HIGHLIGHTS

(A) Position
Current positions held at the University of Kentucky and elsewhere: Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky; Director of brazing and heat exchangers programs at the UK Center for Manufacturing, Director of Graduate Studies (MFS Program), College of Engineering, University of Kentucky.

Previous academic positions (abroad and US): Full time academic positions (from an Assistant through a tenured Professor position) at the University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, (Currently - 40,000 students, College of Engineering 7,500 BS graduates, 450 MS graduates, 170 PhD, Faculty and staff 471);

Visiting Professor positions in US ( University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Marquette University, Milwaukee; University of Kentucky, Lexington); Visiting Research Positions ( Senior Fulbryht scholar, Duke University; Visting Scholar,Massachusetts Institute of Technology; DAAD Visiting scholar Technical University Munich, Germany)

Other Positions: Consulting Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology , China  

(B) Research
Publications:A total of more than 150 scholarly publications, including 1 book ( Fundamentals of Heat Exchanger Design, published by Wiley, 2003), and 6 comprehensive (invited) book chapters.

Science Citation Index : more than 250 citations (total) inISI data base.

The Impact factor of the journals publishing work of DPS (a selected list): Int. J. Appl. Phys, (ISI Impact Factor – IF=2.255), Mat. Sci. Eng . A IF=1.445, Mod. Sim. Mat. Sci IF=1.336, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer IF=1.220, Mat. Lett 1.186, Int. J. Eng. Sci IF=1.065, Cryogenics IF 1.023, J. Heat Transfer ASME IF= 0.731, Mat. Sci. and Techn. IF= 0.639.

Joint student-publications resulting from PhD & MS work: more than 40.

(C) Lecturing
Developed and taught (graduate and undergraduate), USA: A t UK, ME 620 (2007) ME 626 (1999, 2006), ME 220 (1999), MSE 450 (2000), MSE 450 (2001), MFS/ME 699 (2004), ME 101 (2005), ME 325 (2006, 2007); at Marquette: MEEN 112 (1995), MEEN 112 (1996), MEEN 106 (1996), MEEN 105 (1995); at UT M 332 (1993)

Elsewhere: Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer courses at the ME Department, University of Novi Sad ( Yugoslavia, till 2004), Harbin Institute of Technology(China, Graduate, 2007).
Graduated or current students (only at UK since 2000): MS 5, PhD 3

(D) Professional & University Service
Fellow of ASME. Director of Graduate Studies, MSE Program, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Member of editorial boards/international advisory boards of 3 international journals (1990-present, 1998-present, and 2003-present); Editor of ASME AES publications; Journal guest editor; ASME Conferences session organizer and member of an Int. Sci. Board (2005, 2006); Reviewer: NSF Review Panels, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006; 30 international journals; Director of the Summer Institute (University of Kentucky Center for Manufacturing – UKCM, 2004, 2005); Member of a number of faculty committees throughout academic career, Member and president of the Energy Commission (National Science Foundation Yugoslavia)/Chair of the Commission 1981-1992; United Nations Industrial Development Organization UN/DTCD Expert 1988-1990; World Conferences on Experimental Heat Transfer Lead Scientist 1991-1993; International Institute of Refrigeration (IIF) Paris, national representative, a member of the A1/2 Commission 1987-1995.