Title: President, Research Scientist, Engineer
Company: Technology Development Inc.
Location: Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Petroleum Division Chair)
- Appalachian Rivers Conference and Exhibit (founder, chairman, 1998-2000)
- Dunkard Creek Watershed Association (1997-2005)
- Monongalia County West Run Expressway Committee (chairperson, 2000)
- Morgantown Chamber of Commerce Committee (Vision 2000 Infrastructure Committee, 1992-2001)
- Sigma Xi
- State of West Virginia Coal and Energy Technology Advisory Committee
- Tau Beta Pi (honorary member)
- West Virginia Institute of Technology
- West Virginia Legislature Science and Technology Coordinator, 1979-1980)
- West Virginia Region VI Planning and Development Council
- West Virginia University
- West Virginia University Colleges of Engineering Advisory Committee (2002-present)
- West Virginia University Institute of Technology (College of Engineering Advisory Committees, 2002-2018)
- WMAC Foundation (founder, president, 1997-present) (national chairman, 1998-present)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2022, 2021)
- Eponym, L. Zane Shuck Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, West Virginia University (2016)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2021, 2020, 2019)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,” Marquis Who’s Who (2005-2006, 1996-1997)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (2003-2004)
- Recipient, Ralph James National Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1980)
- Recipient, Award for “Most Patents Awarded in One Year Ever by a Federal Government Employee,” United States Department of Energy (1975)
- Recipient, Materials Testing Award, American Society for Testing and Materials (1970)
- Four-Time Recipient, Ford Foundation Fellowships; Recipient, National Science Foundation Fellowship Iowa State University
- Recipient, National Science Foundation, Science Faculty Fellowship, West Virginia University
- Recipient, Wayne State University National Science Foundation Fellowship