Professional Activities

• Associate Editor: Researches and Applications in Mechanical Engineering (Science and Engineering Publishing Co.) 2013-
• Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering Research (Verizona Online Publisher, UK) 2017-
• Guest Editor, Journal of Composites Science, Special Issue of Polymer Composites and Fibers (ISSN 2504-477X), 2020-2025.
• Member of Editorial Board: Open Applied Mathematics Journal (Bentham Science Publishers) 2007-2013.
• Textbook Reviewer for CRC Press, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, August, 2024.
• Proposal Reviewer, NDSU RCA Sparking Big Ideas See Project, June 14, 2024.
• NSF Electronic Proposal Reviewer, CMMI Advanced Manufacturing (AM), April 15, 2024.
• Proposal Reviewer, NDSU Research and Creative Activity Pre-Proposals, NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows Competition (RII Track-4), January 15, 2024.
• Invited grant proposal reviewer, Collaborative Research Program (1), Nazarbayev University Research Council, Astana, Kazakhstan, July, 2023.
• NSF Electronic Proposal Reviewer, CMMI Engineering for Civil Infrastructure (ECI), September 20, 2021.
• NSF Electronic Proposal Reviewer, EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track 4: RPSCoR Research Fellows Competition (RII Track-4), July 12, 2021.
• NSF Electronic Proposal Reviewer, EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track 4: RPSCoR Research Fellows Competition (RII Track-4), July 10, 2020.
• Symposium co-organizer, Track 5: Frontiers in Mechanics of Materials: Mechanics of Nanofibers, Nanofiber Networks and Fibrous Materials, Society of Engineering Science (SES) 57^th Annual Technical Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 28-30, 2020.
• Invited grant proposal reviewer, Office of Research Support (3), Qatar University, Qatar, October, 2019.
• CFI Proposal Review Panelist, the John R. Evans Fund (JELF), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI),  October 11, 2019.
• NSF Electronic Proposal Reviewer, EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows Competition (RII Track-4), June 20, 2019.
• Research proposal reviewer, Office of Research Support, Qatar University, Qatar, December, 2018.
• Proposal Review Panelist, NDSU RCA Small Grant Program, October, 2017.
• Proposal Review Panelist, NDSU Sanford Seed Grant Program, April 2016, 2017, 2018.
• NSF Proposal Review Panelist, Nanomanufacturing Program, March 27, 2017.
• NSF Fellowship Application Review Panelist, Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), January 9, 2017.
• NSF Proposal Review Panelist, Materials Engineering and Processing Program: Polymer Composites, December 1, 2016
• Proposal Review Panelist, NDSU Bioinformatics Seed Grant Program, April 2016.
• Award Review Panelist, NDSU Graduate School Ph.D. Dissertation Fellowships, March 2016.
• MBIE Science Peer Reviewer, New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), New Zealand, 2014.
• Proposal Review Panelist, North Dakota EPSCoR Ph.D. Dissertation Fellowships, April 2014.
• Session Co-Organizer, Mechanics of Soft Materials, Track 10 Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids, ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2013 IMECE), San Diego, California, November 15-21, 2013.
• NSF Proposal Review Panelist, Materials and Surface Engineering Program, June 18, 2013.
• Award Review panelist, Reaxys Ph.D. Prize Evaluation Committee, Reed Elsevier, Switzerland, 2013.
• NSF Proposal Review Panelist, Nanomanufacturing: Fibers, Composites & Organic Nanostructures, February 11, 2013.
• Session Organizer, Symposium on Multiphysics Simulation and Experiments for Solids (Session: Multiphysics of Nano and Bio-Materials), Track 9 Mechanics of Solids, Structures and Fluids, ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2012 IMECE), Houston Texas, November 9-15, 2012.
• Co-Organizer, 1st North Dakota Symposium on Fluid Dynamics and Interfacial Phenomena, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, April 25, 2012.
• NSF Proposal Review Panelist, Nanomanufacturing Panel C: Colloids, Fluidics & Bio-Nanostructures, January 13, 2012.
• Researcher, North Dakota Sustainable Energy Research Initiative (SUNRISE) research group (August, 2010 -)
• CFI Proposal Review Panelist, the Leaders Opportunity Fund (LOF), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), April 16, 2010.
• Attendee, NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, March 25-26, 2010.
• NSF Proposal Review Panelist, Materials and Surface Engineering Program, December 18, 2009.
• Session Chair, "Active Materials," The 41st Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science SES 2004, Lincoln, NE, October 10-13, 2004.
• Session Chair, "Graduate Student Competition," The 41st Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science SES 2004, Lincoln, NE, October 10-13, 2004.

