Rolf D. Reitz

Service--see also consulting

Prof. Reitz has been at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 20 years. He was appointed an Associate Professor with tenure in September 1989, and promoted to Full Professor in July 1993. He was named Wisconsin Distinguished Professor from September 1999 to present. He served as Director of the Engine Research Center (ERC) at UW-Madison from September 2001 through September 2004, and as Director of the ERC's Diesel Engine Emission Reduction Consortium from 2004 to the present.

Prof. Reitz has served as:

Past-Chairman, ILASS-Americas, Chairman, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, 1989 - 2005 Link
Founding Editor and Co-editor of KIVA User's Group Newsletters Vols.1-17, 1990 - present
Co-organizer KIVA and Engine Modeling User's Group Meetings, 1991 - present
Editorial Board Member, Atomization and Sprays Journal, Acting Editor, 1994 - present Link
SAE Annual Congress Technical Session co-Organizer 'Diesel Fuel Injection and Sprays', 1994 - 2006
Organizing Committee 6th ICLASS Conference, Rouen, France, 1994
Organizing Committee 7th ICLASS Conference, Seoul, Korea, 1997
Editor (American continent) and co-founder International Journal of Engine Research, IMechE, 1999 - present Link
SAE Arch T. Colwell best paper award selection committee member, 1999 - 2001 Link
Co-Founder, Partner, Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants, LLC (W-ERC), 1999 - present
Advisory Committee, Conference on Thermodynamic Processes in Diesel Engines, Spain, 2000
Organizing Committee 7th ICLASS Conference, Pasadena, USA, 2000
Advisory Board Member, JSME Intnl. Journal: Series B - Fluids and Thermal Engineering, 2002 - present
Advisory Committee, Conference on Thermodynamic Processes in Diesel Engines, Spain, 2002
Organizing Committee 8th ICLASS Conference, Sorento, Italy, 2003
Advisory Committee Int. Conference on Vehicles, Alternative Fuel Systems and Environmental Protection, Ireland, 2004 - 2006
Live sound engineer for Oremus, 2004 - present Link
Director, Diesel Emission Reduction Consortium, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004 - present
Advisory Committee, Conference on Thermodynamic Processes in Diesel Engines, Spain, 2004
Member Intnl. Scientific Committee, Spray-05 Symposium on Heat and Mass Transfer in Spray Systems, Turkey, 2005
Advisory Committee, Conference on Thermodynamic Processes in Diesel Engines, Spain, 2006
Scientific subcommittee, 19th Int. Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS-2006) Greece, 2006
Colloquium co-chair, 31st International Symposium on Combustion, Univ. Heidelberg, Germany, 2006
Member Board of Directors, Reaction Design, 2006 - present

Prof. Reitz also serves on several University committees:

ME department Undergraduate Student Advisor, 1991 - present
ME departmental Merit Review Committee, 1992 - 1993
ME departmental Ad Hoc Committee on Post Tenure Review, 1993
ME department Executive Committee member, 1993 - present
Assistant Professor Mentor Committees - Member (R. Gadh, N. Ferrier, X. Li), 1993 - 2005
ME department Graduate Committee member, 1995 - 2001
ME department Energy Group Co-ordinator (Chair), 1995 - 1997
ME department Planning Committee member, 1995 - 1997
Campus Faculty Senate Ad Hoc committee on use of student evaluations, 1996 - 1997
ME department Post Tenure Review Committee (Chair) - Martin, 1996
ME department ad hoc committee for new student evaluation form (Chair), 1997
Elected member of College of Engineering Academic Planning Committee, 1998 - 2001
ME department Post Tenure Review Committee - Foster, 1998
ME department Hiring Committee Chair, 2000 - 2001
ME department Planning Committee member, 2000
ME department Post Tenure Review Committee - Englestad, 2001
ME department Hiring Committee member, 2002 - 2003
College of Engineering Equity and Diversity Committee, 2005 - present
ME department Post Tenure Review Committee - Ghandhi, 2006
College of Engineering 10 year Review Committee for ECE Department, 2008