the US are designed using RAM Frame and RSS.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

4/01 – Present Principal Engineer Advanced Technology Group, Nanogen, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121.

BioMEMS Characterization: Oversee computational, simulation and computer modeling and design-support of microfluidic, electro-mechanical, thermal behaviors of BioMEMS devices, biochips, diagnostic and sample preparation devices. Biochip Performance Reproducibility: Established electric field and current level reproducibility in a chip through innovative application of a pulsing protocol on microelectrodes. This protocol was instrumental in enabling the company’s technology to be extended to complicated assays with a sizable market (CF-Cystic Fibrosis). Microcantilever Project. Provide mechanical and electrical design solutions for piezoresistive micro-cantilevers to be used for label-less molecular diagnostics. This includes optimization of mechanical and electrical design parameters such as electrode configuration, piezo layer depth and profile, channel geometry, etc. µTAS – Spider Project. Provide microfluidic and electrokinetic design solutions. Co- developed a mass entrapment and fluidics model for DNA transport inside a gel membrane. The computational model simulates velocity and pressure drops and also changes in electroosmotic and electrophoretic forces across the gel membrane. Applicable to molecular and genomic diagnostic and pharmaco-genomics devices. Marc J. Madou – authority on micro fabrication in silicon, glass and plastics, led project. Dielectrophoresis Chips: Determined optimum electrode geometry and configuration for a dielectrophoresis cell separation device used for sample-preparation. Project is funded by DARPA.

8 S. Kassegne Biochips Design: Currently working on new generation of biochips in a joint program with ST Electronics, a semi-conductor industry giant. Nanotechnology. Provide formulation, characterization and simulation support for inter- disciplinary groups involved in nanotechnology application in biochips. Publication: Published papers on electrical field and fluidics modeling of electronically active DNA chips.

10/98 – 3/2001 Manager of Finite Element Applications Department Ram International, Carlsbad, CA 92008.

FEA Software Development: Oversaw and managed Finite Element (FE) application developments at an industry-leading structural engineering software firm. Worked on architecture and design of next-generation FE software for multi-domain, shared-memory application. R&D in Mechanics and Engineering: Headed R&D in FE, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical and Structural/Earthquake engineering simulations and performance-based engineering. Launch Management: Managed the launch of the company’s flagship product along with co-launch managers. This included, development, testing, QA, manual and CD production and final launch. The product, RSS Version 7.0 was released on time (10/00) and has a user-base of about 12500. Resources Management: Scheduled, supervised and allocated engineering and programmers resources for a team of 8 engineers and developers. FE++ Development: Developed a highly scalable Object Oriented Programming FE code in C++ for simulation and energy-based optimization tool (FE++). The FE code is also available in a client/server mode with COM interface.

5/99 – 1/2001 Mechanical Simulations Consultant La Jolla MEMS Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037 and eSimulations, Int, San Diego, CA

• Composite Plates/Shells Design: Developed mathematical and computer models for the simulation of damage, fatigue and failure of composite/sandwich structures for a client. The simulation consisted of accurate prediction of displacements and mechanical stresses as the panel were progressively damaged during its life cycle under time-varying loads. Simulated results are displayed in Windows GUI. • MEMS Characterization: Consulted a client on FEA modeling of a micro device (used in 3D optical switch sub-system of a leading optical MEMS developer) using ANSYS. The problem is highly nonlinear with snap-through behavior. The FE results were used to refine the final design. • Mechanical Systems Modeling: Worked with a client in Belgium (Ghent University) to adopt own FEA program for damage and fatigue analysis of woven composites used in mechanical devices & systems. • MEMS Packaging: Modeled reliability and strength in packaging of a micro device.

11/93 - 10/98 Senior Finite Element Analyst/Developer Ram International, Carlsbad, CA 92008.

