DR. RISHI S. RAJ

HOME:    86 Wortendyke Avenue

Emerson, New Jersey    07630

Tel. No:(201) 262-2356

OFFICE: The City College of New York

Faculty Senate Chair (S-150) &

Department of Mechanical Engineering (T-221)

Convent Avenue and 138th Street

New York, New York    10021

Tel. No:(212) 650-5365/5212

NATIONALITY:    India-born United States Citizen

EDUCATION:

Ph.D Aerospace Engineering - Penn. State Univ., 1974

Double Degree (Accelerated Program):

• B.S. & M.S. Mechanical Engineering - Friendship Univ., USSR,1969 (w/ Honors); &

• M.A. Interpreter & Translator Russian/English - Friendship Univ., USSR, 1969.

B.S. Chemistry, Physics & Mathematics - Punjab Univ., India, 1964 (w/ Honors); Accelerated Program.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

• Chair, Faculty Senate, The City College of N.Y. & Governance Leader UFS of CUNY (2006-).
• Dean of Administration, School of Engineering (1987-1988) The City College of N.Y. The School had 3800 undergraduates, 800 Masters and 170 Ph.D students.
• Professor and Director of Turbomachinery Laboratory (1985-87; 88-), Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City College of N.Y.
• Associate Professor (1981-1984), Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City College of N.Y.
• Assistant Professor (1975-1981), Department of Mechanical Engineering, The City College of N.Y.
• Research Associate (1974-75), Department of Aerospace Engineering, Penn. State Univ.
• Doctoral Fellow (1970-74), Department of Aerospace Engineering, Penn State Univ.
• Lecturer (1964-65), M.C. Polytechnic, India, Applied Chemistry.

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:

1969-70    National Aeronautical Laboratory: Worked in the Propulsion Division as a scientist. Designed compressor test rig for testing subsonic, transonic and supersonic compressor stages.

1976-82 Curtiss Wright Corporation: Worked in the Power Systems Division as a consultant.           

He was involved with U.S. Department of Energy funded pressurized Fluidized Bed      

Coal Fired Gas Turbine and High Temperature Turbine Technology Development Programs. Developed test rigs for testing transpiration cooled materials for studies of

corrosion, erosion and deposition characteristics of transpiration cooled turbine blades. Prepared proposals for research, progress reports and developed new concepts

on minimization of erosion and deposition of turbine blades from contaminated gas stream.

1981    Exxon Corporation: Worked as a consultant to rotating Machinery Division. Developed plans for measurements  in the pump bearings using miniature instrumentation to

stop oil pump explosions due to overheating of bearings.

1983    Piccatiny Arsenal (U.S. Army): Worked as a technical specialist on technology related to Liquid Propellant Guns. Also developed proposals for advancing the technology.

1983    Teledyne: Worked in turbine engine division. Provided consulting for developing multipurpose future-generation turbo-engine. Helped develop strategy for successful proposal bid for U.S. Air Force.

1983    General Electric: Provided consulting service for 3-D flow measurement in between rotor-stator spacing for small turbo engine using miniature instrumentation.

Also developed a proposal to develop methodology of measurements.

1989, 1990    NASA-Langley: Summer Research Fellow. Worked on problems related to space fuel and rotational turbulence.

1991-93;04       U.S. Navy / A.S.E.E. Distinguished Fellow . Worked on problems related to underwater weapon launching, explosion-implosion, and transient flows.

1984-    G.I. Corporation: Engineering consultant. Works on problems relating to coal, power generation,  turbulence, aerodynamics, and economy etc.

