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    Jun 15, 2021

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    Samuel Graham

    Samuel Graham
    The University of Maryland has announced that Samuel Graham, Jr., Ph.D. will become dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering, effective October 1, 2021. Dr. Graham will provide leadership and vision for the Clark School, while sharing the school’s mission with students, faculty, staff, alumni, public agencies, and supporters, and fostering an environment of excellence in teaching and learning.

    “I am honored to be appointed dean of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering, a research powerhouse and home to world-class faculty, staff, and students,” said Graham. “I look forward to contributing to its legacy of excellence and leading the next generation of diverse Terrapin engineers poised to improve our world through innovations in technology.”

    Dr. Graham, a Fellow of ASME since 2013, currently serves as the Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech and a joint appointment with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He joined the George W. Woodruff School in 2003 and was promoted to professor in 2013.

    Graham’s research centers on the development of electronics made from wide bandgap semiconductors for a range of applications in communications, power electronics, and neuromorphic computing. His research is focused on engineering the electrothermal response of the devices to enhance heat dissipation and improve device reliability. In addition, he is creating physics-based models and unique experimental tools for verification that will enable the optimization and digital engineering of these electronics. Through his work with DOE National Laboratories, he is also developing thermal storage materials for use in building energy systems.

    Graham earned his B.S. from Florida State University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech.


    Pranab Saha

    Pranab Saha
    Pranab Saha, Ph.D., P.E., co-founder, and principal consultant at Kolano and Saha Engineers, Inc., of Waterford, Mich., has become the recipient of the 2021 SAE International Medal of Honor. As SAE International’s most prestigious award, this honor recognizes an SAE International member for their unique and significant contributions to the industry and organization.

    Dr. Saha is a Life Member of ASME and has been a member of ASME for 40 years.

    Dr. Saha is a well-known authority on automotive noise, body interior systems and sound package materials. He has directed and participated nationally and internationally in numerous advanced noise control engineering programs and training seminars for various OEM companies and suppliers worldwide.
     
    “Dr. Saha has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to supporting both SAE International and the entire mobility industry through his contributions and leadership. This commitment has distinguished him among his peers, and we are proud to honor his commitment with this award,” said Lori Gatmaitan, director of the SAE Foundation.

    In his role as principal consultant at Kolano and Saha Engineers, Inc., Dr. Saha leads automotive, commercial vehicles, other transportation systems, appliances, and product noise related programs in addition to servings as the direct link between the client and company’s staff and resources.
    (Source: SAE International, April 20, 2021)

    Asha Balakrishnan

    Asha Balakrishnan
    ASME Member Asha Balakrishnan, Ph.D., a research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), will serve on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES) for the next two years. Operating as a federal advisory committee, ACCRES advises NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs Office, which issues licenses to the commercial sector for remote sensing needs. ACCRES makes recommendations that help shape new rulemaking or on matters that could affect commercial sensing.
    “I’m excited to be a part of a committee that provides independent advice to NOAA on how to support advances in commercial remote sensing while considering the regulatory role of Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs,” says Balakrishnan. 
     
    Dr. Balakrishnan, who joined ASME in 2001 earned her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign in 1997. She earned her master’s degree in 1999 and doctoral degree in 2007, both in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    She has served as a member of ASME’s Government Relations (2013-2019) and on the Board of Government Relations from 2013-2016.  She is also a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Evaluation Association, and the Society of Women Engineers.

    Shengqiang Cai

    Shengqiang Cai
    The Journal of Applied Mechanics Award is provided by the Applied Mechanics Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to honor the best paper published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics during the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the award.
     
    The 2020 Award has been given to Shengqiang Cai, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, University of California, San Diego, U.S., for his paper “Determining Prestrains in an Elastomer Through Elliptical Indentation.“ Dr. Cai’s research interests mainly include mechanics of soft materials and structures, mechanics of biomaterials and three dimensional fabrication techniques.
     
    The award is made annually to the corresponding author of the paper who received their Ph.D. no more than 10 years prior to July 1 of the year of award. Corresponding authors who have yet to receive a Ph.D. may also be considered. The award is presented at the AMD Banquet at the annual IMECE Meeting.

    Steven Arndt, P.E.

    Steven Arndt, P.E.
    Steven Arndt, P.E., ASME Fellow, earned the 2020 National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) Award.  He received his award on August 3 during the opening day of the NSPE Virtual 2020 Professional Engineers Conference.
    The NSPE Award is considered the top national honor given specifically to a professional engineer. First awarded in 1949, it is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession, the public welfare, and humankind.
    Arndt was honored in recognition of his lifelong sustained contributions to the advancement of the engineering profession through education, technical society participation, and community service.
    An authority in the field of nuclear engineering, Arndt has devoted more than 35 years of his professional life to nuclear safety. His areas of expertise are in nuclear power plant simulation, severe accident analysis, software reliability, cyber security, and digital instrumentation and control. Arndt led U.S. support programs for the countries of the former Soviet Union following the Chernobyl accident in 1986. He worked with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Operation Center as it supported the Japanese government following the Fukushima accident.
    He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics and a master’s degree and doctorate in nuclear engineering, all from The Ohio State University. Arndt also holds a master’s degree in reliability engineering from the University of Maryland.

    Bo Chen, Ph.D.

    Bo Chen, Ph.D.
    ASME member Bo Chen, Ph.D., the Dave House Professor at Michigan Technological University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. To become an ASME Fellow, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members. Dr. Chen conducts interdisciplinary research in the areas of mechatronics and embedded systems, agent technology, modeling and control of hybrid electric vehicles, cyber-physical systems and automation. Her research interests include modeling and control of hybrid electric vehicles; electric vehicle-smart grid integration; distributed monitoring and control; battery control for HEV and energy storage systems; internal combustion engine management systems; and sensor information fusion. She has received more than $10 million in grants as principal investigator or co-principal investigator from government agencies, national laboratories and industry. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and has received two best paper awards, one best survey paper award and four best student paper awards. Chen served as chair of the Technical Committee on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications within the ASME Design Engineering Division and as chair of 2013 ASME/IEEE MESA Conference. She earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China, in 1983 and 1988, respectively. She received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis, in 2005.

    Roger Fales, Ph.D.

    Roger Fales, Ph.D.,
    ASME member Roger Fales, Ph.D., an associate professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department and the director of Student Success in the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Fales was recognized for his “significant contributions to research, education and leadership in the engineering profession, resulting in over 50 publications on the topics of robust control, hydraulics, and modeling and control of oxygen for premature infants,” according to the Fellow citation. Prior to joining the University of Missouri faculty, Fales served as an engineer for Caterpillar Inc., where he acquired four years of industrial experience developing fluid power and off-highway machine systems and controls. His research has focused on robust control design and stability of dynamic systems with applications in fluid power, high speed milling and medical devices. His research has been funded by Caterpillar Inc., Honeywell and The Boeing Company. He has served in a number of leadership positions as an ASME volunteer, including chair and vice chair of the Fluid Power Systems & Technology Division and chair of the Robert E. Koski Medal Committee. Fales earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Kansas State University in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 2004.

    Yonggang Huang, Ph.D.

    Yonggang Huang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Yonggang Huang, Ph.D., the chair of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division and editor of the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, was recently elected a member of both the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Dr. Huang was honored by the NAS for his distinguished and ongoing achievements in original research. His election to the AAAS, meanwhile, recognizes the high esteem in which Huang is held by leaders in the engineering field as well as by other AAAS members. The Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, Huang’s research is focused on deterministic 3D assembly and the development of models for stretchable and flexible electronics. His work has led to major advances in bio-integrated electronics for health monitoring. A member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Huang is a foreign member of Academia Europaea, a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a foreign member of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also the recipient of numerous awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Daniel C. Drucker Medal and Nadai Medal from ASME, the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from ASME and Pi Tau Sigma, the William Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Sciences, and the Zdeněk P. Bažant Medal and Theodore von Karman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers. A highly cited researcher in engineering, materials science and physics, he has published two books and more than 500 journal papers, including papers published in Science and Nature. Huang received a bachelor’s degree in mechanics from Peking University in China, and both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in engineering science from Harvard University.

    Assad Oberai, Ph.D.

    Assad Oberai, Ph.D.
    ASME member Assad Oberai, Ph.D., the Hughes Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and interim vice dean at the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. To become an ASME Fellow, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members. Dr. Oberai was recognized for this long-term contributions to the field of computational mechanics. He leads the Computation and Data Driven Discovery (CD3) group at USC which designs, implements and applies data- and physics-based models and algorithms for applications including the detection, diagnosis and care of diseases, understanding the role of mechanics in medicine and biology, and modeling the evolution of multi-physics and multiscale systems. Prior to joining USC, he was a professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) as well as the associate dean for research and graduate studies in the School of Engineering and the associate director of the Scientific Computation Research Center at RPI. Assad was an assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at Boston University from 2001 to 2005 before joining RPI in 2006. A Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and the United States Association of Computational Mechanics, Assad has received a number of honors including the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Research Excellence Award in 2015, the RPI Outstanding Team Award in 2014, the Humboldt Foundation Award in 2009, ASME’s Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award in 2007, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2005. He earned three degrees in mechanical engineering: a bachelor’s degree from India’s Osmania University in 1992, a master’s degree from the University of Colorado in 1994, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1998.

    Sandip Dutta, Ph.D.

    Sandip Dutta, Ph.D.
    ASME member Sandip Dutta, Ph.D., a mechanical engineering lecturer at Clemson University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. To become an ASME Fellow, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members. An expert in computational sciences, data analytics and thermal sciences, Dr. Dutta has acquired significant academic, software and industry experience during his career. His research interests include thermal systems, fluid mechanics, turbulence, software quality, image processing and cognition, automotive technology, and business analytics. Prior to his current position at Clemson, he was a member of the mechanical engineering faculty at the University of South Carolina and a senior engineer at GE Power in Greenville, S.C., where he helped develop a number of cooling- and materials-related designs applicable to large power generating turbines and emerging manufacturing techniques. His work at GE resulted in 33 international patents. The co-author of an important book on gas turbine heat transfer, Gas Turbine Heat Transfer and Cooling Technology, Second Edition, Dutta’s publications on turbine cooling, PEM fuel cells and numerical techniques were cited more than 4,000 times in international technical publications. He is an active member of the IGTI Heat Transfer Committee (ASME K-14). Dutta received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1985. He went on to earn a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1992 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1995.

    Donald O. Rockwell, Ph.D.

    Donald O. Rockwell, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Donald O. Rockwell, Ph.D., the Paul B. Reinhold Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Dr. Rockwell was one of 14 faculty members from universities in Australia, England, France and the United States named to the class of 2020 AIAA Fellows. The Fellow distinction is conferred upon individuals “in recognition of their notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics and astronautics,” according to the institute. Rockwell was recognized for his “breakthrough insight into unsteady aerodynamic flows and structural interactions using novel experimental approaches and advanced image processing” as well as his “technical leadership and educational achievements,” according to AIAA. During his more than 40 years at Lehigh University, Rockwell has earned an international reputation as an expert on the complex physics of fluid flows. One key focus of his research has been the laser-based imaging of unsteady development of vortex flows for a range of aerodynamic configurations. His other research interests include applied science and engineering, including vortex-induced enhancement of contaminant transport in shallow river and coastal flows; flow-induced vibration of structures in the ocean environment and components of power plant systems; and noise caused by vortex interactions in nuclear submarine systems. Rockwell was the editor-in-chief of the leading journal, Experiments in Fluids, from 1994 to 2009. He received his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and Ph.D. — all in mechanical engineering — from Lehigh University.

    Richard W. Klopp, Ph.D., P.E.

    Richard W. Klopp, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Richard W. Klopp, Ph.D., P.E., principal engineer at Exponent Inc., was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. To become an ASME Fellow, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members. A well-regarded professional with substantial experience and expertise in the field of engineering failure analysis and prevention, Klopp’s work has impacted the fields of industrial machinery, electric and gas utilities, fire protection, medical equipment and devices, recreational products, and missile defense. Klopp, who specializes in mechanical engineering and the mechanics of materials, has been recognized within the industry for his contributions in intellectual property, technical papers, book chapters and invited lectures. His background includes extensive experience in machining; analysis of fasteners, gears and bearings; power generation; mechanical power transmission; optical systems; metrology; hydraulic systems; fluid handling components; fracture mechanics; high-strain rate deformation and failure; impact and shock wave loading; and mechanical testing and optical measurement methods. Klopp has provided consulting services on issues related to industrial problem solving, product recalls, product defect litigation, intellectual property disputes, national defense, and insurance issues. He has also been an active ASME volunteer through his contributions to the B5 Technical Committee 52 ‒ Machine Tool Performance. Before working at Exponent, Klopp was a research engineer at SRI International and served as a research associate at Brown University. In addition to a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1981 from Lehigh University, Klopp earned three degrees from Brown University: a master’s degree in engineering, in 1984, a master’s degree in applied mathematics, in 1986, and a Ph.D. in engineering, in 1987. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of California, Nevada, Texas and Washington.

    Sreekant Narumanchi, Ph.D.

    Sreekant Narumanchi, Ph.D.
    ASME member Sreekant Narumanchi, Ph.D., the acting manager of the Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines (APEEM) group in the Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. ASME honored Dr. Narumanchi for his extensive involvement with ASME and his excellence in mechanical engineering research at NREL. Narumanchi’s team at the laboratory focuses on thermal management and reliability for power electronics and electric machines for several renewable energy and energy efficiency applications, including the investigation of novel cooling technologies, thermal interface materials/interfaces, and interconnects, as well as the reliability of these components. As manager of the APEEM group, he leads a team of researchers focused on the thermal, electrothermal, mechanical and reliability aspects of power electronics and electric machines for electric-drive vehicles, as well as for other energy efficiency and renewable energy applications. His research accomplishments at NREL have been highlighted in more than 70 peer-reviewed journals and conference papers. His work has also been acknowledged with various awards, including an R&D 100 Award, which he received in 2016 for research related to wide-bandgap power electronics for enhancing the performance of electric-drive vehicles. A member of ASME for approximately 20 years, Narumanchi served as topic chair for power electronics and electric machines at the ASME InterPACK conference in 2015. His involvement with the conference has expanded, and he assumed the role of InterPACK’s general chair in 2019. He currently serves as an associate editor of the ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging. Narumanchi received a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, in 1997, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Washington State University, in 1999, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, in 2003.

    Matthew Campbell, Ph.D

    Matthew Campbell, Ph.D.
    ASME member Matthew Campbell, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at Oregon State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. To become an ASME Fellow, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members. According to his citation, Dr. Campbell was recognized for “his pioneering work in the area of computational design synthesis, including the impactful contribution of agent-based design synthesis and theory and implementation of graph grammars,” as well as for “fundamental contributions to computational manufacturing planning.” He was also honored for his contributions to computational design education, his work advising students at his university, and his leadership in the field of design information, automation, and theory and methodology. A mechanical engineering professor whose research combines computational innovations and mechanical design, Campbell has gained a reputation as an expert in fields such as machine design, design theory, artificial intelligence, graph theory and numerical optimization during his nearly 20 years as an academic principal investigator. Before joining the faculty at Oregon State’s School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Campbell was a William J. Murray Fellow at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, a Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at the Technical University of Munich, and a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2005. He has more than 140 published articles — more than 80 of which appeared in ASME publications — and was the recipient of best paper awards at conferences presented by ASME, the American Society for Engineering Education, and the Design Society. Campbell earned three degrees in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University: a bachelor’s degree in 1995, a master’s degree in 1997, and a Ph.D. in 2000.

    Kenneth C. Hall, D.Sc.

    Kenneth C. Hall, D.Sc.
    ASME Fellow Kenneth C. Hall, D.Sc., the Julian Francis Abele Distinguished Professor in the mechanical engineering and materials science department at Duke University, has been named a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the NAE is considered one of the highest professional honors an engineer can receive. Dr. Hall, who is part of a class of 87 new members and 18 international members recently announced by the academy, was cited for the “development of unsteady aerodynamic and aeromechanics theories and analysis for internal and external aerodynamic flows.” Hall is the tenth Duke Engineering faculty member to be elected to the NAE. Hall’s research focuses on understanding and modeling the behavior of unsteady air flows and their interaction with elastic aerospace structures, such as in the fan, compressor and turbine stages of gas turbine engines used in aircraft and for power generation where the unsteady aerodynamic forces can cause unwanted and damaging blade vibrations in these engines. The techniques developed by Hall and his colleagues at Duke help promote understanding about the underlying physical mechanisms and the design of more efficient and safer gas turbine engines and aerospace vehicles. Previously, Hall helped lead the development of frequency domain techniques used in computational fluid mechanics (CFD) computer codes, which resulted in considerable reduction in computational times and often significant increases in accuracy. Hall, who was named a Fellow of ASME in 2000 and a recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2017, is the former editor of the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery. He received three degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a bachelor’s degree in 1981, a master’s degree in 1983, and a D.Sc. in 1987.

    Ashfaq Adnan, Ph.D.

    Ashfaq Adnan, Ph.D.
    ASME member Ashfaq Adnan, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. To become an ASME Fellow, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members. According to the Fellow citation, Dr. Adnan, who has been a member of the university’s faculty since 2010, was recognized for his “significant contributions to the field of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and multiscale mechanics of biological, bioinspired and engineered materials. Adnan was the first to propose the key mechanism of shock-induced cavitation and damage in TBI that provides critical insights on the effects of nanoscale bubbles. In addition, he established an innovative multiscale theory on the mechanism of cavitation in soft materials, the citation continued, noting his reputation as “a great educator and an active member of the ASME,” who has exhibited strong leadership skills and an outstanding service record. Last year, Adnan chaired UTA’s first International Symposium on Traumatic Brain Injury Mechanisms and Protections, which convened leading international researchers and experts to address knowledge gaps in TBI research and share ideas to speed the progress of research in the area. He currently has two grants from the Office of Naval Research and a National Institutes of Health sub-award to fund his research related to blast-induced traumatic brain injury. Adnan earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2000, a master’s degree from Tuskegee University in 2004, and a doctorate in structures and materials from Purdue University in 2008.

    Stephen Lynch, Ph.D.

    Stephen Lynch, Ph.D.
    ASME member Stephen Lynch, Ph.D., the Shuman Family Early Career Professor and associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, was recently named a Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents honored Dr. Lynch with the Fellow grade of membership for his excellence in research focusing on turbine heat transfer and additive manufacturing techniques; the transfer of that knowledge to the students at Penn State University, significantly enhancing the quality of education; and his service to the professional community and specifically his contributions to IGTI Heat Transfer Committee. In his role as the director of the Experimental and Computational Convection Laboratory (ExCCL) at Penn State, Lynch has demonstrated proficiency in convective heat transfer and aerodynamics for power generation and propulsion applications. His particular focus is fundamental and applied research for gas turbine component cooling improvements and the design of advanced heat exchangers using additive manufacturing. His general research goals are the study of next-generation turbine cooling technologies and materials to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. In addition to receiving an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, Lynch has received a number of research contracts with industry partners. The owner of two patents, Lynch has published 19 peer-reviewed articles, one of which was selected as best paper at the 2019 ASME Turbo Expo. He is also an associate editor of ASME’s Journal of Turbomachinery. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2003, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2007, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech in 2011.

    Douglas Bohl, Ph.D.

    Douglas Bohl, Ph.D.
    ASME member Douglas Bohl, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Bohl has contributed to the engineering profession through his research, teaching and service, and his work on the development and application of novel diagnostic techniques to advance the understanding of fluid dynamics, according to his Fellow citation. To become an ASME Fellow, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members. Bohl is one of the world’s few experts in the world in molecular tagging velocimetry, according to Clarkson University’s Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Chair, Brian Helebrook, who nominated Bohl for the honor. Bohl is also an expert in the application of particle-induced velocimetry techniques whose research has been published in such journals such as the Journal of Fluids Engineering and the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Bohl has been an active volunteer at the local and national level, dedicating his time to the development of workshops, committee service efforts, and personal volunteerism. At Clarkson, Bohl is the advisor to the ASME undergraduate student group, which he helped revitalize. Under his guidance, the group participated in an ASME E-Fest at Michigan State University and the students are now planning their own E-Fest to be held at Clarkson. Bohl is also a member of the ASME Multi-Phase Flow Technical Committee of the Fluids Engineering Division and is currently organizing the experimental multi-phase flow subtopic for the 2020 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1992, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and fluid mechanics from Michigan State University in 1996, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University in 2002.

    Pingsha Dong, Ph.D.

    Pingsha Dong, Ph.D.
    ASME member Pingsha Dong, Ph.D., professor of naval architecture and marine engineering at the University of Michigan, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in honor of his work in predicting fatigue life. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. ASME elected Dr. Dong to this prestigious grade of membership for his invention of a breakthrough fatigue life prediction method for welded structures, according to his Fellow citation. His mesh-insensitive structural stress method has been applied in several industries and implemented in ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel International Code and the American Petroleum Institute Fitness-For-Service Standards. Dong’s research interests include advanced design and analysis methodologies for engineering structures, emphasizing welded structures and novel computational modeling techniques for manufacturing processes. He has developed many unique computational procedures that have been adopted by major manufacturing industries and national and international codes and standards entities. These include the mesh-insensitive structural stress method for fatigue design and life evaluation of welded structures adopted by 2007 ASME Div. 2 International Code, the Joint 2007 ASME FFS-1/API 579 RP-1 Fitness for Service Code. A member of ASME for the past 30 years, Dong is also a contributing member of the ASME/API Joint Committee on Fitness for Service. He received a bachelor’s degree in welding engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1978, a master’s degree in welding engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1980, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1984, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1989.

    Jayathi Murthy, Ph.D.

    Jayathi Murthy, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Jayathi Murthy, Ph.D., dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Membership in the NAE, a private nonprofit organization that honors exceptional engineers from around the world, is considered one of the highest professional honors an engineer can receive. Dr. Murthy, who is the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of UCLA Engineering and a distinguished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was elected “for the development of unstructured solution-adaptive finite volume methods for heat, mass and momentum transport,” according to the academy. Her research interests include nanoscale heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, and simulations of fluid flow and heat transfer for industrial applications. Murthy has recently focused her research on sub-micron thermal transport, multiscale multi-physics simulations of micro- and nano-electromechanical systems, and the uncertainty quantifications involved in those systems. Before joining UCLA Engineering as its seventh dean in January 2016, Murthy was chair of the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Ernest Cockrell Jr. Memorial Chair in Engineering and served as director of the Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity and Survivability of Microsystems. Prior to that, she was the Robert V. Adams Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, a professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and an assistant professor at Arizona State University. Between 1988 and 1998, Murthy worked at New Hampshire-based Fluent Inc., a leading developer and vendor of computational fluid dynamics software. A Fellow of ASME, she has received such Society honors as the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award and the ASME Electronics and Photonics Packaging Division Clock Award. Murthy received her undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, a master’s degree from Washington State University, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

    Zoubeida Ounaies, Ph.D.

    Zoubeida Ounaies, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Zoubeida Ounaies, Ph.D., professor and associate head of administration in the department of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, was named the inaugural director of the Penn State Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material Systems, a joint partnership with Germany’s University of Freiburg to design sustainable materials using biological and bioinspired principles. The two universities established the research and education partnership in July 2019 to further the development of a new class of engineered living materials with potential applications in such areas as sustainable infrastructure, new robotics technologies, electronics, and medical care. The partnership was established to bring together researchers on collaborative projects, fund seed grants and facilitate prestigious research exchange programs for students and faculty at Penn State and the University of Freiburg. Dr. Ounaies will supervise the center at Penn State and work closely with her counterpart, Jürgen Rühe, at the University of Freiburg. The two will organize joint initiatives, research projects and student exchanges that are scheduled to begin later this year. Ounaies also leads the Electroactive Materials Characterization Laboratory, an experimental research facility devoted to advancing the application of functional materials in sensing, actuation, and energy harvesting. Prior to becoming a member of the Penn State Engineering faculty in 2011, Ounaies was an associate professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Virginia Commonwealth University, and a senior scientist at NASA Langley Research Center. She is a Fellow of both ASME and the International Society for Optics and Photonics. She has served ASME in capacities including chair, vice chair and member of the Aerospace Division. Ounaies earned three degrees from Penn State: a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, and a Ph.D. in engineering science and mechanics.

    Ann R. Karagozian, Ph.D.

    Ann R. Karagozian, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Ann R. Karagozian, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), was recently appointed as the inaugural director of the university’s Promise Armenian Institute. A unit of the UCLA International Institute, the Promise Armenian Institute is a hub for world-class research and teaching on Armenian Studies that coordinates new and ongoing research and public impact programs taking place at UCLA and beyond, according to the university. Dr. Karagozian will be responsible for administering and setting the institute’s overall course, in addition to overseeing and helping to coordinate future activities including new and ongoing teaching, research and public impact programs. She will also be involved in selecting the first director of a new Armenian Studies Center that the center plans to launch. Karagozian currently supervises UCLA’s Energy and Propulsion Research Laboratory and is the director of the joint UCLA-Air Force Research Laboratory Collaborative Center for Aerospace Sciences. Her research focuses on fluid mechanics and combustion with applications to improve engine efficiency, reduced emissions, alternative fuels, and advanced rocket and air breathing propulsion systems. A faculty member at UCLA since 1982, Karagozian is the immediate past interim vice chancellor for research for the UCLA campus and a past chair of the UCLA Academic Senate. She also serves on the board of trustees of the American University of Armenia (AUA) and as chair of the AUA Board’s Educational Policy Committee. Karagozian, a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2018. Karagozian received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from UCLA in 1978. She earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1979, followed by a Ph.D. in mechanical from the university in 1982.

    Chii-Der Suh, Ph.D.

    Chii-Der (Steve) Suh, Ph.D.
    ASME member Chii-Der (Steve) Suh, Ph.D., an associate professor in the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. An ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members, to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Suh’s research interests include characterization and control of dynamic manufacturing instability, engineering design theory, micro-electromechanical systems and nano-electromechanical systems fabrication, high-performance microelectronic packaging, dynamic system diagnostics and prognostics, linear and nonlinear stress wave propagation, and laser ultrasonic thermometry. During his more than 25 years in the engineering community, Suh has been recognized at the local, national and international levels for his service and leadership in promoting university-industry collaboration and innovation in engineering education, and has inspired more than 2,500 undergraduates, 400 graduate students and many practicing engineers, according to the Fellow citation. A member of ASME since 1989, Suh is also a member of the research honor society Sigma Xi and the Society for Experimental Mechanics. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Feng-Chia University in 1984 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Auburn University in 1991. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M in 1997.

    Raffaella De Vita, Ph.D.

    Raffaella De Vita, Ph.D.
    ASME member Raffaella De Vita, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. An ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members, to become an ASME Fellow. An internationally renowned expert in the area of biomechanics, Dr. De Vita’s research focuses on characterizing the mechanical and structural behavior of biological systems using theoretical, computational and experimental methods. Through her scholarship and service to the profession, she has contributed to the advancement of pelvic floor biomechanics, an area that has been historically under-researched in spite of the growing public health need. Her strong record in teaching, her outreach initiatives, and her success in mentoring a diverse population of students have been recognized by several awards, according to her Fellow citation. De Vita joined Virginia Tech’s biomedical engineering and mechanics department in 2006 as a visiting assistant professor and became a tenure-track assistant professor one year later. She is currently the director of the STRETCH (Soft Tissue Research: Experiments, Theory and Computations by Hokie) Lab. In 2012, De Vita earned the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), which is the highest honor presented by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers at the beginning of their careers. She also received several awards at Virginia Tech for teaching, outreach, and excellence in access and inclusion. De Vita, who has also been a visiting professor at La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, earned a laurea degree in mathematics degree from University of Naples II in 2000. She received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003 and 2005, respectively.

    Bart Raeymaekers, Ph.D.

    Bart Raeymaekers, Ph.D.
    ASME member Bart Raeymaekers, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Raeymaekers is an expert in the area of tribology with an emphasis on micro- and nanoscale lubrication, and in the area of materials processing with an emphasis on directed self-assembly. Raeymaekers’ research interests span two areas: tribology with an emphasis on micro- and nanoscale lubrication, and materials manufacturing with an emphasis on directed self-assembly. Research by Raeymaekers and his students bridges multiple length scales and involves both lubricated and dry contact. One particularly notable area the team is exploring is lubrication in prosthetic hip joints. He is also enthusiastic about interaction between academia and industry, having founded a manufacturing center at the University of Utah that works with small- and medium-sized manufacturing companies in Utah. Raeymaekers has established an exceptional academic reputation that is supported by more than 50 publications in top-tier journals, more than 40 refereed publications in international conferences, and his work developing and leading large research programs. He has also worked with industry as a consultant, and is frequently requested as an expert witness. He was the recipient of ASME’s Burt L. Newkirk Award in 2014, and well as several research and teaching awards. After receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electromechanical engineering in Belgium, Raeymaekers moved to the United States in 2004, where he obtained both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He then earned an M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009.

    Ivana Milanovic, Ph.D.

    Ivana Milanovic, Ph.D.
    ASME member Ivana Milanovic, Ph.D., a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Hartford, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. An ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members, to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Milanovic’s research spans a variety of applications used in industry, including modeling and simulation, laser drilling of cooling holes in aerospace parts, development of smart projectiles for the U.S. Army, and development of synthetic jets for aerodynamic performance gains. Her work in the area of vortical flows has resulted in the development of important probe calibration methods, quantification of high- and low-speed vortical flows, and advances in the understanding the wake vortices. An expert on simulations and inquiry-based learning in undergraduate STEM education, Milanovic’s contributions to the undergraduate curriculum have been recognized in various print and digital articles. A contributing author to more than 90 journal articles, NASA reports, conference papers, and software releases, Milanovic has also been an active member of ASME’s publishing community. She has served as a member of the ASME Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee (FMTC) since 2003, and is currently a member of the FMTC Awards Committee. She is a member elect of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE), a group of scientists and engineers that provides support and insight to state agencies and legislature. She received both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from New York University Tandon School of Engineering.

    Alexander J. Smits, Ph.D

    Alexander J. Smits, Ph.D
    ASME Fellow Alexander J. Smits, Ph.D., the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Batchelor Prize. The prestigious award, which is sponsored by the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Cambridge University Press, is bestowed every four years to recognize the achievements of an active scientist who has made significant research contributions to fluid mechanics during the previous decade. Dr. Smits received the honor for his seminal contributions to the understanding of the structure of wall turbulence at very large Reynolds and Mach numbers, especially through the design of innovative experiments and measurement devices. He was also recognized for his pioneering work on bio-inspired propulsion and on drag reduction using modified surfaces. His research interests, which are focused on experimental research in turbulence and fluid mechanics, include Reynolds numbers scaling of turbulent flows; the effects of roughness; bio-inspired propulsion; drag reduction using liquid-infused porous surfaces; the behavior of turbulent flows at supersonic and hypersonic speeds; sports ball aerodynamics; and the development of new and improved measurement techniques. He is the author or co-author of more than 400 journal articles and conference proceedings papers, and is the author of A Physical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and co-author of Turbulent Shear Layers in Compressible Flow. In addition to being a Fellow of ASME, Smits is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Fluids Engineering Award from ASME in 2007, the Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award from AIAA in 2014, and the Fluid Dynamics Prize from APS in 2019. He earned both a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

    Asok Ray, Ph.D.

    Asok Ray, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Asok Ray, Ph.D., distinguished professor of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, was recently named as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Established in 1874, AAAS Fellowship recognizes individuals whose efforts to advance science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. Ray will be presented the award during the AAAS Annual Meeting, which will be held February in Seattle. Ray’s research interests include optimization and control of continuously varying and discrete-event dynamical systems, stochastic modeling and estimation of nonlinear processes, signal decomposition (including wavelets), and intelligent instrumentation. During his 45-year career, Ray has helped develop groundbreaking innovations in machine learning and real-time control of smart machines and autonomous systems and promoted their use in defense and commercial applications. Ray, who joined the Penn State faculty in 1985, has specifically contributed recently to the fields of fault and anomaly detection and statistical pattern recognition for the robust and resilient control of safety-critical systems such as airplanes and nuclear plants. Before joining Penn State, Ray held research and academic positions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie-Mellon University as well as management and research positions at GTE Strategic Systems Division, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, and MITRE Corp. He is the author or co-author of more than 600 research publications, including more than 300 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals. An ASME Fellow since 1994, he received the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division’s Henry M. Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award in 2012. In addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Calcutta University, Ray earned three degrees from Northeastern University: a master’s degree in computer science in 1972, a master’s degree in mathematics in 1978 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1976.

    Debbie Holton

    Debbie Holton
    ASME member Debbie Holton, ASME’s managing director of industry events, was recently honored by America Makes, the United States’ leading and collaborative partner in additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing technology research, discovery, creation and innovation. Holton was one of nine professionals from the field of AM/3D who were named as the Class of 2019 America Makes Ambassadors. Launched in 2017, the Ambassador Program recognizes individuals who continually demonstrate outstanding dedication to America Makes and its mission. As managing director of industry events for ASME, Holton is responsible for building the Society’s industry events portfolio and transforming ASME’s business development strategy as the leader of its technology advancement and business development team. In May 2020, ASME is launching a new Industry Event in Additive Manufacturing, AM Medical (event.asme.org/AM-Medical), which is specifically focused on medical applications of 3D printing and related technologies. Prior to joining ASME in 2018, she had been vice president of events and industry strategy for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), where she developed corporate strategies for emerging technologies including additive manufacturing and 3D printing, led industry collaborations including the U.S. Department of Defense award-winning Aerospace Automation Consortium, and served as acting director of technology transition and outreach for America Makes. Holton was recognized last year by Crain’s Detroit Business in its list of Notable Women in Manufacturing. Structured as a public-private partnership with member organizations from industry, academia, government, non-government agencies, and workforce and economic development resources, America Makes is working to innovate and accelerate AM and 3DP to increase the United States’ global manufacturing competitiveness.

    Taehyun Shim, Ph.D.

    Taehyun Shim, Ph.D.
    ASME member Taehyun Shim, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. An ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society, as well as a nomination from other ASME members, to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Shim’s research interests include mathematical modeling and simulation of dynamic systems, active vehicle safety, vehicle dynamics, vehicle stability control, vehicle rollover, and modeling and control of hybrid electric vehicles. His research has been funded by Ford Motor Company, General Dynamics Land Systems, TRW Automotive, and Hyundai/Kia Motor, and has resulted in more than 80 authored publications and six patents. Shim served as chair of the ASME Automotive and Transportation System Technical Committee from 2016-2018.  Shim, who is an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, is a recipient of the 2008 Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and a Distinguished Faculty Research Award from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2016. Shim earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Hankuk Aviation University in Korea in 1992. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1997 and 2000, respectively.

    Paris von Lockette, Ph.D.

    Paris von Lockette, Ph.D.
    ASME member Paris von Lockette, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. von Lockette’s research interests include additive manufacturing of electromagnetically sensitive components; multi-field and multi-functional materials and device development; and modeling, simulation and experimentation of nonlinear multiphysics and mechanics. He is renowned for his research on electromagnetically sensitive polymer matrix composites and structures, and his work has had a significant impact on the field. He has received over $5 million in funding as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI and has been published in leading mechanics, smart materials, robotics and polymer journals. Von Lockette began his career in 1999 at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., where he led a mentoring program for underrepresented minorities in college and created an engineering outreach program for sixth- to eighth-grade students in the community. After serving a one-year position as visiting scientist at Rutgers University in 2011, von Lockette joined the Penn State University faculty in 2013. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, in 1993. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1999.

    Shahrokh Etemad, Ph.D.

    Shahrokh Etemad, Ph.D.
    ASME member Shahrokh Etemad, Ph.D., professor and chair of mechanical engineering at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn., was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. As department chair, Dr. Etemad has provided leadership and successfully achieved program accreditation; enhanced student enrollment through the hiring and mentoring of new faculty and the introduction of several advanced courses; and raised funds to develop three state-of-art laboratories, according to the Fellow citation. Before joining the faculty of Fairfield University in 2010, Etemad was employed in the research divisions of Honeywell-Textron, Carrier-United Technologies, and Precision Combustion Inc. The developer of the scroll compressor for Carrier Corp. and the RCL Combustion System for Precision Combustion, Etemad holds 29 patent awards and has published more than 40 technical articles in scientific journals. He is the recipient of ASME’s Gas Turbine Award, which recognizes an outstanding individual or multiple-author contribution to the literature of combustion gas turbines or gas turbines thermally combined with nuclear or steam power plants. He earned two degrees in the United Kingdom: a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Sussex in 1977 and a master’s degree of mechanical engineering from the University of London, King’s College, in 1979. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington in 1984.

    Y. Charles Lu, Ph.D., P.E.

    Y. Charles Lu, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Y. Charles Lu, Ph.D., P.E., the H.E. Katterjohn Professor in Engineering at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering Extended Campus at Paducah, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Lu’s research interests include micromechanics and nanomechanics; polymers, elastomers, composites, and advanced materials; finite-element analysis and mechanical design; and computational materials science. Prior to joining the University of Kentucky in 2006, Lu held senior engineering and research positions at the automotive company Dana Corporation and the Akron Rubber Development Laboratory. Lu has edited 10 books, authored more than 150 journal or conference publications, and is a recipient of several awards including the SAE Excellence in Engineering Education Award in 2017, the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 2010, the ASME Bluegrass Outstanding ME Faculty Award in 2009 and the Dana Engineering Achievement Award in 2004. In addition to receiving a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in materials science and engineering from China’s Northeast Forestry University, Lu earned a master’s degree in mechanical and materials engineering from the University of Western Ontario and a master’s degree in mathematics from Murray State University in Murray, Ky. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical and materials engineering from the University of Western Ontario. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Kentucky.

    Sebastian Bawab, Ph.D.

    Sebastian Bawab, Ph.D.
    ASME member Sebastian Bawab, Ph.D., professor and chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Bawab, who joined the university more than 27 years ago, has spent the past seven years leading the mechanical and aerospace engineering department. It is the largest department in Old Dominion’s Batten College of Engineering and Technology, accounting for approximately 30 percent of the undergraduate students at the university. Bawab has overseen the continual growth in graduate and undergraduate enrollment and founded the College’s motorsports and additive manufacturing laboratories. Bawab, who has been recognized as one of the leading U.S. experts in computational biomechanics, is the recipient of the prestigious Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) Ralph E. Teetor award for early career engineering educators. In addition to biomechanics, Bawab's teaching research and publication interests include kinematics/dynamics, finite element analysis (FEA) and multibody dynamics and his research has been sponsored by organizations including the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. Bawab received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, both in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University.

    Chunlei Liang, Ph.D.

    Chunlei Liang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Chunlei Liang, Ph.D., was recently appointed professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Dr. Liang’s research interests include computational fluid dynamics, high-performance computation, computational magnetohydrodynamics, and fluid-structure interaction. Liang, who has advised eight Ph.D. dissertations and three master’s theses, has received more than $1.5 million in research funding from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and other organizations. Prior to joining the Clarkson University faculty this summer, Liang served as an assistant professor and associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at George Washington University. He is the recipient of several prestigious honors including a National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2016, a U.S. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award in 2014, the Ralph E. Powe Young Faculty Award in 2012, and the Japan Society for Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship. He was also named a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers this year. Liang is a member of the editorial board for the journal Computers & Fluids and has been published in journals including Computers & Fluids, the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Astrophysical Journal and the Journal of Computational Physics. He received a bachelor’s degree in thermal power engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2000 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of London in 2005.

    Suresh V. Garimella, Ph.D.