Reviewer for Peer-Refereed Journals (150 Journals & over 650 papers)

• 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
• ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
• ACS Applied Energy Materials
• ACS Applied Nano Materials
• ACS Applied Polymer Materials
• ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
• ACS Nano
• ACS Omega
• ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
• Acta Acustica
• Acta Materialia
• Advanced Composite Materials
• Advanced Engineering Materials
• Advanced Functional Materials
• Advanced Materials Interfaces
• Advanced Materials Letters
• Advanced Renewable Systems
• Advanced Science
• Advanced Sustainable Systems
• Advances in Computational Design
• Advances in Natural Science: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Applied Physics Letters
• ASME Applied Mechanics Review
• Biomacromolecules
• Carbohydrate Polymers
• Carbon
• Chemical Engineering Communications
• Chemical Engineering Journal
• Chemical Engineering Science
• Chemical Physics Letters
• ChemPlusChem
• Coatings
• Composite Interfaces
• Composites Part A: Manufacturing and Applied Science
• Composites Part B: Engineering
• Composites Science and Technology
• Current Nanomaterials
• Current Nanomedicine
• Current Nanoscience
• Electrochimica Acta
• Energy and Environmental Science
• Energies
• Engineering Structures
• E-Polymers
• European Physics Letters
• European Polymer Journal
• Express Polymer Letters
• Fibers
• Fibers and Polymers
• Frontiers in Materials 
• Functional Composites and Structures
• Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures
• Green Processing & Synthesis
• Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research 
• International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
• International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 
• International Journal of Engineering Education
• International Journal of Fracture
• International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
• International Journal of Mechanical Science
• International Journal of Modeling and Simulation
• International Journal of Modern Physics B
• International Journal of Molecular Science
• International Journal of Solids and Structures
• Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
• Journal of American Society of Acoustics
• Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics
• Journal of Applied Electrochemistry
• Journal of Applied Mechanics-Transactions of ASME
• Journal of Applied Physics
• Journal of Applied Polymer Science
• Journal of Biomaterials and Applications
• Journal of Composite Materials
• Journal of Elastomers and Plastics
• Journal of Engineering Mathematics
• Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
• Journal of Hazardous Materials
• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
• Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
• Journal of Materials Chemistry A
• Journal of Materials Chemistry B
• Journal of Materials Chemistry C
• Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
• Journal of Materials Research
• Journal of Membrane Science
• Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Journal of Physical Chemistry
• Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
• Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
• Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
• Journal of Polymer Engineering
• Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics
• Journal of Power Sources
• Journal of Taiban University of Science
• Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Langmuir
• Macromolecular Rapid Communications
• Macromolecular Symposia
• Materials
• Materials Chemistry A
• Materials Chemistry and Physics
• Materials Letters
• Materials Research
• Materials Research Bulletin
• Materials Research Express
• Materials Science and Engineering C
• Materials Science and Engineering Technology
• Mathmetics and Mechanics of Solids
• Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures
• Mechanics of Materials
• Mechanics Research Communications
• Molecules
• New Journal of Chemistry
• Nanomaterials
• Nanomedicine
• Nanoscale
• Nano-Structure and Nano-Objects
• Nanotechnology
• Natural Science Review
• Nature Communications
• Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal
• Open Applied Mathematics Journal
• Open Materials Science Journal
• Physica Status Solidi (b): Basic Research
• Physics of Fluids
• Polymer
• Polymer Composites
• Polymer International
• Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering
• Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials
• Polymers — Open Access Polymer Science Journal
• Polymer Testing
• Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journla of Rail and Rapid Transit
• Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Processes
• Progress in Energy
• Progress in Organic Coatings
• Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• RSC Advances
• Science and Engineering of Composite Materials
• Scientific Reports
• Smart Materials and Structures
• SN Applied Sciences
• Soft Matter
• Soft Robotics
• Steel and Composite Structures: An International Journal
• Surface Coatings Technology
• Symmetry

