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Ryo Amano, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Director, UWM Industrial Assessment Center

Honors

Fellow of Royal Aeronautics Society

Fellow of ASME

Fellow of International Society for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (ISEES)

 

AWARDS:

Professional Organizational International Recognition Awards

Professional Organizational Achievement AND RECOGNITION Awards

  • Recipient of 2011 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, ASME Heat Transfer Division.

Most Accessed Articles

Highly Cited Articles

  • Review of Wind Turbine Research in 21st Century, Amano, R.S., J. Energy Resour. Technol. Sep 2017, 139(5): 050801 (8 pages), Paper No: JERT-17-1454 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4037757

Most Downloaded Articles

  • What are the Barriers That Prevent Its Adoption? Case Study of Battery Electric Vehicles, (Alkhalidi, A., Almahmood, R., Malkawi, H., Amano, R.S.), J. Energy for Clean Environment, 2020, pages 1-14, DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2020035391
  • Energy Saving Analysis Using Energy Intensity Usage And Specific Energy Consumption Methods (Espindola, J., Nourin, F., Qandil, M., Abdelhdi, A., Amano, R.S.), J. Energy for Clean Environment, 2020, pages 15-29, DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2020034685
  • Study on Heat Transfer Enhancement of Gas Turbine Blades, (Nourin, F., Amano, R.S.), J. Energy for Clean Environment, 2020, pages 91-106, DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2020033628

Research BEST Paper Awards

  • Recipient of BEST PAPER AWARD: “Measurement of Particle Trajectory in a Solid Rocket Motor by Using RTR Technique,” 2000 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Design Engineering Technical Conference 2000/Computers & Information Engineering (CIE) Division, Paper No. CIE-14676 (with Xiao, Cai, and Li).
  • Recipient of BEST PAPER AWARD: “Flow in Duct Downstream of a Steam Turbine Bypass Valve,” 2006 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power Division.
  • Recipient of BEST PAPER AWARD: “A Study of Single Stage Centrifugal Compressor,” 2006 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power Division (with C. Xu).

PROFESSIONAL Organizational Awards

  • Recipient of SERVICE AWARD AS SESSION ORGANIZER for 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Energy Conversion Systems and Related Technologies at RAN 2001, Nagoya University, December 2001, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Recipient of SERVICE AWARD AS SESSION ORGANIZER for Symposium on Heat Transfer in Energy Systems & Turbomachinery, 22nd American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) CIE Conference, October 2002, Montreal, CAN.
  • Recipient of AWARD AS REVIEW COORDINATOR at the 23rd American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 2003, Chicago, IL.
  • Recipient of AWARD as THE ORGANIZER OF SPECIAL STUDENT-ONLY Session at the 23rd American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 2003, Chicago, IL.
  • Recipient of AWARD as REVIEW COORDINATOR at the 24th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Recipient of AWARD as REVIEW COORDINATOR at the 25th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 2005, Long Beach, CA.
  • Recipient of AWARD as REVIEW COORDINATOR at the 26th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recipient of AWARD as COURSE INSTRUCTOR at the jointly organized by Phranakhon Rajabhat University & Waste Incineration Research Center King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, November 20, 2006, Miracle Grand Convention Hotel, Mar Conference Room, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Recipient of AWARD as Keynote Lecturer at the First National Symposium on Biomass and Waste for Power Generation, National Metal and Materials Technology Center, National Science of Technology Development Agency (NASTDA), Co–Organized by Waste Incineration Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, King ‘s Mongkut Institute of Technology North Bangkok and Fuel, Combustion and Emission Control Research Division, Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment and Sustainable Energy Research Center, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, November 26, 2006, Convention Hall, Miracle Grand Hotel.
  • Recipient of AWARD as REVIEW COORDINATOR at the 27th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, September 2007, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Recipient of AWARD as REVIEW COORDINATOR at the 28th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, August 2008, New York, NY.
  • Recipient of AWARD as REVIEW COORDINATOR at the 29th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, August 2009, San Diego, CA.

Institutional Awards

  • Recipient of Campus-Wide Graduate School/UWM Research Foundation Excellence of Senior Research Faculty Award (2015).
  • Recipient of Campus-Wide Graduate School/UWM Foundation Excellence of Research Award (2001).
  • SCHOLARSHIPS: Recipient of Scholarship from Mitsubishi Chemical Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., Japan (April 1975 ‑ March 1978).
  • Recipient of CEAS Millionaire Club Award for Extramural Research Grant (2009)
  • Recipient of CEAS Top Ten Most Research Grant Expenditure in the College of Engineering, UWM (2010)
  • Nominee of Campus-Wide Graduate School/UWM Foundation Teaching Award (finalist in 1987-not awarded).