    Suresh V. Garimella, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Suresh V. Garimella, Ph.D., executive vice president for research and partnerships and the Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, was recently appointed to the National Science Board. Established as part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, the board develops policies for and oversees the activities of the National Science Foundation and serves as an independent body of advisors to the president and Congress on policy matters related to science, engineering, and engineering and science education. Members are selected for their eminence in research, education and records of distinguished service and are appointed by the president. Dr. Garimella was one of seven appointments to the board made by President Donald Trump. Garimella, who is responsible for overseeing Purdue’s wide-ranging research enterprise, was cited for his strength in innovation, competitiveness and leveraging investments through academic-corporate partnerships, according to the university. In 2010, the U.S. Department of State selected Garimella as a Jefferson Science Fellow to help engage the U.S. academic science, technology and engineering communities in the creation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy. In addition to being a Fellow of ASME, he is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Garimella has been the recipient of a number of prestigious ASME honors including the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award in 2014, the Heat Transfer Memorial Award in 2010, the Allan Kraus Thermal Management Award in 2009 and the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award in 2004. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

    Enrique J. Lavernia, Ph.D

    Enrique J. Lavernia, Ph.D
    ASME Fellow Enrique J. Lavernia, Ph.D., provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California, Irvine, was recently named the recipient of the 2020 Acta Materialia Gold Medal. The award, which is presented by Acta Materialia Inc., recognizes demonstrated leadership in the field of materials science and engineering in the form of either materials research that has had a significant and lasting impact on the development of the discipline, or recent work of great originality. Dr. Lavernia will receive the medal and present an overview of his research during the TMS Annual Meeting next February in San Diego, Calif. In his role as provost, Lavernia serves as chief academic and operating officer at UCI, where he is primarily responsible for the university’s teaching and research operations that includes 16 schools, nearly 5,500 faculty and more than 190 degree programs. Prior to joining the UCI faculty, Lavernia was dean of engineering and a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at UC Davis. He also served as provost and executive vice chancellor for two years. Lavernia has received a number of honors during his illustrious career, including an honorary doctorate from Aalto University in Finland, the Distinguished Engineering Educator Award from the National Engineers’ Council, a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award, the TMS Society’s Leadership Award and the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award. An ASME Fellow, Lavernia is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, the Materials Research Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, ASM International, and the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. He received a bachelor’s degree in solid mechanics from Brown University in 1982, a master’s degree in materials science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984, and a Ph.D. in materials engineering from MIT in 1986.

    Bahram Ravani, Ph.D.

    Bahram Ravani, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Bahram Ravani, Ph.D., a distinguished professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department and director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society at the University of California, Davis, was recently named the recipient of the university’s Senior Faculty Research Award. Dr. Ravani will be presented the award at the Celebration of Faculty Excellence awards ceremony and reception at UC Davis on Oct. 10. Ravani is also co-director of the Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology Research Center, a collaborative effort with the California Department of Transportation that applies robotics, automation and information science in engineering to civil infrastructure including the highway system. He also initiated an international research training group in Germany to train Ph.D. students in manufacturing. During his more than 30-year career at UC Davis, Ravani has led research in the areas of design and manufacturing, automation, robotics, highway safety, mechatronics and informatics, intelligent transportation systems, dynamics and biomechanics that was published in more than 140 technical publications and a graduate-level textbook. In addition to dynamics and kinematics, Ravani’s teaching interests include mechanical design, computer-aided design, the biomechanics of impact and trauma, accident reconstruction, forensic biomechanics, and stress and strain analysis. A member of ASME for more than 35 years, Ravani is the recipient of several ASME awards including the Machine Design Award, the Gustus Larson Memorial Award, the Design Automation Award and the Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA) Achievement Award. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1976 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in 1978. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1982.

    Albert Ratner, Ph.D.

    Albert Ratner, Ph.D.
    ASME member Albert Ratner, Ph.D., associate professor in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Iowa, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. A member of the University of Iowa faculty since 2011, Dr. Ratner has made significant contributions to the understanding of combustion instability, biomass gasification and liquid fuels, including authoring or co-authoring more than 80 technical publications, according to the Fellow citation. With a field of knowledge spanning areas such as combustion, laser diagnostics, reacting and unsteady flows, reaction layer dynamics and high-speed imaging, Ratner’s research activities have included work in combustion instability, biomass gasification and combustion, droplet combustion and behavior dynamics, and artificial heart and mechanical circulatory support technology development through the university’s Bhama-Ratner Artificial Heart & MCS Advancement (BRAHMA) Lab. He has presented numerous short courses in the United States, China and Brazil and has taught more than 2,500 undergraduate engineering students and graduated 20 master’s degree students and seven Ph.D. students under his supervision. He has served the Society as a reviewer for the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology and the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power as well a reviewer and topic organizer for the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) and a reviewer for the ASME Turbo Expo. Ratner received a bachelor’s degree in engineering and applied science from California Institute of Technology in 1995. He received two master’s degrees from the University of Michigan: a master’s in aerospace engineering in 1996 and a master’s in mathematics in 1999. He received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan in 2000.

    Eui-Hyeok Yang, Ph.D.

    Eui-Hyeok Yang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Eui-Hyeok Yang, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Micro Device Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Yang was recognized for his significant contributions to the fields of micro- and nanotechnology, with applications that include biomedical devices, self-powered smart wearables, energy storage, oil/water separation, infrared detection and space telescopes. Through the combination of fundamental research with practical application, Yang uses his expertise in nanofabrication, nanophysics and materials science to design and develop flexible, ultra-lightweight, ultra-thin materials and nanostructures for a variety of innovative scientific, military and civilian uses. Other areas of Yang’s research include developing cost-effective graphene-based sensors for infrared radiation detection for space exploration, military surveillance and tactical reconnaissance; investigating the degradation behaviors and surface properties of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides and other 2D crystal materials for use in next-generation wearables and photonic devices; and manipulating and controlling microfluids on smart polymer surfaces for potential use in areas such as industrial cleaning, oily water separation, antibacterial coatings, and lab-on-a-chip biomedical fluids testing. Yang, who has held various track chair positions for ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), has served as chair and vice chair of the ASME Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Division and was a featured Micro- and Nano-Systems Engineering and Packaging track plenary speaker at IMECE in 2018. He received three degrees from Ajou University in Korea: a bachelor’s degree in 1990, a master’s degree in 1992, and a Ph.D. in 1996.

    Maurizio Porfiri, Ph.D.

    Maurizio Porfiri, Ph.D.
    ASME member Maurizio Porfiri, Ph.D., a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and biomedical engineering at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Porfiri, who directs the Dynamical Systems Laboratory at NYU Tandon, was recognized for his research contributions crossing several areas including biomimetic robotics, collective behavior, multiphysics modeling, and complex systems. He is renowned for designing and implementing a series of biologically inspired robotic fish that interact with real fish, thereby providing insights into animal behavior and a better understanding of the physical cues and psychological drivers among fish. Additionally, Porfiri’s experiments in fluid-structure interactions have led to outcomes that could result in new lightweight, more resilient marine vessels for navigating arctic regions. Porfiri has been presented a number of ASME honors including the 2015 C.D. Mote, Jr., Early Career Award, the 2013 Dynamics Systems and Control Division Young Investigator Award and the 2013 Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award. He is also the recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award and was named one of Popular Science magazine’s “Brilliant 10” young scientists in 2010. Porfiri received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He also received a Laurea degree in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics in a dual-degree program from the Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Toulon in France.

    Laurel Kuxhaus, Ph.D.

    Laurel Kuxhaus, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Laurel Kuxhaus, Ph.D., an associate professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University, was recently named program director of the Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Program of the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation in the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Kuxhaus was one of four 2018-2019 Fellows in the ASME Federal Government Fellowship Program, serving as an ASME Congressional Fellow in the office of the Honorable Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), who is a member of both the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, as well as one of the few members of Congress with an engineering degree. Kuxhaus’ accomplishments as an ASME Congressional Fellow have included the drafting of the Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act and the Medical Device Sterilization Challenges Act of 2019. In her new position as program director at the NSF, Kuxhaus will be responsible for long-range planning and budget development for the Biomechanics and Mechanobiology Program. Her duties will include supervising the NSF award process for researchers in her program, which includes merit review, award and declination process, and identifying future funding opportunities, according to the NSF. Kuxhaus was elected as a Fellow of ASME in recognition of her dedication to engineering education, her service to the ASME Bioengineering Division, and her research pursuits, which focus on the area of orthopedic biomechanics and primarily with the study of injury biomechanics. Kuxhaus earned bachelor’s degrees in engineering mechanics and music from Michigan State University in 2001, followed by a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 2003. She received a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008.

    Lloyd Smith, Ph.D.
    Lloyd Smith, Ph.D.

    ASME member Lloyd Smith, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University (WSU), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Smith was recognized for exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession, according to the Fellow citation. A nationally known authority on baseball bat and ball performance, Smith is the director of the Sports Science Lab at WSU, which is the official certification center for 10 amateur baseball and softball federations including the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the American Softball Association and USA Baseball, according to the university. The lab quantifies and certifies balls and bats, helping keep the game consistent by controlling equipment efficiency. A member of the WSU faculty since 1996, Smith created new techniques in the early 2000s that helped transform how baseball-bat performance was measured, culminating in the development of a new measurement machine that has been accepted by major bat manufacturers and sports federations. He also designed a portable tester for verifying whether a bat had been modified to exceed approved performance limits. Smith’s other research interests include modeling of sport ball impacts, protective equipment and head injuries, as well as the broad field of composite materials. Smith, who was named a Fellow of the International Sports Engineering Association last year, is the recipient of three degrees from the University of Utah: a bachelor’s degree in 1988, a master’s degree in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1994.

    David G. Bogard, Ph.D.

    David G. Bogard, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow David G. Bogard, Ph.D., associate department chair and professor at the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering in the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering, was recently appointed as the new editor for the ASME Journal of Turbomachinery. Dr. Bogard, who is the Baker Hughes Incorporated Centennial Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the university, currently directs research programs in turbine blade cooling and advanced drag reduction techniques for turbulent wall flows. He is also affiliated with the university’s Thermal/Fluid Systems research program. Bogard was named the Outstanding Graduate Advisor at the University of Texas at Austin in 2002. A member of ASME for more than 35 years, Bogard was elected as a Fellow of ASME in 1998 and was twice recipient of the Best Paper Award from the International Gas Turbine Institute Committee. He has published more than 130 technical articles and reports. Bogard joined the University of Texas at Austin faculty in 1982 after earning his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University that year.

    Satish S. Nair, Ph.D.

    Satish S. Nair, Ph.D.
    ASME member Satish S. Nair, Ph.D., P.E., a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Nair was recognized for his contributions in mathematical analysis and design of systems with applications including control, using both computational modeling and experimental techniques, according to the Fellow citation. Application areas include fluid power systems, NASA space suit systems, human thermal systems, aircraft systems and brain circuits. Nair’s research focuses on computational neuroscience, which employs mathematical models and theories to better understand the capabilities of the brain and nervous system. His work has been funded by such organizations as the National Science Foundation, NASA and the U.S. Air Force. In addition to his work at the university, Nair has also been involved with various outreach efforts in this area, including serving as director of a National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site; running LEGO robotics camps and robotics design challenges; preparing sample curricula for elementary school teachers; and organizing various STEM events for teachers and students. He is a former chair of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division as well as a former associate editor of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. He is a registered professional engineer in Missouri. Nair received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1983. He went on to earn two additional degrees in mechanical engineering from Ohio State University: a master’s degree in 1984 and a Ph.D. in 1988.

    Carl Tilmann, Ph.D.

    Carl Tilmann, Ph.D.
    ASME member Carl Tilmann, Ph.D., principal scientist with the Aerospace Vehicles Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. An internationally recognized leader in aerospace vehicle technologies, Dr. Tilmann has contributed to the development of aerodynamic simulation and experiments, advanced air vehicle concepts, aerodynamic flow control and aero-structural interactions. His early work in flow control helped to develop and demonstrate many concepts to improve aerodynamic performance of military and commercial aircraft. He has managed numerous technology development programs for the Air Force and DARPA, which have culminated in large-scale wind tunnel demonstrations at government and industry facilities. In his current position, Tilmann serves as the principal scientific advisor for an organization of more than 250 government, military and onsite-contractor researchers executing a $120 million per-year research portfolio in aerospace vehicle technology. He is also involved in K-12 STEM and university outreach at the local and regional level, having organized and headed dozens of STEM activities at regional festivals, local schools and science fairs. Tilmann earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering in 1987 from Trine University (formerly Tri-State University) in Angola, Ind. He received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1990 from the George Washington University’s Joint Institute for the Advancement of Flight Sciences in Hampton, Va., and a Ph.D. in 1997 from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

    Christopher J. Freitas, Ph.D.

    Christopher J. Freitas, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Christopher J. Freitas, Ph.D., a program director in the Mechanical Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), was recently named the new editor of the ASME Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification. Dr. Freitas, who joined SwRI in 1986 as a research engineer, currently develops and applies computational tools and experimental methods for the analysis of complex engineered and naturally occurring systems. He also conducts research into blast and fragment hazards and associated human injury mechanics, as well as the development of personal protective equipment for a dismounted warfighter. Freitas’ research interests include computational fluid dynamics (CFD), high-performance computing, numerical analysis, fluid mechanics, and continuum mechanics and ballistics. He has authored or co-authored more than 120 technical papers/presentations and more than 125 technical reports, and holds four patents. In May, Freitas received ASME’s Patrick J. Higgins Medal for his work developing and promoting verification and validation (V&V) in computational modeling and simulation standards, his leadership as chair of the Verification and Validation Standards Committee, and his founding of the V&V Symposium. A member of ASME since 1977, Freitas has held a number of Society positions, including chair of the Fluids Engineering Division, chair of the Coordinating Group on Computational Fluid Dynamics, vice chair of the V&V20 Verification and Validation in CFD and Heat Transfer Committee, and associate editor of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. He received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2013. Freitas received a bachelor’s degree in environmental and ocean engineering from Humboldt State University in 1977, a master’s degree in civil engineering from Utah State University in 1978 and a Ph.D. in mechanical and civil engineering from Stanford University in 1986.

    Ranjan Mukherjee, Ph.D.

    Ranjan Mukherjee, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Ranjan Mukherjee, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), was recently named the new editor of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. Dr. Mukherjee’s research is conducted in the broad area of dynamic systems and control, robotics and mechatronics, with a focus on telemedicine and computer-assisted surgical procedures. Before joining the MSU faculty, he was an assistant professor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., from 1991-1996. The author or co-author of more than 150 papers, Mukherjee has been as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters journal. Mukherjee, who was named an ASME Fellow in 2008, has also served as chair, vice chair and secretary of ASME’s Dynamic Systems & Control Division. He is the recipient of a number of awards including the Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award from the ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Division in 2014, the Withrow Distinguished Scholar Senior Award from the MSU College of Engineering in 2011, a Fulbright Research Scholarship in 2008, and the Withrow Teaching Excellence Award from the MSU College of Engineering in 2007. Mukherjee earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1987. He received both his master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1989 and 1991, respectively.

    David Sinton, Ph.D

    David Sinton, Ph.D
    ASME Fellow David Sinton, Ph.D., the Canada Research Chair in Microfluidics and Energy and a professor in the mechanical and industrial engineering department at the University of Toronto, was recently elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). The CAE is a national institution through which distinguished and experienced Canadian engineers provide strategic advice on matters of importance to the country. Dr. Sinton and three other new Fellows were inducted during the Academy’s Annual General Meeting and Symposium on June 21 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Sinton is a co-founder and the chief technology officer of Interface Fluidics Ltd., a startup that is dedicated to improving the environmental and economic performance of energy operations. He has held several leadership positions at the University of Toronto since joining the faculty in 2011, including interim vice dean of research, associate chair of research and director of the university’s Institute for Sustainable Energy. In addition to being a Fellow ASME and CSME, Sinton is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. He served as editor-in-chief of CSME’s flagship publication, CSME Bulletin, in 2014-2015. Sinton has earned three degrees in mechanical engineering: a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto in 1998, a master’s degree from McGill University in 2000 and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2003.

    Shad Roundy, Ph.D.

    Shad Roundy, Ph.D.
    ASME member Shad Roundy, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Roundy’s research focus is in the area of microsystems, transducers (sensors and actuators), energy harvesting, and wireless power transfer. Roundy oversees the university’s Integrated Self-Powered Sensing Lab, where his current research concentrates primarily on two areas: electromechanical energy harvesting for applications including wearable sensors, and wireless power transfer using ultrasound and low-frequency magnetic fields for applications including powering biomedical implants. Before becoming a member of the University of Utah faculty in 2012, Roundy spent several years working in the MEMS industry at startup and semiconductor companies in the San Francisco area, where he assisted in the development of a wireless tire pressure monitoring system, an energy harvester for tire pressure monitoring systems, and a six-axis MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). He has been the recipient of a number of honors including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, an Intel Noyce Fellowship and a Department of Energy Integrated Manufacturing Fellowship. He was also named one of the world’s top 100 young innovators by MIT Technology Review. Roundy earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University in 1996. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 2000 and 2003, respectively.

     

    Ning Zhang, Ph.D.

    Ning Zhang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Ning Zhang, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La., was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Zhang’s research interest areas include computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and heat transfer; shallow water flows and estuary modeling; sediment/salinity transport modeling; particle mechanics; fluid/structure interactions; multiphase, turbulent and chemical reacting flows; and biofluid mechanics. His work at McNeese State University has focused on fluid engineering issues that affect coastal areas in Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas, which include coastal erosion, flood and storm surge management, and sediment and salinity transport. Zhang has also worked with students to develop software that uses computer modeling to test dynamic fluid scenarios and solutions. He has received several endowed professorships and a Pinnacle Excellence Award, which have funded his research. The current chair of ASME’s Fluids Engineering Award Committee, Zhang previously served as chair and vice chair of the ASME Computational Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee. He is also an associate editor of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai University in 1997 and his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of South Alabama in 2000. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University in 2005.

     

    Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy, P.E.

    Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy, P.E.
    The Admissions Building at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) was recently named in honor of ASME Past President Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy, P.E., the first woman to graduate from the university with a chemical engineering degree, and her husband and fellow engineer, the late Roland V. Fitzroy, Jr. On May 16, the building was officially designated as the Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy ’49 and Roland V. Fitzroy Jr. Admissions Building in a ceremony that was presided over by Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer. A world-renowned authority in heat transfer and fluid flow and one of the world’s first female helicopter pilots, Fitzroy worked from 1950 until her retirement in 1987 at General Electric, where she specialized in heat transfer and fluid flow research for applications in nuclear reactor cores, gas turbines, space satellites, and other technologies. In 1986, she was elected as the first female president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). After completing her term as president, Fitzroy served the Society in a number of capacities including director, vice chair and trustee of the ASME Foundation; chair of the ASME Ralph Coats Roe Medal Committee; and member of the Board on Government Relations. Fitzroy, who is an ASME Fellow, has been the recipient of numerous Society awards including Honorary Membership in 2008, the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1993, and the ASME Centennial Medallion in 1980. In 2011, ASME established the Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy and Roland V. Fitzroy Medal, which recognizes pioneering contributions to the frontiers of engineering leading to a breakthrough in existing technology or leading to new applications or new areas of engineering endeavor.

     

    Srinath V. Ekkad, Ph.D.

    Srinath V. Ekkad, Ph.D
    ASME Fellow Srinath V. Ekkad, Ph.D., R.J. Reynolds Professor and head of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, was recently named the new editor of the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. Dr. Ekkad had previously served as the Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor for Aerospace Propulsion Systems in the department of mechanical engineering, the associate vice president for research programs and the director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center for Advanced Diagnostics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Ekkad’s research, which focuses on thermal management, energy concepts, propulsion and advanced system diagnostics, has been supported by a number of government agencies and companies including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, GE, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce, Siemens and Toyota. He has published more than 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributed to four book chapters and is the author of the book, Gas Turbine Heat Transfer and Cooling Technology. Ekkad, who is a member of the ASME K-14 Gas Turbine Heat Transfer Committee, was named an ASME Fellow in 2010 for his general research contributions to the field of heat transfer, and for the development of 2-D, high-resolution surface heat transfer measurements in gas turbine engine systems in particular. He was the recipient of the ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer Award in 2004. Ekkad received a B.Tech. degree in mechanical engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India in 1989, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University in 1991, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1995.

     

    Robert W. Carpick, Ph.D.

    Robert W. Carpick, Ph.D.
    ASME member Robert W. Carpick, Ph.D., John Henry Towne Professor and chair of the department of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics (MEAM) at the University of Pennsylvania, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Carpick’s research focuses on the intersection of mechanics, materials and physics. He is an expert in experimental nanomechanics and nanotribology — the study of friction, adhesion and wear. His lab has developed novel advanced scanning probe microscopy tools, which are used to investigate the fundamental nature of materials in contact. Carpick, who has been chair of the University of Pennsylvania’s MEAM department since 2011, has conducted seminal work on nanoscale characterization of friction for many important materials, including ultra-thin organic films, solid single crystal and thin film surfaces including ultra-strong carbon-based materials, and polymeric materials. He is the recipient of a number of honors, including the ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award, the IEEE Erle Shobert Prize Paper Award, the Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Carpick received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Toronto in 1991. He earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994 and 1997, respectively.

     

    Imane Khalil, Ph.D.

    Imane Khalil, Ph.D.
    ASME member Imane Khalil, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Khalil was recognized for significant contributions to the safe operations of nuclear power plants and developing software to improve their design, for advances in modeling fire physics to predict the thermal response of massive objects engulfed in large fires, and for her lead role in cultivating long-standing collaborations between researchers at U.S. National Laboratories and universities. A member of the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering faculty since 2014, Dr. Khalil has made major contributions throughout her career. As a professor at the University of San Diego, she has published as lead author on the subject of heat transfer and nuclear safety and collaborates with Sandia National Laboratories to model spent nuclear fuel. While working at Sandia National Laboratories from 2004-2014, Khalil contributed to important industry software projects, instructed international workshops on nuclear safety, and managed team members working on the Mars Curiosity rover. She earned three degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California San Diego: a bachelor’s degree in 1994, a master’s degree in 1996 and a Ph.D. in 2003.

     

    Huajian Gao, Ph.D.

    Huajian Gao, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Huajian Gao, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Engineering at Brown University, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the United States’ most prestigious honorary societies. Gao is one of more than 200 newly elected members of the Academy, which includes thought leaders in science, public affairs, business, arts and humanities. Gao’s research is focused on nanomechanics of engineering and biological systems, including mechanical properties and behaviors of bone, cells, protein, DNA, carbon nanotubes, thin films and nanocrystalline materials. His recent work ranges from discovering new techniques for producing improved structural steel to assisting in the development of a new type of antibiotics. An active member of ASME, Gao has served the Society in number of positions, including chair of the Daniel C. Drucker Medal Committee, chair of the Timoshenko Medal Committee, and chair, vice chair and secretary of the Applied Mechanics Division. He has been recognized by ASME with several major honors, including the Nadai Medal in 2015, the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award in 2011, the Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award in 2009 and the Melville Medal in 2004. Gao has also received a number awards from other professional societies, including the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Theodore von Karman Medal and the Society of Engineering Science’s William Prager Medal. In 2012, he received the Alexander von Humboldt award, Germany’s highest award for international scientists. Gao earned his bachelor’s degree from China’s Xian Jiaotong University in 1982. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in engineering science from Harvard University in 1984 and 1988, respectively.

     

    Goodarz Ahmadi, Ph.D.

    Goodarz Ahmadi, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Goodarz Ahmadi, Ph.D., Robert R. Hill Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Thermal and Fluid Engineering (ASTFE). Dr. Ahmadi’s research interests include multiphase flows, particle transport and deposition, turbulence, flow control, granular flows, air pollution, flow through porous and fractured media, random vibrations, and structural mechanics. Ahmadi has been involved in the development of computational schemes for particle fibers deposition in human respiratory airways, as well as particle pollutant resuspension, transport and dispersion in buildings and outdoors. His earlier work focused on active and passive vibration control of space structures during the lift-off and in orbit, separation control of flapped airfoils, active control of turbulence flows, and subsurface flows. In addition to being a Fellow of ASME and ASTFE, Ahmadi is a Fellow of the Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Iranian Society of Civil Engineers. He was the recipient of both the ASME Freeman Scholar Award and ASME Fluids Engineering Division 90th Anniversary Medal in 2016. The author of three books and more than 680 publications in archival journals, Ahmadi has served either as editor or on the editorial board/editorial advisory board of 12 international journals. He received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Tehran University. He earned both a master’s degree in hydraulic engineering and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University.

     

    Janis Terpenny, Ph.D.

    Janis Terpenny, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Janis Terpenny, Ph.D., head of the industrial and manufacturing engineering department at Pennsylvania State University, was recently selected to become the next Wayne T. Davis Endowed Dean’s Chair and dean of the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She will begin the new position this summer. In her role as dean, Dr. Terpenny will oversee the growing college, which has doubled in size during the past decade. Terpenny has been a member of the Penn State faculty since she joined as the Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Chair and head of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in 2015. She is also currently the director for the Center for eDesign, which is a National Science Foundation Industry University Cooperative Research Center. Before beginning at Penn State, Terpenny served as professor and chair of the department of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Iowa State University, served on the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and the University of Massachusetts, and served as program director for the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. In addition to being a Fellow of ASME, she is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and was inducted into Tau Beta Pi as an Eminent Engineer in 2011. Terpenny received a bachelor’s degree in mathematical sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1979. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech in 1981 and 1996, respectively.

     

    Xiaoning Jiang, Ph.D.

    Xiaoning Jiang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Xiaoning Jiang, Ph.D., professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. A member of the North Carolina State University faculty since he joined as an associate professor in 2009, Dr. Jiang’s research focuses primarily on the micro and nano-engineering of smart materials and structures for novel electromechanical devices and he currently leads the Micro/Nano-Engineering Lab at North Carolina State. His current projects at the university include conducting research in high-frequency and broadband ultrasound transducers for biomedical imaging, therapy and non-destructive evaluation; developing electromechanical devices for extreme environments; and studying new smart materials and micro/nanostructures for energy conversion. A member of ASME since 1999, Jiang is a senior associate editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy (JESMDT). He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1990 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tianjin University in 1992. He received a Ph.D. in precision instruments from Tsinghua University in 1997.

     

    Laura E. Hitchcock

    Laura E. Hitchcock
    ASME member Laura E. Hitchcock, ASME Board of Governors member-elect, was recently selected by SAE as the Aerospace Sector recipient of the 2019 Rodica Baranescu Award for Technical & Leadership Excellence, in recognition of her more than 30 years of “leadership, service and expertise in providing innovative solutions to standards issues that have had broad impacts for both The Boeing Company and the aerospace community,” according to SAE. Established in 2011, the award recognizes the achievements of women in the engineering profession and recognizes their leadership and technical contributions in the aerospace, automotive and commercial vehicle sectors. Hitchcock, who will begin her three-year term as an ASME Board of Governors member in June, is currently an independent consultant and had previously served as a senior standards specialist and corporate project manager for external standards management, strategy and policy for The Boeing Company before her recent retirement. A recognized expert on issues related to government, industry and international standards activities and strategic standardization, Hitchcock led Boeing’s efforts to develop strategies and policies to leverage the company’s standards activities and managed the company’s intellectual property and copyright issues related to industry standards. A member of the ASME standards community for more than 35 years, Hitchcock served as ASME senior vice president for Standards and Certification and chair of the Council on Standards and Certification from 2014 to 2017 and has been a member or a leader of several Task Forces of the ASME Board of Governors. In addition to her service with ASME, she has participated in a number of other codes and standards organizations including the American Standards Institute (ANSI), SAE, IEEE, ASTM and the Society for Standards Professionals (SES).

     

    Xiaobo Tan, Ph.D.

    Xiaobo Tan, Ph.D.
    ASME member Xiaobo Tan, Ph.D., Foundation Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at Michigan State University (MSU), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Tan, who also has a courtesy appointment in mechanical engineering at MSU, was honored for his “significant contributions to the development, modeling, and control of electromechanical systems in the areas of smart materials, soft robotics, and underwater robotics,” according to the Fellow citation. The founder and director of the Smart Microsystems Lab at Michigan State, Tan’s research focuses on underwater robotics, soft robotics, and modeling and control of smart materials. His research group is particularly interested in investigating the use of gliding robotic fish for applications that include monitoring harmful algal blooms, tracking invasive fish species, and facilitating underwater search and rescue. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and Toyota. A Fellow of IEEE as well as ASME, Tan has received a number of honors including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, an MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, a Withrow Distinguished Scholar Award from MSU’s College of Engineering and a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Maryland’s electrical and computer engineering department. He earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in automatic control from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Maryland in 2002.

     

    S. Jack Hu, Ph.D.

    S. Jack Hu, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow S. Jack Hu, Ph.D., vice president for research at the University of Michigan, was recently selected as the next senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia, beginning July 1. Dr. Hu, who is also the J. Reid and Polly Anderson Professor of Manufacturing in the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering, currently supervises research activities at the university’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. Hu’s achievements at the University of Michigan include leading the development of the public-private partnership Mcity, which is a testing ground for connected and automated vehicles. He has also directed the development of international collaborations in China, Israel and Germany. Prior to being named vice president for research at the University of Michigan, Hu served as associate dean for academic affairs and associate dean for research and graduate education in the university’s College of Engineering. A member of the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the of the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board Executive Committee, Hu has been honored with an number of prominent awards, including the Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award and the William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award from ASME, the Gold Medal and the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tianjin University in China in 1983. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1986 and 1990, respectively.

     

    Matthew Brake, Ph.D.

    Matthew Brake, Ph.D.
    AASME member Matthew Brake, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Brake, who worked at Sandia National Laboratories for nine years before joining Rice University in 2016, leads the university’s Tribomechadynamics Lab, a research group that studies “the confluence of structural dynamics, contact mechanics, and tribology,” according to the university. Brake’s research, which has applications in the aerospace, defense and automotive industries, concentrates on how to design and predict the response of an assembled structure that contains strong nonlinearities. His work encompasses a variety of fields including nonlinear dynamics, nonlinear mechanics, numerical methods, vibration, uncertainty quantification and additive manufacturing. The current vice chair of the Society of Experimental Mechanics’ Nonlinear Dynamics Technical Division, Brake was the recipient of ASME’s C. D. Mote Jr. Early Career Award in 2018 for research excellence in the field of vibration and acoustics as well as the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2012 for his work in fluid-structure interaction. He received three degrees in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University: a bachelor’s degree in 2002, a master’s degree in 2004 and a Ph.D. in 2007.

     

    Wei Chen, Ph.D.

    Wei Chen, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Wei Chen, Ph.D., the Wilson-Cook Professor in Engineering Design and professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional engineering honors. Dr. Chen, who is the editor of ASME’s Journal of Mechanical Design, was recognized for her contributions to design under uncertainty in products and systems, and leadership in the engineering design community. A member of the Northwestern University faculty since 2003, Chen has made significant contributions to design under uncertainty and decision-based design. Chen’s research aims to develop rational and computationally efficient design methods based on data science, optimization, statistical inference, and decision analysis for use in engineering design and manufacturing problems. Her recent research involves close collaborations with experts in mechanics, manufacturing, materials science and engineering, social science, and computer science. Chen is currently the director of the Integrated DEsign Automation Laboratory (IDEAL) at Northwestern, as well as the director of the university’s Predictive Science and Engineering Design (PSED) Cluster, and the co-director of the Design Cluster. She has received a number of engineering honors, including an ASME Design Automation Award, ASME’s Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal and the National Science Foundation Faculty Early CAREER Award. Chen holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston. She received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

     

    Dereje Agonafer, Ph.D.

    Dereje Agonafer, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Dereje Agonafer, Ph.D., the Jenkins Garrett Professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), was also recently elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. The NAE honors professionals who have made outstanding and innovative contributions to the research, practice, education, or advancement of engineering. Dr. Agonafer was recognized for his leadership in engineering, including his focus on computer-aided electro/thermo/mechanical design and modeling of electronic equipment. Agonafer joined UTA in 1999 after a career at IBM and has continued his collaboration with industry leaders in his research at UTA, including his most recent research on data center cooling and 3D packaging and cooling. Agonafer is site director for the Industry University Collaborative Research Consortium, a National Science Foundation consortium focused on finding clean solutions to critical energy problems. Binghamton University and Villanova University are collaborating with UTA in the consortium, as are 15 companies including Facebook, Microsoft, General Electric, Verizon, Comcast and CommScope. The project, which was started in 2011, was recently awarded Phase II funding to continue through 2022. He has served in a number of ASME positions, including chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary of the Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division. In addition to being an ASME Fellow, he is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Agonafer holds nine U.S. patents and six foreign patents. He has published more than 230 papers, two books and several book chapters. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University.

     

    Nadine Aubry, Ph.D.

    Nadine Aubry, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Nadine Aubry, Ph.D., dean of the College of Engineering and a University Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University, has been selected as the next provost and senior vice president of Tufts University. In her new position, which begins July 1, Dr. Aubry will supervise Tufts University’s eight degree-granting schools, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, and various other interdisciplinary programs, centers and institutes at the university’s campuses in Massachusetts and Talloires, France. Prior to joining Northeastern, Aubry had been a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, where she served as head of the mechanical engineering department head, Raymond J. Lane Distinguished Professor and university professor. Through her research, Aubry has made significant contributions to the field of fluid dynamics, specifically in the areas of microfluidics and the reduced modeling of turbulence and other complex flows. An elected member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Aubry is also a Fellow of ASME, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Mechanics, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Physical Society and the National Academy of Inventors. Aubry obtained both a Diplôme d'Ingénieur in mechanical engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble and a Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies in mechanical engineering from the Université Grenoble Alpes in 1984. She received a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell University in 1989.

     

    Brian T. Helenbrook, Ph.D.

    Brian T. Helenbrook, Ph.D.
    ASME member Brian T. Helenbrook, Ph.D., chair of the department of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Helenbrook, who is also the Paynter-Krigman Professor in Engineering Science Simulation at Clarkson University, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics and finite element methods. Helenbrook’s research is focused primarily on the development and application of numerical simulation techniques for fluid flows and heat transfer. His current work includes designing ducted wind turbines, modeling the manufacturing of solar cell wafers and the aerodynamic optimization of luge sleds for the U.S. Olympic luge team. In addition, he develops new numerical algorithms that enable efficient high-order of accuracy simulations of single and multi-phase flows. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1991 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Princeton University in 1997.

     

    Jennifer Wayne, Ph.D.

    Jennifer Wayne, Ph.D. (Photo by Virginia Commonwealth University)
    ASME Fellow Jennifer Wayne, Ph.D., a professor in the biomedical engineering department at Virginia Commonwealth University, was recently selected as the recipient of ASME’s 2019 H.R. Lissner Medal. Established in 1977 in honor of Professor H. R. Lissner of Wayne State University for his pioneering work in biomechanics, the H.R. Lissner Medal recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of bioengineering. The award will be presented to Dr. Wayne this June at the 2019 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference in Seven Springs, Pa. Wayne was honored with the award for her achievements in development of new computational tools for understanding the biomechanics of joints and effects of injuries and surgical procedures, for training medical and bioengineering professionals and for her service to ASME. Wayne’s research focuses on experimental and computational modeling of diarthrodial joint function, structural stability of fixation constructs and the normal function of and techniques for repairing articular cartilage. Her current projects include computational modeling of diarthrodial joint function, corrective procedures for flatfoot deformity, acetabular cup fit, finite element analyses of articular cartilage behavior and reparative approaches for damaged articular surfaces. The first female chair of ASME’s Bioengineering Division, Wayne has served ASME in a number of capacities during her nearly 30 years as a member, including terms as secretary and treasurer of the Bioengineering Division and member of the Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award Committee and the Van C. Mow Medal Committee. She earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering science and mechanics from Virginia Institute of Technology in 1983 and a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Tulane University in 1984. She received a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of California at San Diego in June 1990.

     

    Allan Xiaoguang Zhong, Ph.D.

    Allan Xiaoguang Zhong, Ph.D.
    ASME member Allan Xiaoguang Zhong, Ph.D., technology manager for innovation at Halliburton, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. A recognized expert in applied mechanics and engineering simulations, Dr. Zhong was recognized for his significant contributions to the field of solid mechanics and finite element analysis. He was the first to establish a robust multiphysics fracture mechanics approach for failure analysis of rubber materials, which is now commonly employed in the tire industry for the assessment of critical reliability issues. Zhong also played a significant role in introducing both nonlinear finite element analysis and metallic additive manufacturing to the oil and gas industry. Prior to becoming technology manager for innovation at Halliburton in 2013, Zhong served as senior technical advisor at Halliburton for nine years and as a principal research engineer at Goodyear for five years. Zhong, who has been an ASME member for more than 20 years, received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering/mechanics from Zhejiang University in China in 1986 and a master’s degree in computational solid mechanics from Tsinghua University in 1988. He earned a Ph.D. in applied mechanics from California Institute of Technology in 1995.

     

    D. Gary Harlow, Ph.D.

    D. Gary Harlow, Ph.D.
    ASME member D. Gary Harlow, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Harlow was recognized for his “seminal contributions to engineering probability and statistics modeling having major importance for the strength of composite materials, corrosion fatigue in aging aircraft, accelerated insertion of materials, and open manufacturing,” according to the Fellow citation. He was also honored for his leadership as a department chair and mentor for faculty and students, for his award-winning teaching proficiency, and for his efforts to encourage varsity athletes to excel in the university’s demanding mechanical engineering curriculum. An established expert in the field of structural failure, Harlow’s areas of research include probability and statistical modeling of failure processes in materials, aluminum alloys, steels, and composites; stochastic fracture mechanics; mechanical and system reliability; applications of stochastic processes; and applied probability modeling. He has played a key role in programs funded by the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that have resulted in the swifter design, manufacture and implementation of landing gear steel; a statistical model that identifies critical fatigue cracks in aluminum alloys; and the production of structural components using directed energy deposition. He has received three teaching awards at Lehigh University: the Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Year Award in 2006, the Tau Beta Pi Teacher of the Year Award in 1992 and the Lehigh University Award for Teaching in 1985. Harlow received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from Western Kentucky University in 1973. He then earned a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Cornell University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in applied probability and stochastic processes from Cornell University in 1977.

     

    Jian Cao, Ph.D.

    Jian Cao, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Jian Cao, Ph.D., the Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, was recently selected to become a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She will be officially recognized as a Fellow of the association on Feb. 16 at the 2019 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Dr. Cao, who is also an associate vice president for research and director of the Northwestern Initiative for Manufacturing Science and Innovation, was recognized by AAAS for her fundamental contributions to the understanding of failure mechanisms in forming processes and for innovations to advance flexible manufacturing processes. Cao’s research team focuses on novel manufacturing processes and systems, predominantly in the areas of deformation-based processes and laser processes. Her research incorporates analytical and numerical simulation methods, control and sensors and design methodologies to improve manufacturing processes. In 2016, Cao became the first woman to receive SME’s highest honor, the Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal, for research excellence in the broad manufacturing field. Cao, who was named an ASME Fellow in 2007, was the recipient of ASME’s Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award in both 2018 and 2012. In 2017, she received the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award from ASME and Pi Tau Sigma for outstanding achievement by an individual who graduated in mechanical engineering more than 20 years ago. The recipient of an ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2011, Cao has held a number of Society positions over the years, including chair, vice chair and secretary of the Manufacturing Engineering Division, chair of the Committee on Administration and Finance and chair of the M. Eugene Merchant Medal of ASME/SME Committee. Cao received a bachelor’s degrees in both automatic control and materials science and engineering from China’s Shanghai JiaoTong University in 1989. She earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 and 1995, respectively.

     

    David J. Soukup, P.E.

