American Society of Mechanical Engineers Washington, D.C., Section

Executive Committee: Officers

Chair
Rattan Tawney
Bechtel, 5275 Westview Drive, Frederick, MD 21703
Phone: 301-228-8820
email: rtawney@bechtel.com

Vice-Chair
Rafael Mandujano
email: mandujanor2@asme.org

Secretary
Siddiq Qidwai
email: muhammad.a.qidwai@saic.com

Treasurer
Boris Ciorneiu
Phone: 703-303-2249
email: ciorneiu@netzero.net

Executive Advisor
Iheanyi E. Eronini
Work: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland
Home: 1428 Primrose Road, NW, Washington, DC 20012
Phone: 443-885-3868
email: eronini@eng.morgan.edu

Executive Committee Contact List

Director
Charlie Akula
Bechtel, 5275 Westview Drive, Frederick, MD 21703
Phone: 301-228-7278
email: cakula@bechtel.com

Director
Howard Berkof
email: berkofh@asme.org

Director
Thomas Beutner
8505 Braeburn Drive
Annandale, VA 22003
Phone: 571-218-4833
email: tbeutner@darpa.mil

Erica Dietrich
email: ERICA.D.SPIERENBURG@saic.com

Stanley M. Halperson
4712 Cedell Place, Camp Springs, MD 20748
Phone: 301-423-5379
email: s.halperson@comcast.net

Director
Robert L. Hershey, Ph.D., P.E.
1255 New Hampshire Avenue NW, #1033, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-659-9529
email: hershey@cpcug.org

Director
Dr. Gurmukh D. Mehta
Science Applications International Corporation. 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, M/S 502, Suite 175, Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-276-3124
email: gurmukh.d.mehta@saic.com

Director
Mohsen Mosleh
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059
Phone: 202-806-6622
email: mmosleh@howard.edu

Director
Ronald Rolfe
Work: U.S. Department of Commerce Home: 4101 Mt. Echo Lane, Fairfax, VA 22033
Phone: 703-263-0514
email: venturifx@aol.com

Director and Newsletter Editor
Geoffrey Smith, Ph.D.
Coastal and Ocean Remote Sensing Branch, Naval Research Lab, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20375
Phone: 202-404-6324
email: geoffrey.smith@nrl.navy.mil

Director
Jafar Vossoughi, Ph.D.
Biomed Research Foundation, 3616 Martins Dairy Circle, Olney, MD 20832 Phone: 301-570-9771
email: vossoughi@verizon.net

Director
Scott Walthour
Arium Architects & Engineers, 5537 Twin Knolls Rd, Suite 435, Columbia, MD 21045
Phone: 410.730.2300
email: scottw@ariumae.com

Director
Ralph Welsh
12308 Backus Dr., Bowie, MD 20720-4434
Phone: 301-464-9596
email: Rwelsh1@comcast.net

Director
Horace Whitworth, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059
Phone: 202-806-6600
email: hwhitworth@fac.howard.edu

Committee Leads

Each of the section committees has a lead on the executive committee: For more information about the committee's activities, please contact the lead.

• Nomination Committee: Eronini Iheanyl, lead.
• Program Committee: Rafael Mandujano, lead.
• Finance Revenue Committee: Boris Ciorneiu, lead.
• Auditing Committee: Mohsen Mosleh, lead.
• Membership Development Committee: Howard Berkof, lead.
• Industrial and Government Relations Committee: Robert Hershey, lead.
• K-12 and College Relations Committee: Siddiq Qidwai, lead.
• Honors, Awards, and Public Relations Committee: Gurmukh Mehta, lead.

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