Curriculum Vitae
PETER E. RAAD

	ACADEMIC TITLE:	Professor of Mechanical Engineering
	OFFICE:	Mechanical Engineering Dept. Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas 75205-0337 Voice: (214) 768-3043 Fax: (214) 768-1473 Email: peter@seas.smu.edu
	PERSONAL DATA:	Born July 22, 1959; married 1982; four children; US Citizen.
	EDUCATION:	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering: Thermal Sciences, March 1986. Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering: Thermal Sciences, December 1981. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, with Honors, August 1980.
	REGISTRATION:	Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas, No. 66205.
	EMPLOYMENT:	Mechanical Engineering Department, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas Aug. 1998 - present: Assistant Dean for Computer Operations Aug. 1998 - present: Professor April 1995 - June 1995: Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Jan. 1995 - March 1995: Visiting Scholar, Rice University, Houston, TX Aug. 1993 - July 1998: Associate Professor Aug. 1992 - July 1993: J. Lindsay Embrey Trustee Associate Professor Aug. 1990 - July 1992: J. Lindsay Embrey Trustee Assistant Professor June 1986 - July 1990: Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee Dec. 1985 - May 1986: Visiting Assistant Professor Jan. 1983 - Dec. 1985: Graduate Teaching Assistant Jan. 1983 - June 1985: Graduate Research Assistant Jan. 1982 - Aug. 1982: Research Associate Jan. 1982 - June 1982: Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Sep. 1980 - Dec. 1981: Graduate Research Assistant
	AWARDS:	Southern Methodist University Faculty Research Award, SMU Chapter of Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1996-97 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, ME Dept., 1996-97 J. Lindsay Embrey Trustee Professorship in Engineering, Endowed Chair, 1990-93 Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award, CME Dept., 1992-93 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, CME Dept., 1990-91 Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Award, CME Dept., 1990-91 Outstanding Faculty Award, Delta Delta Delta Sorority, 1990-91 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, CME Dept., 1988-89 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Tau Beta Pi, Tennessee Alpha Chapter Recognition Award, 1985 Chancellor's Citation for Excellent Professional Promise, 1984 Chancellor's Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 1983
	THESES:	"A General Grid Mapping and Finite Difference Investigation of Noise Propagation in Variable Area Ducts," M.S. Thesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, December 1981. (Advisor: Professor James W. White) "A Mapped Finite Difference Study of Noise Transmission in Nonuniform Ducts," Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 1986. (Advisor: Prof. J. W. White)
	UNIVERSITY SERVICE:	Southern Methodist University Mechanical Engineering Department: Member of Curriculum Committee, 1986-91; Chairman of Computer Committee, 1987-91; Administrator and Manager of Computer Networks Systems, 1987-91; Chairman of Graduate Affairs Committee, 1988-95; Faculty Search Committee, 1990-91, 1994-95; Member of Graduate Affairs Committee, 1996-present. School of Engineering and Applied Science: Member of the Computer Committee, 1988 through 1991; Member-at-large of the Faculty Affairs Committee, 1988-89; Chairman of Student Affairs Committee, 1989 through 1993; Member of Dean's Advisory Board, 1989 through 1993; Member of the Future of SEAS Committee, 1989-90; Member of the ME Department Chair Search Committee, 1991 through 1993 and 1993-94; Member of Ad-Hoc Committee on Tenure and Promotion, 1993-94; Member of the Computer Policy and Planning Committee, 1996-present; Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee, 1996-present; Member of the CSE Department Chair Search Committee, University: Member of Graduate Studies Council, 1989-1994; Member of the Ad-Hoc Committee on the Future of the Mainframe, 1990-91; Member of the Computer Policy and Planning Committee, 1991-92; Member of the Board of Trustees Standing Committee on Academic Affairs, 1992-1995.
	PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:	Professor Raad has served as a reviewer and panelist for the National Science Foundation. He has also served as a reviewer for Transactions of the ASME Journal of Tribology, Transactions of the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Transactions of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, and Physics of Fluids. From Summer 1990 through Summer 1994, Professor Raad served as both the Faculty Advisor to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers SMU Student Chapter, and the College Relations Committee Chairman for the North Texas Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Professor Raad has been the lead organizer of the Forum on Advances in Free Surface and Interface Fluid Dynamics which was held at the: 1995 ASME International Mechanical Engineers Congress and Exposition, San Francisco, CA (Nov.), 1996 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, San Diego, CA (July), and 1997 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada (June). 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Washington, D.C., (June). He is currently organizing this Forum for the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting in San Francisco, CA, planned for July 1999.
	COMMUNITY SERVICE:	Since 1989, Dr. Raad has coached four different soccer teams in the Lake Highlands Soccer Association (North Texas State Soccer Association). He holds an E coaching license, having previously earned the G and F licenses. Currently, he is the skills coach for an under-9-boys team.
	PROFESSIONAL AND HONOR SOCIETIES:	American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member. Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society, Member. The American Physical Society, Member. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Member. Tau Beta Pi, Elected to Engineering Honor Society, 1979.