    David J. Soukup, P.E
    ASME member David J. Soukup, P.E., managing director of governance at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), was recently named an ASME Fellow. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Soukup’s election as an ASME Fellow was announced during the ASME Board of Governors meeting on Saturday, Nov. 10, at ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Pittsburgh, Pa. ASME Honorary Member and former Board of Governors member Warren DeVries, who nominated Soukup for the honor, made the announcement at the meeting, where Soukup’s 30th anniversary as an ASME employee was also celebrated. Soukup has management responsibility for ASME's professional practice, ethics and governance activities. He is also an adjunct professor at New York University, where he teaches graduate-level courses on human factors, operations management, project management and computer simulation. Before joining ASME in 1988, he worked at the headquarters of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. He is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the American Society of Association Executives, the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives, and the Phi Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi Honor Societies. An active volunteer, Soukup’s service includes terms as treasurer on the Board of Directors of New York City’s Industrial Technology Assistance Corporation, president of the East Tennessee Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, judge for the New York City FIRST Robotics Competition, mentor for the Stuyvesant High School FIRST Robotics Team and alumni representative for the University of Arizona College of Engineering. He received the 2010 New York State Society of Professional Engineers Outstanding Professional Engineer in Education Award. A licensed professional engineer and Certified Association Executive, he earned his bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Arizona and his master’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee.

     

    Emamul Haque

    Emamul Haque
    ASME member Emamul Haque, an investment intrapreneur at the venture capitalist firm Hunch Ventures in New Delhi, India, was recently honored by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India with its prestigious Young Leaders Award. The nonprofit organization, which is one of the leading trade associations in India, works to promote both domestic and international trade, reduce trade barriers and foster industry and trade growth within India. Haque, a resident of Giridih City, India, received the 2018 Young Leaders Award at the association’s Brand Science 2018 & Excellence Awards event on Aug. 24 in Kolkata, India. Haque was also recognized this year with an International Achievers Award from Achievers’ World magazine. He has been guest of honor or invited guest speaker on several occasions, including an event commemorating Engineer’s Day in India that was held at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies in Dehradun, India, in September 2017. An ASME member since 2010, Haque served as the 2015-2016 ASME Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering (ECLIPSE) intern to the Board of Governors. He was also the founder of the ASME student section at Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, where he received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2011.

     

    Larry Luna

    Larry Luna
    ASME member Larry Luna, an engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Luna officially became an ASME Fellow at the ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was recognized with the Fellow grade of membership for his contributions to the national security of the United States as well as his more than 30 years of service to and leadership of the ASME community. Luna, who began working at Sandia in 1992 after serving as an intern at the laboratory while pursuing an undergraduate degree at the University of New Mexico, has made significant contributions to ensure the reliability, safety and security of nuclear weapons managed by the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), particularly in the areas of nuclear weapons transportation safety, weapons systems engineering, nuclear safety assessments, and nuclear weapons mission area planning. Since joining ASME as a student member 30 years ago, Luna has held a number of ASME positions, including offices in the University of New Mexico Student Section and the New Mexico and Rocky Mountain Sections, executive committee member of the Volunteer Orientation and Leadership Training (VOLT) Academy, and chair of both the Nominating Committee and the Committee on Organization and Rules. He also served as a Leadership Development Intern in 1997-1998. He received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2010. Luna received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1990. He earned a master’s degree in explosives engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 2001.

     

    Ihab Ragai, Ph.D.

    Ihab Ragai, Ph.D.
    ASME member Ihab Ragai, Ph.D., an assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, was recently selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Ragai’s formal induction as an ASME Fellow will take place next June at the 2019 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference at Penn State Behrend. A member of ASME since 1998, Ragai was recognized for his contributions to the field of advanced manufacturing in both industry and academia. During his career, he has studied the influence of materials and manufacturing processes on product design for automotive and aerospace applications. At Penn State Behrend, where he has been a faculty member since 2014, Ragai teaches courses related to machine design, new product development, and design for manufacturing. In addition, he has employed his industrial knowledge to design new courses and an undergraduate research program at the university. His research has focused on advanced manufacturing processes, smart manufacturing, machine condition monitoring, and machine structural optimization. In addition his post at the university, Ragai has served as a visiting professor of mechanical design at Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Ragai worked in industry for 23 years before joining academia, most recently at Hitachi Heavy Truck, where he led the technical analysis and design team for fatigue failure of mining truck structures. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Egypt’s Higher Institute of Technology‒Benha in 1995. He earned both a graduate diploma and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the American University in Cairo in 1999 and 2000, respectively. Ragai received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from McGill University in 2006.

     

    Lori A. Setton, Ph.D.

    Lori A. Setton, Ph.D.
    ASME member Lori A. Setton, Ph.D., the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor and chair of biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Setton was recognized for her outstanding contributions to the study of intervertebral disc cell mechanics and the mechanical basis for joint cartilage pathology. Her research has helped advance the understanding of fluid-solid interactions in disc and cartilage and cell-material interactions that inform biomaterial design for tissue repair, drug delivery and cell survival. She has also mentored more than 40 doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. A Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society and of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering, she has received numerous honors including the Van C. Mow Medal in 2007 and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 1997. She received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 1984. She earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering/biomechanics from Columbia University in 1988 and 1993, respectively.

     

    Katherine Yanhang Zhang, Ph.D.

    Katherine Yanhang Zhang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Katherine Yanhang Zhang, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Boston University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Zhang was recognized for her accomplishments in research and education. She has made significant contributions in the research of multi-scale mechanics of extracellular matrix, in which she combines experiments and computational modeling to examine the interplay between biomechanical, biochemical and structural influences in cardiovascular diseases. She has also made noteworthy contributions in the areas of educational outreach, undergraduate and graduate curriculum development, and mentoring. Zhang is the recipient of a number of honors during the course of her career, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2010, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/Microsystems Technology Office (DARPA/MTO) Young Faculty Award in 2007, and the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship at Boston University in 2006. After earning bachelor’s degrees in engineering mechanics and economics and management from Tsinghua University in 1998, she received both a master’s degree in mechanics of materials from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2000 and 2003, respectively.

     

    Mark Rentschler, Ph.D., P.E.

    Mark Rentschler, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Mark Rentschler, Ph.D., P.E., an associate professor and the Sylvia Norviel Cancer Research Faculty Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Rentschler was recognized by the Society for his research on medical mechatronics and surgical robotic systems. Rentschler’s primary research focuses on the study of surgical robotics and the impact of tissue-device interaction as related to tissue damage and robot mobility. His research has been published in more than 70 peer-reviewed journal papers in leading medical and engineering journals and presented at more than 90 conferences. He also holds more than 30 patents and has received several research awards. Rentschler, who was the recipient of the University of Colorado Boulder’s 2015 Provost's Faculty Achievement Award, became a member of the university’s mechanical engineering department as an assistant professor in 2008. He is a co-director of Design Center Colorado, co-founder and director of the Graduate Design Program, and principal investigator of the CU Boulder Advanced Medical Technologies Laboratory. Rentschler earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nebraska in 2001 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003. He received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Nebraska in 2006.

     

    Yoonjin Won, Ph.D.

    Yoonjin Won, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy of the University of California, Irvine)
    ASME’s Electronics and Photonics Packaging Division recently honored ASME member Yoonjin Won, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, with its 2018 Early Career Award. The award, which was presented to Dr. Won in August at the 2018 ASME InterPack Conference in San Francisco, Calif., recognizes an early career engineer less than 10 years into his or her career for outstanding technical achievements in the area of electronic and photonic packaging as demonstrated through papers, patents or product development, and service to the field. Won researches novel thermal metamaterials to improve phase-change performance and to create unique combinations of thermal and fluidic transport for use in microfluidic cooling devices, thermal interfaces and energy-conversion processes. She earned two bachelor’s degrees — in mechanical engineering and business administration and general management — from Seoul National University in 2005. She received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 2007 and 2011, respectively.

     

    Hyung D. Bae, Ph.D.

    Hyung D. Bae, Ph.D.
    ASME member Hyung D. Bae, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Howard University, recently received a 2018 DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA) from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The YFA program is intended to identify and engage rising researchers in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and introduce them to Department of Defense needs as well as DARPA’s program development process, according to the agency. As a recipient of the YFA award, Dr. Bae will receive $491,055 during the next three years for his research on polymer-based replicated multi-modal fiber Bragg grating (FBG) for fentanyl detection. Bae is working to develop a remote sensing platform that can successfully detect Fentanyl and associated toxins in challenging environments. The sensing platform, which could be used as a handheld device or a mounted device on a small drone, will also be able to recognize detected chemicals based on machine learning algorithms. Bae earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in in mechanical engineering from Yonsei University in South Korea, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland in 2013.

     

    Sreekant Narumanchi, Ph.D.

    Sreekant Narumanchi, Ph.D.
    ASME member Sreekant Narumanchi, Ph.D., Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Machines (APEEM) team leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Transportation and Hydrogen Systems Center recently received the ASME K-16/Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Clock Award. Established in 1995, the award recognizes outstanding and continuing contributions and excellence in the area of science and engineering of heat transfer in electronics. The award was presented to Dr. Narumanchi at the International Technical Conference on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems Conference and Exhibition (InterPACK) in San Francisco, Calif. Narumanchi served as a topic chair for InterPACK in 2015, a track chair for InterPACK in 2017, and technical program co-chair for InterPACK this year, and has been named conference general chair for InterPACK in 2019. Narumanchi’s team at NREL focuses on thermal management and reliability for power electronics and electric machines for several renewable energy and energy efficiency applications, including the investigation of novel cooling technologies, thermal interface materials/interfaces, interconnects, as well as the reliability of these components. The group has published more than 130 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers and book chapters since 2004. Narumanchi is currently serving as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, a position he will hold through 2021. He received a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1997, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Washington State University in 1999, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2003.

     

    Sudarsan Rachuri, Ph.D.

    Sudarsan Rachuri, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Sudarsan Rachuri, Ph.D., a technology manager in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) at the Department of Energy, recently received the Excellence in Research Award from ASME’s Computers & Information in Engineering (CIE) Division. Dr. Rachuri was recognized with the award for his contributions in the area of smart manufacturing, including fostering transdisciplinary research that brings together data and information science with manufacturing technologies to make manufacturing systems smarter and more sustainable. As technology manager at AMO, Rachuri supervised the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), which promotes the development and large-scale adoption of advanced sensors, controls, modeling, data analytics simulation, and platform development to improve the efficiency of manufacturing in the United States. Prior to joining AMO in 2016, Rachuri worked as an industrial engineering at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the Life Cycle Engineering Group’s systems integration division, and as a research professor at George Washington University. A member of ASME for 16 years, he was named an ASME Fellow in 2012 for his contributions to the information and semantic modeling of product life cycle management, as well as the application of measurement science for sustainable manufacturing. He received a master’s degree in applied mathematics from India’s Anna University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering, and computer science and automation from the Indian Institute of Science in 1992.

     

    James Yang, Ph.D.

    James Yang, Ph.D.
    ASME member James Yang, Ph.D., associate chair and director for undergraduate studies at Texas Tech University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. During his more than 20-year career, Dr. Yang’s research has focused largely on digital human modeling and simulation for engineering design, biomechanics, and ergonomics and vehicle dynamics. His projects have received funding from such sources as the National Science Foundation, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the National Patient Safety Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute, Honda R&D Americas and Caterpillar Inc. In his current role as associate chair and director for undergraduate studies at Texas Tech, he oversees of the university’s undergraduate program and its 1,600-member student body. Prior to joining the Texas Tech faculty as an associate professor of mechanical engineering in 2008, Yang served for five years as a senior researcher and research engineer for the Virtual Soldier Program at the University of Iowa’s Center for Computer Aided Design, leading a team of 20 staff, graduate and undergraduate student researchers working on various projects. From 1992 to 1998, he served as an assistant professor of automotive engineering at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, where he worked on an electric vehicle R&D project funded by the National Research Council in China and supervised undergraduate students on research projects. Yang earned a bachelor’s degree in vehicle engineering and a master’s degree in automotive engineering from China’s Jilin University in 1989 and 1992, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Iowa in 2003.

     

    Hui Meng, Ph.D.

    Hui Meng, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Hui Meng, Ph.D., professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at the State University of New York system’s University of Buffalo (UB), has been named a UB Distinguished Professor. The UB Distinguished Professor designation was created by the Office of the Provost to recognize full professors who have achieved true distinction and are leaders in their fields. It is open to faculty members who have been a full professor for at least five years and who have achieved national or international prominence and a distinguished reputation within their field through significant contributions to research/scholarly literature or through artistic performance or achievement in the fine arts. A faculty member at the university since 1999, Dr. Meng is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of experimental fluid mechanics, and cerebral aneurysm and hemodynamics. In addition to being a member of the UB mechanical and aerospace engineering department, she also was named a research professor in the neurosurgery department in 2004 and an adjunct professor of biomedical engineering in 2010. Since then, she has made has been acknowledged for “significant and profound” contributions in cerebral aneurysm research, as well as continuing groundbreaking work in her original field of experimental fluid mechanics and turbulence. Meng, who was named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers earlier this year, is the recipient of a number of awards including the UB Exceptional Scholar Award Sustained Achievement Award and a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Meng earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in optical engineering from China’s Zhejiang University in 1984 and 1987, respectively. She received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston in 1994.

     

    Herbert G. Tanner, Ph.D.

    Herbert G. Tanner, Ph.D.
    ASME member Herbert G. Tanner, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Tanner was recognized for his pioneering contributions to cooperative control and particularly for his influential work on the analysis of engineered flocking behavior, which led to an increase in worldwide research activity and fundamental new insights into the decentralized control and design of multi-agent systems. Dr. Tanner works in the general field of planning and control of robotic systems, with an emphasis on multi-agent coordination. His areas of interest include hybrid dynamical systems, mobile manipulation, nonholonomic motion planning and control, and mobile sensor networks. After two years as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, Tanner accepted an appointment as an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in 2003. He joined faculty at the University of Delaware in 2008 after being awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in robotics in 2005. During his decade at the University of Delaware, Tanner became a recognized leader within his community, contributing to building a robotics research group within his department and collaborating with other departments at the university. He received an engineer’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 1996 and 2001, respectively, before pursuing his post-doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

     

    Michele Miller, Ph.D.

    Michele Miller, Ph.D.
    ASME member Michele Miller, Ph.D., associate dean of engineering at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Miller was recognized for her contributions to a number of engineering areas, including precision machining, micro-electromechanical systems and engineering education, as well as her accomplishments related to ABET accreditation. As associate dean at Campbell University, she is developing a new engineering program that features a heavily project-based curriculum taught in class-lab settings. Prior to joining Campbell’s faculty in 2017, Miller served as a mechanical engineering professor at Michigan Technological University for 22 years. As associate chair of Michigan Tech’s mechanical engineering – engineering mechanics department, Miller directed a major curriculum revision that introduced a sequence of practice-based courses and accommodated more technical electives. While at Michigan Tech, she also developed and co-directed the first U.S. Peace Corps Masters International program in mechanical engineering. An ABET evaluator for mechanical engineering programs since 2006, Miller joined the ASME Committee on Engineering Accreditation in 2013 and became an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commissioner in 2015. She received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University in 1986. After working as a manufacturing engineer at General Motors, Miller went on to earn both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1991 and 1994, respectively.

     

    Xin Sun, Ph.D.

    Xin Sun, Ph.D.
    ASME member Xin Sun, Ph.D., director of the Energy and Transportation Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. An acknowledged leader in computational mechanics and materials research, Dr. Sun was recognized for her achievements on numerous multidisciplinary research initiatives in the areas of carbon capture simulations, advanced high-strength steel development, lightweight metals manufacturing process optimization, and performance simulations. Sun, who joined ORNL as division director in 2017, has been instrumental in securing a number of user agreements, invention disclosures, patent applications and licenses. She has also headed the development of an additively manufactured intensified device for post-combustion carbon capture, leveraging the laboratory’s strengths in advanced manufacturing and applied catalysis science. Sun has written more than 170 peer-reviewed journal articles, authored more than 10 books, and presented more than 60 invited talks. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in naval architecture and ocean engineering from China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1990, she went on to earn three degrees at the University of Michigan: a master’s degree in naval architecture and ocean engineering in 1993, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1994 and a Ph.D. in naval architecture and ocean engineering in 1995.

     

    Kenneth T. Christensen, Ph.D.

    Kenneth T. Christensen, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Kenneth T. Christensen, Ph.D., was recently named the Viola D. Hank Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, an endowed chair position at the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Christensen has a joint faculty appointment between the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) and the Department of Civil and Environmental and Earth Sciences (CEEES), serving as department chair of AME and as a Provost’s Fellow at the university. His research in experimental fluid mechanics concentrates on flows that are central to a range of energy, environmental and geophysical applications. He directs a research group that engages in experimental studies of turbulence, geophysical flows and microfluidics. From 2011 to 2014, Christensen was the associate director of the International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER) Satellite Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for which he still serves as a principal investigator. He is the recipient of several honors, including the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award from Pi Tau Sigma and ASME in 2016, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2007, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award in 2006. Christensen received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1995, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1996, and a Ph. D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois in 2001.

     

    Michael J. Seelinger, Ph.D.

    Michael J. Seelinger, Ph.D.
    ASME member Michael J. Seelinger, Ph.D., was recently named the Dunn Family Teaching Professor of Engineering, an endowed chair position at the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Seelinger’s research interests include vision-guided robotics, motion control, machine vision and space exploration robots. Before joining the Notre Dame faculty as an adjunct associate professor in 2009, Seelinger was co-owner and vice president of Yoder Software. He also served as a research engineer and a principal investigator on several NASA contracts, including work with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the development of visual control software for the Mars Rovers program. The owner of more than a dozen patents, Seelinger is the recipient of the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher Award in 2016 and the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2015. He received three degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame: a bachelor’s degree in 1994, a master’s degree in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 1999.

     

    Evelyn Wang, Ph.D.

    Evelyn Wang, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Evelyn Wang, Ph.D., the Gail E. Kendall Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was named the new head of MIT’s mechanical engineering department, effective July 1. Dr. Wang succeeded ASME Fellow Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor in Power Engineering, who had been department head since 2013. Wang, who had been the associate department head for operations in mechanical engineering prior to her promotion, also served as co-chair of the department’s strategic planning committee and the MechE-Lincoln Laboratory Task Force. An acknowledged leader in phase change heat transfer on nanostructure surfaces, Wang’s research focuses on high-efficiency energy and water systems. Her research into solar cells that transform heat into focused beams of light was selected by MIT Technology Review as one of its 10 breakthrough technologies of 2017. In addition, her work on developing an apparatus for extracting fresh water from the air in dry climates, which is detailed in the article “Drinking the Desert Air” on ASME.org, was named one of the top 10 promising emerging technologies of 2017 by both Scientific American and the World Economic Forum. Wang is the recipient of a number of honors, including three from ASME: the ASME Gustus Larson Memorial Award in 2017, the ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division Women in Engineering Award in 2017, and the Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer in 2012. She also received a Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grant from MIT in 2017, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award in 2012, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award in 2011 and the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2008. Wang received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in 2000, and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2001 and 2006, respectively.

     

    Marcia O’Malley, Ph.D.

    Marcia O’Malley, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Marcia O’Malley, Ph.D., the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the director of the Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab at Rice University, was recently selected as a 2018-2019 Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and Engineering (ELATE) Fellow. Dr. O’Malley is one of eighteen women from universities in the United States and Canada to take part this year in ELATE, which is a leadership development program that was launched in 2012 by Drexel University to advance senior women faculty in engineering, computer science and other STEM fields. The one-year, part-time fellowship program begins next month with the first of three weeklong, in-residence sessions at the Chubb Conference Center in Lafayette Hill, Pa., and ends in March 2019 with a symposium on the topic of institutional change projects. The director of rehabilitation engineering at TIRR-Memorial Hermann Hospital and co-founder of Houston Medical Robotics Inc., O’Malley’s research addresses issues resulting from human interaction with robotic systems, particularly those related with motor skills training and upper limb rehabilitation. O’Malley, who is also on the faculty of Rice University’s electrical and computer engineering and computer science departments, also serves as a special advisor to the provost on health-related research and educational initiatives at Rice and as an adjunct associate professor in physical medicine and rehabilitation at both Baylor College of Medicine and the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas at Houston. She received the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching at Rice University in 2008, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2005 and was named an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator in 2004. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1996. She received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1999 and 2001, respectively.

     

    Jerzy T. Sawicki, Ph.D., P.E.

    Jerzy T. Sawicki, Ph.D. P.E.
    ASME Fellow Jerzy T. Sawicki, Ph.D., P.E., was recently named the new editor of the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. Dr. Sawicki is the vice president for research at Cleveland State University, a role he has held since May 2013, as well as the D.E. Bently and A. Muszynska Endowed Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the university. He was the interim vice president for research from June 2012 to May 2013 and previously served as associate vice president for research from 2010 to 2012. In his current role, Sawicki supervises Cleveland State University’s research activities and has overall responsibility for cultivating excellence in research, scholarship and creative endeavors throughout the campus. He is responsible for research administration and policies, research and compliance, technology transfer, and commercialization efforts. Sawicki serves as president and CEO of the Cleveland State University Research Corporation, a nonprofit organization designed to advance industry-sponsored research, technology licensing, and creation of start-ups from university-developed intellectual property. The Office of Research headed by Sawicki is chiefly focused on relieving the challenges facing faculty engaged in research. Sawicki, who joined the Cleveland State faculty as an assistant professor in 1993, also works with the president and provost to foster and promote innovation and entrepreneurship across the campus. Sawicki’s research interests include structural dynamics, automatic control, rotordynamics, magnetic bearings, mechatronics, and structural health monitoring. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference articles, one research monograph, co-edited three books, and has advised numerous graduate students, post-docs, and research scientists. Sawicki holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, and a master’s degree in applied mathematics from the University of Gdansk, Poland.

     

    Andrew Nix, Ph.D.

    Andrew Nix, Ph.D.
    ASME member Andrew Nix, Ph.D., associate professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at West Virginia University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Nix was nominated for the ASME Fellow grade of membership for his contributions to the Society’s International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) and was recognized last month at the ASME 2018 Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition (Turbo Expo) in Oslo, Norway. An executive member of IGTI’s Aircraft Engine Committee for approximately 10 years, Nix has held a number of leadership roles including director, chair and vice chair. Nix is also a member of IGTI’s Heat Transfer Committee, where he is the current chair of the honors and awards subcommittee and previously served as vanguard chair for Heat Transfer Tutorials. After earning a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2003, Nix became a turbine technical specialist for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Md. Three years later, he joined the faculty at West Virginia University’s Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and the university’s Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions as assistant professor. In 2018, he was promoted to associate professor. His research interests include energy technologies; fluid dynamics and heat transfer and cooling; alternative fuels, engines, and emissions; and wind energy and wind turbine efficiency. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2003, Nix received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1995 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1996.

     

    Eric Pardyjak, Ph.D.

    Eric Pardyjak, Ph.D.
    ASME member Eric Pardyjak, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at of the University of Utah, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Pardyjak’s research specialty is in the area of fundamental and applied fluid mechanics and, specifically, the application of fundamental turbulence concepts to studies in environmental atmospheric flows in complex terrain. His interests include both experimental (field- and laboratory-based) and computational research as well as the optimization of sustainable urban design for air quality and energy efficiency. He is the director of the university’s Environmental Fluid Dynamics Lab, which employs state-of-the-art scientific investigation techniques such as large-scale field measurements, numerical modeling and simulation and laboratory scale measurements in an attempt to further the understanding of transport phenomena. The recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in 2016-2017, Pardyjak is a renowned researcher with more than 2,500 publication citations and an impressive teaching and service record. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University in 1994 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin‒Madison in 1996. He earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University in 2001.

     

     

    Aaron Wemhoff, Ph.D.

    Aaron Wemhoff, Ph.D
    ASME member Aaron Wemhoff, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Multiscale Systems Analysis Laboratory at Villanova University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Wemhoff, who is also director of the Villanova University site of the Center for Energy-Smart Electronic Systems, was recognized with the Fellow grade of membership for his accomplishments and impact in research, as demonstrated by the publication of 26 peer-reviewed papers and 44 peer-reviewed conference papers, as well as his leadership in ASME at the technical committee and local division levels, according to the Fellow citation. Wemhoff’s research interests include computational heat transfer and energy systems analysis, and his recent work has concerned the development of new methods in computational heat transfer, energy sustainability in dining operations, and energy conservation in data centers. Wemhoff has served as chair of ASME’s Heat Transfer Division K-20 Committee on Computational Heat Transfer since 2015, and he served as vice chair of the committee from 2012 to 2015. He also served as chair of the Society’s Philadelphia Section in 2011-2012 and as the section’s treasurer from 2012 to 2015. He is a member of the editorial boards for the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications and the International Journal of Transport Phenomena. Wemhoff earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia in 2000. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

     

    Ellen Arruda, Ph.D.

    Ellen Arruda, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Ellen Arruda, Ph.D., Maria Comninou Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, has been named the new chair of the university’s department of mechanical engineering beginning Sept. 1. Dr. Arruda will succeed Kon-Well Wang, Stephen P. Timoshenko Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, who has been chair of the department since June 2008. Arruda’s innovative research and instruction have earned her a reputation as a leader in theoretical and experimental mechanics of molecular materials, including polymers, elastomers, composites, soft tissues, and proteins, and in tissue engineering of soft tissues and tissue interfaces. Arruda, who was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017 and is president and a Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, is the recipient of a number of honors, including the 2018 James R. Rice Medal from the Society of Engineering Science, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2007, and the University of Michigan College of Engineering’s Ted Kennedy Family Team Excellence Award and Research Excellence Award. She earned both a bachelor’s degree in engineering science and a master’s degree in engineering mechanics from Pennsylvania State University in 1985 and 1988, respectively. She received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

     

    Jeffrey A. Weiss, Ph.D.

    Jeffrey A. Weiss, Ph.D.
    ASME member Jeffrey A. Weiss, Ph.D., professor of bioengineering and adjunct professor in the department of orthopedics and School of Computing at the University of Utah, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Weiss is the director of the Musculoskeletal Research Laboratories and a member of the university’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute. He was cited for his outstanding contributions in experimental biomechanics, computational biomechanics and nonlinear finite element analysis; and his development, validation and computational implementation of nonlinear anisotropic constitutive models for biological soft tissues and biomaterials, nonlinear solution methods for systems of equations emanating from the finite element method, subject-specific finite element analysis, and verification/validation as related to computational biomechanics. Before joining the bioengineering faculty at the University of Utah in August 2000, Weiss was an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Arizona from 1998 to 2000 and a research assistant professor of bioengineering at the University of Utah from 1994 to 1998. He was the recipient of the ASME Van C. Mow Medal in 2013, the ASME Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award in 2002, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2002. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego in 1989 and 1990, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Utah in 1994.

     

    Fady Najjar, Ph.D.

    Fady Najjar, Ph.D.
    ASME member Fady Najjar, Ph.D., a design physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Najjar was recognized for “significant contributions and innovations in computational techniques for fluid flows, for advances in understanding of high-speed gas particle flows including shock physics, and for advances in simulations of flow fields in solid rocket motors and high-speed reacting flows.” Prior to joining LLNL in 2007 as a code physicist, Najjar he had been a senior research scientist and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an applications engineer at Silicon Graphics Inc., and a systems engineer and an on-site research applications engineer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Najjar, who has been an ASME member for 22 years, has co-authored more than 40 refereed publications and 30 technical reports and delivered more than 60 presentations at international conferences and technical meetings. Najjar earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the American University of Beirut in 1987. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and 1994, respectively.

     

    Mahmoud Hussein, Ph.D.

    Mahmoud Hussein, Ph.D.
    ASME member Mahmoud Hussein, Ph.D., an associate professor and H. Joseph Smead Faculty Fellow in the aerospace engineering department at the University of Colorado Boulder, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Hussein is being recognized by the Society for his research on wave propagation in phononic materials/structures and nonlinear wave theory, as well as his leadership in the emerging field of phononics. He was nominated for the honor by the Executive Committee of the ASME Noise Control and Acoustics Division and will be formally inducted as a Fellow at the ASME 2018 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition this November in Pittsburgh, Pa. According to his Fellow citation, Hussein has made fundamental contributions to the field of phononics and nonlinear wave propagation and has played a significant part in establishing a scientific community for phononics through the creation of the biennial Phononics conference series and a dedicated phononics organization, the International Phononics Society. Hussein, who also serves as faculty director of the university’s pre-engineering program, is the recipient of a number of accolades including the Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for Tenured Faculty from the University of Colorado Boulder, ASME’s Lloyd Hamilton Donnell Applied Mechanics Reviews Paper Award, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the DARPA Young Faculty Award. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Education the American University in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from London’s Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in 1995. He received an additional three degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor: a master’s degree in applied mechanics in 1999, a master’s degree in mathematics in 2002, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2004.

     

    Helen Reed, Ph.D.

    Helen Reed, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Helen Reed, Ph.D., Regents Professor in the department of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the 2018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fluid Dynamics Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the behavior of liquids and gases in motion as related to need in aeronautics and astronautics. Dr. Reed will receive the medal and certificate of citation at the 2018 AIAA Aviation Forum and Exposition in June in Atlanta, Ga. The award recognizes Dr. Reed’s “lifetime achievements in the fundamental understanding, modeling and control of boundary-layer laminar-to-turbulent transition for aerospace vehicles from subsonic to hypersonic.” Reed has been a member of the aerospace engineering faculty at Texas A&M for 13 years, serving as department head for four years before returning to teaching and conducting research full-time. A recognized expert in hypersonics, boundary-layer stability and transition, energy efficient aircraft and small satellite design, Reed has headed a number of major research projects, and is currently a member of two NASA University Leadership Initiatives. She is also director of Texas A&M’s Computational Stability and Transition Lab and its AggieSat Lab student satellite program. She is the recipient of a number of accolades, including the ASME Kate Gleason Award, which she accepted in 2016, as well as the Atwood Award from the American Society for Engineering Education and AIAA, and the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award from the State of Texas. She received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Goucher College in 1977, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1980 and 1981, respectively.

     

    Chun-Yuh (Charles) Huang, Ph.D.

    Chun-Yuh (Charles) Huang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Chun-Yuh (Charles) Huang, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of biomedical engineering at the University of Miami, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in recognition of his significant contributions to cartilage, ligament, and intervertebral disc biomechanics and mechanobiology. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Huang’s research in the areas of biomechanics and mechanobiology has resulted in significant contributions to the field of mechanical engineering. Huang is currently researching orthopedic soft tissues — with a focus on the biomechanics of cartilaginous tissues, mechanobiology of intervertebral disc and impact injury of articular cartilage — in order to develop strategies to avoid tissue degeneration. He is also studying the mechanobiological regulations of differentiation of adult stem cells for the production of replacement cells and tissues for possible cell-based regenerative therapies to treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, spinal cord injury, heart disease, diabetes and osteoarthritis. He received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan in 1991 and 1993. He also earned both a Master of Philosophy degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University in 1998 and 2001, respectively.

     

    Timothy D. Burchell, Ph.D.

    Timothy D. Burchell, Ph.D.
    ASME member Timothy D. Burchell, Ph.D., a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Burchell, who is a Distinguished R&D Staff Member at ORNL, was cited by ASME for his international recognition in the field of material properties of graphite and carbon. Burchell is the nuclear graphite team leader in the Materials Science and Technology Division’s Nuclear Materials Science and Technology Group. His current research areas include fracture behavior and modeling of nuclear-grade graphite, the effects of neutron damage on the structure and properties of fission and fusion reactor carbon and graphite materials, radiation creep of graphites, the thermal physical properties of carbon materials, and the impact behavior of carbon-carbon composites. He is the author of many papers on the subject of graphite fracture behavior and modeling, the effects of neutron damage on carbon materials structure and properties, and adsorbent carbon composites. An active member of numerous ASME Codes and Standards committees and groups, Burchell currently serves as the chair of the Working Group on Graphite and Composite Materials. Burchell, who is also a Fellow of the American Carbon Society, has been the recipient of a number of honors, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award in 1983, the ORNL/Lockheed Martin Engineering of the Year Award in 1998, and the R&D 100 Award in 1990 and 2000. He received a bachelor’s degree in materials science from the University of Bath in 1981 and his Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Bath in 1986.

     

    Jaime Grunlan, Ph.D.

    Jaime Grunlan, Ph.D.
    ASME member Jaime Grunlan, Ph.D., the Linda & Ralph Schmidt ’68 Professor in the mechanical engineering department at Texas A&M University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Grunlan’s research focuses on the thermal and transport properties of polymer nanocomposites, particularly in the areas of thermoelectric energy generation, gas barrier thin films and fire prevention. His Polymer Nanocomposites Laboratory at Texas A&M concentrates on the development and understanding of multifunctional thin films. Grunlan, who joined the Texas A&M mechanical engineering faculty in 2004, recently completed pilot coating trials of food packaging film with one of the world’s largest film converters. Before joining Texas A&M, Grunlan was employed as a senior research engineer at Avery Research Center in Pasadena, Calif., and as an adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, Calif., and Biola University in La Miranda, Calif. The editor of Journal of Materials Science and the associate editor of Green Materials, Grunlan has published more than 140 journal papers and holds several patents. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from North Dakota State University in 1997 and his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2001.

     

    Frank DelRio, Ph.D.

    Frank DelRio, Ph.D..
    ASME member Frank DelRio, Ph.D., leader of the Fracture and Fatigue Group in the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. DelRio was recognized for the development and use of materials and assemblies for small-scale mechanical applications via advancements in stand-alone and integrative mechanical measurement and microscopy techniques, with an emphasis on advanced materials in electronics, biomedical and health, infrastructure, energy, and forensics applications. His work on the fundamental understanding of adhesion of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) on micromachined surfaces has resulted in advances in MEMS technologies, magnetic storage, and microelectronics. The author of more than 50 peer-reviewed papers, DelRio is also the recipient of a number of honors, including the Orr Early Career Award from ASME’s Materials Division, a U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award, the Adhesion Society Outstanding Young Adhesion Scientist Award, and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Boise State University in 2002, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado in 2006.

     

    Trevor Seipp

    Trevor Seipp.
    ASME member Trevor Seipp, division manager for Becht Engineering Canada, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Seipp, who will be presented the award at the 2018 ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference this July, has more than 20 years of experience in the design, analysis, and fitness-for-service of process and power equipment and more than 15 years of experience in the design and analysis of process and power equipment, vessels, piping, and structures. In addition, he has extensive analytical experience including linear and non-linear finite element analysis using ANSYS and ABAQUS, buckling analyses, steady-state and transient heat transfer and thermal stress analysis of pressure vessels. He is active in ASME Codes and Standards activities, and currently serves as a member of Working Group on Design-By-Analysis of Section VIII as well as the Board on Pressure Technology Codes and Standards. Seipp also currently serves as Honors and Awards chair for the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division. He received both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Saskatchewan.

     

    Beshah Ayalew, Ph.D.

    Beshah Ayalew, Ph.D..
    Beshah Ayalew, Ph.D., professor of automotive engineering at Clemson University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. A founding member of the university’s automotive engineering department, Dr. Ayalew has played a significant part in shaping the curriculum for the department, where he developed six new graduate courses and made contributions to two additional classes. He is one of more than 40 members from Clemson’s engineering, computing and applied sciences colleges who joined to form the university’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing, where the faculty support industry with their work on a number of research and workforce development projects. Ayalew also serves as the automotive engineering department’s graduate program coordinator, teaching graduate courses in control systems relating to vehicle stability and safety, and advanced powertrains. He also conducts research in areas including vehicle dynamics control, such as control algorithms for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, as well as in vehicle energy management systems and in mathematical modeling of manufacturing processes. Ayalew has been the recipient of a number of honors, including the National Science Foundation CAREER award, SAE International’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the Clemson University Board of Trustees’ Award for Faculty Excellence. Ayalew earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, in 1997. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, in 2000 and 2005, respectively.

     

    Olesya Zhupanska, Ph.D.

    Olesya Zhupanska, Ph.D.
    Olesya Zhupanska, Ph.D., professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for her research on composite materials. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Zhupanska’s research focuses on composite structures, which are currently widely used in aircraft because of their light weight and strength. Zhupanska’s work concentrates on improving the weaknesses of composite materials. Her work has been funded by such groups as the National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the U.S. Department of the Air Force and NASA. Zhupanska, who was also recently elected as an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, was a member of the ASME Aerospace Division Executive Committee from 2014 to 2016 and served as chair of the division in 2016-2017. She also served as chair, vice chair and treasurer of the division’s Structures & Materials Technical Committee and as technology track organizer for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE). She is the technical program chair for IMECE 2018. The author or co-author of more than 100 technical publications, Zhupanska has received a number of awards, including the ASME/Boeing Best Paper Award, the National Research Council Senior Research Associateship Award and the DARPA Young Faculty Award. In 1996, she earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanics and applied mathematics with highest honors at Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University in the Ukraine. She also received a Ph.D. in mechanics of solids and applied mathematics from Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University in 2000.

     

    Deyu Li, Ph.D.

    Deyu Li, Ph.D.
    Deyu Li, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Li, who joined the Vanderbilt University faculty in 2004, was recognized with the honor for his significant engineering contributions in nanoscale energy transport as well as microfluidics and nanofluidics. He is renowned for his research in thermal transport through individual nanostructures and their contacts, which has significant implications in microelectronics cooling and nanocomposites. In addition to computer chip cooling, Li’s research has broad potential applications in aerospace, flexible electronics, and energy conversion. He was the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in 2007 and a recipient of a Vanderbilt University Chancellor’s Award for Research for an outstanding paper or book in 2013. Li is an active ASME volunteer, serving as session chair, track chair and symposium organizer for a number of ASME conferences. A current member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports, Li also serves as a proposal reviewer for U.S. government agencies, including the NSF, NASA, the Department of Energy, and the National Institutes of Health. Li received a bachelor's degree in engineering thermophysics from the University of Science and Technology of China, a master’s degree in engineering mechanics from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

     

    Irem Y. Tumer, Ph.D.

    Irem Y. Tumer, Ph.D.
    Irem Y. Tumer, Ph.D., associate dean for research and professor of mechanical engineering at Oregon State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. The leader of the Design Engineering Labs’ Complex Engineered System Design Group at Oregon State, Dr. Tumer is an authority on the system-level design and analysis of highly complex and integrated engineering systems with reduced risk of failures. Her research concentrates on providing systematic and mathematical methods to design, model and analyze highly complex and integrated systems. Her current areas of interest include risk-based and model-based design, system analysis and optimization, computational design, collaborative design, systems engineering, and reliability engineering as applied to the design of large-scale complex engineered systems. Since joining ASME 25 years ago, Tumer has been actively involved in the Society, serving in capacities including conference chair, program chair, and associate editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. She is the author of more than 50 journal articles and more than 125 refereed conference articles. Prior to joining the Oregon State faculty, Tumer led the Complex Systems Design and Engineering Group in the Intelligent Systems Division at the NASA Ames Research Center, where she also served as a research scientist, group lead, and program manager. She received three mechanical engineering degrees from the University of Texas at Austin: a bachelor's degree in 1991, a master's degree in 1995, and a Ph.D. in 1998.

     

    Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.

    Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D.
    Jayasimha Atulasimha, Ph.D., Qimonda Professor in the department of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Atulasimha was honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of “straintronics,” an energy-efficient nanomagnetic computing program that uses strain to manipulate the magnetic state. A recognized leader in strain-mediated magnetic switching, Atulasimha was nominated for the honor by Christopher S. Lynch, chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, in recognition of his research and continuing leadership in the smart materials field. Atulasimha’s areas of expertise include multiferroic nanomagnets logic and memory; nonlinear magnetostrictive piezoelectric magnetoelectric response; fabrication of MEMS devices; hybrid spintronics-straintronics for ultralow power memory logic and higher order information processing; nanomagnetism; and spin transport and manipulation in nanowires. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2001. He earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland in 2003 and 2006, respectively.

     

    Laurel Kuxhaus, Ph.D.

