Research Professor
Director, Enabling Technology Laboratory
Adjunct Associate Professor, UAB Department of Computer & Information Science
Associate Scientist, UAB Nephrology Research & Training Center
Scientist, UAB BioMatrix Engineering & Regenerative Medicine Center

 Original Appointment Date to this Faculty        September 1, 2002

 Dates of Advancement in Rank

 Other Related Experience (Teaching, Industrial, etc.)

Consulting, Patents, Awards and Honors

• Consulted for Engineering Sciences, Inc. (Huntsville, AL), Sinotech, Inc. (Taipei, Taiwan) and Sierra Engineering, Inc. (Union City, CA)
• Patents: Virtual Patient System and Virtual Interactive Presence
• 2008 UAB ServiceAward

 Principal Publications in the Last Five Years

• Ito, Y., Shih, A.M., Erukala, A., Soni, B.K., Chernikov, A., Chrisochoides, N., and Nakahashi, K., 2007, "Parallel Unstructured Mesh Generation by an Advancing Front Method," Applied Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 75, No. 5-6, pp. 200-209.
• Ito, Y., Shum, P. C., Shih, A. M., Soni, B. K. and Nakahashi, K., 2006, "Robust Generation of High-Quality Unstructured Meshes on Realistic Biomedical Geometry," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 65, No. 6 , pp. 943-973.
• Unnikrishnan, S., Huynh, T.N., Brott, B.C., Ito, Y., Cheng, C.H., Shih, A.M., Allon, M., and Anayiotos, A., 2005, "Turbulent Flow Evaluation of the Venous Needle During Hemodialysis," Journal of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 127, pp. 1142-1147.
• Shih, A.M., Yu, T-Y, Gopalsamy, S., Ito, Y., and Soni, B.K., 2005, "Geometry and Mesh Generation for High Fidelity Computational Simulations Using Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines," Applied Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 368-381.
• Holton, A.D., Walsh, E.G., Brott, B.C., Venugopalan, R., Hershey, B., Ito, Y., Shih, A.M., Koomullil, R., and Anayiotos, A.S., 2005, "Evaluation Of In-Stent Stenosis By Magnetic Resonance Phase-Velocity Mapping In Nickel-Titanium Stents," Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 22, No. 2 , pp. 248 - 257.
• Shih, A.M., Ross, D.H., Dillavou, M., Gopalsamy, S., Soni, B.K., Peugeot, J.W., and Griffin, L.W., 2006, "A Geometry-Grid Generation Template Framework for Propellant Delivery System," 42nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit.
• Ito, Y., Shih, A. M., Soni, B. K. and Nakahashi, K., 2006, "An Approach to Generate High Quality Unstructured Hybrid Meshes," AIAA Paper 2006-530, the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV.
• Gopalsamy, S., Ross, D. H., Ito, Y., Shih, A. M.,2005, "Structured Grid Generation over NURBS and Facetted Surface Patches by Reparametrization," Proc. of the 14th International Meshing Roundtable, B. W. Hanks (Ed.), Springer, pp. 287-299, San Diego.
• Ross, D.H., Dillavou, M., Gopalsamy, S., Shum, P.C., and Shih, A.M., 2005, "A Framework for Developing Geometry-Grid Templates for Propulsion Elements," the 16th NASA Thermal and Fluids Analysis Workshop, Orlando, FL.
• Ito, Y., Shih, A. M. and Soni, B. K., 2004, "Unstructured Mesh Generation for Biomedical Applications," 18th Computational Fluid Dynamics Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.
• Ito, Y., Shih, A. M., Erukala, A. K., Soni, B. K., Chernikov, A. N., Chrisochoides, N. P. and Nakahashi, K., 2005, "Generation of Unstructured Meshes in Parallel Using an Advancing Front Method," 9th International Conference on Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations.
• Ito, Y., Shih, A. M. and Soni, B. K.,2004, "Reliable Isotropic Tetrahedral Mesh Generation Based on an Advancing Front Method," Proc. of the 13th International Meshing Roundtable, Williamsburg, VA.
• Gopalsamy, S., Ross, D.H., Shih, A.M., 2004, "API for Grid Generation Over Topological Models," The 13th International Meshing Roundtable, Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Shih, A.M., Shum P.C., Ross D.H., 2003, "Goggle: A Portable, Extensible Scientific Visualization System for Desktop and Virtual Reality Environment," The Huntsville Simulation Conference, Huntsville, AL.
• Jeong, H, Koomullil, R., Shih, A., and Soni, B., 2003, "Toward Enabling Objective Engineering Designs for Rocket Injectors-Efficient Evaluation of Larger Design Space Via Automated Parametric Grid Generation," AIAA Paper 2003-5058, 39th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL.

Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies

• Senior Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Member, Pi Tau Sigma Honorary Society

Institutional and Professional Service in the Last Five Years

• Member, Computer and Network Committee, School of Engineering, UAB (2003-present)
• Member, Organization Committee, International Mesh Generation Roundtable (2005-2006)
• Chair, Paper Subcommittee, International Mesh Generation Roundtable (2006)
• Member, Organization Committee, Huntsville Simulation Conference (2004 - present)
• Board Member, Alabama Modeling and Simulation Council (2006-present)
• Member, AIAA Meshing, Visualization, and Computational Environments Technical Committee, (2006-present)

Professional Development Activities in the Last Five Years

• Attended New Faculty Workshop held at University of Alabama (2003)
• Attended NIH BISTI 2003 Symposium -- "Digital Biology: The Emerging Paradigm" (2003)
• Attended many professional conferences
• Taught the following courses: ME 130 - Introduction to Computational Engineering, ME 691 - ME Individual Study (Graduate), ME 694 - Seminars in Mechanical Engineering, ME 481/581 - Computer Visualization Techniques in Engineering

Contact Dr. Shih:
Mailing Address: 1530 3rd Ave S, BEC 356C
Physical Address: 1150 10th Ave S, BEC 356C
Birmingham, AL 35294-4461
Phone: (205) 934-8461
Fax: (205) 975-7217
Email: Alan Shih