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, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 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 Internet-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: