Melih Eriten Honored by ASME for Contributions to Tribology Research

NEW YORK, September 25, 2012 —Melih Eriten, Ph.D., assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be honored by ASME. He is being recognized for significant contributions in pre-sliding partial slip behavior of frictional contacts as evidenced by published articles in prestigious journals; and for active membership in ASME, including co-organizing and chairing symposia and workshops and serving as a reviewer for journals. He will receive ASME’s Marshall B. Peterson Award.

The award, established in 1997, is given to a young engineer in recognition of an early-career achievement and for promising research within the field of tribology. It will be presented to Dr. Eriten during the International Joint Tribology Conference, which is being held in Denver, Oct. 8 through 10.

Eriten received his bachelor’s degree in mechatronics engineering with a minor in mathematics from Sabanci University, Istanbul, in 2005; and his master’s degree in applied mathematics and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) in 2005 and 2011, respectively. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate at U of I’s Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibrations Laboratory and served as a visiting lecturer.

In July 2012, Eriten joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a tenure-track assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering.

His research interests are in contact mechanics and tribology, multiscale testing, characterization and modeling of materials, and nonlinear dynamics of materials and assembled structures. He is the author/co-author of 17 journal articles and 13 articles in conference proceedings, and has delivered a number of technical presentations and invited talks.

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