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Biographies of the Nominees for the Board of Governors'

The 2025 Nominating Committee selected the following four nominees for future member-at-large positions on the Board of Governors. The nominees’ names will appear on the ballot in September 2025 and, if elected by the ASME membership, they will serve on the Board for a three-year term beginning June 2026.  

Please look for an email with the announcement for the online ballot. Questions regarding the ballot may be forward to AnnualBallot@asme.org. 
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Alisa Morss Clyne, Ph.D., an ASME Fellow, is a professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland and director of the Vascular Kinetics Laboratory. Her research focuses on vascular biomechanics, specifically how blood vessels respond to mechanical forces from blood flow.  

Clyne started her mechanical engineering career in the GE Aircraft Engines' Technical Leadership Program. After earning her Ph.D, she then worked as a mechanical engineering professor at Drexel University before moving to the University of Maryland.  

Clyne is an active participant in the ASME Bioengineering Division, having served as chair of the Education Committee, program chair and then conference chair of the Summer Bioengineering Conference, and most recently chair of the Bioengineering Division. 

A passionate educator, she won several awards for her effective integration of engineering principles into biological applications, and she founded multiple initiatives to broaden opportunities in engineering research and education. Her research also has been recognized with numerous awards, including the NSF CAREER Award, an AHA National Scientist Development Grant, and the BMES-CMBE Rising Star Award. She is also a fellow of the American Heart Association, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Biomedical Engineering Society,  

Clyne earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and a Ph.D. in medical and mechanical engineering from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. 

Daniel Kearney, Ph.D., MBA, an ASME Fellow, is the chief technology officer at Firmus Technologies in Singapore, where he manages the development of an awarding winning AI infrastructure platform, directing hardware and software strategies to align with the Firmus vision of developing the most efficient AI infrastructure to address the demands of the AI-Energy nexus. 

Kearney began his career in applied research in Ireland, obtaining his doctorate in mechanical engineering with a focus on liquid cooling solutions for high heat flux silicon chips. He continued his research at several renowned European institutions, including the CEA-Leti in France and ABB Corporate Research Centre in Switzerland, specializing in thermal management solutions from die to data centre. He has received several awards for his research and holds several patents and has a prolific publication record in his field. 

In 2018, Kearney began working at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a global solutions architect. He later moved to Singapore to serve as the ASEAN head of technology and managed the enterprise solutions architecture function, supporting customers in utilizing cloud technology to advance their digital transformation. 

Kearney has been a member of ASME since 2006 and has held various volunteer leadership positions including on ASME’s ECLIPSE Board of Governors (2013-14), chair of the Switzerland Section (2016-2018), member of the Engineering Sciences Segment and member of the Nominating Committee. 

Kearney holds a B.E. in mechanical engineering from UCD Dublin, a Ph.D. in experimental heat transfer and fluid mechanics from the University of Limerick, and an MBA from IMD Switzerland, where he was valedictorian speaker. He is currently a Forbes Technology Council member, board member of the Irish Chamber of Commerce Singapore and a Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland. 

Victoria (Vicki) Blocker Risinger, an ASME Fellow, has over 20 years of energy industry and ASME leadership experience. She currently supports project planning and execution for global projects at ExxonMobil, specializing in strategic planning, contract development and supplier relationship management for major capital projects. For the past six years, she has played a key role in contract development for deepwater projects in Guyana, one of the industry’s most significant emerging frontiers. Her career spans the full oil and gas value chain, including technical, commercial, and business development roles across manufacturing, engineering, subsea equipment and services provider, and now with a major international oil company. 

As a trailblazing and transformational ASME leader for over two decades, Risinger has served in four of ASME’s five sectors, often as the youngest-ever or first female leader in key positions. She currently serves as vice chair of the Technical & Engineering Communities Sector. In her previous leadership positions, she has chaired the Petroleum Division Executive Committee, the South Texas Section, the Energy Sources and Processing Technology Group, the Nominating Committee, and served as member-at-large of the Student and Early Career Development Sector and ECLIPSE Intern with the Strategic Management Sector, among other roles. 

She also founded ASME’s first diversity-focused leadership award in honor of a late colleague and partnered with the ASME Foundation to expand scholarship opportunities. Her ASME journey began as Student Section Chair and Capstone Design Project Team Lead for an ASME Student Design Competition. 

Risinger earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering technology with a minor in industrial supervision from the University of Houston, where she was an Academic All-American, four-year letter winner and Division I athlete in swimming. 

Robert J. (Bob) Stakenborghs, MSME, PE, an ASME Fellow, is currently CEO of Advanced Microwave Imaging, LLC and Advanced Clean Energy Consulting, LLC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At Advanced Microwave Imaging, he leads the development of specialized microwave non-destructive testing (NDT) equipment and techniques for inspecting composite materials, including wind turbine blades, GFRP tanks and piping, and HDPE piping. At Advanced Clean Energy Consulting, he supports clean energy projects, including advanced nuclear reactors, nuclear fusion systems, and renewable energy technologies.  

Previously, Stakenborghs served as general manager at ILD and Evisive, Inc., where he led a team of engineers developing nuclear power engineering and microwave inspection equipment, processes, and ASTM/ASME standards for HDPE piping. His earlier roles include senior management positions at Sargent & Lundy and consulting positions at Enercon and NEPCO, supporting nearly all the U.S. commercial nuclear fleet. 

Stakenborghs previously served as the senior vice president of the ASME Technical and Engineering Communities (TEC) Sector, is a past chair of the ASME Nuclear Engineering Division and participates in multiple ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code committees. 

Stakenborghs earned a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Catholic University of America and a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University, with minors in nuclear engineering and fluid mechanics. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Louisiana and has authored numerous articles and peer-reviewed papers in the areas of microwave NDT, thermal/hydraulic analysis, and equipment performance.