Department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Isoroku "Rocky" Kubo Associate Professor Office: Ruwais 3004 Phone: +971 2 607 5561 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: ikubo@pi.ac.ae

• Ph.D. Cornell University, 1975

An expert in energy conversion, heat transfer and fluid flow, he is an internationally recognized authority for his work in the solar energy-driven power which won him and his team at Cummins the prestigious R&D 100 award. Dr. Kubo worked for five years as an assistant manager at Komatsu Ltd (Japan), and 17 years at Cummins Engine (USA), including seven years as director at Cummins Power Generation, Inc. He also worked for Kombassan Holding (Turkey) as the general manager for its R&D center. In 2001 he joined McNeese State University (MSU) in the U.S. as an associate professor before joining the PI. Dr. Kubo holds an MBA degree from Indiana University, in addition to his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has extensive experience in product development and technology transfer.

HONORS and AWARDS

• Komatsu Studying-Abroad Program Recipient.
• Cornell Graduate School Scholarship
• Fullbright Scholarship
• Member of Beta Gamma Sigma (Business School Honor Society)
• R&D 100 Award

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Member of ASME
• Member of ASEE

EXPERTISE

• Combustion and internal combustion engines
• Design optimization
• Project management
• Solar energy

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• Kubo, S. Frish, and W. Bryzik, "Development of a Minimum Friction Engine", AIAA Publication, 1985. AIAA Conference in Cincinnati, OH.
• R. Slone and I. Kubo, "Alternative Fuels in a Conventional and an Uncooled Engine", SAE No. 820430]
• R. Kamo, I. Kubo, and R. Slone, "Multi-fuel capability of an Adiabatic Engine", SAE Congress, Detroit, Mich., Feb., 1982
• Kubo, "Turbulence in Drag Reducing Polymer Solutions", sixth Annual Symposium on Turbulence, University of Missouri-Rolla
• Kubo and F.C. Gouldin, "Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Swirling Flows", Trans. Of the ASME, J. Fluid Engineering