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Education
- Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990
- M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1974
- B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972
Research Areas and Descriptors
- Tribology: Tribology, rheology, properties of liquids at high pressure, and machine design
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellow, 2002
- Tribilogy Division Best Paper of the Year, 1991 and 1983
- Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
- International Award (the Society's highest technical honor), 2009
- Captain Alfred E. Hunt Memorial Award, 2007 and 2000
- Fellow, 2003
- Naval Research Laboratory (Chemistry Division) Alan Berman Award--Basic Research Category, 2009 and 2006
- Instrument and Method for Phacoemulsification by Direct Thermal Irradiation, U. S. Patent 6,527,766, March 4, 2003
- Microkeratome, U. S. Patent 6,126,668, with Igor Gradov, Ronald L. Rabie, and Edward L. Hicks, October 3, 2000
- Method and Apparatus for Thermal Phacoemulsification by Fluid Throttling, U. S. Patent 5,865,790, February 2, 1999
- Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool and Aspiration Device, U. S. Patent 5,853,384, December 29, 1998
- Method of Using Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool, U. S. Patent 5,735,815, April 7, 1998
- Hydrojet Apparatus for Refractive Surgery, U. S. Patent 5,643,299, July 1, 1997
- Fluid Jet Surgical Cutting Tool, U. S. Patent 5,562,692, October 8, 1996
- Drinking Water Filter, U. S. Patent 4,998,228, with Douglas R. Eger, March 5, 1991
- Vacuum Cleaner With Wheel and Nozzlel Height Adjusting Mechanism, U. S. Patent 4,391,018, with Don W. Vermillion and Francis S. Gromek, July 5, 1983
- Liquid Metering Pump, U. S. Patent 4,349,130, September 14, 1982
- Power Assist Drive Upright Vacuum Cleaner and Power Assist Drive System Therefor, U. S. Patent 4,347,643, September 7, 1982