    Laurel Kuxhaus, Ph.D.
    Laurel Kuxhaus, Ph.D., an associate professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Kuxhaus was nominated for the honor based on her continued dedication to engineering education, scholarly research, and service to the ASME Bioengineering Division. Kuxhaus’ research in orthopedic biomechanics encompasses both ex-vivo models of orthopedic trauma and repair, and measurements of upper extremity function during common and specialized activities of daily living. Her past work has focused on the upper extremity with particular emphasis on the elbow and its joint stiffness, while her current research includes both experiments and theoretical models using the principles of solid mechanics to investigate orthopedics. She has presented her work regularly at the annual Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), which is organized by the ASME Bioengineering Division. Currently a member of the division’s executive committee, Kuxhaus previously served as the chair of the division from 2013-2016 and vice chair in 2012-2013. She also served as information chair for the 2017 SB3C, and recently spearheaded the launch of the Robert M. Nerem Medal for Education and Mentorship, which will be awarded for the first time this year to a Bioengineering Division member for demonstrating an exceptional and sustained commitment to mentoring the next generation of bioengineers. Kuxhaus received a bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics from Michigan State University in 2001, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 2003, and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008.

     

    Song-Charng Kong, Ph.D.

    Song-Charng Kong, Ph.D.
    ASME member Song-Charng Kong, Ph.D., a mechanical engineering professor at Iowa State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Kong was recognized with the honor for creating physics-based computational tools that enable the detailed prediction of two complex multi-phase chemically reacting systems. The tools, which were designed for use in internal combustion engines and biomass thermo-chemical reactors, are now used within industry to understand, design, and optimize the performance of diesel and gasoline engines and biomass gasifiers and pyrolyzers. Kong joined the ME faculty at Iowa State as an assistant professor in 2005, and was subsequently promoted to associate professor in 2011 and professor in 2016. He is also the director of the Bioenergy Systems Analysis Program at Iowa State’s Bioeconomy Institute. Kong also serves as a program director for the National Science Foundation, where he oversees both the Combustion and Fire Systems Program and the Major Research Instrumentation Program in the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport (CBET). He received a bachelor’s degree in power mechanical engineering from National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan in 1987. He earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1992 and 1994, respectively.

     

    Yong Zhu, Ph.D.

    Yong Zhu, Ph.D.
    ASME member Yong Zhu, Ph.D., a professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Zhu was recognized for his research on experimental nanomechanics and nanomaterial-enabled stretchable electronics, which has resulted in important contributions to the field of mechanical engineering. He recently headed a four-year National Science Foundation grant on scalable nanomanufacturing to make nanomaterials into wearable and stretchable devices. Zhu was also cited for his accomplishments as an engineering educator and for establishing the first nanotechnology lab course at North Carolina State University. Zhu’s research interests include micro- and nanoelectromechanical transducers (MEMS/NEMS) design, fabrication and characterization; mechanics and materials issues in nanostructures and thin films; and mechanics of soft materials and interfaces. Currently the vice chair of the ASME Materials Division, Zhu received the Eshelby Mechanics Award for Young Faculty at the ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, as well as ASME’s Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award in 2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanics and mechanical engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1999. He received two mechanical engineering degrees from Northwestern University: a master’s degree in 2001 and a Ph.D. in 2005.

     

    Kaushik A. Iyer, Ph.D.

    Kaushik A. Iyer, Ph.D.
    ASME member Kaushik A. Iyer, Ph.D., P.E., a member of the Principal Professional Staff at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Iyer is a materials physicist in the Space Technologies and Applied Research Group in APL’s Space Exploration Sector. His research covers a number of areas, including hypervelocity impact physics, dynamic material failure, fracture mechanics and contact mechanics, physics-based laser damage modeling, high-energy laser effects on space systems, and components and systems failure analysis. Since 2010, Iyer has headed the development of a methodology for material and structural specifications that can reduce the damage to spacecraft from solar and interplanetary microdust particles. He earned a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1991, and a master’s degree in materials science and engineering from the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology in 1993. He received a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1997.

     

    Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Ph.D.

    Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Ph.D.
    ASME member Andreas A. Malikopoulos, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Malikopoulos is known throughout the world for his research in analysis, optimization and control of powertrain systems; decentralized control for cyber-physical systems; and learning in complex systems. His recent work includes the development of a decentralized optimal control framework for connected and automated vehicles that enables cars to safely cross intersections without traffic signals. A member of the University of Delaware faculty since last year, Malikopoulos has established a virtual reality lab to develop concepts for connected and automated vehicles and a scaled smart city to test those concepts. Prior to joining the university, Malikopoulos was the deputy director and the lead of the Sustainable Mobility Theme of the Urban Dynamics Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and a senior researcher at General Motors Research and Development. He received a Diploma in mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 2000. He earned two degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan: a master’s degree in 2004 and a Ph.D. in 2007.

     

    Yaling Liu, Ph.D.

    Yaling Liu, Ph.D.
    ASME member Yaling Liu, Ph.D., an associate professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics and of bioengineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Liu conducts interdisciplinary research in micro- and nanoengineering for biology and medicine, with a particular focus on using combined experimental and computational fluid and solid mechanics approaches to characterize interfacial phenomena at the micro and nano scale and in biological systems. Liu has developed testing and diagnostic tools that imitate the behavior of body tissue, facilitate the early detection of cancer, and assess the targeted delivery of medicine at the nanoscale. He has received funding for his research from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities. In one project supported by the NSF, Liu and his students developed an inexpensive, portable device for detecting cancerous tumors before symptoms appear. Before joining Lehigh University, Liu served as assistant professor of mechanical aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington and as a senior engineer at Seagate Technology. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Early CAREER Development Award as well as the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. The author of seven book chapters, Liu has published 65 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 100 conference proceedings and abstracts. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 2001. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University in 2004 and 2006, respectively.

     

    Stephen A. Ciatti, Ph.D.

    Stephen A. Ciatti, Ph.D.
    ASME member Stephen A. Ciatti, Ph.D., principal mechanical engineer and technical lead for the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. An esteemed research leader in the areas of low-temperature combustion and more traditional forms of diesel and gasoline combustion, Dr. Ciatti has worked to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines while reducing harmful emissions throughout his career. As principal mechanical engineer and technical lead at Argonne National Laboratory, he provides strategic and technical leadership for the entire combustion engines program, which includes advanced combustion concepts, combustion chemistry, high-fidelity engine simulation, fuel spray characterization, and ignition systems. He also mentors approximately 10 research staff and multiple post-doctoral research associates. Ciatti has been an active volunteer during his more than 15 years as an ASME member, serving on the executive committee of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division from 2008 to 2013 and as chair of the division from 2012 to 2013, among other positions. He is currently an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology and a contributor to Mechanical Engineering magazine. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 1993. He earned two degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin‒Madison: a master’s degree in 1997 and a Ph.D. in 2001.

     

    William Berger

    Bill Berger (right), recipient of the Finegan Standards Medal from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), with Claire Ramspeck, managing director of standards development at ASME.
    ASME member William (Bill) Berger, managing director of standards for ASME, was recently honored with the Finegan Standards Medal from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The Finegan Standards Medal recognizes an individual who has shown extraordinary leadership in the development and application of voluntary standards. Berger, who has been employed with ASME for 40 years, received the award on Oct. 18 at the 2017 ANSI Awards Banquet in Washington, D.C. The event was held in conjunction with World Standards Week. As managing director of standards, Berger oversees the operation of the Society’s codes and standards activities, including the development and maintenance of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, which is used throughout the world. Berger, who was nominated for the award by Claire Ramspeck, ASME’s managing director of standards development, has contributed to a number of ANSI committees during the past 17 years. He has been an active member of the ANSI Federation, having served on the ANSI Board of Directors, the Executive Standards Council (ExSC), the National Policy Committee and the Organizational Member Forum. In addition, he recently chaired the ANSI ExSC Task Group that led a comprehensive update to the ANSI appeals procedures, which apply to American National Standards and ANSI International Procedures.

     

    Tamara Reid Bush, Ph.D.

    Tamara Reid Bush, Ph.D.
    ASME member Tamara Reid Bush, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Board of Governors confers the honor on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Reid Bush is the founding director of the MSU Biomechanical Design Research Laboratory, where she and her students apply engineering techniques and principles to the human body. Her research interests include biomedical design, mechanics of seating, hand function, musculoskeletal dysfunction, pressure ulcers and soft tissue responses to loading. Reid Bush, who joined the MSU faculty in 2009, has mentored more than 50 students and was the recipient of the Withrow Teaching Excellence Award from her university’s mechanical engineering department for 2013-2014. She is currently the chair of ASME Bioengineering Division’s Design, Dynamics and Rehabilitation Technical Committee, as well as the treasurer for the American Society of Biomechanics Executive Board and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Applied Biomechanics. She is the recipient of three degrees from Michigan State University: a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, and both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics with an emphasis in biomechanics.

     

    Adrian Bejan, Ph.D.

    Adrian Bejan, Ph.D.
    ASME Honorary Member and Fellow Adrian Bejan, Ph.D., the J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University, was named the recipient of the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Bejan, who also received ASME’s 2017 Ralph Coats Roe Medal at the Honors Assembly on Nov. 6, was recognized with the Benjamin Franklin Medal for “his pioneering interdisciplinary contributions in thermodynamics and convection heat transfer that have improved the performance of engineering systems, and for constructal theory, which predicts natural design and its evolution in engineering, scientific, and social systems.” He is one of eight recipients of 2018 Franklin Institute Awards, which honor and promote outstanding accomplishments in science and technology. Bejan and his fellow honorees will receive their awards at the Franklin Institute Awards Ceremony and Dinner on April 19, 2018, in Philadelphia. A member of the Duke University faculty since 1984, Bejan’s research focuses on thermodynamics, applied physics, constructal law, and design and evolution in nature. He is the author or co-author of 30 books and 630 peer-reviewed journal articles. Bejan received ASME’s 2017 Ralph Coats Roe Medal, which recognizes contributions to the public appreciation of the role of engineering in society, for his permanent contributions to the public appreciation of the pivotal role of engineering in an advanced society through outstanding accomplishments as an engineering scientist and educator, renowned communicator, and prolific writer. He has received a number of other accolades from the Society, including the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, the James Harry Potter Gold Medal, the Heat Transfer Memorial Award – Science, the Worcester Reed Warner Medal, the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, the Edward F. Obert Award, and the Max Jakob Memorial Award from ASME’s Heat Transfer Division and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Bejan received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972 and a Ph.D. from the university in 1975.

     

    Srinath Ekkad, Ph.D., P.E.

     

    Srinath Ekkad, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME Fellow Srinath Ekkad, Ph.D., P.E., recently became the new head of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at North Carolina State University. Dr. Ekkad began his new position as head of the department on Sept. 18, succeeding Richard Gould, who had served as MAE department head for 13 years. Prior to starting the new position, Ekkad had been the Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor for Aerospace Propulsion Systems in the mechanical engineering department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as well as the associate vice president for research programs and the director of the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center for Advanced Diagnostics at Virginia Tech. Ekkad’s research, which concentrates on thermal management, energy concepts, propulsion, and advanced system diagnostics, has received financial support from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, Rolls-Royce, Siemens and GE, among other organizations. In addition to publishing more than 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals and contributing to four book chapters, he was the author of the book “Gas Turbine Heat Transfer and Cooling Technology.” In 2004, he was the recipient of the Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer, which is given to a young engineer under the age of 36 who has received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in engineering. Ekkad received a Bachelor of Technology degree in mechanical engineering from Jawaharal Nehru Technological University in India in 1989 before earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University in 1991. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1995.

     

    Jennifer Herron

    Jennifer Herron
    ASME member Jennifer Herron, chief executive officer of Action Engineering, has been reappointed as chair of the ASME Y14 Subcommittee 46 on Product Definition for Additive Manufacturing. The three-year term, which ends in June 2020, is Herron’s second term as chair of the subcommittee. ASME’s Y14 Standards Committee established the Y14.46 subcommittee three years ago to support the development of a new standard for geometric dimensioning and tolerancing requirements for additive manufacturing (AM), with a goal of creating a broadly accepted standard that incorporates, expands, or refines international practices and symbology to enable AM product definition data sets to be created, interpreted, and used on a global basis. In addition to serving as chair of the ASME Y14.46 Subcommittee, Herron is a member of the ASME Y14.41.1 Digital Product Definition Data: Model Organization Schema Practices and the ASME Y14.37 Composite Part Drawings Committees. An expert in multiple CAD packages with extensive experience with hardware design for flight satellite systems and military robot platforms, Herron is the author of Re-Use Your CAD: The Model-Based CAD Handbook, which was published in 2013. Herron received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1996. She received her master’s degree in computer engineering in 2002.

     

    Yong Chen, Ph.D.

    Yong Chen, Ph.D.
    ASME member Yong Chen, Ph.D., a professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Chen was recognized for inventing a synaptic device and a neuromorphic circuit for machine learning to overcome the shortages of programmable silicon circuits with superior parallel signal processing speed and power efficiency. Chen’s circuit has been used to control/guide drones through dynamic changing environments. He has also developed nanoscale electric lithography and a patented super string probe for nanofabrication and bio-sensing. Chen’s research interests include nanoscience, nanofabrication, nanolithography, electric configurable materials, neural electronic devices and circuits, nanobiotechnology and ultrasensitive biosensors. Before joining the UCLA faculty in 2003, Chen was a master scientist in Hewlett-Packard Laboratories’ Quantum Science Research Group, where he led a team that fabricated the world’s highest-density electronic memory circuits, demonstrated the world’s first nanoscale multiplexer for electric circuits, invented a process to fabricate molecular devices by imprint lithography, designed and developed imprint instrument and process for nanofabrication, and invented a self-assembled method for nanowire growth on silicon substrates. Chen, who holds 16 patents, earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994 and 1996, respectively. 1976.

     

    Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux, Ph.D.

    Janeen Judah (left), 2017 SPE president, presented the SPE Projects, Facilities, and Construction Award to Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas.
    ASME member Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux, Ph.D., consultant and president of ABYSSOZ, was recently honored by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) with the SPE Projects, Facilities, and Construction Award. The award was presented to Dr. Saint-Marcoux at the organization’s Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, which was held Oct. 9-11 in San Antonio, Texas. Saint-Marcoux, who will become chair of the ASME Petroleum Division next year, received the honor for his technical expertise and knowledge, including subsea riser systems for deep water, field architecture and subsea processing, and his willingness to share his expertise throughout the oil and gas industry. He has 40 years of experience in engineering and engineering management, with a specialty in flow assurance and hydrodynamics. “It is an honor to recognize Jean-Francois for his commitment and dedication to the oil and gas industry with the Projects, Facilities, and Construction Award,” said Janeen Judah, 2017 SPE president, who presented the award to Saint-Marcoux at the conference. “SPE international award winners were nominated by their colleagues and selected by their peers for their achievement and contributions and it’s my pleasure to congratulate him on receiving this prestigious international award from SPE.” Prior to founding ABYSSOZ in 2015, Saint-Marcoux held positions including engineering expertise and consolidation director at Subsea 7; group R&D manager and group manager, conceptual engineering, at Acergy; manager of engineering, topsides facilities manager, and project engineer at ETPM; and wellhead engineer at Cameron. In 2014, the prestigious ASME Petroleum Division Geoca Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award was bestowed upon Dr. Saint-Marcoux at the annual Offshore Technology Conference for his career achievements in the oil and gas industry. He received an ingénieur degree from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 1972, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1973, and docteur ingénieur degree in physical oceanography from University Pierre and Marie Curie in 1976.

     

    Ryan L. Harne, Ph.D.

    Ryan L. Harne, Ph.D.
    ASME member Ryan L. Harne, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Ohio State University, and recent Ohio State graduate Danielle T. Lynd, were named the winners of the 2017 Best Paper Award in Structures and Structural Dynamics. The award was presented to Dr. Harne on Sept. 19 during the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems in Snowbird, Utah. The highly regarded award recognizes the best published or presented paper on adaptive structures during the previous calendar year. Harne and Lynd received the award for their paper, “Origami Acoustics: Using Principles of Folding Structural Acoustics for Simple and Large Focusing of Sound Energy,” which was published in the Smart Materials and Structures journal in 2016. The paper explores the novel idea of leveraging the principles of folding and deployable structures for adaptive, acoustic wave guiding devices, according to Harne, who directs the university’s Laboratory of Sound and Vibration Research. One potential medical application for their research would involve collapsible transducers that could be moved throughout the human body and unfolded and activated when they reach a particular area, he said. Harne, who has been a member of ASME since 2011, was awarded the ASME Applied Mechanics Division’s Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award in 2016. He received three degrees in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: a bachelor’s degree in 2008, a master’s degree in 2009, and a Ph.D. in 2012.

     

    Haijun Su, Ph.D.

    Haijun Su, Ph.D.
    ASME member Haijun Su, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Ohio State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Su’s research focuses on mechanism design theory, robotics, nanotechnology, computational modeling and simulations. His compliant mechanism and kinematics theory research can be utilized in a variety of applications, including human-safe co-robots, nanorobots, precision machinery, medical drug delivery, and automotive automation. His pioneering work in the interdisciplinary field of human-safe robots and DNA origami mechanisms has earned him research awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including a $977,000 grant to develop Shape Morphing Arm Robotic (SMART) manipulators — a project that is expected to result in safer human-robot interactions and higher performance within the auto manufacturing industry. Su, who is also a recognized expert in compliant mechanism design, was the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the Freudenstein/GM Young Investigator Award from ASME Design Engineering Division’s Mechanisms & Robotics Committee. He also received two best paper awards from the ASME Design Engineering Division in 2009 and 2014. Su received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1995 and 1998, respectively. He earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Irvine, in 2004.

     

    Afshin Ghajar, Ph.D., P.E.

    Afshin Ghajar, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME Fellow Afshin Ghajar, Ph.D., P.E., Regents Professor and John Brammer Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University and an Honorary Professor of Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, was recently selected as the recipient of the 2017 Donald Q. Kern Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Established in 1973 by AIChE’s Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Division, now the Transport and Energy Processes Division, the award honors Donald Q. Kern, a pioneer in the field of process heat transfer, and recognizes an individual’s expertise in a given field of heat transfer or energy conversion. Dr. Ghajar was selected as recipient of the award, which is bestowed annually, in recognition of his major contributions to the science and technology of heat transfer. An expert in experimental heat transfer/fluid mechanics and the development of practical engineering correlations, Ghajar has made significant contributions to the field of thermal sciences through his research in heat transfer and stratification in sensible heat storage systems, heat transfer to non-Newtonian fluids, heat transfer in the transition region, and non-boiling heat transfer in two-phase flow. Ghajar and his colleagues have published more than 200 reviewed research papers and 10 book chapters. He is also the co-author of the book Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications with Yunus A. Cengel. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the ASME Heat Transfer Division’s 75th Anniversary Medal in 2013 and the ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels (ICNMM) 2016 Outstanding Leadership Award. Ghajar received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University.

     

    Emmanuel Glakpe, Ph.D., P.E.

    Emmanuel Glakpe, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Emmanuel Glakpe, Ph.D., P.E., professor of mechanical engineering at Howard University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. During his 35 years at Howard University, Dr. Glakpe has made significant contributions in global engineering education and R&D, the development of computational methods to study convective heat transfer in irregular geometries, and research in the characterization of thermal state-of-charge in space solar receiver systems. His areas of research interest include energy and the environment, energy policy analysis, heat transfer and fluid flow, computational fluid dynamics, and applications related to the use of supercomputer technology. A registered professional engineer in the District of Columbia, Glakpe served as associate dean of the graduate school at Howard University from 2002 until 2006. He has been involved in numerous outreach activities since his appointment as a faculty member at Howard University, including acting as a volunteer mentor within the Montgomery County School System in Maryland, speaking to K-12 students about career paths in engineering and the role of engineers in society, and tutoring middle and high school students. He recently received a Carnegie Foundation Fellowship and spent part of the summer as a visiting faculty member at the University of Johannesburg. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana in 1973 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1975. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona in 1980.

     

    Yucheng Liu, Ph.D., P.E

    Yucheng Liu, Ph.D., P.E
    ASME member Yucheng Liu, Ph.D., P.E., an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Mississippi State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. In addition to his position as associate professor, Dr. Liu also serves as coordinator of the university’s mechanical engineering graduate program, which has more than 110 Ph.D. and master’s degree students. At MSU, Liu leads research projects related to the development of a plasticity damage model to predict the high strain rate performance of materials and the establishment of a multiscale framework to identify the process-structure-property-performance relations of materials. In recognition of his research contributions, Liu was named the first recipient of the mechanical engineering department’s Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award in 2016. Prior to joining the MSU faculty in 2014, Liu was an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2009 to 2014. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed research papers related to multiscale modeling and simulation, computational mechanics, structural crashworthiness analysis, wave energy technology, mechanical and machine design, and engineering education. Liu received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Hefei University of Technology in China in 1997. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Louisville in 2002 and 2005, respectively.

     

    Kincho H. Law, Ph.D

    Kincho H. Law, Ph.D
    ASME member Kincho H. Law, Ph.D., a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. During his career, Dr. Law has been recognized for significant contributions to three distinct fields: engineering and legal informatics; software interoperability and service integration; and machine learning and smart manufacturing. His research interests include computational mechanics, numerical methods, and analysis and simulation of large-scale systems using distributed workstations and high performance parallel computers. His work has also dealt with sensing, monitoring and control of structures, as well as various aspects of computer-aided design, including the application of information technology to facilitate regulatory compliance assistance, to assist with the analysis and design of building structures, and to coordinate concurrent engineering design activities. Law received bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering and mathematics from the University of Hawaii in 1976. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1979 and 1981, respectively.

     

    Miao Yu, Ph.D.

    Miao Yu, Ph.D.
    ASME member Miao Yu, Ph.D., a professor of mechanical engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, was recently named a Fellow of ASME. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Yu was recently named the director of the Maryland Robotics Center at the University of Maryland, and is an affiliate faculty member of the university’s Institute for Systems Research (ISR). Since joining the University of Maryland faculty in 2005, Yu established and now directs the Sensors and Actuators Laboratory, where her research focuses on optical sensors, sensor mechanics and material behavior at special scales, and micro- and nano-sensor systems. She has been published in a number of leading journals, including Nature Communications and Scientific Reports, Applied Physics Letters and Optics Letters. Yu, who holds six U.S. patents, has received many awards during her career, including the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Young Investigator Research Program Award, and the University of Maryland’s Invention of the Year Award. She currently serves as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. She received two degrees from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China: a bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics in 1996 and a master’s degree in engineering mechanics in 1998. She earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland in 2002..

     

    Sarim N. Al-Zubaidy, Ph.D.

    Sarim N. Al-Zubaidy, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Sarim N. Al-Zubaidy, Ph.D., was recently named the new president of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). Dr. Al-Zubaidy took office Aug. 7 following the retirement of Prof. Dyer Narinesingh, who had served as president of UTT for the past four years and acting provost for the past 18 months. Al-Zubaidy will continue the work that Prof. Narinesingh has supported at UTT, which includes ensuring the university’s economic and organizational stability; building closer relationships with internal and external stakeholders; and ensuring that the university’s programs remain relevant to the needs of Trinidad and Tobago. Al-Zubaidy has more than 20 years of experience at senior and administrative levels in a variety of international higher education institutions, including the Military Technical College in Oman, Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, and Heriot-Watt University Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In addition to being a Fellow of ASME, he is a Fellow of the United Kingdom’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the Australian Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Al-Zubaidy received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Liverpool John Moores University in 1977 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Hertfordshire in 1982.

     

    Shorya Awtar, Sc.D.

    Shorya Awtar, Sc.D.
    ASME member Shorya Awtar, Sc.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Awtar currently serves as the director of the university’s Precision Systems Design Lab, which focuses on research and innovation in the areas of medical devices, high precision equipment for manufacturing and metrology, micro and macro scale actuators, and flexure mechanism design methodology. He has conducted innovative research and development in precision engineering, machine design and mechatronics that have resulted in disruptive technologies for minimally invasive surgery, semiconductor metrology, and motion control. Awtar, who is also the chief technology officer of the start-up company FlexDex Surgical, is the recipient of a number of honors, including the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from SAE International, and the ASME Design Engineering Division’s Freudenstein/General Motors Young Investigator and Leonardo da Vinci Awards. Awtar earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1998 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2000. He received a Sc.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004.

     

    Kenneth H. Yu, Ph.D.

    Kenneth H. Yu, Ph.D.
    ASME member Kenneth H. Yu, Ph.D., associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Yu was recognized for outstanding contributions to research and development that have resulted in stable, cleaner and efficient combustion of fuels under high speed propulsion conditions using state of the art advanced laser diagnostics, as well as for his work educating undergraduate and graduate students. Yu’s research and scholarly work on active combustion control and supersonic mixing have had a significant impact on the development of enabling technologies for propulsion and power systems. Yu, who is also director of the Hypersonic Center of Testing Excellence at the University of Maryland, has made influential contributions in three sub-disciplinary fields within the propulsion and combustion areas: high-speed air-breathing propulsion; thermo-acoustic combustion instabilities; and active combustion control. Prior to joining the University of Maryland faculty, Yu worked as a physical scientist from 1990 to 1999 at the Propulsion Research Lab at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif. He holds nine U.S. patents and has published one book, 11 book chapters, 30 journal publications, and more than 150 refereed conference proceedings. He earned three degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley: a bachelor’s degree in 1985, a master’s degree in 1988, and a Ph.D. in 1989.

     

    Hy Tran, Ph.D., P.E.

    Hy Tran, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Hy Tran, Ph.D., P.E., a Senior Scientist/Engineer in the Primary Standards Laboratory of Sandia National Laboratory, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Tran joined Sandia National Laboratories to lead their metrology (measurement science) division in 2004, was promoted to Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff (DMTS) in 2010, and was then named a Senior Scientist/Engineer in 2015. Less than 10 percent of DMTS members at Sandia hold the rank of Senior Scientist/Engineer, and only 1 percent of all technical staff attains this distinction. Widely recognized for improving the accuracy of high fidelity measurements and standards needed for high-reliability nuclear weapons components through innovative statistical modeling, Tran contributed to ensuring quality metrology in National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facilities in the Department of Energy by working with individual NNSA calibration labs to help them meet mission requirements. Tran, who was an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico from 1997 to 2004, has been a member of ASME for more than 30 years as well as an active volunteer in ASME B46 activities. He is also a longtime member of IEEE, Sigma Xi, ASPE, and the international standards organization NCSL International. Tran was appointed by the New Mexico Secretary of Education to the New Mexico Math and Science Advisory Council to provide advice on K-12 STEM education within the state. Tran received Bachelor of Science degrees in life sciences and mechanical engineering from MIT in 1979 and 1980, respectively. He received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1984, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford in 1993.

     

    Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D.

    Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D.
    Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D., deputy, Executive Operations for ASME, has been named the 43rd recipient of ASAE’s Professional Performance Award, which recognizes invaluable contributions made by association executives who are at the top level within their organizations but are not CEOs. The award will be presented to Dr. Gerstmann at the 2017 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition, to be held Aug. 12-15 in Toronto. Dr. Gerstmann, an ASME member and a Certified Association Executive, served on the ASAE and ASAE Foundation Board of Directors from 2012-2015, and was a member of the association’s Finance Committee. Gerstmann, who was named a Fellow of ASAE in 2014, served as chair of the association’s Research Committee from 2010-2012. She is also a member of the American Psychological Association, the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives, and IEEE. Gerstmann is one of three association leaders who will be honored by ASAE at its annual meeting. Richard Yep, CEO of the American Counseling Association, will be presented with the association’s Key Award, ASAE’s highest honor presented to association chief staff executives who demonstrate exceptional qualities of leadership in their association and display a deep commitment to voluntary membership organizations. Sheri Jacobs, president and CEO of Avenue M Group LLC, will receive the Academy of Leaders Award, the association’s highest honor for industry partners who have demonstrated exemplary support of ASAE and the entire association community. “I feel very honored to be recognized by ASAE and my peers,” Gerstmann said. “I hold ASAE and those on the awards selection committee in such high esteem that I'm truly humbled. Once I think about those who have won this award before me, I am further humbled. Then when I realize I will be sharing the stage with Sheri Jacobs and Rich Yep, I get super excited. Life is great.”

     

    Alfonso Ortega, Ph.D.

    Alfonso Ortega, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Alfonso Ortega, Ph.D., the James R. Birle Professor of Energy Technology and director of the Center for Energy-Smart Electronic Systems at Villanova University, was recently named the new dean of the School of Engineering and John M. Sobrato Professor at Santa Clara University. In his new position, Dr. Ortega, whose term will begin on Aug. 1, 2017, will provide overall academic, administrative, and financial leadership for the School of Engineering. Ortega joined Villanova University’s mechanical engineering department in 2006 and founded the Laboratory for Advanced Thermal and Fluid Systems that year. From 2007-2012, he served as associate dean for graduate programs and research. In 2011, he became site director of Villanova’s Center for Energy Smart Electronic Systems (ES2), a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center. In 2012, he was named the university’s inaugural associate vice president for research and graduate programs, a position he held until 2016. A world-renowned researcher in the areas of thermal management of data centers and electronic systems, convective and conjugate heat transfer in complex flows, experimental measurements in the thermal sciences, and thermal management in energy systems, Ortega is the recipient of a number of honors, including the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, the ASME Electronic Packaging Division Thermal Management Award, the Harvey Rosten Award for Excellence, and the 2017 IEEE ITherm Achievement Award. A member of ASME for nearly 40 years, he has held a variety of Society positions, including chair of the Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Committee, chair of the Heat Transfer Memorial Award Committee, and chair, vice chair and treasurer of the Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division. Ortega received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1976. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 1978 and 1986, respectively.

     

    Gyuhae Park, Ph.D.

    Gyuhae Park, Ph.D.
    ASME member Gyuhae Park, Ph.D., a professor of mechanical engineering at Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Park is recognized throughout the world for his contributions to the field of active material systems, and their application in structural health monitoring (SHM), embedded sensing, sensor diagnostics, and energy harvesting. Before his return to academia, Park’s prior work experience included appointments as a technical staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2002 to 2012, and as a research scientist with the Center for Intelligent Systems and Structures at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 2000 to 2002. Park has published more than 350 technical publications, including more than 90 referred journal articles, more than 10 book chapters, and more than 250 conference proceedings. A member of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems (ASMS) Group, Park continues to be an active participant in international conference activities, serving as conference chair in 2016-2017 and co-chair from 2012-2015 for the Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems Conference, which is part of the SPIE Smart Structures/Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) symposium that is organized in collaboration with the ASME ASMS Group. He has received several prestigious awards, including the SHM Person-of-the-Year Award at the 2007 International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring at Stanford University. Park received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Chonnam National University in 1992, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1995, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech in 2000.

     

    Mark A. Tschopp, Ph.D.

    Mark A. Tschopp, Ph.D.
    ASME member Mark A. Tschopp, Ph.D., a researcher with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, was recently named a Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Tschopp, who serves as team leader of the Alloy Development and Design team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., was recognized by the Society for distinguished and sustained research and development contributions to bridge the gap between solid mechanics, materials science, and materials design, specifically associated with understanding material plasticity at the atomic scale, and for service to ASME. Tschopp's research has focused on understanding the relationships between chemistry, processing, microstructure, and mechanics in materials to better manufacture, design and engineer materials and materials processes for their specific applications. He has held positions in industry, national laboratories, and academia relating to research and development of materials, mechanics, and design. Tschopp has published more than 160 journal papers, book chapters, conference papers and technical reports, and has been asked to appear at more than 70 invited talks. He has also authored more than 85 peer-reviewed journal papers in materials science, mechanics, and design, which have been cited more than 2,300 times. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the ASM International Silver Medal in 2016, the Mississippi State University State Pride Faculty Award in 2011, and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship from 2004 to 2007. He earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1998 and 1999, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007.

     

    Alper Erturk, Ph.D.

    Alper Erturk, Ph.D.
    ASME member Alper Erturk, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Erturk’s research centers on smart structures and dynamical systems with the intent of applying his findings to problems such as the conversion of ambient vibration to electricity, aquatic locomotion devices, and wave propagation. Erturk, who leads the Smart Structures and Dynamical Systems Laboratory at Georgia Tech, has earned exceptional reputations in both scholarship and education in the areas of vibrations, smart structures, and energy harvesting. His research during the past decade paved the way for many research groups working on theory and applications of energy harvesting from dynamical systems. Erturk, who has published more than 160 articles in journals and conference proceedings, received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 2013. A member of ASME for 10 years, Erturk is an associate editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, a member of the Design Engineering Division’s Technical Committee of Vibration and Sound, a member of the J.P. Den Hartog Award Committee, and the founding chair of the Aerospace Division’s Energy Harvesting Technical Committee. He was the recipient of the Design Engineering Division’s 2017 C. D. Mote Jr., Early Career Award for excellence in his research on vibration and acoustics and the 2015 ASME Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award for notable contributions to the field of adaptive structures and material systems. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He earned a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2009.

     

    Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., P.E.

    SAE President Doug Patton (left) presents the SAE Fellow plaque to Nadir Yilmaz.
    ASME Fellow Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., P.E., professor and chair of the mechanical engineering department at Howard University in Washington, D.C., was recently elected as a Fellow of SAE International. The highest grade of membership in SAE, the Fellow grade recognizes and honors long-term members who have made a significant impact on mobility technology through leadership, research and innovation. Dr. Yilmaz’s Fellow election recognizes his role as a technical leader in alternative fuels and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in diesel engines. His research has led to advances in understanding root causes of the failure of 70 percent of U.S. Army diesel engines. A native of Adana, Turkey, Yilmaz is also a Fellow of ASME and the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). He has been an author of numerous publications in the fields of combustion, computational fluid dynamics, rocket propellants and internal combustion engines. A U.S. Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories in 2012 and 2013, Yilmaz is the editor-in-chief for the SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants and an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. He is currently the chair of the ASME New Mexico Section. In addition to serving on the SAE ABET Accreditation Board, he is the chair of SAE International Education Board and a member of board of directors of the Turkish Society of Automotive Engineers. He is the recipient of a number of national and international awards, including the 2014 NSPE National Young Engineer of the Year, the ASEE Section Outstanding Teaching Award in 2013, and the SAE International Excellence in Engineering Education “Triple E” Award in 2016. Dr. Yilmaz earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1999 and his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Bradley University in 2001. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University in 2005.

     

    Richard Yetter, Ph.D.

    Richard Yetter (left), professor of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, accepts his ASME Fellow certificate from Prof. Daniel Haworth, who nominated Dr. Yetter for the honor. (Photo courtesy of Penn State)
    ASME member Richard Yetter, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University and director of the university’s High Pressure Combustion Lab, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Yetter is recognized internationally for his significant contributions in propellants and combustion. His formulation of the hydrogen oxidation mechanism in the 1990s continues to be a pivotal contribution to chemical mechanisms for hydrocarbon fuel oxidation. The author or co-author of 145 refereed journal articles, Yetter is the editor of the international combustion journal, Combustion, Science and Technology, and the co-author of the widely read book, Combustion. He is also co-author of the book Synthesis Gas Combustion: Fundamentals and Applications. He is the recipient of the Propellants and Combustion Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Silver Medal from the Combustion Institute. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University in 1974. He received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Princeton University in 1981 and 1985, respectively.

     

    Ellen Kuhl, Ph.D.

    Ellen Kuhl, Ph.D.
    ASME member Ellen Kuhl, Ph.D., a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Kuhl, who was cited for her significant contributions to mechanical engineering in the subfields of computational mechanics and biomechanics, is widely recognized for her research in the biophysics of living systems, leveraging theories of applied mathematics, biophysics and continuum mechanics to predict the acute and chronic responses of living structures during disease progression. Her recent work has concentrated on understanding the mechanics of the human brain across the spatial and temporal scales, with applications to human brain development, neurological disorders, and neurodegeneration. Kuhl has published more than 160 peer reviewed journal articles, and is the recipient of notable honors including the DFG Habilitation Fellowship, the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, and the Humboldt Research Award. She is an editorial board member of a number of international journals, and currently serves as associate editor of ASME’s Applied Mechanics Reviews and Elsevier’s Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. She received a Dipl. -Ing degree in computational engineering from Leibniz University of Hannover in 1995. She earned a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 2000, and a habilitation in mechanics from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in 2004.

     

    Yonggang Huang, Ph.D.

    Yonggang Huang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Yonggang Huang, Ph.D., a Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Dr. Huang was one of 84 new members and 22 new foreign members chosen this year by the NAE, which functions as the primary advisory agency for the federal government on engineering and technology issues. Huang, whose recent research includes a wearable electronic device for instantaneous health monitoring, was recognized for his research, which has resulted in major advances in stretchable and flexible electronics with biomedical applications. The academy specifically cited his “pioneering work on mechanics of stretchable electronics and mechanically guided, deterministic 3-D assembly.” Possible uses for Huang’s technology include thin tattoo-like sensors for the skin, implantable devices including pacemakers and heart-rate monitors, and electrocardiogram equipment. He has received of a number of awards from ASME, including the Materials Division’s highest honor, the Nadai Medal, as well the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award, the Melville Medal, the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award and the Daniel C. Drucker Medal. His other honors include the Society of Engineering Science’s William Prager Medal, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science and the International Journal of Plasticity Medal. Currently the editor of the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics and a member of the Applied Mechanics Division’s executive committee, Huang is the author of two books and more than 500 papers that have been published in international journals. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanics from Peking University in 1984. He earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in engineering science from Harvard University in 1987 and 1990, respectively.

     

    Amos Winter, Ph.D.

    Amos Winter, Ph.D.
    ASME member Amos Winter, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was among the 156 researchers from across the United States who were selected for the 2017 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program. Funded by the NSF’s Engineering Directorate, the program provides honorees with grants of at least $500,000 apiece, which they will use to pursue advances in engineering. This year’s class of CAREER award recipients represents 88 universities from 34 U.S. states. Dr. Winter is the director of the Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Lab at MIT, which focuses on the application of mechanical design theory and user-centered product design to create simple, elegant technological solutions for use in highly constrained environments. His research interests include design for emerging markets and developing countries, biomimetic design, fluid/solid/granular mechanics, biomechanics, and the design of ocean systems. Winter is the principal inventor of the Leveraged Freedom Chair, an all-terrain wheelchair designed for developing countries that was a the first-prize winner at the 2010 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW). The device was also the winner of a 2010 R&D 100 award from R&D magazine and was selected as one of the Wall Street Journal’s top innovations in 2011. Winter’s other accolades include a first-place USAID Desal Prize in 2015, the Freudenstein/General Motors Young Investigator Award in 2014, the ASME/Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal in 2012, the 2010 MIT School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award, and his selection as one of MIT Technology Review magazine’s 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35) in 2013. Winter received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tufts University in 2003. He earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MIT in 2005 and 2011, respectively.

     

    Guy M. Genin, Ph.D.

    Guy M. Genin, Ph.D.
    ASME member Guy M. Genin, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and materials science in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Genin was recognized for leadership in and outstanding contributions to the mechanics of bi-material attachment in nature, physiology and engineering, according to his Fellow citation. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. A member of the Washington University faculty since 1999, Genin’s research focuses on the role of force in living systems. His team is currently investigating pathologies with underlying mechanical components, such as cardiac fibrosis and pathologies of interfaces in the body. He is also studying interfaces within plants that could lead to methods for manipulating plants by employing mechanical force, and is the principal investigator for a five-year, $25 million National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center project in this area. Genin, who was also recently named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, is the recipient of a number of awards, including a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, the Yangtze River Scholar Award from the Chinese Ministry of Education, and ASME’s Richard Skalak Award for best paper published in the ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. Genin received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 1990, as well as a master’s degree in engineering mechanics from the university in 1992. He earned both a master’s degree in engineering mechanics and a Ph.D. in solid mechanics from Harvard University in 1993 and 1997, respectively.

     

    Hanqing Jiang, Ph.D.