• FEA Department Launch: Started a world-class Finite Element Applications Department at RAM International and successfully made it a critical and integral part of the firm and its flagship product, RAM Structural System. • Software Design: Carried out advanced level software design, development, coding, testing and maintenance in C and C++ languages with OOP style in Win 95 and NT platforms.

9 S. Kassegne • Matrix Storage Schemes: Devised and implemented practical and efficient storage schemes for large matrices for both 16-bit and 32-bit PC platforms. • FEA Software Development: From ground-up, designed, architectured, and coded an award winning computer program called RAM Frame used for the simulation of building structures.

o The program was the winner of 1997 AISC Hot Product Competition and is used by about 12,500 engineers and professors in about 1,250 firms and universities in the U.S, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. o In survey report published in 1998, RAM Frame was rated much higher than its major competitors in the categories of ease of use, productivity, cost Vs value, accuracy, and stability. o In an industry report published in 1999, it was estimated that as much as 50% of the steel industrial, office and high-rise buildings in the United States were being designed using RAM Frame and RSS. o Some of the projects where the program was used include:

(a) Daewo Warsaw Trade Tower (Warsaw, Poland) (b) Maju Pardana Tower (Malaysia), (c) 5 Canada Square and West India Tower at Canary Wharf (London, UK), (d) Aladdin Hotel Complex (Las Vegas, NV) (e) Las Vegas Convention Center (Las Vegas, NV) (f) New York Mercantile Exchange (NY, NY) (g) Denver Pavilions (Denver, CO) (h) Civic Center Office Buildings (Denver, CO) (i) Providence Place Mall (Providence – RI) (j) Merrill Lynch Center (Clayton, MO) (k) Terminal 2 of the San Diego International Airport (San Diego, CA) (l) Erie Park High-rise Condominium Building (Chicago, IL) (m) Washington State Convention and Trade Center Expansion (Seattle, WA) and numerous industrial structures in the US and abroad.

05/91 - 11/93 Finite Element Consultant Almaz Technologies, Inc., Blacksburg, VA 24060.

• FEA: Consultant on FE applications software development. • Composite Structures: Advised on FE modeling and coding for stability and post- buckling analysis of advanced composite plate and shell structures. • CFD: Also consulted in modeling and coding a computational fluid mechanics problem. • Character-set and Encoding Standards: Senior member of a technical committee on standardization issues for Unicode coding of characters for international applications (CSES). The Unicode Consortium and ISO accepted the proposal for a Unicode standard that was submitted in late 1993 in 1995. • Internet Infrastructure: Headed a technical group that successfully implemented Internet connectivity to a university located overseas (1992-93). • Infrastructure Consultant: Was retained as a consultant towards upgrading connectivity to full-blown and setting wide-area network proposal. Fiber-optics-based WAN based on the proposal was finally implemented in 2000.

REGISTRATION

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California since February 1999. Registration number – C 59036.

MEMBERSHIP 10 S. Kassegne

Member, USACM – United States Association for Computational Mechanics. Member, EERI – Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, California. Member, SEAOC – Structural Engineers Association of California. Member, EACE – Ethiopian Association of Civil Engineers. Member, SIAM – Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Founding Member, SouthCalMEMS – Southern California MEMS Interest Group (San Diego and Irvine). Founder and President – EthCITA – Eth. Computing and Information Technology Association.

REFERENCES

Professor Marc J. Madou Chancellor Professor of MEMS, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697 Tel: 949-824-6585 E-mail: [email protected]

Professor J. N. Reddy Distinguished Professor and Holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Chair Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3123 Tel: (979) 862 2417; E-mail: [email protected]

Professor Ray Plaut Professor of Civil Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0105 Tel: (540) 231-6072 E-mail: [email protected]

Professor Liviu Librescu Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Engineering, ESM Department Blacksburg, VA 24061-0219 Tel: ( 540) 231-5916 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Derry Connolly Associate Dean University of California at San Diego Extension 15373 Innovation Drive, Suite 170 San Diego, CA 92128 Tel: (858) 451-7474 E-mail: [email protected]

RESIDENCY

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