2004-               International  Consultant, Mathematics of Human Body, Graduate School of     

                        Integrated  Medicine, Swinburn University, Australia.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND OTHER RECOGNITIONS:

• Received B.S. and M.S. Degrees with Honors and won University Merit Scholarship, 1963-1969.
• Selected by National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. for NRC-NASA award of Research Associateship, 1974.
• Served as a Reviewer to Journal of Applied Mechanics Reviews, Journal of Engineering for Power, Journal of Fluid Engineering, Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation.
• Member Editorial Board of the International Journal of Turbo and Jet Engines, (Israel). Founding Member, 1980.
• Judge for the review of projects for National Energy Foundation, New York.
• Chairman, Coal Utilization Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Gas Turbine Division, 1987-89.
  • Vice-chairman, Coal Utilization Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Gas Turbine Division, 1985-87.
  • Cited in Marquis: Who’s Who in the East, Community Leaders and Noteworthy, Americans, Men of Achievements, Dictionary of International Biography, Who’s Who in Science & Technology, Who’s Who in Aviation, Who’s Who in the World, & Who’s Who in Finance & Business.

• Member, U.S. delegation to 1st Israel Gas Turbine Conference, Technion, Haifa, 1979.
• Member, U.S. delegation to 5th International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines, Bangalore, 1981.
• Member, Exxon research and engineering University/Industry task force, 1980.
• Member, N.J. State Board of Engineers, 2000-2005.
• Received commendation from commander of US Navy NUWC, RI for discovering Gibbs Time and Gibbs Number for application to explosion-implosion phenomena, 2004.
• Borough of Emerson Service & Achievement Award, 2006.
• U.S. Congressional Award for Service to the U.S. Navy, 2006.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Society of Mechanical Engineering

American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics

Sigma Xi

Indian Science Congress

Tensor Society, Japan

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

• Chair of the Faculty Senate: Managing the work of 58 senators & 12 senate committees; Coordinating activities between administration, faculty, alumni & students; Chairing governance committee to re-write new governance for The City College of N.Y.

• Dean of Administration, The City College of N.Y. School of Engineering (SOE): Managed $65 million SOE Renovation Project. Established policies concerning faculty/staff, traveling, security, borrowing of equipment and advanced communications, computer, and video systems within the school. Acted as liaison between faculty, students, and administration. Improved laboratories and building facilities. Handled appointments, reviewed faculty loads, chaired meetings of department heads. Attended meetings of New York State and New York City Deans. Participated in tenure and promotion of faculty and staff. Established fair procedures for allocation of funds to the departments. Participated in meetings with, the President, Provost, and Deans. Resolved faculty and departmental issues (including disputes). Established student support activities. Participated in SOE advisory board meetings to achieve excellence in the Engineering program.

Elected by the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering to serve on the Departmental Executive Committee. The Committee is responsible for all matters, academic and administrative, related to departmental work.

CITY COLLEGE COMMITTEES SERVED:

• Chair of the Governance Committee, 2006-.
• Committee on Personnel Matters; Senate Executive Committee; Provost, VPs, Deans Review Committee, 2006-.
• Disciplinary Committee (CCNY-Senate).
• Teachers Award Committee (CCNY-Senate).
• Student Affairs Committee (CCNY—Senate).
  • Member, presidential task force to review and discuss plans for establishing energy center at City College, 1977.

• Member, presidential task force to review the working of Research Foundation Office at City College, 1985.
  • Chairman, laboratory and Space committee, 1989— SOE Representative to Graduate School (CUNY) Senate 1998-.
  • Special Coordinator from College of Engineering for immigrant students from Russia & Eastern Europe. Helped many settle and find jobs in the profession.

• Senator, City College, 1991-.
• Faculty Advisor to ASHRAE student branch, 1994-.
• Chairman, City College Governance Committee.
• Chairman, City College Honorary Degree’s Committee.
• Chairman, Selection of City College Valedictorian & Salutatorian.

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Technical Meetings/Sessions organized at National and International Level

Vice Chairman, Technical Session, “Design of Fluid Machinery Components, “ American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Winter Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1977.

Vice Chairman, Technical Session, “Coal Fired Combined Cycle Design Considerations,” ASME International Gas Turbine Conference,- Amsterdam, Holland, June 1984.

Organizer and Chairman, Technical Sessions, “Turbulence Effects in Turbomachinery.”

ASME gas Turbine Conference,  San Diego, 1979.

ASME Gas Turbine Conference, New Orleans , 1980.

ASME gas Turbine Conference, Houston , 1981.