    Hanqing Jiang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Hanqing Jiang, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Arizona State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Jiang has made significant contributions to flexible electronics and stretchable batteries. His current research focuses on multiphysics modeling and experiments for heterogeneous hard and soft materials, specifically on combined elastomeric materials with thin films for strain sensors, silicon thin films on soft substrates as anodes for lithium-ion batteries, and integrated gels and electronics. Currently the chair of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division’s Mechanics of Soft Materials Technical Committee, Jiang has published five book chapters and approximately 80 peer-reviewed journal papers. He was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in 2009 and the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of China in 2003. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics from China’s Dalian University of Technology in 1996. He received a Ph.D. in solid mechanics from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 2001.

     

    Bruce Farber, P.E.

    Bruce Farber, P.E.
    ASME member Bruce Farber, P.E., of Oak View, Calif., received the ASME Channel Islands Section’s Engineer of the Year Award at the section’s 44th Annual Engineering Week Dinner and Awards Banquet, which was held Feb. 23 at California State University, Channel Islands in Camarillo, Calif. Farber, who is the director of business development and special products at Wiggins Lift Co. in Oxnard, Calif., was recognized by the section for his technical and professional achievements during his 37-year mechanical engineering career. Before joining Wiggins Lift Co. as a technical director, Farber previously worked at the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, Oceaneering Technologies, Allison Fitness, Hi-Temp Insulation, and Proactive Technologies. He has earned nine patents covering seawater hydraulic diver tools for the U.S. Navy, tennis racquet improvements to avert tennis elbow, an exercise chair for paraplegics and forklift safety technology. Farber has been a member of ASME since 1978, when he joined as an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and helped revive the university’s inactive student section. Farber received both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1979 and 1980, respectively. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of California.

     

    Xin Zhang, Ph.D

    Xin Zhang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Xin Zhang, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering in the College of Engineering (ENG) at Boston University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) fellow. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Zhang was honored for her internationally recognized research using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to content with a wide range of critical problems in advanced materials, biomedicine and energy. A member of the Boston University faculty since 2002, Zhang leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers focused on fundamental and applied aspects of MEMS and nanotechnology. Her research group — the Laboratory for Microsystems Technology — seeks to understand and make use of interesting characteristics of micro/nanomaterials, micro/nanomechanics, and micro/nanomanufacturing technologies with progressive engineering efforts and practical applications ranging from energy to health care to homeland security. Zhang, who was named ENG’s inaugural Distinguished Faculty Fellow in 2009, was the recipient of the National Science Foundation Faculty CAREER Award in 2003. She has participated in U.S. and international National Academy of Engineering symposia, and has published more than 130 papers in interdisciplinary journals. She received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1998.

     

    Laine Mears, Ph.D., P.E.

    Laine Mears, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Laine Mears, Ph.D., P.E., the BMW SmartState Chair in Automotive Manufacturing and professor at the International Center for Automotive Research at Clemson University (CU-ICAR), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Mears, who is currently developing a collaboration between Clemson University engineers and Greenville Technical College students to work on a prototype vehicle assembly line, joined Clemson’s automotive engineering faculty in 2006 as a founding member of the university’s automotive graduate program and an assistant professor at the CU-ICAR campus in Greenville, S.C. He teaches modeling and analysis of automotive manufacturing processes and automation integration in manufacturing, and has performed research in intelligent machining systems, manufacturing process control and manufacturing equipment diagnostics. Prior to joining the Clemson faculty, he had 10 years of industry experience with SKF Bearings and Hitachi Unisia Automotive. Mears, who is a member of the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division Executive Committee, was the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2010. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1993. He received both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 2001 and 2006, respectively.

     

    Christophe Pierre, Ph.D.,

    Christophe Pierre, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Christophe Pierre, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been named a Fellow of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He will be inducted as an NAI Fellow at the Sixth Annual Conference of the NAI on April 6 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. According to the academy, election as an NAI Fellow is a notable professional distinction conferred upon academic inventors who have demonstrated “a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and welfare of society.” A world renowned leader in the fields of vibrations, structural dynamics and nonlinear dynamics, Dr. Pierre has made significant contributions to research in many areas of mechanical and aerospace engineering, including the dynamics of complex large-scale structural systems, and has been acknowledged for his innovative work on mode localization in disordered structures. At Stevens Institute, Pierre is responsible for the university’s academic integrity and all programs and administrative offices related to the academic operation, and for long-range academic strategic planning, resource allocation and new initiatives. He also leads the university’s cross-disciplinary initiatives to enhance its teaching and research endeavors and serves as a professor in the mechanical engineering department. He has authored or co-authored more than 120 research articles for refereed journals. Pierre was the winner of ASME’s N. O. Myklestad Award in 2005 in recognition of his research in the area of vibration localization. He received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering in 1982 from École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures de Paris in France, a master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 1983, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and materials science from Duke University in 1985.

     

    Alexander L. Brown, Ph.D.

    Alexander L. Brown, Ph.D.
    ASME member Alexander L. Brown, Ph.D., an R&D engineer and Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, N.M., was recently named an ASME Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Brown was recognized by the Society for his experimental and modeling technical contributions, which include significant advancements in the areas of computational fire dynamics, code coupling, liquid dynamics, plume dispersion, pyrolysis, and thermochemical biomass fuels. Brown supports system qualification activities that make up a significant portion of the fire science efforts at Sandia’s Fire and Aerosol Sciences Dept. 1532. His improvements in code and model development, simulation analysis, and experimental testing have enabled him to make important contributions to fire phenomenology and basic energy technologies. His research has also contributed to the executive launch approval for sending special nuclear material into space, assembled prior to the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory rover in 2011. He has served for approximately 10 years as an expert reviewer for nuclear power plant fire assessments through recurring contracts from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and continues to conduct research related to biomass thermochemical processing, primarily through projects funded by the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program. Brown, who has published approximately 100 articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals, is an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. He received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2001.

     

    Mark Gurvich, Ph.D.

    Om Sharma (left), senior fellow at the United Technologies Research Center and one of four ASME Fellows who sponsored Mark Gurvich’s Fellow nomination, presents Dr. Gurvich with his ASME Fellow certificate.
    ASME member Mark Gurvich, Ph.D., a technical fellow at United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) in East Hartford, Conn., was recently named a Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Gurvich, an expert in composite materials, joined UTRC in 2002 and is currently focused on advanced materials and structures for numerous applications of composites and polymers throughout the UTC business units Pratt & Whitney, UTC Aerospace Systems, Otis, and until recently, Sikorsky. Dr. Gurvich manages UTRC’s efforts to address issues of structural integrity, including efficient computational modeling, reliability and probabilistic assessment, and experimental methods for mechanical evaluation and characterization. In addition, Gurvich has been leading or co-leading UTRC composites research efforts sponsored by the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), NASA and the National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC). Before joining the research center, Gurvich served as a senior scientist/engineer at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., visiting scientist at the Institute of Materials Science at the University of Connecticut, Fulbright Scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and associate professor at Riga Technical University in Latvia, where he received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering.

     

    Harri K. Kytömaa, Ph.D., P.E.

    ASME Past President Julio Guerrero (left) presented Harri Kytömaa, Ph.D., P.E., with his ASME Fellow certificate during a visit to the Exponent office in Natick, Mass., in January 2017.
    ASME member Harri K. Kytömaa, Ph.D., P.E., group vice president and principal engineer at the engineering and scientific consulting firm Exponent, was recently named a Fellow of ASME. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. ASME Past President Julio Guerrero, who was visiting the Exponent office in Natick, Mass., to give a presentation on R&D collaborations, presented Dr. Kytömaa with his Fellow certificate following the speech. A specialist in mechanical engineering and the analysis of thermal and flow processes, Kytömaa applies his expertise to mechanical systems and processes and to the prevention and investigation of associated failures. He was a pioneer in the field of acoustics modeling of drilling fluid filled piping systems for acoustic telemetry and Measurement-While-Drilling, one of the technologies that facilitated directional drilling. He has also developed ultrasonic techniques for both medical and engineering applications, including instrumentation for flow measurement and the characterization of dense suspensions. Kytömaa previously served as assistant professor and associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he led the fluid mechanics laboratory, and held positions as visiting professor at the Helsinki University of Technology and at the DOE Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Washington, and as a lecturer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He was the recipient of the ASME Lewis F. Moody Award for best paper in 1993 for his work on acoustics and two-phase flows.

     

    Arthur G. Erdman, Ph.D., P.E.

    Arthur G. Erdman, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME Fellow Arthur G. Erdman, Ph.D., P.E., professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota, member of the university’s Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) Executive Committee and director of the IEM-affiliated Medical Devices Center, was selected as the recipient of the 2017 ASME Savio L-Y Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal. The award, which was established in 2015, is bestowed upon an individual who has translated meritorious bioengineering science to clinical practice through research, education, professional development, and with service to the bioengineering community. Examples of meritorious activity could include basic bioengineering science that translates into a medical device or equipment, contributes to new approaches of disease treatment, or establishes new injury treatment modalities. Dr. Erdman will be presented with the medal at the 2017 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference, to be held from June 21 to 24 in Tucson, Ariz. Erdman is the Richard C. Jordan Professor and a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, specializing in mechanical design, bioengineering and product design. His research includes a number of ongoing projects related to biomedical engineering and medical device design, including leading the effort to create LINCAGES, a mechanism software design package that is used throughout the world. An ASME member for more than 45 years, Erdman has served in a number of Society positions, including chair of the Design Engineering Division, chair of the Fluid Power Systems and Technology Division, chair of the Bioegineering Division, chair of the Joint Committee on Design and editor of the Journal of Medical Devices. He has been the recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award, the Machine Design Award and the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award.

     

    Timothy W. Simpson, Ph.D.

    Timothy W. Simpson, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Timothy W. Simpson, Ph.D., one of the United States’ leading experts in additive manufacturing technology and the design of 3D printed metal parts, was recently appointed as the Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing at Pennsylvania State University’s College of Engineering. The Morrow Professorship is intended to “support the scholarly activities of a professor in the College of Engineering to develop strong relationships with industry by assisting the industrial community in meeting its applied research needs and providing a communication link between the university and industry,” according to Amr Elnashai, the Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering at Penn State. Dr. Simpson, a professor of mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, engineering design and architecture, teaches courses on mechanical engineering design, industrial systems design, additive manufacturing and product family design. He is co-director of the Penn State Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D) and he also assists in the supervision of the Engineering Design and Optimization Group within the university’s mechanical and nuclear engineering department. Simpson is widely recognized throughout the country for his work in 3D printing. He has spoken at many industry events and conferences on the topic and his work has been published in both scholarly journals and mainstream publications. Simpson has been the recipient of several awards including the ASME Ben C. Spark Award in 2014, the American Society of Engineering Education Merryfield Design Award in 2011, and the University and College Designers Association Excellence in Design Award in 2011. An active member of ASME throughout his nearly 25 years of membership, Simpson helped launch the ASME Innovative Additive Manufacturing 3D (IAM3D) Challenge and helped coordinate and launch ASME’s Additive Manufacturing + 3D Printing Conference & Expo (AM3D). Simpson received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1994. He received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995 and 1998, respectively.

     

    Çağlar Oskay Ph.D.

    Çağlar Oskay Ph.D.
    ASME member Çağlar Oskay Ph.D., an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Oskay was recognized by the Society for significant contributions including developing and implementing new multi-scale computational modeling and simulation tools for material and structural systems subjected to extreme environments and loading conditions, and training future generations of engineers to construct safer and more durable advanced composite aerospace and infrastructure materials and structures, according to his Fellow citation. Oskay is the director of Vanderbilt University’s Multiscale Computational Mechanics Laboratory, which focuses on computational characterization of the failure response of systems that involve multiple temporal and spatial scales. The lab’s researchers develop computational methodologies for failure and fragmentation of composite systems subjected to extreme loading conditions, including impact, blast and crushing loads, characterization of complex and hybrid composite systems, and analysis of multiphysics problems. Oskay is the current vice chair of the ASME Composite Materials Committee and vice chair elect of the ASME Committee on Computing in Applied Mechanics. He received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1998 from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. He earned master’s degrees in applied mathematics and civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2000 and 2001, respectively. Oskay also received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Rensselaer in 2003.

     

    J. Robert Sims

    J. Robert Sims
    ASME Past President and Fellow J. Robert Sims was recently elected to the board of directors of the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES), a multidisciplinary organization of engineering societies dedicated to advancing the engineering profession’s impact on the public good. Sims, who was elected by the AAES board in November, began his three-year term as board member on Jan. 1. Sims, who served as ASME’s 133rd president from 2014-2015, is a senior engineering fellow at Becht Engineering Co. Currently a member the Nominating Committee, Sims has been an extremely active ASME volunteer during his more than 35 years as a member. He has served in a number of leadership positions, including Board of Governors member, senior vice president for Standards and Certification, member of the Industry Advisory Board, vice president for the Council on Codes and Standards, chair of the Board on Pressure Technology, as well as many ASME Codes and Standards boards, groups, committees and sub-committees. Sims was the recipient of the Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal in 2006, the J. Hall Taylor Medal in 2004, and the ASME Dedicated Service Medal in 1995.

     

    Dean Bartles, Ph.D.

    Dean Bartles, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Dean Bartles, Ph.D., a technology development consultant at ASME who is helping the Society develop an organizational strategy focused on robotics and manufacturing, has been named to lead the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub within the U.S. Department of Defense. In his role in the new center, Dr. Bartles will work with public and private partners to advance the practical application of robotics and automation in a wide range of manufacturing sectors with a focus on job creation. The Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub is a collaboration involving 123 companies, 40 academic institutions, and 64 government and nonprofit agencies in 31 states. ASME has selected robotics as one of five technologies to guide future programs within the organization and grow new markets. Bartles is the former chief manufacturing officer of UI LABS in Chicago, and the founding executive director of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII). Prior to joining DMDII, he held several positions at General Dynamics and its predecessor companies, most recently serving as vice president and general manager of a key strategic business unit within the Ordnance and Tactical Systems division of General Dynamics. Bartles, a member of the ASME Industry Advisory Board, was the recipient of the M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME in 2014.

     

    Ali Khounsary, Ph.D.

    Ali Khounsary, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Ali Khounsary, Ph.D., a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, was recently named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as an AAAS Fellow recognizes members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues. Dr. Khounsary, a research professor of physics and member of the Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation, was recognized for his contributions to the engineering and technology of third-generation synchrotron radiation sources, and to the heat transfer and x-ray optics communities. Khounsary’s area of expertise includes X-ray optics, X-ray techniques and instrumentation, optical engineering, thermal management, and optomechanical system design, development, and fabrication. Khounsary, who is also a Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), holds several U.S. patents. He has served as an associate editor of the journal Optical Engineering and X-Ray Optics and Instrumentation, and is currently an associate editor of ASME’s Journal of Heat Transfer. He is a former member and chair of the Thomas A. Edison Patent Award Committee, a former member of the ASME Board of Research and Technology Development, and a former chair and vice chair of the ASME Center for Research and Technology Development’s Research Committee on Radiation Technologies. Khounsary received his bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of London in 1979. He received two degrees from the University of Illinois: a master’s degree in energy engineering in 1981 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1987.

     

    Matthew Cavuto

    Matthew Cavuto
    ASME student member Matthew Cavuto, a senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was recently selected as one of the winners of the 2017 Marshall Scholarship competition. The Marshall Scholarship program, which is sponsored by the British government, provides an opportunity for outstanding American students to pursue two years of graduate study in any field at a university in the United Kingdom. Each year, the program awards up to 40 scholarships. The winners are selected based on academic merit, leadership potential, and ambassadorial potential. Cavuto, from Skillman, N.J., is majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in biomechanics and biomedical devices. As a Marshall Scholar, Cavuto will take part in advanced prosthetic and assistive technology research during his two years studying at Imperial College London and Cambridge University. During his first year, Cavuto will pursue a master’s degree in biomedical engineering, with a concentration in neurotechnology, at Imperial College London. There, he will work with Timothy Constandinou on the SenseBack Project, an initiative to enable amputees to experience sensory feeling through their prostheses. In his second year, he will pursue a Master of Philosophy degree in engineering at Cambridge University, under the supervision of Fumiya Iida in the Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory, designing assistive technologies and exoskeletons. Cavuto’s plans then include earning a Ph.D. in biomechatronics and, ultimately, designing the world’s first successful robotic exoskeleton.

     

    Ashwani K. Gupta, Ph.D.

    Ashwani K. Gupta, Ph.D.
    ASME Honorary Member Ashwani K. Gupta, Ph.D., a distinguished university professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD), has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Gupta was recognized by AAAS for his distinguished contributions to combustion, propulsion, energy and environment sustainability, and for his contributions to education and outreach training and education, and services to industry. Gupta has been a faculty member at UMD since 1983, following six years at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a member of the research staff in the Energy Laboratory and chemical engineering department and three years at Sheffield University as an independent research worker and research fellow in the department of chemical engineering and fuel technology. During his more than 40 years of combustion engineering research, Gupta has contributed to the fundamental understanding of high temperature air combustion called HiTAC, which has been proven effective in improving the cost efficiency of industrial furnaces while reducing air and noise pollution. Gupta, who received Honorary Membership in ASME last month at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Phoenix, is a dedicated member of the ASME community, currently serving as chair of the Power Division’s Fuels and Combustion Technologies (FACT) Committee. He previously served as chair of the Fuels and Combustion Technology Division, chair of the Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division, member of the CIE Executive Committee, and member of the Society’s Fellow Selection Committee. Gupta, an ASME Fellow, has received a number of Society awards during his more than 25 years as an ASME member, including the George Westinghouse Gold Medal, the James Harry Potter Gold Medal, the James N. Landis Medal, the Worcester Reed Warner Medal, the Holley Medal and the Melville Medal.

     

    Roger V. Gonzalez, Ph.D., P.E.

    Roger V. Gonzalez, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Roger V. Gonzalez, Ph.D., P.E., chair and professor of the department of engineering leadership at the University of Texas at El Paso and founder and CEO of LIMBS, an El Paso-based nonprofit prosthetics developer, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Gonzales’ organization LIMBS is dedicated to providing amputees in undeveloped areas throughout the world with low-cost prosthetic devices. The organization offers prosthetics in more than 40 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, where Gonzalez’s team works with students, professionals and key international partners on international engineering and humanitarian projects. In addition to founding LIMBS, Gonzalez has led the design, development and implementation of the nation’s first Bachelor of Science degree program in engineering leadership at the University of Texas at El Paso. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1986. He received both a master’s degree in biomedical engineering and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and 1994, respectively.

     

    Mun Y. Choi, Ph.D

    Mun Y. Choi, Ph.D
    ASME Fellow Mun Y. Choi, Ph.D., the current provost and executive vice president at the University of Connecticut, has been selected as the next president of the four-campus University of Missouri System, which includes Missouri S&T, following a nearly year-long search. When Dr. Choi’s appointment as the University of Missouri System president takes effect March 1, he will become the system’s first Asian-American president. Since 2012, he has overseen UConn’s budget of $700 million while working with 1,500 full-time faculty, 31,000 students and 2,000 staff across 12 schools and colleges including the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine and Law. During his tenure at UConn, Choi has worked closely with the university’s leaders, trustees, Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy and members of the Connecticut legislature to develop and implement the framework for the $1.5 billion Next Generation Connecticut program, which aims to increase enrollment at UConn by 5,000 students, add 300 new faculty, increase research expenditures and create industry partnerships to create high-paying jobs within the state. Prior to serving as provost and executive vice-president, Choi was dean of engineering at UConn from 2008 to 2012. Before that, he served as department head of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Drexel University, and as assistant and associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was a member of the ASME Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee from 2002 to 2008. Choi graduated from the University of lllinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in general engineering in 1987. He went on to earn a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 1989 and 1992, respectively.

     

    Patsy Brackin, Ph.D., P.E

    Patsy Brackin, Ph.D., P.E
    ASME member Patsy Brackin, Ph.D., P.E., mechanical engineering professor and director of the new engineering design program at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. A member of the Rose-Hulman faculty since 1995, Dr. Brackin teaches undergraduate courses in design and creativity as well as the senior-year capstone sequence. Her interest in design, sustainability and curriculum development motivated Brackin to help develop Rose-Hulman’s Home for Environmentally Responsible Engineering (HERE) program, an interdisciplinary freshman-year, hands-on approach to teaching students about sustainability and humanitarian engineering. She was also involved in the university’s Operation Catapult summer program, which introduces high-school students to the excitement of science and engineering, for 20 years. She was director of the program for 11 years. Brackin currently serves as the chair of ASME’s Graduate Teaching Fellowship Committee, a member of the Committee on Engineering Accreditation and an alternate for the Nominating Committee. Her previous Society positions included member of the ASME Scholarship Committee, program evaluator and commissioner for the Committee on Engineering Accreditation, and member of the Nominating Committee. She received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2015. Brackin earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1974 and 1975, respectively. She received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1995.

     

    Daniel Attinger, Ph.D.

    Daniel Attinger, Ph.D.
    ASME member Daniel Attinger, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Attinger was recognized as “an inspiring and recognized research leader in the field of multiphase microfluidics.” Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Attinger joined Iowa State as associate professor in 2011, after serving on the faculty of Columbia University and Stony Brook University. Attinger’s research focuses on multiphase microfluidics, which describes the dynamical behavior of several fluids or phases constrained by a micro-geometry. Multiphase microfluidics systems are typically multiscale, and feature multiple deforming interfaces. Attinger and his colleagues are working to understand and enhance multiphase microfluidic transport phenomena. His research, which has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Health, has applications in biology, manufacturing, bloodstain pattern analysis, advanced thermal management and energy transport. A former member of the ASME Nanoengineering Council, Attinger has received a number of honors, including the Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich Medal for outstanding Ph.D. thesis in 2001, an NSF CAREER Award for young investigators in 2005, and the 2012 ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels (ICNMM) Outstanding Researcher Award. He received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 1997. He earned a Sc.D. degree in technical sciences from ETH Zurich in Switzerland in 2001.

     

    Lian-Ping Wang, Ph.D.

    Lian-Ping Wang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Lian-Ping Wang, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for “pioneering contributions to multiphase turbulent flows,” research that has generated innovative computational methods, led to new predictive tools for multiphase flow, and laid the foundation for the development of next-generation weather and climate models. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Wang, who joined the university in 1994, studies how finite-size particles interact with fluid turbulence, a fundamental process for many industrial and environmental applications such as fluidized bed reactor, spray atomization, plankton life cycle in ocean water, sediment transport, warm rain initiation, volcanic ash eruption, dust storm, and sea spray. He develops rigorous computational methods to probe and quantify particle-turbulence interactions and delivers physical models based on his numerical experiments. Since 2003, Wang has been a regular visiting scientist to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a federally funded research and development center devoted to service, research and education in the atmospheric and related sciences. He was named an NCAR Faculty Fellow in 2005 and a NCAR Affiliate Scientist in 2014. In 2012, he was appointed Chang Jiang Visiting Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. He was named an Invitation Fellow this year by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Wang has published more than 100 journal papers covering computational methods, fluid mechanics and atmospheric sciences. He received a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and engineering mechanics from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Washington State University.

     

    Ioannis Chasiotis, Ph.D.

    Ioannis Chasiotis, Ph.D.
    Ioannis Chasiotis, Ph.D., professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Illinois, was recently named a 2016 University of Illinois Faculty Scholar, an honor that highlights the university’s commitment to fostering excellence in teaching, scholarship and service by its faculty. The program provides funding for three years to advance the award winner’s scholarly activities. Dr. Chasiotis’ studies cover the mechanical reliability and fracture of microelectromechanical systems, thin film materials and high performance carbon and polymer nanofibers, and deformation and damage mechanics of heterogeneous materials at small scales. Since joining the university at its Urbana campus nearly 12 years ago, he has received several honors, including a prestigious 2008 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), which is the highest recognition the U.S. government bestows on young professionals at the outset of their independent research careers. An ASME Fellow, Chasiotis received both the ASME J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award and the Society of Engineering Science Young Investigator Medal in 2011. He was also the recipient of the M. Hetényi Award for Best Research Paper and the A.J. Durelli Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics in 2010 and 2013, respectively. In 2007, he received both a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. Since January, Chasiotis has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Experimental Mechanics, the field’s leading journal. He has published chapters in five books, and more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals on his research in experimental mechanics at the micro and the nanoscale. After earning a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1996, Chasiotis received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology in 1998 and 2002, respectively.

     

    Afshin Ghajar, Ph.D., P.E.

    Afshin Ghajar, Ph.D., P.E.
    Afshin Ghajar, Ph.D., P.E., Regents Professor and John Brammer Endowed Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University, was recently named as the recipient of the 2016 ASME International Conference of Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Conference (ICNMM) Outstanding Leadership Award. The award was presented to Dr. Ghajar during the conference, which was co-located with the Heat Transfer and Fluids Engineering Conferences in July in Washington, D.C. Ghajar, an ASME Fellow and longtime supporter of the ICNMM, was recognized for his exemplary support and significant contributions to the lasting success of the conference. Nominations are limited to professionals who have been involved with the conference for at least three years. Ghajar, who is an Honorary Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, was also the recipient of the 75th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division in 2013. Ghajar’s areas of research interest include two-phase flow heat transfer, heat transfer in mini- and microchannels, mixed convection heat transfer, and computational heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He and his colleagues have published more than 200 reviewed research papers, and he has delivered numerous keynote and invited lectures at major technical conferences and institutions. Ghajar is the recipient of three mechanical engineering degrees from Oklahoma State University: a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Oklahoma.

     

    Kenneth Means, Ph.D., P.E.

    Michael Conzett (left), the 2015-2016 president of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, presents Kenneth Means with the 2016 NCEES Distinguished Examination Service Award for dedicated service to the council and the engineering profession.
    ASME member Kenneth Means, Ph.D., P.E., of Morgantown, W. Va., was recently honored by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying with the organization’s 2016 NCEES Distinguished Examination Service Award for his dedicated service to NCEES and the engineering profession. Means received the award at the council’s 95th annual meeting, held Aug. 24–27, in Indianapolis, Ind. Dr. Means, who is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, began volunteering with NCEES examination development in 1982, working primarily on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Two years later, he began working on the Principles and Practice of Engineering Mechanical exam. For the past 34 years, Means has continued to support engineering licensure exams and the mission of NCEES by writing many PE Mechanical exam items, participating in preliminary item analyses to assess the quality of exam items, and taking part in studies to update the exam specifications. He has served as chair of the PE Mechanical Committee and as chair and vice chair of the Mechanical Systems and Materials Module. Means was a member of the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers from 1981 to 1997, serving terms as president and vice president during this time. He was a member or consultant to the Committee on Examinations for Professional Engineers for eight terms and also served as vice chair. He served on several other NCEES committees during his board tenure, including the Committee on ABET and the ad hoc Committee on Office Automation, which worked to streamline the exam process to improve efficiency.

     

    Richard S. Cowan, Ph.D., P.E.

    Richard S. Cowan, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Richard S. Cowan, Ph.D., P.E., senior research scientist and director of the Laboratory for Extreme Tribology and Diagnostics at the Georgia Institute of Technology Manufacturing Institute, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Cowan has been a highly regarded project manager for more than 30 years as well as an advocate for the mechanical engineering profession, serving in a number of leadership positions including segment lead for the ASME Technical Events and Content Sector from 2014 to 2016, ASME’s appointed delegate to the International Tribology Council from 2011 to 2014, and an ASME Congressional Fellow in 1997, according to ASME Fellow Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and the Howard D. Winbigler Professor at Ohio State University, who prepared Cowan’s Fellow nomination. Currently a member of the ASME Nominating Committee, Cowan was the recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2013 and the Donald F. Wilcock Award from the ASME Tribology Division in 2012 for distinguished service to the tribology community throughout his career. Before joining the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Cowan held engineering and management positions at TRW Bearings Division (currently SKF Aeroengine North America) and Cummins Engine Co. A registered professional engineer in the state of New York, Cowan received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1980. He earned both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1992 and 2002, respectively.

     

    Daniel D. Frey, Ph.D.

    Daniel D. Frey, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Daniel D. Frey, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was recently appointed as the new faculty director of the MIT D-Lab, a program at the university that promotes the design and dissemination of technologies that could significantly improve the lives of people living in poverty. Dr. Frey was appointed by J. Kim Vandiver, MIT’s dean for undergraduate research, who had been serving as the lab’s faculty director. In his new role, Frey will work closely with D-Lab leadership and staff to advance the program's mission, values, ideals and culture. Frey has been an advocate for D-Lab since its beginning, having supervised or co-supervised 10 projects and establishing working relationships with its research and program staff, according to Amy Smith, D-Lab’s founder. With Frey’s assistance, D-Lab expects to further develop its research program while maintaining a focus on practical impact, genuine connection with communities, and respect for the creative capacity of people living in poverty. D-Lab’s current research and program portfolio includes biomass fuel and cookstoves, off-grid energy, mobile technology, local innovation, agricultural needs assessment, and developing world mobility. Frey will play a key role in coordinating D-Lab’s activities with other parts of the MIT by promoting faculty engagement in D-Lab courses, programs and research, and strengthening D-Lab’s alignment and collaboration with programs throughout the university. In addition to his role as D-Lab’s faculty director, Frey also serves as co-director of experimental design research in the Singapore University of Technology and Design-MIT International Design Center and as faculty advisor for the Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation, a consortium of six MIT partners that launched in 2012. Frey received a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1987, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado in 1993, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1997.

     

    Harold S. Park, Ph.D

    Harold S. Park, Ph.D
    ASME member Harold S. Park, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Boston University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Park’s research on computational nanomechanics and multiscale computational engineering has resulted in key contributions to the field of mechanical engineering. According to his award citation, Park’s work has demonstrated “the key roles that nanoscale surface effects have in controlling the plastic deformation mechanisms, novel physical properties and failure mechanisms of crystalline nanowires.” He has also developed new computational methods to use atomic theory to predict dynamic fracture pathways in brittle materials — knowledge that will facilitate the use of efficient computational methods “to tackle nanometer-scale mechanics phenomena with high accuracy,” according to the citation. Park’s research interests include computational nanomechanics; mechanics of two-dimensional nanostructures; mechanics of soft, active materials; long timescale atomistic modeling for proteins and amorphous solids; and coupled physics (electro and opto-mechanical) nanoscale phenomena. The current associate editor of the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, he is the recipient of a 2007 National Science Foundation CAREER award, a 2008 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award, the 2009 Gallagher Young Investigator Award from the United States Association for Computational Mechanics, and the 2012 ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award. He earned three mechanical engineering degrees at Northwestern University: a bachelor’s degree in 1999, a master’s degree in 2001, and a Ph.D. in 2004.

     

    Marshall J. Norris, P.E.

    Jason Vaughn (left), recipient of the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers’ 2015 Engineer of the Year Award, presents Marshall Norris with the 2016 SCSPE Engineer of the Year Award.
    ASME member Marshall J. Norris, P.E., of Greenville, S.C., was recently named the 2016 Engineer of the Year by the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers (SCSPE). Norris was presented with the award at the 2016 South Carolina Engineering Conference and Trade Show, which was held in North Charleston, S.C., in June. Norris is a senior design engineer at Flour Enterprises Inc. in Greenville. As Fluor’s mechanical department unit organization manager, he is responsible for leading the process mechanical engineering portion of complex large and small projects, and works on both North American and international projects. In addition to being a member of ASME, Norris is also a member of the Project Management Institute, the National Society of Professional Engineers and SCSPE, where he is currently the president of the Piedmont Chapter. Norris also serves as treasurer of the SCSPE Educational Foundation. As an undergraduate at Clemson University, Norris received an award from ASME for outstanding contributions and service to the university’s mechanical engineering program. He received both a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from Clemson in 2001 and 2011, respectively. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of South Carolina.

     

    Nikhil Koratkar, Ph.D.

    Nikhil Koratkar, Ph.D.
    ASME member Nikhil Koratkar, Ph.D., the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s mechanical aerospace and nuclear engineering department, was recently named a Fellow of ASME. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. According to his Fellow citation from ASME, Dr. Koratkar, a recognized expert in nanomaterials, was recognized for his “exceptional achievement in the science and technology of one-dimensional (carbon nanotubes) and two-dimensional (graphene) nanomaterials, leading to important breakthroughs in nanotechnology, energy, and sustainability.” Koratkar’s research focuses on the synthesis, characterization and application of nanoscale materials, such as graphene, phosphorene, carbon nanotubes, and transition metal dichalcogenides, as well as metal and silicon nanostructures. He is currently investigating the fundamental mechanical, electrical, thermal, magnetic, and optical properties of these one- and two-dimensional materials. He is also developing a variety of composites, coating and device applications employing these low-dimensional materials. His research in the area of nanostructured materials for lithium-ion batteries led to the creation of a new startup, Ener-Mat Technologies, which intends to commercialize graphene electrodes for next-generation energy storage solutions. Koratkar has published more than 150 archival journal papers, and his publications have received nearly 10,000 citations. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award in 2004, the Electrochemical Society’s SES Young Investigator Award in 2009, and ASME’s Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award in 2015. He received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1995. He earned both a master’s degree and a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland in 1998 and 2001, respectively.

     

    Dani Fadda, Ph.D.

    Dani Fadda, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Dani Fadda, Ph.D., clinical associate professor of mechanical engineering in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas, was recently named the 2016 ASME North Texas Section Engineer of the Year. The announcement was made at the North Texas Section’s Annual Awards Banquet on May 6. Recipients of the section’s Engineer of the Year Award must be current ASME North Texas Section members who have at least 12 years of work experience as a mechanical engineer (including doctoral work). The award recognizes career engineering accomplishment in mechanical engineering, service to the North Texas Section and participation in ASME activities. Honorees are selected based on their significant achievements in the field of mechanical engineering, including engineering management. Dr. Fadda, a former chair and vice chair of the North Texas Section’s Petroleum Technical Chapter, previously worked as a product manager for nuclear separation systems at Peerless Manufacturing Co. in Dallas. He has authored or co-authored numerous papers and holds multiple U.S. and international patents in the field of thermal sciences and separation. Fadda is the recipient of a number of professional awards, including the ASME Prime Movers Award in 2007, the ASME North Texas Section Young Engineer of the Year Award in 2000, and the ASME Petroleum Division Young Engineer of the Year Award in 1998. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 1991. He went on to earn two degrees from Southern Methodist University in Dallas: a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1993 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1996.

     

    Greg Walker, Ph.D.

    Greg Walker, Ph.D.
    ASME member Greg Walker, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. According to his Fellow citation from ASME, Dr. Walker’s significant contributions include the creation of new lines of scientific inquiry that have transformed the way many researchers think about energy conversion materials. His ground-breaking work in thermal rectification introduced a new direction in phonon engineering for cooling advanced microelectronic devices. His research interests include micro-scale heat transfer, heat flux measurement, energy transport processes, ultrasonic pyrometry, thermographic phospors, energy conversion devices, and high-performance computing. Walker has authored more than 50 journal publications and more than 60 conference papers with presentations, most of which focus on the areas of micro-scale energy transport in materials for direct energy conversion and thermographic phosphors for absolute, remote temperature sensing. A member of ASME for more than 20 years, he has been active in many activities during that time including serving as organizer for numerous technical conferences and as a reviewer for two ASME journals, the Journal of Heat Transfer and the Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. Walker received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Auburn University in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1997.

     

    Michael R. Kessler, Ph.D.

    Michael R. Kessler, Ph.D.
    ASME member Michael R. Kessler, Ph.D., Berry Family Director and Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Kessler was recognized for contributions to the understanding and development of multifunctional materials and biorenewable polymers and composites. Kessler is also co-director of the university’s Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), the first industry and university cooperative research center dedicated to developing biologically based plastics. His team is currently working on a unique, shape-changing smart material that combines several abilities, including shape memory behavior, light-activated movement and self-healing behavior. Kessler joined Washington State University in 2013, after serving on the faculties of Iowa State University and the University of Tulsa. The author of more than 160 journal papers, Kessler is the recipient of a number of honors, including the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, the Army Research Office Young Investigator Program Award, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award, and the Elsevier Young Composites Researcher Award from the American Society for Composites. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from LeTourneau University in 1996. He received two degrees in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: a master’s degree in 1998 and a Ph.D. in 2002.

     

    Christophe Pierre, Ph.D.

    Christophe Pierre, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Christophe Pierre, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs at the University of Illinois, has been selected as the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Pierre will assume the new post on Sept. 1, succeeding current Provost George Korfiatis, who had held the position for the past nine years. In his new role, Pierre will be responsible for the academic integrity of the institution and all programs and administrative offices related to the academic operation, as well as for long-range academic strategic planning, resource allocation and new initiatives, according to the university. In addition, he will also lead the university’s cross-disciplinary initiatives to enhance its teaching and research endeavors and will hold a position as professor in the mechanical engineering department. At the University of Illinois, Pierre held the position of vice president of academic affairs since 2011 and served as professor of mechanical science and engineering at the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus. Previously, he had served as dean of engineering at McGill University in Montreal from 2005 through 2011 and as associate dean for academic programs and initiatives at the University of Michigan’s School of Graduate Studies from 1999 through 2005. An established leader in the fields of vibrations, structural dynamics and nonlinear dynamics, Pierre was the winner of ASME’s N. O. Myklestad Award in 2005 in recognition of his research in the area of vibration localization. Pierre received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering in 1982 from École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures de Paris in France, a master's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 1983, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and materials science from Duke University in 1985.

     

    Yu Ding, Ph.D.

    Yu Ding, Ph.D.
    ASME member Yu Ding, Ph.D., the Mike and Sugar Barnes Professor of industrial and systems engineering at Texas A&M University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Ding's expertise is in the area of systems informatics and quality and reliability engineering, with a research focus on wind energy and nanoimaging and nanoinformatics. He joined Texas A&M in 2001 as an assistant professor in the industrial and systems engineering department. Ding, who is also a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and a senior member of the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers, is the recipient of a number of honors, including the Charles H. Barclay, Jr. ’45 Faculty Fellow Award from the Texas A&M College of Engineering in 2013, a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation in 2004, and a Best Paper Award from the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division in 2000. He received a bachelor’s degree in precision engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in Anhui in 1993, followed by a master’s degree in precision instrumentation from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 1996 and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1998. He earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in 2001.

     

    Mohammad Ayoubi, Ph.D

    Mohammad Ayoubi, Ph.D
    ASME member Mohammad Ayoubi, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering at Santa Clara University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Ayoubi was recognized for his significant engineering accomplishments in dynamics and control of aerospace vehicles, curriculum development, and service to the profession. Ayoubi, who joined Santa Clara University in 2008, is an expert in dynamics and control of aerospace vehicles. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, he is the director of the Dynamics and Control Systems Laboratory, where undergraduates, graduate, and Ph.D. students advance modeling, simulation and control of aerospace and mechanical systems, focusing on theoretical investigation of highly complex and uncertain aerospace and mechanical systems. Ayoubi received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, in 1991 and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran in 1998. He received a Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University in 2007.

     

    Je-Chin Han, Sc.D.

    Je-Chin Han, Sc.D.
    ASME Life Fellow Je-Chin Han, Sc.D., distinguished professor and holder of the Marcus C. Easterling Chair in the department of mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named the winner of the ASME Aircraft Engine Technology Award for 2016. The award, which was presented to Dr. Han during the ASME Turbo Expo in Seoul, South Korea, last month, recognizes sustained personal creative contributions to aircraft gas turbine engine technology. Han was honored for outstanding contributions to the field of air breathing propulsion through inspiring leadership, education and research. During the conference, Han also delivered the 2016 Aircraft Engine Technology Award Lecture, “Turbine Blade Cooling Research at Texas A&M 1980-2016.” Han, who joined the mechanical engineering faculty at Texas A&M in 1980 as an assistant professor, has been working on turbine blade cooling, film cooling and rotating coolant-passage heat transfer research for the past 40 years and has co-authored 220 journal papers. In addition, he is the lead author of the book Gas Turbine Heat Transfer and Cooling Technology and he has served as editor, associate editor and honorary board member for eight heat transfer-related journals. Han served as ASME K-14 Gas Turbine Heat Transfer Committee chair from 2004-2006 and ASME K-3 Heat Transfer Honors and Awards Committee chair from 2005-2006. He received the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in 2002, the International Rotating Machinery Award in 2004, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Thermophysics Award in 2004. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1970. He earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University in 1973 and a Doctor of Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976.

