{"id":25,"date":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/template\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2014-10-27T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T13:36:53","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Education:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1976.<\/li>\n<li>M.S., with Distinction, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 1978.<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Design Division, 1982.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Area of thesis research:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Kinematics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Post Graduate Courses and Continuing Education:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention, UCSD School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education, Oct. 23-24, 1999 (only attended the first day).<\/li>\n<li>Impact Biomechanics and Occupant Restraint Issues, Association of Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Portsmouth, NH, Oct. 16-17, 1997.<\/li>\n<li>Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention, UCSD School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education, Nov. 11-12, 1995.<\/li>\n<li>Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention, UCSD School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education, Nov. 16-17, 1991.<\/li>\n<li>Biomechanics of Trauma, Institute of Medical Education and Research, San Diego, CA, Oct. 20-21, 1983.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Awards and Honors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Machine Design Award from ASME for Research Contributions in Kinematics and Computer-Aided Design, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated Service Award, ASME, 2004.<\/li>\n<li>Gustus Larson Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievements in Mechanical Engineering within 10 to 20 years of Graduation, ASME.<\/li>\n<li>Elected as Fellow of ASME, April 1997.<\/li>\n<li>Design Automation Award for sustained and meritorious contributions to the field of Design Automation, ASME, 1997.<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1987.<\/li>\n<li>Honorary Fellow, Mathematics Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984-87.<\/li>\n<li>Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon.<\/li>\n<li>M.S. Degree with Distinction.<\/li>\n<li>B. S. Degree Magna Cum Laude.<\/li>\n<li>Tenneco Engineering Excellence Incentive Award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Associations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers<\/li>\n<li>Member of the Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Member of the International Society of Biomechanics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education: B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1976. M.S., with Distinction, Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 1978. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Design Division, 1982. Area of thesis research: Kinematics Post Graduate Courses and Continuing Education: Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention, UCSD School of Medicine Office of Continuing \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/biography\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-twocolumns-left.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/ravani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}