ASME International Gas Turbine Conference, London , 1982.

Organizer and Chairman, Technical Sessions, “Erosion-Corrosion-Deposition.”

ASME Gas Turbine Conference,  Phoenix, 1983.

ASME International Gas Turbine Conference, Amsterdam, Holland , 1984.

ASME Gas Turbine Conference, Houston , 1985.

ASME International Gas Turbine Conference, Dusseldorf , Germany, 1986.

ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, Amsterdam, Holland, 1988.

ASME International Gas Turbine Conference, Toronto, Canada , 1989.

ASME International Gas Turbine Institute, Brussels, Belgium, 1990.

ASMS International Gas Turbine Institute, Orlando, Florida, 1991.

N.J. State Representative to Review Engineering Schools Accreditation in N.J. State , 2000-2005.

Technical Committees at National Level

Chairman, 1987-89, Vice-Chairman, 1985—87, American Society of

Mechanical  Engineer’s Coal Utilization.

Member, ASME/GTD Turbomachinery, Fluids Engineering and Education  Committees.

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS:

NJ State Board of Engineers & Land Surveyors , 2000-05.

Planning Board, Emerson, 2000.

Board of Trustees, Public Library, Emerson, NJ , 1982—87.

Contested for School Board Trustee, Borough of Emerson, NJ, 1983.

Founder and Chairman, Science Fund for Emerson High School , 1989-94.

Founder and President, Society of Indian Academics in America, 1987-93;2003-05.

Founder and President, Emerson Soccer League , 1984.

Help Russian & Eastern European Immigrants in practical guidance and jobs, 1980-.

Emerson Club: President, VP, Treasurer, 1994-2004.

TECHNICAL SUPERVISION:

Doctoral/Masters Work with Thesis

Established a new graduate program in Turbomachinery Research in 1975. Five doctoral and seven masters students have been supervised.

Undergraduate Laboratory

Trained a number of undergraduates in creative research. Some were supported by Northeast Resource Center for Science and Engineering at City College, and others from my research grants. A large number of minority students have joined G.E.’s power system division.

Turbomachinerv Laboratory

Founded the Turbomachinery Laboratory at the City College 1976; (C.C.N.Y. is one of ten schools in the country to be involved in turbomachinery research).

GIFTS, GRANTS, AND CONTRACTS:

Gifts

Arranged for a hydro-turbine from Allis-Chalmers: approximate value $10,000. Arranged for a complete turbo-jet engine (J-65) from Curtiss-Wright Corporation, approximate value $250,000. Arranged for a two-stage axial flow compressor from Curtiss-Wright Corporation, approximate value $150,000.

Grants/Contracts

Won grants and contracts worth $405,053 from NSF, NASA, FRAP-CUNY. Areas of contract research included wakes, boundary layers, heat exchangers, corner flows, free stream turbulence, and wind mills.

AREAS OF RESEARCH WORK:

Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Deposition, Erosion, Particulates, Power Plants, Coal, Instrumentation, Compressors, Fans, Turbines, HVAC, and Fuel Cell hybrid cycles.

COURSES TAUGHT (Graduate and Undergraduate):

Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Steam and Gas Turbines, Turbomachinery, Turbulent Flows, Applied Fluid Dynamics, Thermo­Fluids and Heat Engine Laboratories, Power Plants, HVAC & others.

PRESENTATIONS/LECTURE/VISITS TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS:

USA

M.I.T., Princeton, Penn State, Rutgers, N.J.I.T., FDU, Stevens Tech., UCLA, UCS, Indiana-Purdue University, University of Connecticut, NYU, NASA-Lewis, NASA-Langley, Air Force Base-Dayton, Newport Naval Center.

Foreign

Technion (Israel), Vrije University (Belgium), V.K.I. (Belgium), University of Amsterdam, PFU Moscow, Leningrad Polytechnic Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow Energy Institute,

Kharkof Technical Institute, Indian Inst. Tech. (Delhi), Indian Inst. Tech. (Madras), Indian Inst. Science (Bangalore), Roorke University (India), Monash, RMIT, MU (Australia)

RELATIONS WITH INDUSTRIAL AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES:

Excellent contacts with corporate world: Exxon, Curtiss-Wright, General Electric, United Technology (Pratt and Whitney), Teledyne, American Electric Power, Con-Edison, Public Service Electric and Gas of New Jersey, AVCO-Lycoming, DOE, North—Prop., NASA, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Brooklyn Union Gas, & Air India.

