Curriculum Vita of Dr. Jacky C. Prucz

(with emphasis on the period 2006-2014)

______JACKY C. PRUCZ______

Professor and Chairman

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Benjamin M. Statler College of

Engineering and Mineral Resources

West Virginia University Work Phone Number: (304) 293-3131 P.O. Box 6106, Morgantown, e-mail address:

West Virginia 26506

EDUCATION

Degree Field Institution Date

Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology June 1985

M.S. Aeronautical Engineering Israel Institute of Technology June 1979

B.S. Aeronautical Engineering Israel Institute of Technology June 1972

RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Time Period Position Institution

2011- present Professor and Chairman West Virginia University

Mechanical and Aerospace Eng Dept

2009-2011 Professor and Interim Chairman West Virginia University

Mechanical and Aerospace Eng Dept

2007-2009 Professor and Associate Chairman West Virginia University

Mechanical and Aerospace Eng Dept

2002-2007 Associate Professor and West Virginia University

Associate Chairman Mechanical and Aerospace Eng Dept

RECENT AWARDS

Date Award Organization

2008 Outstanding Teacher Academy of Distinguished Alumni

Mechanical and Aerospace Eng Dept

2004 George W. Weaver award for Mechanical and Aerospace Eng Dept

outstanding teaching of mechanics

2002 Outstanding Teacher College of Eng & Mineral Resources

RECENT EXPERIENCE in EDUCATION

·  Taught one undergraduate course, MAE 241, Statics, in Fall 2006 with an average SEI score of 4.55 for questions 22, 23 and 24 of the SEI surveys, and one graduate course, MAE 641, Theory of Elasticity, in the Spring 2007 semester, with an average SEI score of 4.70 for the same questions.

·  Served as the main research advisor of 2 Ph.D. students and 3 M.S. students who have completed their degree requirements and have graduated during the above period, specifically:

Ø  Ph.D. graduates: Thomas Evans (2009) and Herman Alcazar (2010)

Ø  M.S. graduates: Shankaranayarana Praveen, Saritha Potula, Thomas Evans (2006)

·  Sustained leadership in the assessment, improvement, development of educational programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels:

Ø  As department Chair, led a sustained self-assessment, department-wide effort to continuously improve the MAE educational programs, which has been recently recognized by WVU’s Board of Governors with the designation of “Program of Excellence” for all four degree programs offered by the department (undergraduate AE and ME programs, as well as graduate AE and ME programs).

Ø  Initiated a concerted effort, that is currently under way, to develop “specialty tracks” and “design spines” in the undergraduate curricula in AE and ME, in response to emerging trends in engineering education and feedback received from all MAE constituencies.

Ø  Played a key role in preparing the MAE department for three successful ABET accreditation cycle, including the one conducted in 2009, which resulted in a renewed six-year accreditation of the undergraduate programs offered by the department both in AE and ME.

Ø  As Associate Chair and Graduate Program Director between 2002 and 2009, led a major revamping of the graduate education in the department that elevated its quality by consistently enforcing admission and graduation requirements, reaching a 1:1 ratio between the numbers of M.S. and Ph.D. students, initiating new degree tracks such as the direct track from B.S. to Ph.D. degree or the accelerated five –year track for B.S. and M.S. degrees, as well as formulating new policies related to graduate stipends and the Ph.D. qualifying exam.

Ø  As member of the WVU Graduate Council, obtained unanimous approval of a proposed “Intent to Plan” a new, multi-disciplinary, graduate program in Materials Science and Engineering, at both the M.S. and the Ph.D. levels.

Ø  As Chair of the Graduate Programs and Research Committee of the CEMR (2008-2009), contributed to devising and implementing significant revisions in the college guidelines for the M.S. and the Ph.D. degree programs.

RECENT EXPERIENCE in RESEARCH

Dissemination of Scholarly Findings:

·  Peer Reviewed Publications:

Book:

1.  Alcazar, H., Prucz, J.C., “Durability Prediction of Composites through Continuum Damage Mechanics”, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Germany, 2011,

ISBN: 978-3-639-34654-1

Journal Articles:

1.  G. G. William, S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz, "Transverse Stiffness Prediction of Fibrous Metal Matrix Composites”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 565 (2014), pp. 14-19, (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.565.14.

2.  S.N. Shoukry, G.G. William, M.Y. Riad, J.C. Prucz, “Effect of Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) Testing Position on Modulus of Subgrade Reaction”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 518 (2014), pp. 53-59, (2014), Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.518.53.

3.  G. G. William, S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz, “Carbon Fiber Reinforced Latex Modified Concrete for Bridge Deck Overlays”, WIT Transactions of Engineering Sciences, Vol 87, 2014 pp:147-154, www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3533 doi10.2495/AMITP20130181

4.  William, G.W., S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz, T.H. Evans, (2013). "Finite Element Analysis of Composite Over-wrapped Pressure Vessels for Hydrogen Storage," SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars Mechanical Systems Vol. 6, No. 3, pp: 1499-1504, October 2013.

5.  William, G.W., S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz. “Innovative Dense Lightweight Design for On-Board Hydrogen Storage Tank”, SAE Technical Paper No. 2012-01-2061, September 2012.