     

    Moshen Mosleh, Ph.D.

    Moshen Mosleh, Ph.D.
    ASME member Moshen Mosleh, Ph.D., professor and director of the mechanical engineering graduate program at Howard University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Mosleh also serves as the associate dean of research in the university’s College of Engineering and Architecture. For the past 20 years, Mosleh has contributed to the advancement of research in surface engineering and surface texturing, which has resulted in engineering solutions for automotive, aerospace, and medical applications. As a professor, he has profoundly contributed to the production of master and doctoral graduates among African-Americans and other under-represented populations over the past two decades, according to the university. He received both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in mechanical Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, Iran. He received a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1996.

     

    Rafael Davalos, Ph.D.

    Rafael Davalos, Ph.D.
    ASME member Rafael Davalos, Ph.D., a professor of biomedical engineering and primary investigator at the Bioelectromechanical Systems Lab in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s College of Engineering, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Davalos’ widely recognized work in dielectrophoresis has led to innovations in cellular isolation and enrichment, making it possible to more specifically identify different types of cells in a diverse environment. Research led by Davalos has resulted in revolutionary developments in cancer treatment, early cancer detection and regenerative medicine. Davalos has published 84 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and review articles. He has received multiple Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants, and holds 14 patents that have been licensed to companies. Davalos received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell University in 1994. He received two degrees from the University of California, Berkeley: a master’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1995 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2002.

     

    Yang Shi, Ph.D.

    Yang Shi, Ph.D.
    ASME member Yang Shi, Ph.D., professor and director of the undergraduate program in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Shi was recognized for being “an internationally leading scholar in networked and distributed control systems, and cyber-physical systems,” according to his Fellow citation. His research interests also include digital control, multirate control, system identification, multirate systems, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and their applications. Shi was inducted as a Fellow of Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering in March 2016. He earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and automatic control from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, China, in 1994 and 1998, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Alberta in 2005.

     

    Helen L. Reed, Ph.D.

    Helen L. Reed, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Helen L. Reed, Ph.D., a professor in the aerospace engineering department at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2016 Kate Gleason Award from ASME. The Kate Gleason Award, which was named after the first full member of the Society, was established in 2011 by the ASME Foundation to recognize the contributions of distinguished female leaders in the engineering profession. The award is intended to honor an individual female engineer who is a highly successful entrepreneur in a field of engineering, or someone who had a lifetime of achievement in the engineering profession. Dr. Reed is being recognized for her lifetime achievements in the fundamental understanding and control of boundary layer transition for high-efficiency aerospace vehicles and in pioneering small satellite design and implementation. Reed joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2004 and served as department head for four years before returning to teaching and research on a full-time basis. A member of the National Research Council’s Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Reed is widely regarded as an expert in hypersonics, energy efficient aircraft and small satellite design. She has received a number of professional awards and honors, including the Atwood Award from the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and induction into the Academy of Engineering Excellence at her alma mater Virginia Tech University. She was named a 2013 Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M. Formal presentation of the Kate Gleason Award, which consists of a $2,000 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate, will take place during the Honors Assembly on Nov. 14 during the ASME Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Phoenix, Ariz..

     

    John A. Judge, Ph.D.

    John A. Judge, Ph.D.
    ASME member John A. Judge, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Catholic University of America, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Judge has made significant contributions in research and education, and has provided exceptional service and leadership to the mechanical engineering community. An expert in vibration and dynamics, with a research focus on mistuned rotors, micro-resonator arrays and laser vibrometry, Judge’s research interests are in the area of vibration and dynamics of complex structures, including vibration localization in near-periodic structures, resonant micro- and nano-mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), nonlinear dynamics, laser vibrometry and experimental characterization of systems using vibration and acoustics, and seismic/acoustic detection of landmines and improvised explosives. Prior to joining the Catholic University of America, he held a National Academy of Sciences Research Associateship at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. He is the author of 19 archival journal publications and the recipient of the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. Judge received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell University in 1996 and two mechanical engineering degrees from the University of Michigan: a master’s degree in 1998 and a Ph.D. in 2002.

     

    Robert Wagner, Ph.D.

    Robert Wagner, Ph.D.
    ASME member Robert Wagner, Ph.D., director of the Fuels, Engines and Emissions Research Center at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Wagner, who is also a faculty member of the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, was recognized by ASME for his innovative research in advanced combustion concepts, unstable combustion phenomena and the scaling and harmonization of high-efficiency combustion concepts to application. His responsibilities at ORNL include the coordination and development of strategic internal and external collaborations at the laboratory to better support the mission of the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office. Wagner has been principal investigator on many research activities spanning low temperature combustion, unstable combustion fundamentals, nonlinear controls, thermodynamics, renewable fuels, and emissions characterization. He is the laboratory’s lead for the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center on Clean Vehicles and coordinates research spanning energy storage, renewable fuel technologies, advanced materials, and vehicle systems. The recipient of the 2014 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Award and a member of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division’s executive committee, Wagner has authored more than 100 technical publications and is on the editorial boards of three international journals. He received three degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri–Rolla: a bachelor’s degree in 1993, a master’s degree in 1995, and a Ph.D. in 1999.

     

    Junmin Wang, Ph.D.

    Junmin Wang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Junmin Wang, Ph.D., associate professor and founding director of the Vehicle Systems and Control Laboratory at Ohio State University, was recently named as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Wang was recognized by the Society for his significant contributions to the mechanical engineering community through education and professional service, and for contributions to research such as the development of control and estimation methods for ground vehicle systems. Wang’s research interests include control, modeling, estimation and diagnosis of dynamical systems, specifically for conventional and electrified ground vehicles, sustainable mobility, and mechatronic systems. Prior to joining the Ohio State faculty in September 2008, Wang worked for five years at Southwest Research Institute in Texas. In addition to being an ASME Fellow, he is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Distinguished Lecturer and a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Ohio State University Harrison Faculty Award for Excellence, the SAE International Vincent Bendix Automotive Electronics Engineering Award, and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award. Wang serves as an associate editor, technical editor, or editor for several journals including the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control; the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology; the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics; and the SAE International Journal of Engines. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in automotive engineering and a master’s degree in power machinery and engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 1997 and 2000, respectively. He earned two additional masters degrees in electrical engineering and mechanical engineering from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 2003, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from University of Texas at Austin in 2007.

     

    Harri K. Kytömaa, Ph.D., P.E.

    Harri K. Kytömaa, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Harri K. Kytömaa, Ph.D., P.E., corporate vice president and director of the thermal sciences practice at the engineering and scientific consulting firm Exponent, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Kytömaa specializes in mechanical engineering and the analysis of thermal and flow processes applied to the investigation and prevention of failures in mechanical systems and the determination of their cause and origin, and has decades of experience in the area of dynamics and thermal hydraulics of piping systems, valves and pipelines. Kytömaa pioneered the modeling of the acoustics of drilling fluid filled piping systems for acoustic telemetry and measurement-while-drilling (MWD), which was one of the enabling technologies for directional drilling. He also developed ultrasonic techniques for both medical and engineering applications, including instrumentation for flow measurement and the characterization of dense suspensions. Kytömaa was assistant professor and associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, held positions as visiting professor at the Helsinki University of Technology and at the DOE Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Washington, and served as lecturer at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He received the Lewis F. Moody Award from the ASME Fluids Engineering Division in 1993 for best paper on a subject useful in engineering practice. Kytömaa received a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Durham University in England in 1979. He received a master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1981 and 1986, respectively.

     

    Adrian S. Sabau, Ph.D.

    Adrian S. Sabau, Ph.D.
    ASME member Adrian S. Sabau, Ph.D., a senior research staff member in the Materials Science and Technology Division of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was recently named as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Sabau was honored for his significant accomplishments in advancing materials processing and materials development for energy applications based on integrated computational materials science and engineering. Sabau’s research interests include metal casting and materials behavior in harsh environments involving energy transport, fluid dynamics and continuum mechanics. He received two R&D 100 Awards, in 2009 and 2011, for innovations in process sciences. He has published more than 40 journal papers, 70 conference papers and has edited three books over the course of his career. Sabau received an engineering diploma in mechanical engineering and materials processing from the University of Craiova in Romania in 1992. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1996.

     

    D. Yogi Goswami, Ph.D., P.E.

    D. Yogi Goswami, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME Fellow D. Yogi Goswami, Ph.D., P.E., a Distinguished University Professor and the director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida, was recently named the 2016 winner of the Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit. The Böer Medal, which includes a $60,000 honorarium, recognizes an individual who has made significant pioneering contributions in solar energy, wind energy or other forms of renewable energy as an alternate source of energy through research, development or economic enterprise, or to an individual who has made extraordinary, valuable and enduring contributions to the field in other ways. Dr. Goswami is the 13th recipient of the medal, which is named in honor of Karl Wolfgang Böer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics and Solar Energy at the University of Delaware and founder of the Institute of Energy Conversion. Goswami, who was also recently selected as a 2016 inductee of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame, served on the faculties of the University of Florida, North Carolina A&T State University, and Tuskegee Institute prior to joining the faculty at the University of South Florida. He also is a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Goswami has served in a number of Society leadership positions during his nearly 40 years as an ASME member, including Board of Governors member (2003-2006), senior vice president of the Council on Public Affairs (2000-2003), lecturer with the Distinguished Lecturers Program (2000-2003), and member of a variety of ASME committees. He has been recognized by the Society for his service with several awards, including the the Technical Communities Globalization Medal in 2013, the Frank Kreith Energy Medal in 2007, and the Dedicated Service Award in 1994. Goswami received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Delhi, India, in 1969. He receved a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Auburn University in 1971 and 1975, respectively.

     

    Martin Tanaka, Ph.D.

    Martin Tanaka, Ph.D.
    ASME member Martin Tanaka, Ph.D., was recently named a Fellow by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Tanaka was recently promoted to associate professor in Western Carolina University’s Department of Engineering and Technology. Tanaka has been a member of the Western Carolina University faculty for six years, following two years as assistant professor and lab manager at Wake Forest University’s School of Medicine. Prior to that, Tanaka spent 11 years in industry, beginning at Texas Instruments in Lexington, Ky., before joining VDO, a German-based automotive components supplier, where he designed automotive instrumentation for Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen product lines. He also worked for ABB Group and Electro-Tec Corp. A member of ASME since 1990, Tanaka has served as chair of the ASME Bioengineering Division’s Design Dynamics and Rehabilitation Committee for the past three years. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992. He received a master’s degree in engineering mechanics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1994, and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University in 2008.

     

    Vikas Tomar, Ph.D.

    Vikas Tomar, Ph.D.
    ASME member Vikas Tomar, Ph.D., associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue University, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Tomar’s research interests include microstructure dependent dynamic fracture prediction in materials; polymer composite life prediction based on environment dependent and rate dependent interface strength measurements; engineering mesoscale structural lattice systems using surface stress as the dominant strength-controlling mechanism; and biological and biomimetic material properties based on interface strength measurements. A member of ASME since 2004, Tomar is a former associate editor for the ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology and a former member of the ASME Nanoengineering Council. He was the recipient of the ASME Materials Division’s Orr Early Career Award for excellence in failure materials research in 2010. Tomar earned a Bachelor of Technology degree from the National Institute of Technology in Kurukshetra, India, in 1998, and Master of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 2001. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2005.

     

    Lei Zuo, Ph.D.

    Lei Zuo, Ph.D.
    ASME member Lei Zuo, Ph.D., an associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the College of Engineering’s Energy Harvesting and Mechatronics Research Lab at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Zuo joined Virginia Tech in 2014 after six years at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and four years as a senior research scientist at Abbott Laboratories in Chicago. Zuo is the winner of two R&D 100 Awards, which recognize the top 100 most significant technology innovations during a given year. He won his first R&D 100 Award in 2011 for his research on energy-harvesting shock absorbers and a second award last year innovation in ocean wave energy harvesting. During the past two years several prestigious honors, including the ASME Design Engineering Division’s Thar Energy Design Award for pioneering research on energy harvesting and the ASME Best Paper Award on Structures and Structural Dynamics, as well as the Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and a Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He is the author of more than 130 research papers, more than 40 of which have appeared in journals, and he holds five U.S. patents. After receiving a bachelor’s degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, in 1997, Zuo went on to earn two master’s degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering in 2002 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2005.

     

    Judith Bamberger, Ph.D., P.E.

    (Left to right) Sriram Somasundaram, ASME Board of Governors member and chair of the Tri-Cities Engineers Week Coalition, award winner Judith Bamberger, and ASME President Julio Guerrero at the Tri-Cities Engineers Week Banquet and Recognition event.
    ASME Fellow Judith Bamberger, Ph.D., P.E., a senior research engineer in experimental fluid mechanics at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., received the 2015 Tri-Cities Engineer of the Year award at the Tri-Cities Engineers Week Banquet and Recognition dinner on Feb. 26. The annual event is sponsored by the Tri-Cities Engineers Week Coalition and Washington State University as part of Engineers Week, which is organized by DiscoverE, formerly the National Engineers Week Foundation. Dr. Bamberger was nominated by ASME for the award, which recognizes technical contributions, professional society involvement and humanitarian activities during the past three years. During this period, Judith provided technical insight and advice to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of River Protection and Bechtel regarding the pretreatment processing of nuclear waste from the Hanford Site. Bamberger’s ASME activities over the past three years have included publishing and chairing symposia for the Fluids Engineering Division, serving as leader of the North American Pacific District (District D), and supporting student and early career engineer development as a member of the ASME Student and Early Career Development Council. Currently the chair of the Henry R. Worthington Medal Committee, Bamberger has served in a number of other Society positions during her 38 years as a member, including secretary and member of the Nominating Committee, member of the Honors and Awards Committee, and chair of the ASME Columbia Basin Section. She received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2004.

    ASME President Julio C. Guerrero was a speaker at the Tri-Cities Engineers Week Banquet, which he attended at the invitation of Sriram Somasundaram, ASME Board of Governors member and chair of the Tri-Cities Engineers Week Coalition. Dr. Guerrero’s presentation was titled “Inspiring Engineers and Students.”

     

    Hongbing Lu, Ph.D.

    Hongbing Lu, Ph.D.
    ASME member Hongbing Lu, Ph.D., the Louis A. Beecherl Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineering. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Lu, who is also the associate department head of mechanical engineering for the university’s Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, is a highly regarded researcher in fundamental areas of mechanics such as the mechanics of time-dependent materials, dynamic behavior of materials, mechanical behavior of nanomaterials, and fracture mechanics. His accomplishments include developing methods to test and predict the durability of materials, such as polymers used in aircraft and techniques for industrial companies to refine the process for manufacturing continuous thin sheets. Lu is the author of 93 journal papers, five book chapters, 63 conference papers, and holds two U.S. patents in areas including characterization of the viscoelastic behavior of polymers, aerogels, composites, and biomaterials at different temporal and length scales. He received two degrees from universities in China: a bachelor’s degree in solid mechanics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1986 and a master’s degree in engineering mechanics from Tsinghua University in 1988. He received a Ph.D. in aeronautics from California Institute of Technology in 1997.

     

    Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., P.E.

    Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., P.E.
    The innovative oil spill remediation research of ASME Fellow Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., P.E., Ohio Eminent Scholar and the Howard D. Winbigler Professor at the Ohio State University, and Ohio State postdoctoral researcher Philip Brown was recently recognized by Discover magazine, which ranked it 42nd among the top 100 stories of 2015 in the January 2016 issue. Their research, titled “Separating Oil from Water,” was also named as one of the top 10 science stories of 2015 by the website 52 Insights. Dr. Bhushan and Brown created a new mesh using a special coating that contains thousands of tiny holes that act like a colander. When a mixture of oil and water is poured over the treated mesh, the oil gets trapped and the water passes straight through, separating the liquids and helping to clean oil spills. Developed at Ohio State’s Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics, where Bhushan serves as director, “Separating Oil from Water” was also honored by the Institution of Chemical Engineers with its 2015 IChemE Global Award outstanding achievement in chemical and process engineering in the water management and supply category. Bhushan was an ASME Congressional Fellow in 2013-2014, serving the Republican staff of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology (SST) in the U.S. House of Representatives. An active ASME volunteer, he has received a number of Society awards, including the Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award in 2004, the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award in 2000, the Melville Medal in 1992, and the Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award in 1986.

     

    Sriram Sundararajan, Ph.D.

    Sriram Sundararajan, Ph.D.
    ASME member Sriram Sundararajan, Ph.D., a mechanical engineering professor at Iowa State University, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Sundararajan was recognized by the Society for his work as an outstanding researcher and dedicated mechanical engineering educator. His research on tribology and surface engineering has led to an improved understanding of surface mechanisms and their durability, and has resulted in advances in the areas of biomedical implants, biorenewable materials, micro device fabrication and more. Through his research, Sundararajan and his team have developed surfaces that repel water and have provided greater insight into the forces between cementitious particles and the impacts of synovial fluids on biomedical implant materials. They have also developed a technique to evaluate the nanoscale apex of probes used for scanning probe microscopy. An ABET program evaluator for ASME, Sundararajan has received both the Young Engineering Faculty Research Award and Early Achievement in Teaching Award from Iowa State. He received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, in 1995. He earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Ohio State University in 1997 and 2001, respectively.

     

    Christopher Cadou, Ph.D.

    Christopher Cadou, Ph.D.
    ASME member Christopher Cadou, Ph.D., associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A member of the University of Maryland faculty since 2000, Dr. Cadou is the Keystone Professor in the university’s A. James Clark School of Engineering. The Keystone Program encourages the school’s best faculty members to teach its most fundamental courses. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Cadou’s research focuses on combustion, including the physics of power system miniaturization, engine-solid oxide fuel cell hybridization, film cooling in rocket nozzle extensions, and pulse jet engine noise reduction. He has co-authored more than 85 contributions to journals, books and conference proceedings, and he is the co-editor of the book Microscale Combustion and Power Generation. In addition to being an ASME Fellow, Cadou is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. After earning bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and history from Cornell University, he went on to receive both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has been a member of ASME for 20 years.

     

    Zoubeida Ounaies, Ph.D.

    Zoubeida Ounaies, Ph.D.
    ASME member Zoubeida Ounaies, Ph.D., the Dorothy Quiggle Career Developmental Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. ASME recognized Dr. Ounaies for her extensive record of leadership and service to ASME as well as her research contributions in the development and characterization of mechanical-electrical-chemical coupling in polymers and polymer nanocomposites, and applications to advanced sensor and actuator systems. Ounaies has co-authored more than 120 articles in journals, books and conference proceedings, and holds seven U.S. patents. Currently a member of the Aerospace Division Executive Committee, Ounaies has also served as chair and treasurer of the Society’s Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Committee. In addition to her ASME membership, she is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Materials Research Society and the International Society for Optical Engineering. Ounaies received a National Science Foundation CAREER grant in 2007. She is the recipient of three degrees in mechanical engineering from Penn State: a bachelor’s degree in 1989, a master’s degree in 1991, and a Ph.D. in 1996. She has been an ASME member since 2004.

     

    Gregory D. Wight, P.E

    Gregory D. Wight, P.E
    ASME Life Member Gregory D. Wight, P.E., has been named Vermont’s 2016 Engineer of the Year by the Vermont Society of Professional Engineers. Prof. Wight, who has served as both associate dean and director of the David Crawford School of Engineering at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., is an expert in the field of air quality engineering. He currently holds the Charles A. Dana Professorship of Engineering, the highest honor available to Norwich University faculty. His first post-education position was as an Engineering Air Force Officer in the United States Air Force Contract Management Division at the General Electric Aircraft Engines facility in Evendale, Ohio, where his primary duties were to ensure adherence to technical provisions of Department of Defense contracts. After four years active duty, he joined the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, where he served as principal air quality engineer, supervising a staff of six in the development of air pollutant emission inventory, air quality modelling, and strategies designed to achieve the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. In 1978, the opportunity to teach in the field of air quality engineering took him to Norwich University, where he has remained since, except for one year as a visiting civil/environmental engineering professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. In addition to being a life member of ASME, he is a member of the Vermont Society of Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, and the American Society for Engineering Education. He has also been actively involved with programs including MathCounts, FIRST Lego League, and Engineers without Borders. He received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering with an emphasis in air quality engineering from the University of Florida in 1968.

     

    Sanjeev Khanna, Ph.D.

    Sanjeev Khanna, Ph.D.
    ASME member Sanjeev Khanna, Ph.D., the C.W. LaPierre Professor in the University of Missouri’s mechanical and aerospace engineering department, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in the Society to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Khanna was recognized for his service to ASME as well as his efforts in educating future generations of mechanical engineers, his research with Ford Motor Company concerning the effect of residual stresses on fatigue behavior of spot-welded joints, and his patented research on transparent glass fiber reinforced polymer composites. According to the citation from ASME, Khanna’s work on spot weld characterization, which was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Ford Motor and the Auto/Steel Partnership, “has contributed to better automobile structure design, and his research on fiber-reinforced polymer composites has resulted in a patent on transparent composites for windows to protect against natural and man-made hazards.” In addition, he was recognized for his leadership innovative integration of new pedagogical approaches, such as problem-based learning, in mechanical engineering curriculum, and for his efforts training students in energy efficiency. The recipient of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award and the South Dakota Governor’s Teaching with Technology Award, Khanna received both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from the University of Rhode Island. He has been an ASME member since 1998.

     

    Venkat Krovi, Ph.D.

    Venkat Krovi, Ph.D.
    ASME member Venkat Krovi, Ph.D., professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, Fellowship is bestowed upon members who have made significant contributions to mechanical engineering. ASME members must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Krovi, a celebrated robotics expert, was cited for “contributions spanning the lifecycle design and modeling to evaluation and verification of mechanical and mechatronic systems in several domains including customized assistive devices and distributed robotic systems.” As director of the University of Buffalo’s Automation, Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM) Laboratory, Krovi’s research focuses on the lifecycle (design, modeling, analysis, control, implementation and verification) of a new generation of smart, embedded mechanical, mechatronic and robotic systems. Krovi, who joined the university in 2001, has served on a number of committees for ASME and other scientific organizations; has organized international conferences, including ASME’s 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, and has served as editor for several academic journals. He received a Bachelor of Technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1992, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998.

     

    R. Craig McClung, Ph.D.

    R. Craig McClung, Ph.D.
    ASME member R. Craig McClung, Ph.D., program director at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, has received the Coffin-Manson Fatigue Achievement Award from the ASTM Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture. An ASTM member since 1990, Dr. McClung serves as a member-at-large on the E08 executive subcommittee. He is an ASTM Fellow, having received the Award of Merit, ASTM’s highest honor for individual contributions to standards activities, in 2011. The E08 committee has also honored McClung with the Fatigue Lecturer Award and the Jerry Swedlow Memorial Lecturer Award. McClung’s career has focused on research and program management in fatigue and fracture, including both detailed scientific studies of basic phenomena and the development of robust engineering models and software for structural life prediction. He has been a member of the Southwest Research Institute staff since 1988, and has held a variety of positions including senior research engineer and section manager. He assumed his current position in 2006. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he received a bachelor’s degree in engineering science, McClung earned a master’s degree in theoretical and applied mechanics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also holds a master’s degree in religion from Harding Graduate School of Religion. He has been a member of ASME since 1989.

     

    Thomas C. Heil

    Thomas C. Heil
    ASME Fellow Thomas C. Heil was honored earlier this month with the Society's Performance Test Codes Medal. Heil was recognized with the award for his outstanding contributions to performance test codes, particularly for the testing of steam generators and related auxiliaries; and for developing computational methods and software for determining results. The medal, established in 1981, is bestowed on an individual for outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of performance test codes. It was presented to Heil during ASME's Performance Test Codes 4 Committee Meeting on Jan. 6 in Juno Beach, Fla. An ASME Fellow, Heil attended the University of South Carolina on a Naval ROTC scholarship. Upon graduation from the university in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, he served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps as a platoon leader of engineering and heavy equipment platoons. Following completion of his term in the Marine Corps, Heil joined the Babcock & Wilcox Co. in Barberton, Ohio, where he spent four years in the field service department starting up all sizes of boilers, conducting tests and solving problems. He also served as a contract supervisor in project management before accepting the role of advisory engineer in design engineering, where he led the performance analysis group. Heil retired from Babcock & Wilcox in 2002, yet remains active in ASME performance test code (PTC) work. A member of ASME for nearly 25 years, he is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Performance Test Codes Medal in 2015, the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1994, and Babcock & Wilcox's Engineering Honors Award in 1993.

     

    Denys Stavnychyi

    Denys Stavnychyi
    ASME member Denys Stavnychyi was recently hired by Burns & McDonnell in Houston, Texas, as a pipeline project manager. A mechanical engineer and native of Ukraine, Stavnychyi has nearly 20 years of long-haul pipeline project experience including design and construction management. His previous work has included multiple large, high-pressure pipeline construction projects both internationally and within the United States, and he has held both engineering and project management roles including liquid and gas pipeline operations, design and construction on interstate and intrastate transmission projects, FERC 7(c) application projects, safety enhancement and modernization/replacement programs. Stavnychyi has led teams on some of the largest pipeline projects in the industry, including most recently, a successful, multi-billion-dollar, 500-mile natural gas pipeline project in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. He has also led projects for Pacific Gas & Electric, BP, Enterprise Products, Arendal/Gasoductos Mexicanos De C.V., Kinder Morgan and MarkWest Energy. Stavnychyi received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Ivano-Frankivsk State Technical University of Oil and Gas in 1996. He has been an ASME member since 2007.

     

    Armistead (Ted) G. Russell, Ph.D.

    Armistead (Ted) G. Russell, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Armistead (Ted) G. Russell, Ph.D., an engineering researcher and professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was honored Nov. 5 with the Washington State University Alumni Association (WSUAA) Alumni Achievement Award for his work in air quality science related to health, public policy and sustainable development. Established in 1970, the award recognizes alumni who have given outstanding service to the university and made contributions to their professions and communities. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association. Dr. Russell is the Howard T. Tellepsen Chair and Regents Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech, and co-director of the Southeastern Center for Air Pollution Epidemiology and director of the Air Resources Engineering Center. Russell's research has advanced the understanding of trace contaminants in the air, computational modeling, air quality engineering and health. His particular contributions are based on his ability to integrate these areas and provide information that is used in managing air quality and developing national public policy. Russell's work modeling air pollution particulates, nitrogen oxides and ozone, and the impacts of alternative fuel use on the atmosphere has had significant societal impact. His analyses of air contaminants and health is a foundation for a modeling system recently adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In addition to serving on the National Research Council Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology and nine of its committees, he was one of seven members of the chartered U.S. EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and a member of the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer committee on air pollution. Russell received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from WSU in 1979. He received a master's degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 1980 and 1985, respectively.

     

    Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Ph.D.

    Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Ph.D.
    ASME member Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Ph.D., professor at North Carolina State University's Smart Structures and Materials Laboratory and Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor at the National Institute of Aerospace, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. The honor recognizes Dr. Yuan's years of dedication to smart sensors, structural health monitoring, as well as the education of future engineers through his work with master's and Ph.D. students. Yuan is an internationally recognized expert in the field of structural health monitoring, fracture and life prediction of advanced materials and structures, smart materials and structures, and damage tolerance of composite structures. His research is leading to the development of advanced structural health monitoring systems that will impact future design and maintenance of large and complex aerospace, mechanical, and civil structures. At NIA, Yuan's research is focused on smart aircraft structures for structural health management and condition-based maintenance. His research interests include composite material state awareness (damage state models, virtual load sensors, NDE inverse problems); structural health monitoring (multifunctional materials, damage detection and assessment); and health management (out-of-autoclave composite repair, smart repair, repair durability in damage tolerant and fail safe designs). After receiving a bachelor's degree in in engineering science from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan in 1977, Yuan went on to receive a master's degree and a Ph.D. in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign in 1981 and 1986, respectively.

     

    Dennis Assanis, Ph.D.

    Dennis Assanis, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Dennis Assanis, Ph.D., provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Stony Brook University (N.Y.), has been elected as the next president of the University of Delaware, after a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees at a special meeting on Nov. 18. Assanis will take office on July 1, 2016. Nancy M. Targett will continue to serve as the University of Delaware's acting president until then. Dr. Assanis is a distinguished educator with a wide range of academic leadership experience and an international reputation as a scholar and expert in both fundamental and applied studies of internal combustion engines and energy systems. Since 2011, Assanis has served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Stony Brook University and as vice president for Brookhaven National Laboratory Affairs. At Stony Brook, he has led the development of a strategic plan for academic affairs and launched a number of initiatives strengthening the faculty, programs for undergraduate and graduate students, research and scholarly activities, and global engagement. Before joining Stony Brook University, Assanis was a member of the University of Michigan faculty for 17 years, where he was the Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Professor of Engineering and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, as well as director of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, founding director of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center for Clean Vehicles, and director of the Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory. The recipient of ASME's Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal in 1990 and the Internal Combustion Engine Award in 2008, Assanis has served ASME in a number of capacities over the years, including member of the Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee and associate editor for the Journal of Turbomachinery and the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. He received an honors Bachelor of Science degree with distinction in marine engineering from Newcastle University in England in 1980, and four degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a master's degree in naval architecture and marine engineering and a master's degree in mechanical engineering, both in 1982; a Master of Science in management from the Sloan School of Management in 1986; and a Ph.D. in power and propulsion in 1985.

     

    Dewey H. Hodges, Ph.D.

    Dewey H. Hodges, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Dewey H. Hodges, Ph.D., professor of aerospace engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was honored by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the Society's Spirit of St. Louis Medal. He was recognized for the development of the theory and methodology for modeling the dynamics and aeroelasticity of composite helicopter rotor blades, highly flexible slender aircraft wings and wind turbine blades; and their implementation in the variational asymptotical beam sectional (VABS) analysis software used extensively in research and industry. The medal, established in 1929, is awarded for meritorious service in the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics. The award was presented to Dr. Hodges during ASME's 2015 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, which was held from Nov. 13 to 19 in Houston. Hodges has been a professor of aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech since 1986. Recently, his research group has been developing methods for accurate analysis and stress recovery in composite beams, including helicopter rotor blades, and in plates and shells. Before joining Georgia Tech, Hodges was a research scientist at the U.S. Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate at NASA's Ames Research Center from 1970 to 1986. During this time he also served as a lecturer at Stanford University, and in 1984 was a guest research scientist at the DLR, the German Aerospace Center in Braunschweig. Hodges has published five books and 200 journal papers in the fields of rotorcraft dynamics, structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, structural mechanics and stability, computational mechanics and optimal control. He holds two U.S. patents. Hodges serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Fluids and Structures, the Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, and Nonlinear Dynamics. Hodges served as a track organizer for ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in 2014 and 2015, and has reviewed dozens of papers for Society journals over the last 40 years. Hodges received his bachelor's degree with high honors in aerospace engineering from the University of Tennessee in 1969. He earned his master's degree and Ph.D. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from Stanford University in 1970 and 1973, respectively.

     

    Arun Majumdar, Ph.D.

    Arun Majumdar, Ph.D.
    ASME Honorary Member Arun Majumdar, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, was recently named as co-director of the university's Precourt Institute for Energy. Dr. Majumdar serves as co-director of the institute with Sally M. Benson, professor of energy resources engineering at Stanford. The Precourt Institute supports Stanford research and education intended to make the world's energy systems less vulnerable to environmental, economic and security threats, and more capable of delivering modern energy service to billions of people now living without it. Majumdar, who is the first Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor, joined the Stanford faculty in the mechanical engineering department in 2014. Majumdar is widely recognized as a leader in energy development and innovation, contributing to important programs during a distinguished research career at the University of California, Berkeley, Arizona State University, and other research institutions. His current research focuses broadly on energy conversion and re-engineering the electricity grid. In 2009, Majumdar was appointed by President Barack Obama as the founding director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, where he carried out transformational R&D in energy efficiency, renewable technologies, and storage systems. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, Majumdar served for two years at Google as the vice president for energy, where he established several energy technology initiatives and advised the company on its broader energy strategy. An ASME Fellow, Majumdar was associate editor of the Journal of Heat Transfer from 1998 to 2001 and founding chair of the ASME Nanotechnology Institute from 2003 to 2006. He is the recipient of several Society awards, including the Melville Medal, the Gustus Larson Memorial Award and the Heat Transfer Memorial Award-Science. Majumdar received a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and both a master's degree and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

     

    Shiyu Zhou, Ph.D.

    Shiyu Zhou, Ph.D.
    ASME member Shiyu Zhou, Ph.D., professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Zhou has been a member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty since 2002, when he joined the university as an assistant professor in the industrial engineering department. His research interests include modeling and analysis of the variation propagation and other in-process sensing data in complex manufacturing processes; in-process quality and productivity improvement through the diagnosis of complicated manufacturing processes using sensor fusion, feature extraction, and pattern recognition based on engineering field knowledge; and fast calibration and active compensation for manufacturing systems. Although he teaches industrial and systems engineering, Zhou studied mechanical engineering for several years at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, China, where he received a bachelor's and a master's degree in mechanical engineering in 1993 and 1996, respectively. He also received two degrees from the University of Michigan: a master's degree in industrial and operations engineering in 2000, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, also in 2000.

     

    Robert L. Clark, Jr., Ph.D.

    Robert L. Clark, Jr., Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Robert L. Clark, Jr., Ph.D., senior vice president for research at the University of Rochester and dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been named the university's 10th provost. Dr. Clark's five-year term as provost will begin on July 1, 2016. Clark will serve in dual roles as provost and senior vice president for research. In 2013, he was named senior vice president for research and since then has served both in this role and as Hajim School dean, a position he has held for the past seven years. As provost, Clark will assume responsibility for advancing the university's academic, teaching and global engagement missions, in addition to furthering the university's progress as an internationally distinguished research institution. The provost also provides leadership to select units of the university, including Information Technology, River Campus Libraries, the Memorial Art Gallery, the University of Rochester Press, and the University Health Service. Clark, who was named interim senior vice president for research in 2012 and accepted the permanent role a year later, joined the University in 2008 from Duke University, after serving as senior associate dean and dean of the Pratt School of Engineering. Clark, whose expertise in the science of acoustics and in bionanomanufacturing, has authored 130 journal publications and received a number of awards, including the Lindsey Award of the Acoustical Society of America, the National Science Foundation Career Program Award, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and the NASA Group Achievement Award.

     

    Joe Cecil, Ph.D.

    Joe Cecil, Ph.D.
    ASME member Joe Cecil, Ph.D., associate professor in the school of industrial engineering at Oklahoma State University, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Cecil was selected for his outstanding accomplishments in the area of Information Centric Engineering (ICE), a new interdisciplinary area that focuses on modeling, simulation and the exchange of information. ICE recognizes the critical role of information in today's information intensive engineering activities, which also involves exchanging information across various platforms among geographically distributed partners. Dr. Cecil's research includes the design of virtual reality-based design approaches for a variety of process domains, from micro-assembly to space systems, and the design of collaborative frameworks for distributed engineering activities. Cecil is also an advocate for the adoption of e-learning approaches as well as a leader in the design of virtual learning environments to teach engineering concepts. His recent research has involved working with autism and education experts in exploring the impact of virtual environments to teach STEM topics to children with autism. He is part of an inter-university initiative involving the use of the Next Generation Internet, which is currently being developed by the National Science Foundation and other agencies. Cecil is an active member of ASME, having served as the chair of the Material Handling Division and an organizer of numerous symposiums for the Society's annual International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).

     

    Olivier Bauchau, Ph.D.

    Olivier Bauchau, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Olivier Bauchau, Ph.D., recently joined the University of Maryland as the first Igor Sikorsky Distinguished Professor in Rotorcraft. Supported through an endowment from Sikorsky and United Technologies, the Igor Sikorsky Distinguished Professorship in Rotorcraft in the university's department of aerospace engineering serves to support enhanced research specialization in areas related to rotorcraft. Dr. Bauchau, who has more than 30 years of experience in the rotorcraft field, is a widely recognized scholar in aeromechanics of rotorcraft, multibody and structural dynamics, composite structures, and wind turbine systems. Bauchau's work on comprehensive aeromechanics analysis of rotorcraft, modeling of flexible multibody systems involving composite structures, and modeling of rotor lag dampers are pioneering efforts in the rotary-wing field. At the University of Maryland, he aims to employ research currently being done in computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, and rotorcraft to contribute to his computational modeling work in both rotorcraft and the wind energy industry. Bauchau helped create the comprehensive multibody dynamics code, DYMORE, which has been widely adopted by industry, government and academia to model all aspects of helicopter design such as dynamics, aerodynamics, controls, and composite materials. He is the recipient of the 2016 ASME d'Alembert Award for his numerous contributions to the field of multibody system dynamics. Bauchau received his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981.

     

    Nandika D'Souza, Ph.D., P.E.

    Nandika D'Souza, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Nandika D'Souza, Ph.D., P.E., Regents Professor of mechanical and energy engineering at the University of North Texas (UNT) and associate dean of undergraduate studies in the university's college of engineering, has been named the 2015 Society of Women Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educator. The award is presented to educators who make significant contributions to the engineering field. Dr. D'Souza, who serves as vice president for outreach for SWE's Dallas Section and as advisor for her university's SWE student chapter, has worked with undergraduate and graduate students in the area of failure analysis, viscoelasticity and material reliability. Her teaching and research focuses on mechanics and materials and how best to incorporate them reliably in design. Recently, she has focused on microelectronic packaging, biomedical surgical mesh, the creation of plant-based building materials, and plant-based carbon fiber. D'Souza has published more than 160 book chapters, journal articles and peer reviewed conference proceedings, and has received a number of awards, including the ASME Electronics and Photonics Packaging Division's Engineer of the Year Award in 2009, the UNT Research Leadership Award, the UNT College of Engineering Research Award, and the Vinyl Division Thesis Award from the International Society of Plastics Engineers. She received her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University of 1994. D'Souza has been a member of ASME since 1996.

     

    Caroline L. Genzale, Ph.D.

    Caroline L. Genzale, Ph.D.
    ASME member Caroline L. Genzale, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was recently awarded the Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award, which includes a three-year grant that began this fall. Her project, titled "Spatially and Temporally Resolved Imaging of Primary Breakup in High-Pressure Fuel Sprays," involves the development of a novel high-resolution imaging diagnostic to study the mechanisms of atomization in high-pressure fuel sprays for diesel combustion engines. In spite of decades of diesel engine development and research, much is still not known about the fundamental mechanisms that control spray breakup and atomization at engine-relevant conditions. This lack of clarity can lead to uncertainties in the fuel-air preparation process and resulting performance and emissions outcomes of the engine — information that is crucial to Army initiatives focused on shifting ground vehicle engines towards new fuel streams. Dr. Genzale's technique employs new high-power pulsed LEDs in multiple colors to record transient motion spectrally, avoiding the conventional high-speed frame transfer operations used in high-speed cameras, and enabling sequential image capture within nanoseconds. Genzale, who joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 2010, has earned three mechanical engineering degrees: a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California (1997), a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2003), and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009).