BOOKS AND THESIS:

Books

“Introductory Chemistry for Polytechnics,” Co-authored with S.M. Gupta, Textbook, B.D. Kataria and Sons, India, 1965.

“Science and Logic of Absolute Pure ,” with T.D. Sharma & V. Raj, GI Corp., U.S.A., 1999.

“Balance”, GI Corp., U.S.A.,  January 2004, .06,08.

“A Turning Point”, with Rashmi S. Raj, GI Corp., U.S.A., 2007

“Thermal Systems – Analysis & Design”, Textbook, GI Corp., 2008.

“A Universal Equation for Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics ,  & Heat Transfer” with Dr. Richard Hubbell, Textbook (Under Review), 2009.

“An Introduction to Steam and Gas Turbines ,”  Textbook, (Under Preparation).

“Turbulence Made Easy”, Textbook, (Under Preparation).

Thesis

“A Design of Steam Turbine (Medium Pressure Cylinder) for Electric Power Station of 300 MWT ,” M.S. Thesis, People’s Friendship University, 1969.

“On the Investigation of Cascade and Turbomachinery Rotor Wake Characteristics,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, November 1974.

Technical Papers Edited from RussianLanguage to English Language

“Theoretical Determination of the Discharge Coefficient of Convergent Conical Nozzles,” B.M. Aronov and U.E. Tcebuzov, N.A.L. Bangalore Publication, July 1970.

“About the Regularities in the Mechanism of Combustion of Ammonium Perchlorate,” E.I. Makcimov, U.M. Carigsiev and A.F. Merjanoe, N.A.L. Bangalore Publication, August 1970.

“Sudden Expansion of a Supersonic Jet in a Cylindrical Channel,” V.I. Glagoskolanov and - V.A. Homutov, J. Fluid Mechanics, Soviet Research, Scripta Publication, - Washington, D.C., January 1979.

“Asymptotic Analysis of the Turbulent Boundary Layer of an Incompressible Fluid,” V.I. Ponomarev, J. Fluid Mechanics, Soviet Research, Scripta Publication, Washington, D.C., January 1979.

Technical Reports Notes and Oral Presentations

“New Methods of Cleaning Condensors of High Power Steam Turbines ,” R. Raj, People’s Friendship University, Moscow , 1969. (In Russian Language).

“Design Compressor Research Rig ,” R. Raj , K.S. Tunga and P.A. Paranjpe, TM-PR/331.1-70, National Aeronautical Laboratory, 1970.

“Multipurpose Compressor Research Facility,” R. Raj, et al., TR, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, September 1973.

“A Master Plan of Turbomachinery Research at CCNY ,” R. Raj, Technical Report, Department of Mechanical Engineering, CCNY, 1975.

“Aerodynamic Considerations for the Particle Impingement on the Turbomachinery Blades,” R. Raj, TN, Power Systems, Curtiss-Wright Corp., Wood-Ridge, N.J., August 1976.

“Specific Heat-Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Systems,” R. Raj, TN, Power Systems, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Wood-Ridge, N.J., August 1977.

“Understanding the Thermo-Aerodynamics of Transpiration Cooled Blade and a Stage,” R. Raj, TR, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Wood-Ridge, N.J., October 1978.

“The Role of a Static Charge on the Deposition Rates in Gas Turbines ,” R. Raj, TR, Curtiss-Wright Corporation,  No. CW­-WR-8l-005, December 1980.

“Transpiration Air Cooled Turbine Vane Cascade Deposition Results,” R. Raj, TR, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, No. CW-­WR-82-001, January 1982.