6.  William, G.W., Shoukry, M.S., Prucz, J.C., “Analysis of Lightweighting Design Alternatives for Automotive Components”, SAE Technical Paper No. 2011-01-2287, September 2011.

7.  Shoukry, S.N., William, G.W., Prucz, J.C., “Performance Evaluation of Metal Matrix Composite Bolted Joints”, Accepted for Publication in the SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles, October 2010.

8.  Shoukry, S.N., William, G.W., Prucz, J.C., Evans, T.H., “Innovative Design Concepts for Lightweight Floors in Heavy Trailers”, Accepted for Publication in the SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles, October 2010.

9.  Shoukry, S.N., William, G.W., Prucz, J.C., Evans, T.H., “Application of Composite Sandwich Panels in Heavy Vehicle Systems”, Accepted for publication in the World Journal of Engineering, June 2010.

10.  Shoukry, S.N., Prucz, J.C., William, G.W., Evans, T.H., “Lightweight, Energy-Dense Systems for Gaseous Hydrogen Storage”, World Journal of Engineering, Vol. 6, Supplement, pp. 939, May 2010.

11.  Upadhyay, P.C., Wayne, W.S., Prucz, J.C., Lyons, D.W., “Hygrothermal Stresses in Coated Hollow/Solid Fiber Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites (PMC’s)”, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, February 2010, Vol. 29, pp. 600-617.

12.  Prucz, J.C., Shoukry, S.N., William, G.W., Evans, T.H. “Innovative Structural Concepts for Lightweight Design of Heavy Vehicle Systems", SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 367-372, 2008 (Printed in April 2009).

13.  Shoukry, S.N., Fahmy, M., Prucz, J.C., and William, G.W., “Validation of 3D Finite Element Analysis of Rigid Pavement Dynamic Response to Moving Traffic and Nonlinear Temperature Gradient Effects”, International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 2007, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 16-24.

14.  Shoukry, S.N., William, G.W., Prucz, J.C. and Shankaranaryana, P., “Microstructure Modeling of Particulate Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2007, (14) 6: 499-511.

15.  Shoukry, S.N., William, G.W., Prucz, J.C., Shankaranaryana, P. and Eluripati, R., “Multi-fiber Unit Cell for Prediction of Residual Stresses of Continuous Fiber Composites”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2007, (14) 7:531-540.

·  Other Publications:

Refereed Conference Papers:

  1. William, G.W., S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz, T.H. Evans. "Composite Over-wrapped Pressure Vessels for Hydrogen Storage," SAE 2014 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress, Rosemont, Illinois, USA, October 2013.
  1. William, G.W., S.N. Shoukry, M.Y. Riad, J.C. Prucz. “Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Latex Modified Concrete for Bridge Deck Overlays,” 3rd International Conference on Advanced Materials and Information Technology Processing, Los Angeles, California, USA, October 2013.
  1. M. Shelton, E. Coppock, J.C. Prucz. “An Alternative Use for an API 6A Type RX Ring Joint Flange”, ASME PVP Paper PVP 2013-97187, ASME 2013 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, Paris, France, July 14-18, 2013.
  1. Shoukry, S.N., G.W. William, J.C. Prucz, T.H. Evans. “Innovative Design of Lightweight On Board Hydrogen Storage Tank”, Proceedings of the 2010 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Paper No. IMECE2010-38610, November 2010.

5.  Shoukry, S.N., J.C. Prucz, G.W. William, T.H. Evans. “Innovative Structural and Joining Concepts for Lightweight Design of a Scaled Model of a Heavy Vehicle System”, Proceedings of the 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, USA, Paper No. IMECE2007-43474, November 2007.

Papers Published in Conference Proceedings:

  1. William, G.W., S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz, “Residual Stresses in Continuous Fiber Composites using Multi-Fiber Unit Cell Model”. SAMPE 2012 Technical Conference Proceedings: Connecting the Advanced Materials Community, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2012.
  1. Gururajan, S., Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Prucz, J., Napolitano, M., “Evolution of the Flight Testing Program at West Virginia University in Support of Flight Control Research”, Proceedings of the 52nd IACAS Conference, Israel, February-March, 2012.

3.  Shelton, M., Brown, R., Prucz, J., Tucker, D., “An Assessment of the State of Acoustic Induced Vibration Management Technology While Presenting a Possible Alternative Statistical Approach”, Proceedings of the INCE Inter.noise Conference, New York City, August 19-22, 2012.

  1. William, G.W., S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz, M.S. Shoukry. “Lightweight Design Concepts for Chassis of Light Duty Vehicles” Proceedings of the 23rd Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics CANCAM’ 11, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 13-16, June 2011.
  1. William, G.W., S.N. Shoukry, J.C. Prucz, “Performance Evaluation of Particulate Al-SiC Bolted Joints”, Supplemental Proceedings: Volume 2: Materials Fabrication, Properties, Characterization, and Modeling, John Wiley and Sons, TMS (The Minerals, Materials, and Metals Society) Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, pp. 859-866, March 2011.
  1. Shoukry, S.N., J.C. Prucz, G.W. William, T.H. Evans. “Application of Composite Sandwich Panels in Heavy Vehicle Systems”, Proceedings: 18th Annual International Conference on Composite/Nano Engineering, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, July 2010.

