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Kala Meah received his B.Sc. from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in
1998, M.Sc. from South Dakota State University in 2003, and Ph.D. from the University of
Wyoming in 2007, all in Electrical Engineering. Between 1998 and 2000 he worked for several
power industries in Bangladesh. Dr. Meah is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physical Science at York College of Pennsylvania. His research interest includes electrical power, HVDC transmission, renewable energy, power engineering education, and energy conversion.

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Tim Garrison is the coordinator of the mechanical engineering program at York College. He received his BS and PhD degrees from Penn State University and his MS degree from Stanford. He has worked in industry for both AT&T Bell Laboratories and AT&T Federal Systems. He has taught a broad range of classes across the mechanical engineering curriculum. His research interests are in the areas of experimental fluid mechanics, thermal sciences and engineering education.

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James Kearns received his BSME (SEAS) and BS Economics (Wharton), University of Pennsylvania; M.Eng., Carnegie-Mellon University; PhD, Georgia Tech. Dr. Kearns was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with ARL, University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Dr. Kearns is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physical Science, at York College of Pennsylvania. His research interests include noise and vibration control, acoustic diffraction phenomena, outdoor sound Propagation, design of smart quiet structures, electrical energy, and engineering education.

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Greg Link is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the York College of Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. in Physics from Juniata College and his BS in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, where he went on to complete his PhD in 2006 under Dr. N. Vijaykrishnan. His areas of interest include embedded systems design, microprocessor systems development, network-on-chip design, and temperature-aware computing.

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Dr. Laura Garrison received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas and her M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University. She then worked for AT&T Bell Laboratories and AT&T Federal Systems before deciding to pursue her Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Penn State University in the area of experimental fluid mechanics associated with the artificial heart. After graduating, she worked at Voith Hydro for five years in the area of Computational Fluid Mechanics. For the last eight years, she has been a professor at York College of Pennsylvania where she teaches thermal sciences, freshmen design courses, and computer programming.

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Wayne Blanding received his B.S. degree in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982, Ocean Engineer degree from the MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program in Ocean Engineering in 1990, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2007. From 1982 to 2002 was an officer in the U.S. Navy’s submarine force. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. His research interests include target tracking, detection, estimation, and engineering education.

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Emine Celik is currently an Assistant Professor at York College of Pennsylvania. In 2008, she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mechanical Engineering Department at Johns Hopkins University. She received her Master of Science and Ph.D degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. Emine Celik’s research interests include design and development of engineering systems using analytical and experimental approaches (advanced global imaging techniques). Areas of applications include flow-induced vibrations, flow around bluff bodies, airfoils, perforated plates, cavity configurations, and biomedical devices.

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Dr. Jennifer Bower Dawson is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania where she teaches courses in Machine Design, Controls, and Capstone Design. She earned her MS and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University where she worked on the design and testing of spacecraft hardware for Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle. Her academic interests include robotics, sensor design, precision engineering, and service learning in engineering education.

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Dr. Stephen Kuchnicki is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at York College of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers University, specializing in computational modeling of dynamic deformations in solids. His areas of technical expertise include solid mechanics, crystal plasticity, vibration, and fluid-structure interaction. He received his PhD from Rutgers University in 2001.

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Barry McFarland received his BS in Technology Education from Millersville University in 1971 and MS in Technology Education from the Pennsylvania State University in 1981. Currently, Mr. McFarland is the Machine Shop Manager in the Department of Physical Science at York College of Pennsylvania.

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