“An Experimental Investigation of the Static Charge and Deposition Phenomena Associated with Contaminated Flow in a Gas Turbine with Transpiration Air Cooled Turbine Blades,” R. Raj, TR, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, No. CW-WR-82-007, June 1982.

“An Experimental Study or Turbulence in Blade End Wall Corner Region,” Annual Report on NASA Grant NAG 3-122, August 1982, (Part I), August 1982 (Part II.)

“Fuel Collection in Space,” NASA-Langley, August 1989.

“Turbulence in Homogeneous Rotating Flows ,” NASA-Langley, 1990.

“How to Sell”, Domain Charter Group , Melbourne, Australia, 2005.

Technical Papers

“Characteristics of Turbulent Wakes Behind Cascade of Aerofoils ,” R. Raj and B. Lakshminarayana,  J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 41, 1973.

“Compressor or Fan Rotor Wa]c: Characteristics,” with B. Lakshminarayana, Second Interagency Symposium on University Research in Transportation Noise, Proceedings, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. June 1974.

“Form of the Turbulence Dissipation Equation as Applied to Curved and Rotating Turbulent Flows,” R. Raj, J. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 18, No. 10, October 1975.

“Three-Dimensional Characteristics of Turbulent Wakes Behind Rotors of Axial Flow Turbomachinery,” R. Raj arid B. Lakshminarayana, ASME, J. Eng. Power, April 1976.

“Characteristics of Turbulent Wakes Behind Rotating Fans,” R. Raj and J.L. Lumley,  Mekhanika Zidkostchi i Gaza Isvestia AN - SSR, Vol. 2, 1976.

“Pressure Gradient Velocity Correlations for Flows with Two and Three Dimensional Turbulence,” J. Physics of Fluids, Vol. 20, No. 12  December 1977.

“A Generalized Mathematical Model for Computation of Boundary Layer and Wake in Turbomachines ,” R. Raj, J. Tensor, No. 3, Vol. 31, Japan 1977.

“A Theoretical Investigation on the Structure of Fan Wakes ,” R. Raj and J.L. Lumley, ASME J. of Fluid Engineering, March 1978.

“Transpiration Cooling-An Effective Concept to Achieve High Temperature and Erosion Reduction in Gas Turbines Operating in an Aggressive Environment ,” R. Raj and S. Moskowitz, ASME Paper No. GT100-78, 1978.

“Deflection of Coal-Ash Particles from a Rotating Turbine Blade,” R. Raj and S. Moskowitz, 8th U.S. Congress of Applied Mechanics, Proceedings of the Conference held at UCLA, June 1978.

“A Model for the Erosion Reduction of Gas Turbine Blades Due to Transpiration Cooling,” R. Raj and S. Moskowitz, ASME-Israel Joint Gas Turbine Conference, Paper No. 32, July 1979. Published in a book, Turbo-Jet Engine, Edited by Benjamin Galor.

“Erosion Characteristics of Transpiration Cooled Materials ,” R. Raj and S. Moskowitz, ASME Paper No. GT-80-186, March 1980.

“The Characteristics of Wake Turbulence Due to Free Stream Turbulence Environment, with S. Pal, AIAA Paper No. 80-1079, 1980.

 “On the Equation of Particle Motion in Generalized and Relative System ,” R. Raj, J. Tensor, No. N.S . Vol.  34,  1980.

“Wake Behavior in the Presence of Free Stream Turbulence,” with S. Pal, ASME J. Eng. Power, Vol. 103, No. 3, July 1981.

“A Theory of Particle Motion in Turbomachinery,” R. Raj, J. Tensor , No. N.S. Vol. 35, 1981.

“Transpiration Air Cooled Blade - A Technology for Future Generation Aircraft and Industrial Gas Turbine Engines,” R. Raj, Proceedings of the 5th ISABE, Paper No. 32, February 1981.

“Some Considerations Concerning Direct Impingement and Deposition on a Transpiration Air Cooled Blade From a Hot Gas Stream ,” R. Raj and  S. Moskowtitz, 26th International Gas Turbine Conference, Houston, 1981.

“Coal Structure and Associated Erosion-Deposition Problems in Power Machinery,” with S. Raj, 50th Gordon Conf., N.H., July 1981.