7.  Shoukry, S.N., G.W. William, J.C. Prucz, T.H. Evans. “Lightweight High Pressure Hydrogen Storage Tanks”, Proceedings: 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, USNCTAM2010-760, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2010.

  1. Shoukry, S.N., J.C. Prucz, G. William, T.H. Evans. “Lightweight, Energy-Dense Systems for Gaseous Hydrogen Storage”, Proceedings: 17th Annual International Conference on Composite/Nano Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, July 2009.
  1. Shoukry, S.N., G.W. William, J.C. Prucz, “Prediction of Residual Stresses in Continuous Fiber Composites Using Multi-Fiber Unit Cell Model”, Proceedings of the 9th Cairo University International Conference on Mechanical Design and Production, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 1143-1155, January 2008.

Research Project Report:

1.  Prucz, J.C., S.N. Shoukry, G.W. William, M.S. Shoukry (2013). Lightweight Composite Materials for Heavy Duty Vehicles, Final Report No. DE-FC26-08NT02353, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy (October 2013).

2.  Prucz, J.C., Shoukry, S.N., G.W. William, T.H. Evans, H. Alcazar (2008). Energy Dense, Lightweight, Durable Systems for Hydrogen Storage and Delivery. Final Report No. DE-FC26-06NT42805, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy.

Externally Sponsored Research :

·  Secured as the Principal Investigator (PI) external research funding through five (5) different research projects, totaling an amount of $2,007,987 to WVU. Participated actively as a Co-PI in the successful submission and funding of three (3) other research proposals, totaling an amount of $872,713 in external funding (see details in the following table):

·  The level of research expenditure for which directly responsible during the period ranging from 2005 to 2012 amounts to $952,634.

Research Title / Sponsoring Agency / Award
Duration / Award Amount
Lightweight Composite for Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Hydrogen Storage (Jacky Prucz, Samir Shoukry) / USDOE / 2009 - 2013 / $594,689
Lightweight Materials, Design and Manufacturing Process for Light-Duty Vehicles (Jacky Prucz, Samir Shoukry) / USDOE / 2008 - 2010 / $615,075
Supplement to Energy Dense, Lightweight, Durable Systems for Storage and Delivery of Hydrogen (Jacky Prucz, Samir Shoukry) / USDOE / 2007-2009 / $100,637
Effect of SIP Forms on the Performance of RC Bridge Decks (Samir Shoukry, Gergis William, Mourad Riad, Jacky Prucz) / WVDOH / 2007 - 2011 / $397,856
Energy Dense, Lightweight, Durable Systems for Storage and Delivery of Hydrogen (Jacky Prucz, Samir Shoukry) / USDOE / 2006 - 2008 / $552,586
Bridge Deck Crack reduction Through Uniform Setting and Curing Procedures (Mourad Riad, Samir Shoukry, Gergis William, Jacky Prucz). / WVDOH / 2006 - 2009 / $192,248
Monitoring the Structural Performance and Bridge Deck Crack Growth: Star City Bridge ( Samir Shoukry, Mourad Riad, Gergis William, Jacky Prucz) / WVDOH / 2006 - 2009 / $282,609
Innovative Structural and Joining Concepts for Lightweight Design of Heavy Vehicle Systems
(PI: Dr. Jacky Prucz ) / US DOE / 2005 - 2007 / $145,000

TOTAL $2,880,700

Leadership of Major Research Programs:

·  Throughout the time period ranging from 2005 to present, led an extensive, multidisciplinary research effort that has consolidated WVU’s national recognition as a leading edge institution in the development of lightweight structural components for the automotive and transportation industries.

·  Collaborated closely with other tenure track or tenured faculty members from across the Statler College, several research faculty and graduate students, as well as outside partners such as the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and Old Dominion Freight Lines.

·  Continues to lead a multi-disciplinary research team that is making significant progress towards reaching the goals of reducing the structural weight of light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as energy-dense hydrogen storage tanks and cargo containers.

RECENT EXPERIENCE in PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Participation in Professional Societies

·  Member of five different professional societies (ASEE, ASME, AIAA, SAMPE, SAE).

·  Past member of three Technical Committees of the International Standard Organization (ISO) and the Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS) initiative of the U.S. Department of Defense.

·  Reviewer of technical articles submitted for publication to five different journals, which are published by four different professional organizations.

Ø  Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Ø  AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Ø  ASME Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress and Reliability in Design

Ø  ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control

Ø  Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Service to Government Organizations

·  Reviewer of research proposals submitted for funding by either federal agencies such as the U.S. DOE, state agencies such as the Commonwealth of Virginia, or the WVU Research Corporation.

·  Support past and current initiatives of the U.S. Department of Energy to promote the transfer of lightweight materials and components technology to both the producers and users of long haul heavy vehicles, by conveying to industry groups, such as the Technology Maintenance Council (TMC), the long-term benefits of adopting and employing lightweight, fuel-saving vehicle systems.