Reviewer for Conference Papers, Proceedings & Book Chapters

• 2021 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Long Beach, California (June 27-30) [2]
• 2021 Book proposal: Handbook of Fracture Testing for Fiber-Reinforced Composites (1), Elsevier
• 2019 International Conference on Physics, Mathematics and Statistics (ICPMS2019), Huangzhou, China (May 22-24, 2019)
• 2018 International Conference on Physics, Mathematics and Statistics (ICPMS2018), Shanghai, China (May 12-14, 2018)
• 2018 6^th International Conference on Metallurgy Technology and Materials (6^th ICMTM2018), Xian, China (May 30-31, 2018)
• 2017 2nd NMCI International Conference on New Material & Chemical Industry (NMCI 2017), Sanya, China (November 18-20, 2017)
• 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (124th meeting, June 25-28, Austin, OH)
• 2017 ebook chapter of Electrospun Nanofibers, Bentham Science Publishers
• 2015 Book Chapter of Fracture and Damage Mechanics on Materials, Applied Academic Press, Editors: Sabu Thomas, Deepu A. Copakumar, Nandakumar Kalarikal, Maciej Jaroszewski (2005)
• 2015 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2015) (November 13-19, 2015, Huston, TX)
• 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (2013 IMECE), San Diego, California, November 15-21, 2013
• 2012 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2012) (November 9-15, 2012, Huston, TX)
• 2012 7th ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC7) (June 4-8, 2012, Notre Dame, Indiana)
• 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (119th meeting, June 10-13, San Antonio, TX)
• 2011 Proceeding of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
• 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (118th meeting, June 26-29, Vancouver, Canada)
• 2011 6th ASME International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC6) (June 13-17, 2011, Corvallis, Oregon)
• 2010 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (117th meeting, June 20-23, Louisville, KY)
• 2009 Proceedings of the MRS Fall Meeting (Boston, MA)
• 2009 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition (116th meeting, June 14-17, Austin, TX)

NDSU University & ME Departmental Committees

• Faculty senator, NDSU Faculty Senate, Fall 2021-Spring 2024
• Member, NDSU University Curriculum (Alternate). Fall 2018-Spring 2020
• Member, COE Research and Graduate Committee, Fall 2019-Spring 2020
• Chair, COE Research and Graduate Committee, Fall 2018-Spring 2019
• Chair, ME ad hoc New Research Assistant Professor Search Committee (Nanotechnology & Energy Conversion/Storage), Summer 2018
• Member, Scholarship Selection Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2021 -
• Chair, Scholarship Selection Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2017-Spring 2021
• Member, NDSU Equal Opportunity Hearing Panel, Spring 2018-Fall 2019
• Member, NDSU Technology & Instructional Services Committee, Fall 2016 – Spring 2018
• Member, NDSU Research Council, Fall 2015 - Spring 2018
• Member, Promotion & Tenure Evaluation Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2014-Spring 2019
• Member, Graduate Study Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2014-
• Member, Academic Affairs Committee, College of Engineering & Architecture, Fall 2011- Spring 2013
• Member, Materials Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2010-Fall 2016
• Member, ME ad hoc New Faculty Search Committee (Thermal and Fluids), Fall 2013 – Spring 2014
• Member, ME ad hoc New Faculty Search Committee (Renewable Composites), Fall 2009 – Spring 2010
• Member, Scholarship Selection Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2009 - Fall 2016
• Member, Mechanics Curriculum Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fall 2008-

Memberships in Professional Organizations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), member 2019-
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), member 2001-
• Materials Research Society (MRS), member 2005-
• American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), member 2008-2017
• Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), member 2002-2005, 2008-2009
• Acoustical Society of America (ASA), associate member 2004-2005
• Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), member 2000-2006