“Coalification, Coal Structure and It’s Impact on Associated Engineering Problems,” with S. Raj, ASME Paper No. 82-GT-l66, April 1982.

“Deposition Results of a Transpiration Air Cooled Turbine Vane Cascade in a Contaminated Gas Stream,” R. Raj, ASME, J. Eng. Power, Vol. 105, No. 4, October 1983.

“Experimental Studies of Deposition by Electro-Static Charge on Turbine Blades,” R. Raj and S. Moskowitz, ASME Paper No. 84-GT-213, June 1984.

“The Separated and Non-Separated Airfoil Wake Behavior in the Presence of Free Stream Turbulence,” with K. Ardebilli and B.X. Hazarika, AIM 3rd Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA Paper No. 85-5027, Colorado, Oct. 1985.

“A Theoretical Investigation of Wake Boundary Layer Interaction, “ with S. Pal, J. Tensor, Vol. N. S. 42, No. 3, January 1986.

Discussion on the Paper, “Turbulence Modeling of Three Dimensional Shear Flow Over Curved Bodies - AIAA Journal Vol. 22, No. 10, 1984,” AIAA Journal, January -February 1986.

“Three-Dimensional Fluid Flow Phenomena in Blade End Wall Corner Region ,” with B.K. Hazarika and D.R. Boldman, ASME 31st International Gas Turbine Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1986.

“Analytical Tools for the Analysis of Coal and its Combustion Products ,” with S. Raj, ASME 31st International Gas Turbine Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany , 1986.

“An Investigation of the Flow Characteristics in the Blade End Wall Corner Region,” with B.K. Hazarika, NASA CR 4076, July 1987.

“Wall Shear Stress in Blade End Wall Corner Region ,” with R. Bhargava and D.R. Boldman  ASME Paper No. 87GT181, 1987.

“An Experimental Study of Near Wall Flow Parameters in the Blade End-Wall Corner Region,” with R. Bhargava, NASA CR 4211, January 1989.

“Surface Static Tube Accuracy in a Three-Dimensional Turbulent Flows,” with R.K. Bhargava, Proceedings of 31st  Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute, California State University, Sacramento, June 1-2, 1989.

“Near Wall Flow Parameters in the End Wall Corner Region,” with R. Bhargava, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Breathing Engines, Paper Na. 27.2., The National Technical University of Athens, September 3-8, 1989.

“An Experimental Study of Local Wall Shear Stress Surface Static Pressure and Flaw Visualization Upstream, Alongside and Downstream of a Blade End Wall Corner”, with A.K. Abdullah and R.K. Bhargava , ASME IGTI, Paper No. 90GT356, and ASME Transactions, June 11-14, 1990, Brussels, Belgium.

“Modeling the Dissipation Rate in Rotating Turbulent Flows”, with C.G. Speziale and T.B. Gatski, The Lumley Symposium: Recent Developments in Turbulence, November 12-13, 1990 ICASE at NASA.

“On the Understanding of Transient Head of Pump Impellers in Transient Mode Operation”,

Part – I , U.S. Navy, R.I., 1991.

“Transient Head of a Rotating Impeller-Evolving Circulation Effect ”, Part-II (restricted), U.S. Navy, R.I., 1992.

“Transient Head of a Rotating Impeller – Consequence of an Impulsive Rotational Start of an Impeller on the Transition From Conservative to Non - Conservative Field”, Part – III (restricted), U.S. Navy, R.I.,1992.

“Transient Head of a Rotating Impeller - Model Equations for Computation of Accelerating Rotational Flow in Pump Impellers ”, Part-IV (restricted), U.S. Navy, R.I., 1992.

“Beyond Relativity - A Mathematical Formulation of the Universe with the Fifth Dimension”, Presented at Conference on VEDAS, United Nations, July 16, 1993.

“Numerical Analysis of Turbulent Wakes Under Varying Conditions in the External Layer”, with M.K. Ardebili, AIAA  24th  Fluid Dynamics Conf., Paper No. 93-3077 Orlando, July 1993.