     

    Michael Robinson

    Michael Robinson
    ASME student member Michael Robinson, a mechanical engineering undergraduate at Michigan Technological University, was recently awarded an Alan Mulally Leadership in Engineering Scholarship by the Ford Motor Company. Robinson was one of 10 students who were selected to receive the $10,000 scholarship. Named in honor of the company's former president and CEO, the Alan Mulally Leadership in Engineering Scholarship program will annually award 10 one-time $10,000 scholarships to outstanding sophomore or junior engineering students throughout the world who are pursuing degrees in the field of automotive engineering at Ford's 20 premiere partner universities. The program, which began this year, will run for 10 years. Robinson, a second-year mechanical engineering major with an electrical engineering minor, was selected for the scholarship based on his academic performance, his internship experience, and his leadership in student organizations at his school including the ASME student section, according to the company.

     

    Timothy A. Ameel, Ph.D.

    Timothy A. Ameel, Ph.D.
    ASME member Timothy A. Ameel, Ph.D., professor and chair in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Utah, was recently named as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Ameel was recognized for his outstanding achievements and leadership in microfluidics and nanofluidics. He is recognized by his peers as a pioneer for his seminal work in microchannel flows and heat transfer. His work on slip flow convection in microchannels, in particular, has resulted in a number of important advances that have helped shape the understanding of these important microscale conditions. A member of the university's mechanical engineering faculty member since 1996 and the department chair since 2009, Ameel has played a significant role in developing and fostering research, in hiring faculty, and in forming the department's curricula. Ameel successfully championed the integration of undergraduate labs with lecture classes, which provided continuous, uninterrupted reinforcement of the fundamentals. He also helped develop two new mechanical engineering degrees: a dual Bachelor of Science/Master of Science degree and a Master of Science non-thesis degree. His research has resulted in nearly 90 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and an international reputation as an expert in microchannel flows and heat transfer. Ameel has been the recipient of a number of honors and awards, including the Fulbright Scholar Award, the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, and several teaching awards from the university's College of Engineering. Ameel received a bachelor's and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Montana State University in 1975 and 1977, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University in 1991.

     

    Tony Jun Huang, Ph.D.

    Tony Jun Huang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Tony Jun Huang, Ph.D., a professor of engineering science and mechanics at Pennsylvania State University, was recently named as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The highest elected level of ASME membership, Fellowship is conferred upon members with at least 10 years of active engineering practice who have made significant contributions to the profession. Dr. Huang was cited for his pioneering contributions to optofluidics, acoustofluidics and the invention of surface acoustic wave tweezers. A Penn State faculty member since 2005, Huang has been recognized with a variety of awards, including the 2010 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award, a 2011 Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Outstanding Research Award, a 2011 Journal of Laboratory Automation (JALA) Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year Award, a 2012 Society for Manufacturing Engineers Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, a 2013 Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal, a 2013 American Asthma Foundation Scholar Award, and the 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award. This is the fourth fellowship announcement in 2015 for Huang, who was also elected as a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the Institute of Physics, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He received a bachelor's and a master's degree in energy and power engineering from Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Xi'an, China, in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and a doctorate in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2005.

     

    June Ling

    June Ling
    The Society for Standards Professionals (SES) has awarded June Ling, retiring deputy executive director of ASME, with the 2015 Leo B. Moore Medal for distinguished contribution to standardization.

    The Leo B. Moore Medal is the most prestigious award conferred by the Society for Standards Professionals. Key factors in the selection of recipients include “highest achievement, extraordinary contribution, and distinguished service in standardization” and advancing standardization “through original research and writing, creative application and development, or professional and public service.” More information about the Leo B. Moore Medal is available here.

    ASME congratulates June Ling for this very well-deserved recognition of her landmark contributions to the field.

     

    Francesco Costanzo, Ph.D.

    Francesco Costanzo, Ph.D.
    ASME member Francesco Costanzo, Ph.D., professor of engineering science and mechanics at Pennsylvania State University, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Costanzo was cited for his scholarship of research contributions to thermo-elastodynamics, homogenization and finite element methods, and for innovative educational pedagogies culminating in new textbooks on statics and dynamics. He is a member of Penn State’s Center for Neural Engineering, where he is exploring multi-scale computational models and companion numerical methods for fluid transport in brain tissue. Since joining Penn State in 1995, Costanzo has been honored for his teaching and research with a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, the American Society of Engineering Education’s Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award, and the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society’s Outstanding Teaching and Premier Teaching Awards. Costanzo received a Laurea degree with honors in aeronautical engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 1989 and a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from Texas A&M University in 1993.

     

    William W. Bathie, P.E.

    William W. Bathie, P.E.
    ASME Life Fellow William W. Bathie, P.E., will receive the 2015 Distinguished Examination Service Award from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) at the council's annual Awards and Installation Gala on Aug. 21. The award recognizes committed NCEES exam program volunteers for their outstanding contributions to the exam program and their efforts to advance the council's licensing exams and improve the exam development process. Bathie began volunteering with the NCEES Principles and Practice of Engineering Mechanical Exam Development Committee in 1979, and has attended nearly all of its meetings over the last 35 years. Throughout the 1980s, he was one of several members on the committee, and demonstrated a deep commitment to the NCEES exams and the licensure process. He has participated in a variety of exam-related activities, including writing and reviewing questions, assembling and grading exams, and participating in studies to update specifications and to establish passing scores. Bathie served as vice chair of the exam's development committee from 1993 to 1998, and then as chair from 1998 to 2003. He continues to be a resource and mentor for new leaders on the Thermal and Fluid Systems Subcommittee, and remains an active member of the PE Mechanical Exam Development Committee. During his nearly 50 years as a member of ASME, Bathie has served in a number of positions with the Society, including vice chair of the Committee on Membership, member of Fellows Review Committee, and vice president of ASME's former Region VII. He received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1998.

    Robert Parker, Ph.D

    Robert Parker, Ph.D
    ASME Fellow Robert Parker, Ph.D., the L.S. Randolph Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, has been named the recipient of the 2015 ASME N.O. Myklestad Award for innovative contributions to vibration engineering and research throughout his career. The award was presented Aug. 3 at the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) in Boston, where Dr. Parker also gave the Myklestad Plenary Lecture. According to his nomination by Kon-Well Wang, chair of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor's department of mechanical engineering, Dr. Parker is an "expert on the vibration of high-speed power transmissions such as geared and belt-pulley systems." Dr. Wang added that Parker's new research has "provided insight and new tools such that some of the critical and unsolved issues in gear vibration and noise can now be easily resolved." Parker's achievements include the assembling of a state-of-the-art test stand, fixtures, and gearing to produce the only data measuring the operating condition vibration of all the internal components of planetary gears, according to Wang. The award also recognizes Parker's work on minimizing vibration, a technique credited with solving a major vibration problem threatening the existence of a wind turbine company in New Zealand, and significantly reducing engine noise in Ford and Volvo products. Parker recently received the 2015 Doak Prize from the Journal of Sound and Vibration for his research on instabilities in high-speed planetary gears inside airplane engines.

    Janis P. Terpenny, PhD

    Janis P. Terpenny, PhD
    ASME Fellow Janis P. Terpenny, PhD, has been named the Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo Department Head of the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State, effective Sept. 7. Currently, Dr. Terpenny is the Joseph Walkup Professor and chair of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University. She is also the director of Iowa State's Center of e-Design, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry University Collaborative Research Center, and she serves as the technical lead of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute's Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise Area. Prior to joining Iowa State in 2011, Terpenny held faculty positions at Virginia Tech and the University of Massachusetts. She also served as the program director for the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education. She was named a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers in 2010 and of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2012, and was inducted as a Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer in 2011. Terpenny's research and teaching interests include engineering design process and methods and engineering design education, including engineering economics, intelligent and integrated design systems, and systems analysis/systems engineering. Terpenny received a bachelor's degree in mathematical sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her master's and doctoral degrees in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech.

    Yuan Dong, PhD

    Yuan Dong, PhD
    ASME member Yuan Dong, PhD, a senior fellow at Pratt & Whitney's compression systems aerodynamics group, was recently named as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dong began working for Pratt & Whitney in 2002, after having previously worked for Pratt & Whitney Canada and other engineering companies. A member of ASME since 1999, Dong has been an active ASME volunteer, having served the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute in various capacities. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and a PhD in aerodynamics engineering from Cambridge University.

    Maurizio Porfiri, PhD

    Maurizio Porfiri, PhD
    ASME member Maurizio Porfiri, PhD, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, has been selected as the recipient of ASME's 2015 C.D. Mote, Jr. Early Career Award for his contributions in the field of vibration and acoustics. The ASME Design Engineering Division's Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound will present the award to Dr. Porfiri on Aug. 5 at the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences in Boston. The prize, named for the president of the National Academy of Engineering, recognizes Porfiri's efforts to shed light on the interactions between fluid flows and the dynamics of nautical and aerospace structures. By advancing new tools in nonlinear dynamics, experimental fluid dynamics, and computational mechanics, his Dynamical Systems Laboratory aims to contribute to the design of lightweight, fuel-efficient, and resilient marine vessels. His current research also includes microelectromechanical systems, underwater robotics, complex Systems, and collective behavior. One of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10" list of young innovators for 2010, Porfiri has received a number of honors, including ASME's Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of smart structures and materials, the ASME Dynamics Systems and Control Division Young Investigator Award, and a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. The author of author of approximately 200 journal publications, Porfiri received both a master's degree and a PhD in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech. He also received a Laurea degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in theoretical and applied mechanics in a dual-degree program from the Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Toulon in France.

    Pedro Ponte Castañeda, PhD

    Pedro Ponte Castañeda, PhD
    ASME member Pedro Ponte Castañeda, PhD, the Raymond S. Markowitz Faculty Fellow and Professor in the department of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, was recently named as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Ponte's research is in the area of heterogeneous material systems, including composites, polycrystalline aggregates and particulate flows. In the area of composite materials, he concentrates on nonlinear constitutive and kinematical effects as observed in low-temperature plasticity and high-temperature creep of metal-matrix composites, as well as in the large-deformation behavior of black-filled and porous elastomers. His group is also concerned with the theoretical development of constitutive models for porous metals, accounting for the evolution of the microstructure. He is developing constitutive models for low-symmetry polycrystals, and also working on the numerical implementation of these models in constitutive subroutines. Ponte's research group is also developing structure-property relations for thermoplastic elastomers and semi-crystalline polymers. Ponte was the recipient of the Humboldt Research Award in 2013, the Heilmeier Award for Excellence in Faculty Research in 2007, and the ASME Achievement Award for Young Investigators in Applied Mechanics in 2000. He received bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering and mathematics from Lehigh University in 1982, a master's degree in engineering sciences from Harvard University in 1983, and a PhD in applied mathematics from Harvard in 1986.

    Thomas A. Litzinger, PhD

    Thomas A. Litzinger, PhD
    ASME Fellow Thomas A. Litzinger, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education at Pennsylvania State University, has been named assistant dean for educational innovation and accreditation in the university's college of engineering. He will assume his new role on July 1. Dr. Litzinger's responsibilities will include working with the college's associate dean for education to implement strategic initiatives in undergraduate and graduate education. He also will be responsible for coordinating accreditation processes across the college. He will continue to serve as director of the Leonhard Center. Established in 1990, the center focuses on the enhancement of courses and curricula that will enable key changes required to maintain engineering education quality at Penn State. Litzinger held positions in corporate research and development at General Electric before joining Penn State in 1985. His various honors include the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society's Distinguished Service, Outstanding Research, Premier Teaching and Outstanding Teaching Awards; Penn State's Alumni Teaching Fellow Award; Penn State's Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching; and the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering's Department Head Faculty Award. He received a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from Penn State in 1977, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1981, and a doctorate degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 1986.

    Jaydev P. Desai, PhD

    Jaydev P. Desai, PhD
    ASME member Jaydev P. Desai, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering and a member of the Maryland Robotics Center at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), was recently named as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Desai is also director of the Robotics, Automation and Medical Systems (RAMS) Laboratory, and holds a joint appointment with the Institute for Systems Research. Prior to joining UMCP, he was an associate professor at Drexel University and served as its director of the Program for Robotics, Intelligent Sensing and Mechatronics (PRISM) Laboratory. Desai is an associate editor of ASME's Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, and recently became the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Robotics Research (JMRR). Desai completed his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, in 1993. He received three degrees from the University of Pennsylvania: a master's degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics in 1995, a master's degree in mathematics in 1997, and a PhD in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics in 1998.

    Robin N. Coger, PhD

    Robin N. Coger, PhD
    ASME Fellow Robin N. Coger, PhD, was recently named as a new member of the board of directors at FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international K-12 not-for-profit organization that inspires young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Dr. Coger is dean of the College of Engineering and a professor of mechanical engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) in Greensboro, N.C. The FIRST Board is comprised of a cross-section of leaders from business, government, education, industry and the sciences that have the fiduciary responsibility to provide strategic direction and oversight for all the activities of FIRST internationally. Coger's focus at North Carolina A&T ranges from advancing the global preparedness of students and highlighting the research of graduate students, to enhancing the innovation climate across the university. Prior to joining the university's faculty in 2011, Coger served as the founder and director of the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science and was a professor in the department of mechanical engineering and engineering science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her career at UNC Charlotte spanned over 15 years, where she served as a dedicated educator, researcher and administrator. Coger's research expertise is in solving design and performance problems related to tissue engineered organs, with special emphasis on liver replacement devices and their safe storage for off-the-shelf availability. North Carolina A&T serves as the North Carolina Operational Partner for FIRST LEGO League and FIRST Tech Challenge, and manages all state competitions for both programs.

    James E. Hubbard, Jr., PhD

    James E. Hubbard, Jr., PhD
    ASME member James E. Hubbard, Jr., PhD, the Department of Aerospace Engineering Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor at the University of Maryland has been named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by ASME members and Fellows, an ASME member must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME to become an ASME Fellow. Dr. Hubbard is the director of both the University of Maryland's Morpheus Laboratory and the National Institute of Aerospace's Alex Brown Center for Adaptive Aerospace Research. His career of more than 30 years has spanned both industrial and academic settings, and he has received several awards for his work, including the 2009 Smart Structures Innovation Award from the International Society for Optical Engineering and the 2002 Black Engineer of the Year President's Award from U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine. He holds 12 patents, and he has served as a member of the Air Force Studies Board, the Naval Research Advisory Committee and the Committee on Space Defense Technology. Hubbard received three mechanical engineering degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a bachelor's degree in 1977, a master's degree in 1979, and a PhD in 1982.

    Fathi H. Ghorbel, PhD

    Fathi H. Ghorbel, PhD
    ASME member Fathi H. Ghorbel, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering at Rice University, was recently named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Board of Governors confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by their peers, ASME Fellows have had 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of continuous active senior membership in ASME. In his ASME citation, Dr. Ghorbel was recognized for "fundamental contributions to nonlinear control, robot locomotion, and sensor design," resulting in five patents, more than 140 publications and two start-up companies. Ghorbel, who is also director of the Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at Rice University, is the former chair of ASME's Biomechanical Systems Panel and the IEEE Control Systems Society's Technical Committee on Manufacturing Automation and Robotic Control. The former president of the Tunisian Scientific Society, Ghorbel is a founding member and vice president of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation. He served as associate editor of ASME's Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, IEEE's Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and the International Journal of Robotics and Automation. Ghorbel is founder and chief technology adviser of itRobotics Inc., a company supplying the oil and gas industry with robotic technology for non-destructive pipe inspections that grew out of his Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab at Rice University. He joined the Rice faculty in 1994, after working as a research associate at the Institut d'Automatique, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland from 1992 to 1994. Ghorbel received a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1991.

    Xin Zhang, PhD

    Xin Zhang, PhD
    ASME member Xin Zhang, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering at Boston University, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The honor, which is bestowed on longtime members who have demonstrated significant engineering achievements, recognizes Dr. Zhang's internationally renowned research using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to address a wide range of important problems in advanced materials, biomedicine and energy. A Boston University faculty member since 2002, Zhang leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers focused on fundamental and applied aspects of MEMS and nanotechnology. Her research group — the Laboratory for Microsystems Technology — seeks to understand and exploit interesting characteristics of micro/nanomaterials, micro/nanomechanics, and micro/nanomanufacturing technologies with forward-looking engineering efforts and practical applications ranging from energy to health care to homeland security. In 2009, Zhang was named the College of Engineering's inaugural Distinguished Faculty Fellow, a five-year appointment given to tenured engineering faculty on a clear trajectory toward an exemplary career in science and engineering. She has received numerous awards for research excellence, including the National Science Foundation Faculty CAREER Award in 2003, and has participated in U.S. and international National Academy of Engineering symposia. She has published 124 papers in interdisciplinary journals. From 1998 to 2001, she served as a postdoctoral researcher and then as a research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Zhang received her PhD in mechanical engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1998.

    Jianmin Qu, PhD

    Jianmin Qu, PhD
    ASME Fellow Jianmin Qu, PhD, an academic leader whose research in theoretical and applied mechanics has led to safer airplanes, among other advances, has been selected as the next dean of the school of engineering at Tufts University, effective Aug. 1. Dr. Qu, currently Walter P. Murphy Professor and chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University, was named to the deanship after an international search. He succeeds Linda Abriola, who is stepping down after 12 years to return to the Tufts faculty. During nearly three decades, Qu has built a reputation as an accomplished scientist and an exceptional teacher, mentor and engineering leader at Northwestern and the Georgia Institute of Technology. After receiving a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Jilin University in China, Qu received master's and doctoral degrees in theoretical and applied mechanics from Northwestern. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania for two years before joining the mechanical engineering faculty at Georgia Tech in 1989. He was promoted to full professor in 2000 and also served as associate chair and interim chair of mechanical engineering before returning to his alma mater in 2009. As a department chair at Northwestern, he has expanded the faculty by more than 25 percent and increased student enrollment by more than 30 percent. He is the co-author of two textbooks, including Fundamentals of Micromechanics of Solids, which is still used at universities around the world. A past member of the board of directors and treasurer of the Society of Engineering Sciences, Qu is a former chair, vice chair and secretary of the ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division.

    D. Scott Stewart, PhD

    D. Scott Stewart, PhD
    ASME member D. Scott Stewart, PhD, the Shao Lee Soo Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Board of Governors confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by their peers, ASME Fellows have had 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of continuous active senior membership in ASME. Dr. Stewart has been a member of the department of mechanical science and engineering since 1981, when he joined the faculty as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 1987, and full professor in 2005. His current research focuses on advanced modeling and computational modeling of complex flows for combustion and shock physics systems, addressing a wide variety of problems in combustion, detonation, and shock physics of energetic materials. He has published more than 100 articles in journals and conference proceedings, and has given nearly 100 invited lectures. A member of ASME since 2002, Stewart received a bachelor's degree in engineering science from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1976, and his PhD in theoretical and applied science from Cornell University in 1981.

    Gary Harper, PE

    Gary Harper, PE
    ASME member Gary Harper, PE, manager of system operations with the Salt River Project in Phoenix, Ariz., has been recognized by his alma mater, the University of Arizona, with the university's Alumni Achievement Award. The award, which is the highest honor the University of Arizona Alumni Association bestows, is given to alumni who have attained prominence in their field, with demonstrated service to the institution. Harper, who received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from University of Arizona in 1971, has had a distinguished 40-year career in the electric utility business, having been promoted to various executive positions and managing customer service, distribution, transmission and generation departments during his 38 years at the Salt River Project. As he developed his career, he also volunteered his time with various utility industry and community organizations, in capacities including president of Arizona Blue Stake, chairman of the Arizona Electric Coordinating Council, member of the Western Electric Coordinating Council, and chair of the Desert Southwest Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Harper's commitment to the University of Arizona has also been substantial. He has served on the UA Foundation board of directors and the Eller College of Management national board of advisors and is a member of the College of Engineering's Da Vinci Circle. Harper also is a former nine-year member of the UA Alumni Association governing board of directors, which he chaired in 2010-2011, and past president of the UA Alumni Association's Phoenix chapter.

    Ranga Pitchumani, PhD

    Ranga Pitchumani, PhD
    ASME Fellow Ranga Pitchumani, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, has been named the George R. Goodson Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. Established in 1988, the professorship is presented to faculty in the department of mechanical engineering to recognize teaching and research excellence. Recipients hold the professorship for an initial period of five years that is renewable. A member of the Virginia Tech faculty since 2008, Pitchumani has made significant contributions to research and scholarship in the areas of energy conversion and energy storage technologies; advanced materials processing including polymer, composite, nano-composite, and ceramic materials; microsystems and microfabrication; uncertainty quantification; micro- and nanoscale transport processes; and bio-transport phenomena. He has written more than 195 articles in archival journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings, edited eight book volumes and six book chapters, and is an inventor on two patents or disclosures. He is an editor for Solar Energy, past associate technical editor for the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, the Journal of Composite Materials, and Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer. An elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, Pitchumani has received several professional awards including the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professorship, the School of Engineering Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, the Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Faculty Award, and the Olin Faculty Award from Olin Corp. He received his bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1986, and a master's degree and PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988 and 1992, respectively.

    Stephen Metz, PE

    Stephen Metz, PE
    ASME member Stephen Metz, PE, a 31-year U.S. Navy veteran, has been named vice president and executive director of Navy Programs at American Systems, a leading provider of government IT and engineering solutions. Metz will manage the company's existing business units, which focus on various U.S. Department of the Navy markets, including the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Naval Sea Systems Command, Space and Warfare Systems Command, and Surface Fleet Commands. Metz replaces Steve Bonwich, who is retiring after nine years leading the American Systems' Navy Programs. Metz has many years of leadership and management experience at the corporate level and in Department of Defense organizations in Washington, D.C., and in the field. Prior to joining American Systems, Metz held senior positions with QED Systems Inc., Definitive Logic, CDI-Marine and BAE Systems, after serving in the U.S. Navy. As DDG project officer, Metz managed the reconstruction and return of the USS Cole to the operational fleet following the terrorist attack on the vessel in 2000. Metz earned a bachelor's degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, and master's degrees from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

    Alper Erturk, PhD

    Alper Erturk, PhD
    ASME member Alper Erturk, PhD, assistant professor of acoustics and dynamics at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named the 2015 recipient of the ASME Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award. The prize is awarded by the ASME Aerospace Division to a young researcher in his or her ascendancy whose work has already had an impact in his or her field within adaptive structures and material systems. The award will be presented to Dr. Erturk during the ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems in Colorado Springs, Colo., in September. Erturk joined Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in May 2011, after working as a research scientist in the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His postdoctoral research interests included theory and experiments of piezoelastic structures for applications ranging from aeroelastic energy harvesting to nonlinear vibrations of electroelastic systems. A member of ASME's J.P. Den Hertog Award Committee, Erturk received his bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He received his doctorate in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech in 2009.

    Abhijit Dasgupta, PhD

    Abhijit Dasgupta, PhD
    ASME Fellow Abhijit Dasgupta, PhD, the Department of Mechanical Engineering Jeong H. Kim Professor at the University of Maryland (USM), has been awarded a 2015 USM Regents' Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship. Regents' Faculty Awards recognize distinguished performance on the part of USM faculty members. USM Regents' Faculty Awards are the highest honor presented by the Board of Regents to exemplary faculty members. The Regents will recognize this year's award recipients at a special breakfast ceremony, as well as during the public session of the full board meeting Friday, April 10, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Dr. Dasgupta conducts research on the mechanics of engineered, heterogeneous, active materials, with special emphasis on the micromechanics of constitutive and damage behavior, and he applies this work to multifunctional material systems such as electronic packaging material systems and smart composite material systems. For more than 20 years, Dasgupta has conducted research on Physics of Failure (PoF) approaches for developing reliable, complex multi-functional systems that perform electronic, photonic and mechanical functions, and is a researcher for the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering. A former associate editor of the ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, Dasgupta has published more than 250 journal articles and conference papers on his research, presented more than 35 short workshops nationally and internationally, served on three different international journals' editorial boards, organized several national and international conferences and received six awards for his contributions in materials engineering research and education. He is the former secretary and treasurer of the ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University, and a PhD in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

    Zvi Rusak, PhD

    Zvi Rusak, PhD
    ASME member Zvi Rusak, PhD, professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Rusak was recognized for his contributions to the field of fluid mechanics, including research that informs the aerodynamic design of aircraft. The ASME Board of Governors confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Rusak, who has published more than 250 papers, has made significant contributions to the understanding of fluid flows, the science of liquids, and gases in motion. His research applies to both aeronautical and mechanical engineering systems, including design of aircraft wings, helicopter blades, wind and hydroelectric turbines, and combustors. He has served on the Rensselaer faculty since 1991. Rusak's theoretical research has helped illuminate the vortex breakdown phenomenon, which occurs in vortex flows above airplanes and in swirling flows in pipes and nozzles of engines. He has derived a cohesive theory that explains the nature of the breakdown process in these swirling flows. In addition, his studies in transonic aerodynamics aim to design aircraft wings, to minimize their drag due to the appearance of shock waves. Other studies seek to improve the maximum lift of wings by modifying their shape to delay flow separation and stall. Rusak's publications include more than 80 archival journal papers, including papers in the field's four premier journals: the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, the Physics of Fluids, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' AIAA Journal. He formerly served on the editorial board of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering and currently serves on the editorial board of the AIAA Journal. Rusak received three degrees from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, in Haifa, Israel: a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in aeronautical engineering, and a doctorate in aerospace engineering.

    Laura E. Hitchcock

    Laura E. Hitchcock
    ASME member and dedicated ASME Standards and Certification volunteer Laura E. Hitchcock, senior project manager with the Boeing Company, will be honored by SAE International with the society's J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders. Hitchcock will receive the award during an awards presentation at the SAE 2015 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition in Seattle, Wash., this September. The J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders, which was established by the SAE International Women Engineers Committee, recognizes women for their contributions to the mobility industry through their service, leadership, innovation, technical skills and involvement in SAE International. In her role as senior standards specialist and corporate project manager for external standards management, strategy and policy at Boeing, Hitchcock serves as the company's enterprise-wide focal for issues regarding government, industry and international standards activities and has responsibility for external standards policy and strategy for the company. The current ASME senior vice president for Standards and Certification and chair of the Society's Council on Standards and Certification, Hitchcock has been working with standards for more than 35 years. Hitchcock also serves ASME as member of the Board on Codes & Standards Operations, member of the Board on Strategic Initiatives, and member of the Sector Management Committee. She is also a member of the board of directors for the American National Standards Institute, chair of ANSI's International Policy Committee and has served as Boeing's representative on ANSI's Company Member Forum for the past 18 years. A member of the board of directors for SAE International, chair of SAE's Aerospace Council and member of the SAE Technical Standards Board, Hitchcock is the recipient of a number of awards including the W.T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award, the Leo B. Moore Medal, the George S. Wham Leadership Medal, the ANSI Meritorious Service Award and the SAE International Outstanding Achievement Award.

    Vijay Kumar, PhD

    Vijay Kumar, PhD
    ASME Fellow Vijay Kumar, PhD, has been named dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, effective July 1. Dr. Kumar joined the Penn Engineering faculty in 1987 and currently serves as UPS Foundation Professor with appointments in the departments of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, computer and information science, and electrical and systems engineering. As deputy dean for education from 2008 to 2012, he was instrumental in the creation of several master's degree programs. Previously, he had served as chair of the department of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from 2005 to 2008, as deputy dean for research from 2000 to 2004, and as director of the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory from 1998-2004. From 2012 to 2014, he took a scholarly leave from Penn to serve the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as assistant director for robotics and cyber physical systems. Kumar is world renowned for his innovative work on the development of autonomous robots and on biologically inspired algorithms for collective behavior. The editor of ASME's Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Kumar is the author of more than 400 refereed articles and papers and more than 20 books and book chapters. He a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, as well as the recipient of numerous honors, including the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, Penn's Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Award.

    Two professors of mechanical engineering at Stanford University — Mark R. Cutkosky, PhD, and Thomas W. Kenny, PhD — were recently named Fellows of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in recognition of their significant contributions to the field. The ASME Board of Governors confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements.

    Mark R. Cutkosky, PhD

    Mark R. Cutkosky, PhD
    Dr. Cutkosky, the Fletcher Jones Chair in the School of Engineering at Stanford, was cited for noteworthy advances in robotics and mechanical design. His work on robotic hands is recognized as especially groundbreaking, and his papers on grasping are among the most cited in the field. He is also known for his research on running and climbing robots, and for pioneering shape deposition manufacturing, a process that can design and assemble prototypes all at once. Cutkosky received a Fulbright Distinguished Chair's appointment to the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, in 2002, and a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation in 1986. A member of the Stanford Bio-X interdisciplinary biosciences group, Cutkosky has advised 40 doctoral students, many of whom now hold key faculty or industry positions. Cutkosky received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rochester in 1978, and a master's degree and a PhD in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1982 and 1985, respectively.

    Thomas W. Kenny, PhD

    Thomas W. Kenny, PhD
    Dr. Kenny, the Richard W. Weiland Professor at Stanford Engineering, was elected as an ASME Fellow for his significant contributions to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and devices, investigating both their experimental and theoretical properties. He has obtained fundamental results in measuring small forces and explaining how geckos use the van der Walls force for adhesion. Kenny has also developed MEMS-based resonators that are used for timing in electronic systems. He and his students helped modernize the clock function in electronics by replacing 75-year-old quartz technology with MEMS timing solutions that provide higher performance, smaller size, lower power demand and a lower cost. His recent work has addressed MEMS processes that enable enhanced device performance and lower-cost manufacturing. Kenny, a recipient of the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award, is a founder of Cooligy Inc., a manufacturer of cooling solutions for microprocessors, and a member of the Stanford Bio-X group. He received a PhD in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989.

    Predag Hrnjak, D.Sc.

    Predag Hrnjak, D.Sc.
    ASME member Predag Hrnjak, D.Sc., research professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's department of mechanical science and engineering (MechSE) was recently named as a Fellow by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Board of Governors confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by their peers, ASME Fellows have had 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of continuous active corporate membership in ASME. Dr. Hrnjak has been part of the MechSE department since 1993, when he was a postdoctoral research associate. He is also co-director of the university's Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center (ACRC), an industry-university cooperative research center founded by the National Science Foundation that promotes collaborative research in advanced air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Researchers at the center seek to develop more energy-efficient equipment. The center is also provides industry with a forum for sharing precompetitive research and results. Hrnjak's current research focuses on heat transfer and fluid mechanics with end-use energy conversion applications as refrigeration, heat pumps, and air conditioning. Hrnjak, who is also president of Creative Thermal Solutions Inc., has been a member of ASME since 1999. He received three mechanical engineering degrees from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia: a Dipl. -Ing. Degree in 1976, a master's degree in 1984, and a D.Sc. degree in 1992.

    Nilanjan Sarkar, PhD

    Nilanjan Sarkar, PhD
    Nilanjan Sarkar, PhD, mechanical engineering professor and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Vanderbilt University, was recently elected as a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Sarkar is a recognized expert in robotics, including developing robotic and computer technology that can aid individuals with disabilities. His current research interests include developing emotion-sensing robotic technology for use with people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). He is also interested in developing virtual reality technology that can be used to design social tasks for people with ASD and other neuropsychological disorders, as well as new methods of quantifying human interactions during interventions using advanced technology. Sarkar and Zachary Warren, Vanderbilt associate professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and special education, developed Russell and ARIA (Adaptive Robot-Mediated Intervention Architecture), an intricate system of cameras, sensors and computers developed at Vanderbilt that helps young children diagnosed with ASD learn basic social skills. Sarkar, who leads the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory in Vanderbilt's school of engineering, is the author or co-author of 68 journal articles, 14 book chapters and more than 100 conference publications. He has served as an associate editor, a guest editor and as a member of the editorial board of several journals including the IEEE robotics journal and the ASME Transactions of Mechatronics, and Journal of Intelligent and Robotics Systems. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Calcutta, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, and a PhD in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania.

    Pamela A. Eibeck, PhD

    Pamela A. Eibeck, PhD
    ASME Fellow Pamela A. Eibeck, PhD, president of University of the Pacific, has been appointed to serve on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Committee on Academics. She will serve as vice chair of the committee, which will focus on advancing the association's mission of supporting student-athlete success in the classroom and on the playing field. The new committee is comprised of academic and athletics leaders from 20 other institutions of higher education, including Georgetown University, Northwestern University and Texas A&M University. The new committee replaces two previous NCAA bodies: the Committee on Academic Performance and the Academic Cabinet. Dr. Eibeck also serves as chair of the executive committee of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, an organization that has represented the state's 77 private nonprofit colleges and universities since 1955. Before joining University of the Pacific, she was a member of the faculty at University of California, Berkeley; served as professor and chair of mechanical engineering, and later as vice provost for undergraduate studies, at Northern Arizona University; and was dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University. Eibeck was the recipient of the Distinguished Engineering Educator Award in 1996 and the Boeing Outstanding Educator Award in 1999. Eibeck has served the Society as member of the Board on Engineering Education, member of the Committee on Engineering Accreditation, and as ABET/ASME program evaluator, among other positions. She received three mechanical engineering degrees from Stanford University: a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering (with distinction) in 1979, a master's degree in 1982, and a PhD, with a minor in electrical engineering, in 1986.

    Erdogan Madenci, PhD

    Erdogan Madenci, PhD
    ASME member Erdogan Madenci, PhD, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona's College of Engineering, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was one of 144 ASME Fellows chosen in 2014. Fellows are nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to engineering and approved by the ASME Board of Governors. A University of Arizona faculty member since 1989, Dr. Madenci has conducted research in areas such as structural dynamics, fracture mechanics, failure analysis, and buckling of aerospace structures. In recent years, his research has focused on the emerging field of peridynamics, a theoretical framework for modeling material fracture and failure that can be more accurate than other computational methods. Madenci is currently leading a $7.5 million multidisciplinary university research project funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Based in the University of Arizona's Multi-Scale Mechanics Materials Group lab, he and his team members are applying peridynamic theory to predict failure in microchips and other electronics components for aircraft and submarines under harsh environmental and loading conditions, with the goal of identifying ways to design and build stronger and safer components. A University of Arizona College of Engineering faculty fellow and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Madenci is the lead author of three books, including Peridynamic Theory and Its Applications, and author of more than 300 research articles. He delivered a plenary presentation during the 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in San Diego, Calif.

    Marcus B. Crotts, PE

    Marcus B. Crotts, PE
    ASME member Marcus B. Crotts, PE, of Winston-Salem, N.C., was recently recognized by North Carolina State University (NCSU) with the Alumni Hall of Fame Award lifetime achievement accolade from his university. The award, which recognizes career excellence, was given to Crotts by NCSU's department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and presented at university's Centennial Campus in Raleigh. Crotts, an ASME Fellow, founded the consulting firm Crotts & Saunders Engineering with his business partner Charles L. Saunders in 1956. The firm was recognized throughout the world for its impact on manufacturing processes through improved basic design methodologies in the machine tool and manufacturing industries. Crotts graduated from NCSU with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1953, and earned master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1956. He is a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Crotts, a member of ASME's Carolina Section, has been an ASME member since 1953.

    Gregory N. Washington, PhD

    Gregory N. Washington, PhD
    Gregory N. Washington, PhD, dean of the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California Irvine, was recently elected as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in recognition of his outstanding engineering achievements. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates who have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of active corporate membership in ASME. A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Dr. Washington has served as Samueli School dean since August 2011. According to the Fellow citation, Washington was recognized for earning "outstanding reputations for scholarship and education, while providing exemplary service to ASME at local and national levels." An internationally known researcher in the area of ultra-lightweight structurally active antenna systems and other structures using smart materials, he had previous served as interim dean at Ohio State University, and is the first permanent African-American dean of engineering at a University of California campus. Washington has received numerous teaching awards, instructed hundreds of undergraduates, graduated 40 graduate students, and served as an advisor to the U.S. Air Force and the National Science Foundation. Washington received three mechanical engineering degrees from North Carolina State University: a bachelor's degree in 1989, a master's degree in 1991, and a PhD in 1994.

    Sheri Sheppard, PhD, PE

    Sheri Sheppard, PhD, PE
    ASME Fellow Sheri Sheppard, PhD, PE, the Burton J. and Deedee McMurtry University Fellow in Undergraduate Education and professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University, was named 2014 U.S. Professor of the Year for doctoral and research universities by the Carnegie Foundation. The U.S. Professors of the Year awards are sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and administered by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Established in 1981, the awards are designed to specifically highlight excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.

    Dr. Sheppard was recognized with the award for her innovative approach to teaching undergraduate students in a hands-on, problem-solving way that transforms large classes into small group learning laboratories. She received her award last month at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., along with three other professors who were similarly honored in their categories: community colleges, baccalaureate colleges and colleges that offer master's degrees. This year's winners were chosen from a pool of nearly 400 nominees and were selected by an independent panel of judges based on four criteria: impact on, and involvement with, undergraduate students; scholarly approach to teaching and learning; contributions to undergraduate education in the institution, community and profession; and support from colleagues and current and former students.

    For more than 20 years, Sheppard has studied how to attract and train young engineers. This has involved initiatives sponsored by the National Science Foundation, including the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, and the creation of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) with Stanford entrepreneurship professor Tom Byers in 2011. Sheppard received her doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1985 and joined the Stanford faculty a year later as an assistant professor, advancing to associate professor in 1993 and full professor in 2005.

    Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, PhD

    Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, PhD
    ASME member Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, PhD, an associate professor of mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Fellow grade of membership is conferred on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by their peers, ASME Fellows must have 10 or more years of active practice and at least 10 years of continuous active corporate membership in ASME.

    Dr. Hsiao-Wecksler joined the department as an assistant professor in 2002 and became an associate professor in 2009. Her research, which seeks to improve the quality of life by improving mobility, uses methods from control theory, movement analysis, design, and dynamic systems modeling to investigate issues related to musculoskeletal biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering. In particular, her research focuses on investigating and improving movement control and function through two main areas: locomotion biomechanics and assistive device development. She received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1987, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1994, and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2000.

    Howard Harary, PhD

    Howard Harary, PhD
    ASME member Howard Harary, PhD, has been appointed director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Engineering Laboratory, which develops the measurement tools and standards needed to support technology-intensive manufacturing, construction and cyber-physical systems. The laboratory also conducts research to reduce the risks of fire, earthquakes and other hazards. The Department of Commerce approved Dr. Harary's appointment, which became effective on Nov 3. A physicist turned measurement scientist, Harary began at NIST in 1985 as a bench scientist, focusing on challenges in measuring features on gears and other parts with complex shapes. He steadily rose through the NIST ranks, from project leader to group leader, to deputy director of the NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory in 2004. Harary became the Engineering Laboratory's acting director in 2013. He currently serves on the visiting panel for the University of Maryland's Mechanical Engineering Department, is a member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Council on Standards and Certification, a member of the ASME Board on Standardization and Testing, and is the government representative to the board of PDES Inc., an industrial consortium working in the area of the digital exchange of manufacturing information. He also chairs an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) working group on general requirements for dimensional measuring equipment. Harary received his bachelor's degree in physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1974, and biophysics doctorate from Harvard University in 1983. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Yale University from 1983 to 1985.

    Cecilia D. Richards, PhD

    Cecilia D. Richards, PhD
    Cecilia D. Richards, PhD, has been named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers for outstanding achievements in micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) power and small-scale engines. Dr. Richards was part of a team that built one of the world's smallest engines, which fits inside the hole of a Lifesaver candy and is thinner than a piece of paper. The engine was called the P3, for Palouse piezoelectric power, and was radically different in design, fabrication and operation from any existing engine. Her work has been funded by federal agencies and labs including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institutes of Health, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). She received an NSF Young Investigator Award, an NRC fellowship and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Gordon C. Oates Air Breathing Propulsion Award. Richards has authored more than 120 technical papers and proceedings and holds two patents. She joined the school of mechanical and materials engineering at Washington State University in 1992. She received a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Irvine in 1990, and received her bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1981 and 1985, respectively.