“Ram Pump- Mid Stroke Rumble Problem”, restricted, U.S. Navy, R.I., Aug. 1993.

“Development of Asymmetric Wake Subject to External Stream Turbulence”, with M.K. Ardebili, ASME-RO-CON., November 1993.

“Secondary Flow Development Downstream of a Blade Endwall Corner”, with A.K.A. Altaii,

35th IGTI Conf., Hague, 1994.

“Intelligence - Its Absolute Scale and Scientific Perspective”, Russian People’s Friendship University, Moscow, May, 1995.

“The Science and Logic---”, with Sharma (India) and Raj (Princeton), Book, 357 pages, (G.I. Corporation Pub.) U.S.A., April 1999. ISBN-0967828104.

“Fifth Dimension- Application to Science and Engineering”, ASME-AIAA (Students Section) CUNY, November 11, 1999.

“Comparison of Raj’s Rotation Model on Turbulence Dissipation with Other Models”, Russian People’s Friendship University, Moscow, February, 2000.

“Modeling of Rotational Turbulent Flows”, (Invited Lecture), Sir Lawrence Wacket Center For Aerospace and Design Technology, Melbourne, Australia, June 2002.

“Turbulence Dissipation Equation for Rotating Plows”, (Invited. Lecture), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, June 2002.

“Intelligence Model in Fifth Dimension”, Philosophical Society, Melbourne, Clifton Hills, Australia, June 2002.

“Turbulence in Rotating Flows”, ASME Joint US - European Fluid Engrg., Montreal, Canada,

Paper No. S-340-I, July 2002 (Key Note Paper).

“Balance”, Book, 150 pages, 1st Edition, GI Corp., U.S.A., January 2004. (ISBN 0-9678281-1-2)

“Introduction to Steam and Gas Turbines”, Book, 350 pages, under publication, Expected in Sept. 2009.

“Effect of Rotation on Turbulence Anisotropy”, (Invited Lecture), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, July 26, 2003.

“Human Disease and Intelligence Variations”, (Invited Lecture), Clinical Psychologists, Australia, August 2, 2003.

“A New Non Dimensional Parameter for Explosion-Implosion Named in Honor of Prof. Gibbs as Gibbs Number (Gn)”, restricted, USNUWC, RI, TM, June 2004.

“Scaling Relations for Explosion-Implosion Phenomena”, restricted, USNUWC, RI, TM, June 2004.

“Unified Domain of Explosions and Implosions for Various Future and Present Cases of Interest”, restricted, USNUWC, RI, TM, July 2004.

“Non-Dimensional Time Scale for Explosion and Implosion Process”, (Author has named this time in honor of Prof. Gibbs), restricted, TM, July 2004.

“A New Approach to Explosion and Implosion Problem Using Gibbs Free Energy Concept”, with R. Hubbell, restricted, USNUWC, RI, TR, July 2004.

“Contamination Induced Electro-Static Charge in Ultra-High Temperature Turbine”, Invited Lecture, RMIT, Australia, August 2004, also printed at the 5th International Symposium on Fluid Power 1, ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, Keynote Paper No. FEDSM2005-77339, July 19-23, 2005 (Houston, TX).

“Effect of Free Stream Turbulence on Wake”, Invited Lecture, RMIT, Australia, July 2005.

“Balance”, Book, (Revised) 2nd Edition, 2006. (3rd Edition In Print-2008)

“A Turning Point”, Book, GI Corp., 2007 (ISBN 0-9678281-2-0).

“Thermal Systems – Analysis & Design”, Textbook, 250 pages, GI Corp. 2008(In Print).

“Role of Ultra High Temperature in Energy Conservation”, Invited Lecture, RMIT, Australia, August 2007.

“How to Achieve Your Goals “, Presentation made at the Domain Charter Group of Companies, Melbourne , Australia, August 2007. ( Appeared in Printed form for Distribution in Jan. 2008 )

“Increasing the  Efficiency of Thermal Power Plants”, Invited Lecture, GND Engineering College(Pb) India, Aug. 2008.