    Siddiq Qidwai, PhD

    Siddiq Qidwai, PhD
    Siddiq Qidwai, PhD, a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), was recently elected a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Dr. Qidwai joined NRL's Multifunctional Materials Branch of the Materials Science and Technology Division in August 2011, and in May 2013, was appointed the acting head of the System Design and Integration Section in the same branch. A recognized expert in the area of computational mechanics and materials science, his current research topics are biomechanical modeling of the human head under high-rate impacts, microstructure-sensitive modeling of corrosion, and electrically assisted deformation of metals. Qidwai first joined NRL as a contractor in the Multifunctional Materials Branch in 1999. The author or co-author of 105 publications, Qidwai is on the editorial board of the Journal of Multifunctional Composites and is an associate editor for ASME's Biomedical & Nanomedical Technology: Concise Monograph Series. Qidwai, who recently completed his two-year term as the chair of the ASME Washington D.C. Section, lead and managed ASME sponsorship and participation in five regional science and engineering fairs for middle- and high-school students as chair of his section's K-12 & College Relations Committee from 2008 to 2012. He received his doctorate and master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1999 and 1995, respectively, and earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, in 1993.

    Wenbin Yu, PhD

    Wenbin Yu, PhD
    Wenbin Yu, PhD, associate professor of aeronautical and astronautical engineering at Purdue University, was also recently named as Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Yu's areas of research include structural mechanics (composite/smart/multifunctional structures), micromechanics (composite/smart/multifunctional materials), multi-physics modeling, flexible multi-body dynamics, and multi-scale modeling. He also is the chief technology officer of AnalySwift, a company that markets and licenses the technologies developed in Yu's group. He has authored more than 140 refereed technical articles and developed several computer codes which are being extensively used in many government labs, universities, research institutes and companies. His research has been funded by both federal agencies and private industry. Yu received his Bachelor of Science degree in hydraulic engineering at the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power in 1995. He received two M.S. degrees: one in engineering mechanics from Tsinghua University in Beijing in 1998, and one in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000. His 2002 PhD in aerospace engineering also is from Georgia Tech.

    J. Parker Lamb, Jr., PhD

    J. Parker Lamb, Jr., PhD
    ASME Fellow J. Parker Lamb, Jr., PhD, retired mechanical engineering department chair at the University of Texas at Austin, has been selected to receive the 2014 Engineer-Historian Award from the ASME History and Heritage Committee at the ASME Central Texas Section meeting on Nov. 20. The Engineer-Historian Award, which was established in 1990 by the ASME History and Heritage Committee, honors an outstanding published work or works by an engineer dealing with the history of mechanical engineering, and is intended to encourage the active interest by mechanical engineers in the history of their profession. Read more about the award here. Dr. Lamb, who was a founding member of the Central Texas Section, is being recognized with the award for his two books, Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive (Railroads Past and Present) and Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive. The works, according to ASME History and Heritage Chair Richard Pawliger, “examine the evolutionary manner in which both of these technologies developed … not solely major changes, but several minor improvements, from his perspective as an engineer.” Lamb, the author of eight books on engineering and transportation, served as assistant professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics and assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the university before becoming chair of the mechanical engineering department from 1970 to 1976, and then again from 1996 to 2001. He was awarded with the title of Professor Emeritus in 2001. Lamb received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1954 from Auburn University, and his Ph.D. in 1961 from the University of Illinois.

    Lauren Schultz

    Lauren Schultz
    ASME student member Lauren Schultz was named the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science Engineer of the Month for October. Schultz maintains a 4.0 GPA in the mechanical engineering Accelerated Engineering Degree (ACCEND) program. Through the ACCEND program, which combines a five-year bachelor's degree track with a master's degree, Schultz will earn her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA, all in five years. In addition to the accelerated bachelor's and MBA degrees, Lauren also has a co-op placement at GE Aviation, which she says, "has been very valuable in the fact that I already have over a year of professional, engineering experience." While Schultz has spent all five co-op rotations with GE Aviation, she has worked in five different areas of the company, which she says will leave her better prepared to enter the workforce when she graduates from UC in May 2015. During her time at the University of Cincinnati, Schulz has also been an active member of the school's ASME student chapter, and has served as its president since 2013.

    G.P. (Bud) Peterson, PhD, PE

    G.P. (Bud) Peterson, PhD, PE
    The White House has reappointed Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. (Bud) Peterson, PhD, PE, to the National Science Board (NSB), the policymaking body for the National Science Foundation. Dr. Peterson, who is an ASME Fellow, was first appointed to the NSB in 2008 by President George W. Bush. Peterson has served as the chair of the Audit and Oversight Committee charged with ensuring that the National Science Foundation is properly evaluating and managing its operational risks. Since becoming president of Georgia Tech in 2009, Peterson has strengthened the school's leadership position in innovation, expanded strategic partnerships, and championed leadership in education and research. He also holds the position of professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech. Throughout his career, Peterson has played an active role in helping establish the national education and research agendas, serving on numerous industry, government and academic task forces and committees. He served as the chancellor and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder from 2006 to 2009, and was provost of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2000 to 2006. For 19 years, Peterson served in various leadership roles at Texas A&M University, including associate vice chancellor and executive associate dean of engineering from 1996 to 2000. Peterson has worked as a research scientist at NASA and at the National Science Foundation. In 2011, President Obama appointed him to the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee and in September 2013 appointed him to the AMP 2.0 steering committee. Peterson is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and received the institute's Distinguished Service Award in 2011. He earned B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and mathematics and an M.S. in engineering from Kansas State University, and a Ph. D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University.

    Vadim Shapiro, PhD

    Vadim Shapiro, PhD
    ASME Fellow Vadim Shapiro, PhD, the Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently named the winner of the 2014 Design Automation Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The award, which was presented at the ASME International Design and Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE) in Buffalo, N.Y., recognizes sustained meritorious contribution to research in design automation. Shapiro was selected to receive the award based on a number of groundbreaking contributions he has made in the area. His research is in the foundational issues in computer-aided engineering that span three interacting concentration areas: geometric modeling, physical modeling and simulation, and computational design, and are at the very core of design automation. He has developed new geometric modeling representations that overcome critical bottlenecks in CAD technology that have affected the architecture of most CAD systems in use today. Shapiro, who was the General Motors Fellow at Cornell University's computer science department, joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a staff research engineer in 1992, before advancing from assistant professor of mechanical engineering and computer sciences in 1994 to professor in 2003. Shapiro earned bachelor's degrees in mathematics and computer science from New York University in 1981, a master's degree in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1983, and second master's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1989. He received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1991.

    Nicole Abaid

    Nicole Abaid
    ASME member Nicole Abaid, an assistant professor with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, has been selected as one of Popular Science magazine's 2014 Brilliant 10, which is featured in the October 2014 issue. Abaid, who joined the Virginia Tech faculty in 2012, studies how animals — most prominently bats — swarm in order to gain insights on improving the control of multi-agent systems, such as underwater robotic vehicle teams that rely on sonar. Abaid, who collaborates with her colleague Rolf Mueller, associate professor of mechanical engineering, said her research looks at "collective behavior in groups that use active sensing — sensing that relies on a self-generated signal, such as sonar or radar — inspired by bat swarms." The ability of bats to fly in a swarm without the danger of collision is seen as key in building underwater vehicles and other robotics systems that can operate in a similar fashion. Abaid is working on an algorithm of this behavior using echolocation for sensing which is being validated against data collected from wild bats swarms at the Shandong University-Virginia Tech International Laboratory, located in China. Abaid, Mueller, and their research teams will then build a team of robotic ground vehicles that can mimic the ultrasound of a bat swarm and avoid not only collision, but jamming, by using bat-inspired behavioral and sensing strategies. Abaid received a bachelor's degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree from University of Kansas, both in mathematics, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Her awards include a Best Student Paper award that she received at the 2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Dynamic Systems and Control Conference.

    T. Agami Reddy, PhD, PE

    T. Agami Reddy, PhD, PE
    T. Agami Reddy, PhD, PE, an ASME Fellow and a professor at Arizona State University, was awarded the 2014 Yellott Award by the Solar Energy Division of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The award was presented during the 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, which was held June 30-July 2 in Boston. The highest award of the Solar Energy Division, the Yellott Award honors the professor John Yellott, an internationally recognized scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project and the division's first chair. The award, which is given every two years, recognizes outstanding service to the division and significant contributions to solar energy engineering through research, publication and education. Dr. Reddy, the SRP Professor of Energy and Environment in Arizona State's Design School within the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, was selected this year for his dedicated and productive research career in solar thermal energy and energy efficiency in buildings, for his dedication to training students in energy sustainability, and for his extensive service and leadership to the ASME Solar Energy Division. Reddy is also a professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, one of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He holds a courtesy appointment in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, and is a senior sustainability scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability. A founding chair of ASME's Conference on Energy Sustainability, Reddy has held a number of Society positions, including chair of the Frank Kreith Energy Award Committee, and chair, vice chair and secretary of the Solar Energy Division.

    Kristen L. Billiar, PhD

    Kristen L. Billiar, PhD
    ASME Fellow Kristen L. Billiar, PhD, a professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering and director of the Tissue Mechanics and Mechanobiology Laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, served as a liaison for ASME at the World Congress of Biomechanics, which was held in Boston in July. Dr. Billiar helped organize a number of sessions at the six-day conference, which drew more than 4,000 engineers, biologists, mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, chemists, and scientists from around the world to participate in 400 sessions covering a range of topics, from basic biology to recent technological developments in biomechanics. Billiar is a member of the ASME Bioengineering Division's executive committee. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell University, a master's degree and doctorate in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Billiar is a member of the ASME Bioengineering Division's executive committee. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell University, a master's degree and doctorate in bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

    Ratneshwar (Ratan) Jha, PhD

    Ratneshwar (Ratan) Jha, PhD
    Ratneshwar (Ratan) Jha, PhD, the director of the Raspet Flight Research Laboratory at Mississippi State University, was recently named a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Jha, who has earned international recognition for his work in health micro-aerial vehicles, and composites and smart structures, has served as chair, co-chair or technical chair for several ASME Aerospace Division conferences. Before joining the Mississippi State faculty in 2012, Jha taught at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., where he developed the Smart Structures Laboratory and received the university's John Graham Faculty Research Award. Jha received a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He also holds a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University.

    Rahul Gupta, PhD

    Rahul Gupta, PhD
    Rahul Gupta, PhD, a research mechanical engineer and expert in blast-dynamic effect on structures and development of blast-resistant/energy-absorbing structures at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, was recently elected as a Fellow of ASME. Gupta, a resident of Hockessin, Del., just ended a 12-month assignment as a technical assistant to the director of ARL's Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, where he studied the organization's business processes and functions as a key member of that section director's cabinet. He has returned to the laboratory's Protection Division to join the Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin Project. The test dummy was created as a soldier surrogate designed to meet realistic operational nuances to study and biomedically validate assessment tools monitoring human response during live-fire test and evaluation, and human response in a number of military-vehicle tests. Prior to this current assignment, Gupta served as project lead for the numerical modeling and simulation encompassing blast, structural, and crew response for MaxxPro and MaxxPro DASH Mine Resistant and Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles used in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gupta received an ARL Special Act Award for the development of enhanced underbody protection and seating for the U.S. Army Stryker vehicle. He is also the Army Collaboration Team of the Year Award recipient for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Improvement Program. In addition to these awards, Gupta has co-authored a book on nanotechnology and been appointed as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, College Park.

    Philip LeDuc, PhD

    Philip LeDuc, PhD
    Philip LeDuc, PhD, the William J. Brown Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, was recently elected as an ASME Fellow. LeDuc is the founding director of the university's Center for the Mechanics of Engineering Cellular Systems (CMECS). Comprised of more than 20 faculty members from engineering, biology, chemistry, physics and computer science, CMECS has the goal of using mechanical engineering with cellular systems to address biological problems ranging from disease to bioenergy to malnutrition in third-world countries. Dr. LeDuc also served on the panel requested by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for Research that resulted in the report "Rising above the Gathering Storm." He was an invited attendee at the Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, which was held by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the Global Grand Challenges Summit, which was organized by NAE, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the national engineering academy of China. He was a member of the organizing committee for NAE's 2008 India-American Frontiers of Engineering. LeDuc is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award, as well as a number of honors from Carnegie Mellon, including the George Tallman Ladd Research Award, the Russell V. Trader Career Faculty Fellow, and the Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award. He is a member of the National Research Council Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications, and Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

    Two ASME members, Peter Lillehoj, PhD, and Nizar Lajnef, PhD, were recently named as 2014 Academy for Global Engagement Fellows at Michigan State University. The fellowship program is for early- to mid-career, tenure-track faculty with the university's College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Fellows will take part in monthly seminars related to enhancing their capabilities and networks, and receive help identifying funding resources and establishing global networks of collaborators to further their research.

    Peter Lillehoj, PhD

    Peter Lillehoj, PhD
    Dr. Lillehoj is an assistant professor in the university's department of mechanical engineering. His research interests include bioMEMS, nanotechnology, microfluidics, biosensors, and point-of-care diagnostics; microsystems for current and emerging applications in clinical diagnosis; biosecurity and food and water safety; simple and low-cost technologies for sample preparation and bioprocessing; and innovative approaches to manufacture of disposable biosensors for global healthcare diagnostics. Lillehoj received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2006. He received his master's and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2007 and 2011, respectively.

    Nizar Lajnef, PhD

    Nizar Lajnef, PhD
    Dr. Lajnef is an assistant professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan State. His research interests include design and implementation of a smart continuous-monitoring system for asphalt and concrete pavement structures; design and implementation of sub-microwatt, self-powered fatigue sensors; sensors design for civil infrastructure and biomechanical systems; and smart materials/composites/alloys and systems. He received his PhD in civil engineering from Michigan State University in 2008.

    Lorraine G. Olson, PhD

    Lorraine G. Olson, PhD
    ASME Fellow Lorraine G. Olson, PhD, was recently appointed head of the department of mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology by Phillip J. Cornwell, PhD, vice president for academic affairs. The mechanical engineering department has the largest student enrollment at the university. Dr. Olson joined the faculty as a professor in 2002, after serving as interim head of the department of engineering mechanics at the University of Nebraska. She received the Rose-Hulman Board of Trustees' Outstanding Scholar Award in 2013, and is a strong advocate for student undergraduate research endeavors. She is one of the faculty co-founders for the institute's Independent Projects and Research Opportunities Program. Olson is an expert at applying finite element methodologies to non-traditional areas, such as ultrasonic cleaning of semiconductor wafers, laser welding, online machine tool monitoring, rotational molding of polymers, wear-resistant coatings, and inverse electrocardiography. She is working with two Rose-Hulman colleagues and several students on a research project, supported by the National Science Foundation, focusing on using inverse problems in the early detection of breast cancer. During her career, Olson has authored or co-authored one book chapter, 40 journal articles, and 92 conference papers, presentations and reports. She earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    Terry Baughn, PhD, PE

    Terry Baughn, PhD, PE
    Terry Baughn, PhD, PE, a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, has been named Engineer of the Year by the North Texas section of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Dr. Baughn was honored earlier this year at the Texas Society of Professional Engineers honors banquet. Baughn retired as an engineering fellow in 2012 after 23 years with Raytheon Co. in the space and airborne systems area. He joined the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science in fall of 2013. In the Jonsson School, Baughn teaches a class on the advanced strength of materials and design of machine elements, mentors several teams of capstone senior design students, and serves as a career advisor to students near graduation. Baughn received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Purdue University, and earned his doctorate at the University of Delaware. He worked at General Motors and the International Harvester truck group before joining the faculty of Southern Methodist University. In 1989, he joined the Texas Instruments Defense Systems Equipment Group, which was purchased by Raytheon in 1997. Baughn is a Fellow of ASME and has served the Society's North Texas section in various roles, including secretary, treasurer, vice chair and chair. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas.

    Nagi Naganathan, PhD

    Nagi Naganathan, PhD
    ASME Fellow Nagi Naganathan, PhD, has been appointed interim president of the University of Toledo. Dr. Naganathan, dean of the university's college of engineering, began his term July 1. Naganathan is the author and co-author of more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and national and international conference proceedings, and as a principal and co-principal investigator has secured more than $6 million in sponsored research from outside agencies. He also has been awarded a U.S. patent on the use of piezoelectric devices in active suspension systems. Naganathan's work with industry includes conducting vibration analysis and control studies on heavy-duty truck powertrains. Naganathan earned his bachelor's degree with honors in mechanical engineering from India's National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli, University of Madras; a master's degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y.; and a PhD in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University. He is the recipient number of prestigious awards, including The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Outstanding Regional Faculty Advisor Award, the Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, the Technical Society of Toledo/Toledo Society of Professional Engineers Engineer of the Year, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his alma mater, the National Institute of Technology in Tiruchirappalli, India.

    Veera P. Rajendran, PhD

    Veera P. Rajendran, PhD
    ASME Fellow Veera P. Rajendran, PhD, has been named director of engineering at Equipment Technologies, Mooresville, Ind., manufacturer of Apache-brand agricultural sprayers. Dr. Rajendran, will lead the company's product development, design and improvement initiatives. He has 20 years of experience in mechanical engineering and technology development, including the past nine years at Rolls-Royce Corp. of Indianapolis, where he served as chief of research and technology programs and strategy in the company's aerospace division. Rajendran had previously served as the Rolls-Royce's manager of turbine thermal design and, earlier, as senior engineer of aero-thermal design. Before joining Rolls-Royce, he was a senior research engineer at General Electric. Rajendran holds five U.S. patents, and has received a number of honors, including the GE Managerial Award and the GE Golden Quill Award for research publications, among others. Rajendran received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology in India in 1987, and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Mississippi in 1994. He earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1998, and an MBA with a Leadership concentration from Butler University in 2013.

    Gina Lee-Glauser, PhD

    Gina Lee-Glauser, PhD
    ASME Fellow Gina Lee-Glauser, PhD, vice president for research at Syracuse University, testified at a June 12 hearing entitled "Reducing the Administrative Workload for Federally Funded Research," conducted jointly by the House Science Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. The hearing examined concerns raised in a recent National Science Board (NSB) report on how to minimize regulations and increase effectiveness of federally funded research universities. The NSB report outlined concerns raised by educational institutions about the workload associated with applying for and receiving federal funds for research. The report cited a statistic that on average, researchers spend 42 percent of their application time on meeting administrative requirements. Dr. Lee-Glauser and the other witnesses at the hearing discussed the findings of multiple reports and explored ways to minimize the red tape that has become pervasive in academia. In her testimony, Lee-Glauser observed, “At Syracuse, our principal investigators are spending considerable time revising and resubmitting applications in order to get just one funded. The success rates of research programs to which SU faculty apply, including the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, are now in the single digits. Disturbingly, there is likely no meaningful difference in quality or the potential impact between funded applications and the next tier of non-funded applications. So in addition to the time lost by researchers in preparing revised applications, the pace of innovation and of knowledge creation is delayed.” For more information about the NSB report, visit www.nsf.gov/nsb/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsb1418.

    Xinwei Wang, PhD

    Xinwei Wang, PhD
    ASME member Xinwei Wang, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, was recently elected a Fellow of ASME for his contributions in the fields of micro/nanoscale thermal probing and characterization, and laser-material interaction. Dr. Wang, who has been a member of ASME for 15 years, has given invited talks at conferences and helped organize conferences in the areas of thermal science and heat transfer. One of Wang's newest areas of research is thermal/electrical transport in metallic films. He has also developed new techniques for thermal characterization at the micro- and nanoscale. This research can be used for a wide variety of applications, such as measuring thermal conductivity in textiles. A longtime research area for Wang has been laser-material interaction. This is mainly divided into two categories: simulation, which focuses on describing how a laser interacts with the material it comes into contact with, and experiments in nanomanufacturing. One of Wang's new projects, which started last December, is investigating thermal transport in nuclear materials. The project, which is a collaboration with the Idaho National Laboratory, will last three years and is funded by the Department of Energy. The research will focus on achieving in-pile characterization for monitoring the evolution of thermal properties, in order to optimize fuel designs that offer improvements in safety and efficiency. Wang is the author of 88 journal articles, one book, and three book chapters.

    Robert Leishear, PhD

    Robert Leishear, PhD
    ASME member Robert Leishear, PhD, a fellow engineer with the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) was recently elected as a Fellow of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected by a committee based on the candidate's engineering achievements. Dr. Leishear has authored or co-authored 52 publications, including articles for Mechanical Engineering magazine, the Mensa World Journal and various conference and honors journal proceedings on failure analysis, fluid flow, structural dynamics, explosions, pump design and mixing. He has also authored a textbook published by ASME Press, titled Fluid Mechanics, Water Hammer, Dynamic Stresses and Piping Design. He has taught classes from his book to hundreds of engineers and operators at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina and continues to teach classes through ASME. His publications documented numerous cost savings, including a $27 million team savings through the Six Sigma process. Leishear has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and both a master's degree and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of South Carolina. He has worked at SRNL since 2006. Prior to joining SRNL, he worked in a number of engineering and construction positions at the Savannah River Site, including 15 years within the SRS high level waste program.

    Kimberly L. Turner, PhD

    Kimberly L. Turner, PhD
    ASME member Kimberly L. Turner, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Turner's research encompasses the topics of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), micromachines that function largely as sensors or devices that convert one form of energy to another. One current project involves the combination of MEMS and biomimicry, wherein a synthetic controllable adhesive is being developed using the gecko's ability to stick to a variety of surfaces, as a model. In addition to being recognized for her major contributions in the area of MEMS, Turner was also acknowledged for her extensive service to her professional community. She has served ASME in numerous leadership roles for technical committees, in the organization of conferences and also as chair of the ASME MEMS Division. Turner was a recipient of the UCSB Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005, and became one of the youngest faculty members to be named chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2008. Last year, she received the Academic Senate Graduate Mentor Award. An inventor on seven U.S. patents and an author of more than 80 peer-reviewed articles, Turner was also the recipient of the National Science Foundation's CAREER award and is a member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. She also serves as a consultant for leading micro-systems companies.

    Dean Kamen

    Dean Kamen
    The first prosthetic arm able to respond to multiple simultaneous commands from the brain was approved for sale by the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month. The device was developed by ASME member Dean Kamen and his company DEKA Research and Development Corp. as a project for the U.S government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). A celebrated entrepreneur, innovator, and advocate for science and technology, Kamen holds more than 440 U.S. and foreign patents, and is the inventor of a number of notable devices, including the first wearable infusion pump, the HomeChoice dialysis system, the iBOT mobility device, and the Segway Human Transporter. He is also founder of the FIRST (For Inspiration of Science and Technology) organization, which is dedicated to motivating young people to understand and value science and technology. Kamen was awarded the National Medal of Technology by in 2000 and the Lemelson-MIT Prize in 2002, and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005. Kamen was the recipient of ASME's highest award, the ASME Medal, in 2007, as well as the Society's Ralph Coats Roe Medal in 2002 and Edwin F. Church Medal in 1997.

    Gül Kremer, Ph.D.

    Gül Kremer, Ph.D.
    ASME member Gül Kremer, Ph.D., professor of engineering design and industrial engineering at Pennsylvania State University, was recently named a Fellow of ASME. Dr. Kremer was cited for her research in engineering design and education, which "has had a profound impact on a generation of students and practitioners all over the world"; techniques to improve student design team experiences and bring research on engineering design to the classroom; contributions to three books on engineering design and numerous research papers; and leadership in the ASME Design Engineering Division and the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation, "defining the future direction of engineering education research." Kremer's research focuses on developing tools and methods for the early stages in the engineering design process, understanding human and social dynamics in design contexts and developing and investigating innovation/problem solving enabling methods. A Penn State faculty member since 2000, Kremer previously held a faculty appointment at the Gebze Institute of Technology in Turkey as well as visiting appointments at Sabanci University and Istanbul University. She was awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant during the 2010-11 academic year. Kremer received her bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering from Yildiz Technical University; Istanbul, Turkey; a master of business administration from Istanbul University; and a doctorate in engineering management and systems engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

    William W. Durgin, Ph.D., P.E.

    William W. Durgin, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME Fellow William W. Durgin, Ph.D., P.E., provost, vice president of academic affairs and professor of engineering at the State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) in Utica, will present a lecture on the topic of electrical airplanes at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, in the room A129 of the university's Kunsela Hall. The lecture, to be hosted by Utica Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, is open to the public. Dr. Durgin's lecture, "The Electric Airplane is Now a Reality," will explore advances in battery and motor technology that have enabled electric general aviation aircraft to be designed, built and sold. ASME Fellow William W. Durgin, Ph.D., P.E., provost, vice president of academic affairs and professor of engineering at the State University of New York Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) in Utica, will present a lecture on the topic of electrical airplanes at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, in room A129 of the university's Kunsela Hall. The lecture, to be hosted by the Utica Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, is open to the public. Dr. Durgin's lecture, "The Electric Airplane is Now a Reality," will explore advances in battery and motor technology that have enabled electric general aviation aircraft to be designed, built and sold. Benefits of this technology include reliability, quietness, safety and economy, according to the association. During his lecture, Durgin will discuss the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics electric airplane design competition, as well as the NASA/CAFE Green Flight Challenge, which was won by an electric aircraft achieving more than 400 passenger mpg equivalent. Prior to joining the SUNYIT faculty, Durgin was the provost at California Polytechnic Institute, where he led the Electric Airplane Project Team that won the AIAA competition. A Fellow of ASME and AIAA, Durgin was a member of the ASME Committee on Honors from 2003-2010, and served as chair of the committee from 2007-2009.

    Hisham Hegab, Ph.D., P.E.

    Hisham Hegab, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Hisham Hegab, Ph.D., P.E., professor of mechanical, nanosystems and cyber engineering and a 1989 graduate of Louisiana Tech University, has been named the new dean of the school's College of Engineering and Science. Effective July 1 and pending approval from the University of Louisiana System's Board of Supervisors, Dr. Hegab will take over for Stan Napper, who became vice president for research and development in July. Hegab joined Louisiana Tech's faculty in 1995 and has served as an academic director for the computer science, electrical engineering, electrical engineering technology and nanosystems engineering programs. He also served as associate dean of undergraduate studies in the College of Engineering and Science before serving as its interim dean for the 2013-2014 academic year. During his tenure as interim dean, Hegab was credited with successfully concluding the college's campaign for a new Integrated Engineering and Science Education building. The new 60,000-square-foot facility will double the college's classroom space, provide new faculty office spaces, and provide a new 250-seat auditorium. In addition to being a member of ASME, Hegab is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Louisiana. During his tenure at Louisiana Tech, he has earned a number of honors, including the Louisiana Engineering Foundation Engineering Faculty Professionalism Award, the Louisiana Tech University Engineering Science Foundation Service Award, and the Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science Outstanding Achievement in Education Award.

    Ajay Prasad, Ph.D.

    Ajay Prasad, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Ajay Prasad, Ph.D., was recently named a College of Engineering Alumni Distinguished Professor at the University of Delaware. Dr. Prasad, who joined the University of Delaware faculty in 1992, is known for his role in developing clean energy technologies and programs at the university to meet the energy needs of the United States. As director of the university's Center for Fuel Cell Research, he coordinates the efforts of University of Delaware faculty members and companies working to make fuel cell components and systems cheaper and more durable for large-scale manufacturing and implementation. Prasad also directs the school's Fuel Cell Bus Program, which currently operates two 22-foot hydrogen fuel cell powered transit buses on campus. In this role, he is leading efforts to improve Delaware's hydrogen infrastructure activities. His other research interests include energy-efficient buildings, wind and ocean current energy and vehicle-to-grid technology. In addition to being an ASME Fellow and an internationally recognized scholar, Prasad is a member of the American Physical Society and the American Society of Engineering Education. He serves on the University of Delaware Energy Institute's Council of Fellows and the Steering Committee of the Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration, and he chairs the University of Delaware-Gamesa Wind Consortium Research Committee. Prasad is an executive committee member for the Delaware Center for Transportation, the research arm of the Delaware Department of Transportation, and he serves on the city of Newark's Conservation Advisory Commission and the state of Delaware's Green and Better Building Advisory Committee. He is the author of more than 100 journal papers and book chapters, and he holds five patents.

    John A. Rogers, Ph.D.

    John A. Rogers, Ph.D.
    ASME member John A. Rogers, Ph.D., the Swanlund Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the longest-standing honorary societies in the United States. Dr. Rogers, the director of the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, has pioneered flexible, stretchable electronics, creating pliable products such as cameras with curved retinas, medical monitors in the form of temporary tattoos, a soft sock that can wrap an arrhythmic heart in electronic sensors, and LED strips thin enough to be implanted directly into the brain to illuminate neural pathways. His work in photovoltaics serves as the basis for commercial modules that hold the current world record in efficiency. Rogers is affiliated with the university's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and holds joint appointments in the departments of bioengineering, chemistry, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical science and engineering. He served as the director of a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center on nanomanufacturing, funded by the National Science Foundation, 2009-2012. His honors include ASME Robert Henry Thurston Award in 2013, the 2013 American Ingenuity Award in physical sciences from Smithsonian Magazine, a Lemelson-MIT Prize for outstanding mid-career inventors in 2011, and a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius" fellowship in 2009. He has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and has been named a fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

    Two aerospace engineering faculty members from Texas A&M University — ASME Fellows Helen Reed, Ph.D., and Dimitris Lagoudas, Ph.D. — were recently selected as recipients of the 2014 Texas A&M University Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award. Dr. Reed was recognized for achievement in teaching, while Dr. Lagoudas was honored for his research activities.

    Helen Reed, Ph.D.

    Helen Reed, Ph.D.
    Reed, a professor in the university's aerospace engineering department, is Regents Professor, Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence, director of the AggieSat Lab Satellite Program and director of the Computational Stability and Transition Group. She joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2004 and served as department head for four years before returning to teaching and research on a full-time basis. Widely regarded as an expert in hypersonics, energy-efficient aircraft and small satellite design, Reed has led research projects totaling millions of dollars and is a member of the National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. She has received numerous professional awards and honors, including Fellow grade in ASME, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the American Physical Society. She received the Atwood Award from American Society for Engineering Education and AIAA, and she was inducted into Academy of Engineering Excellence at Virginia Tech, which is her alma mater.

    Dimitris Lagoudas, Ph.D.

    Dimitris Lagoudas, Ph.D.
    Lagoudas, a professor of aerospace engineering, is associate vice chancellor for engineering research for the Texas A&M University System, senior associate dean for research in the Dwight Look College of Engineering, deputy director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the director of the Texas Institute for Intelligent Materials and Structures. The inaugural recipient of the John and Bea Slattery Chair in Aerospace Engineering, Lagoudas joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1992. He earned a diploma in mechanical engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. Lagoudas pursued post-doctoral studies in theoretical and applied physics/mechanics at Cornell University and the Max Planck Institute in Germany. His research involves the design, characterization and modeling of multifunctional material systems at nano, micro and macro levels to bridge the various length scales and functionalities. His research team is one of the most recognized internationally in the area of modeling and characterization of shape memory alloys. He has co-authored approximately 400 scientific publications. He is a TEES fellow, a University Distinguished Professor, a Texas A&M University Faculty Fellow, a Fellow of ASME and the Institute of Physics and the Society of Engineering Science, and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. He is the recipient of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Smart Structure and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award and the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Prize.

     

    Nidal Al-Masoud, Ph.D.

    Nidal Al-Masoud (left) accepting the 2014 ASME Distinguished Engineer of the Year Award.
    ASME member Nidal Al-Masoud, Ph.D., was recently presented the Society's 2014 Distinguished Engineer of the Year Award upon the recommendation of the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Department of Engineering and the ASME Hartford Section. The award presentation event was sponsored by Pratt & Whitney and Belcan Engineering Group and hosted by Aaron Danenberg, a CCSU mechanical engineering alumnus and the current chair of the ASME Hartford Section. The annual award acknowledges exemplary achievement and professionalism in the field of engineering. Al-Masoud has established a long record of dedicated service within the engineering department at Central Connecticut State University, including taking a leading role in the creation of CCSU's mechanical engineering program — the first baccalaureate engineering program in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system. Al-Masoud also remodeled and developed new engineering laboratories focusing on fluids, dynamics, and controls, and collaborated with fellow faculty members on a variety of publications. He established the CCSU ASME student chapter in 2004, where he continues to act as faculty advisor and served on the ASME Hartford Section's board of directors from 2006-2012. An active member of the section's scholarship committee, Al-Masoud remains the section's principal liaison with CCSU.

     

    Cliff Lissenden, Ph.D., P.E.

    Cliff Lissenden, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Cliff Lissenden, Ph.D., P.E., professor of engineering science and mechanics at Pennsylvania State University, was recently named a Fellow of ASME. Lissenden's research focuses on the mechanics of materials and the assessment of structural integrity to help ensure safety, reduce life cycle costs, improve asset readiness and create a paradigm shift in design. ASME cited Lissenden for his new insights into the hardening behavior of high temperature alloys and composites; an algorithm implemented in NASA's micromechanical analysis of composites software; and solutions to the generation of higher harmonic guided wave modes in a hollow cylinder. He has been a Penn State faculty member since 1995 and holds a joint appointment in the acoustics graduate program. Lissenden founded the Ben Franklin Center of Excellence in Structural Health Monitoring at Penn State and served as its director for five years. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech, his master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Virginia and his doctorate in civil engineering/applied mechanics from the University of Virginia. Lissenden is a registered professional engineer in Florida.

     

    Katia Bertoldi, Ph.D.

    Katia Bertoldi, Ph.D.
    ASME member Katia Bertoldi, Ph.D., associate professor in applied mechanics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been selected to receive ASME's 2014 Thomas J. R. Hughes Young Investigator Award. The award, established in 1998, recognizes special achievements in applied mechanics for researchers under the age of 40. The award, which includes a medal, a plaque, and an honorarium of $1,500, will be presented at the Applied Mechanics Division (AMD) Honors and Awards Banquet during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Montreal, Quebec, from Nov. 14-20. The AMD Executive Committee selected Bertoldi on the basis of her significant contributions to the theory and simulation of the mechanics of soft materials and structures. Her research combines theoretical, computational, and experimental methods to gain deeper insight into the nonlinear behavior of materials and structures. In particular, she uses large deformation and instabilities to drastically change the properties of soft materials in response to external stimuli such as applied forces and electric fields. Bertoldi is also a faculty associate of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at Harvard, and a Kavli Scholar at the Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology at Harvard SEAS. Prior to her appointment at Harvard in 2010, Bertoldi was an assistant professor at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. She earned a Ph.D. in mechanics of materials and structures from the University of Trento in Italy; an International Master's degree in structural engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden; and a laurea degree in civil engineering from the University of Trento. In 2012, she received the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, a $400,000 prize to support her research into "Buckli Origami" —an investigation of buckling behaviors in soft materials.

     

    Teik Lim, Ph.D.

    Teik Lim, Ph.D.
    The University of Cincinnati (UC) has named ASME Fellow Teik Lim, Ph.D., P.E., as dean of its College of Engineering and Applied Science. Dr. Lim had been serving as interim dean since 2012. He became the permanent dean effective March 10. Lim's goals include increasing the size and diversity of the faculty, increasing enrollment of undergraduate students to 4,000 and graduate students to 1,000, and increasing the college's global reputation. Lim launched the Cincinnati/Chongquing Joint Cooperative Institute during his tenure as interim dean. Lim has served on the mechanical engineering faculty at the University of Cincinnati since 2002. Prior to his appointment as interim dean, Lim served as the college's associate dean for graduate studies and research, and director of the college's School of Dynamic Systems, which includes mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology. Lim is the founder of the UC Simulation Center, a collaborative effort between the university and Procter & Gamble. The center provides P&G cost-effective, high value virtual modeling and simulation capabilities that are applied to their products and manufacturing processes. He has conducted pioneering research related to three-dimensional gearing dynamics, active noise and vibration control, and vehicle structural dynamics. Lim became department head for mechanical, industrial and nuclear engineering in January 2005. He was named Herman Schneider Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 2009. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1985, his M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri–Rolla in 1986, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1989 from the Ohio State University. Lim is a Fellow of both ASME and SAE International, and received the Thomas French Alumni Award from the Ohio State University in 2010.

     

    Aditi Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.

    Aditi Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Aditi Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., was one of four Arizona State University professors who were recently named Regents' Professors for their extraordinary scholarly contributions. Chattopadhyay is an Ira A. Fulton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, and the director of the Adaptive, Intelligent Materials and Systems Center at Arizona State. The four awardees were honored at an induction ceremony on Feb. 6. Chattopadhyay is an internationally renowned expert on composite materials, structural health monitoring, multidisciplinary design optimization and their application in a range of important problems central to the aerospace industry and a growing variety of applications in civil/structural industries. She has held a resident Research Scientist position at the NASA Langley Research Center and summer faculty positions at the NASA Ames Research Center. She received her undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. In addition to being an ASME Fellow, she is also a Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Georgia Institute of Technology Hall of Fame. Chattopadhyay has also received several NASA Tech Brief awards, which is among NASA's most prestigious honors.

     

    Hosam Fathy, Ph.D.

    Hosam Fathy, Ph.D.
    ASME member Hosam Fathy, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The NSF CAREER Award, which provides five years of funding for researchers, is designed to support junior faculty who have shown exceptional promise in teaching and research. Dr. Fathy received a $400,000 grant for "Identifiability Optimization in Electrochemical Battery Systems." His work seeks to develop new models and parameters for thermo-electrochemical lithium-ion batteries. This effort to improve battery diagnostics through identifiability optimization will ultimately lead to improved performance, efficiency, longevity and safety of advanced batteries used in everyday applications, such as medical devices, consumer electronics, hybrid vehicles, aircraft and spacecraft. Fathy has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 2010. His research focuses on control-oriented modeling of health degradation in advanced batteries, battery health-conscious optimal power management in sustainable energy systems and networked hardware-in-the-loop simulation of sustainable energy systems. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the American University in Cairo, Egypt, his master's degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan.

     

    Jack Christiansen

     

    Jack Christiansen
    ASME member Jack Christiansen, director of the Petroleum Technology Initiative in the University of Houston's College of Technology, has been named winner of ASME's Ross Kastor Educator's Award. The award recognizes dedication to improving engineering and science awareness for students and the enhancement of education for future industry leaders. Christiansen joined the university's staff after a 35-year career in the oil and gas industry. Christiansen worked as a geophysicist and geologist before entering management with Texaco and later, Chevron Corp. In 2007, Christiansen became founding director of the Petroleum Technology Initiative, which offers classes, field trips, professional events and other initiatives for students, as well as programs and specialty courses for industry. The institute's signature programs include roundtable discussions and networking events with industry professionals; Camp RED, hosted by Halliburton, a five-day Spring Break program of site visits for technology and engineering students to learn about the petroleum industry; and a three-day program hosted by Dril-Quip, which designs and manufactures subsea, surface and offshore equipment. The institute also offers an intensive international petroleum executive training program.

     

    Robert McMeeking, Ph.D.

     

    Robert McMeeking, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Robert McMeeking, Ph.D., professor of engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been awarded the 2014 William Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Science. The award recognizes outstanding research contributions in either theoretical or experimental solid mechanics, or both fields. McMeeking was cited "for contributions underpinning finite deformation computational mechanics and the constitutive characterization of advanced structural and functional materials, including fracture and deformation of ceramics, composite materials, ferroelectrics, and the mechanics of adhesion and cells." He will receive his medal at the SES 51st Annual Technical Meeting in October at Purdue University. The Tony Evans Professor of Structural Materials and a professor of mechanical engineering, McMeeking has spent almost four decades in his profession, researching and teaching at Stanford University and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before joining the UCSB faculty in 1985. He was chair of the university's department of mechanical and environmental engineering from 1992 to 1995, and again from 1999 to 2003. In addition to his faculty positions at UCSB, he also holds or has held other academic appointments, including visiting fellow and visiting professor at Cambridge University, visiting scholar at Pembroke College, and Sixth Century Professor of Engineering Materials at Aberdeen University in Scotland. An expert in solid mechanics, materials and structures, McMeeking has conducted research ranging from mechanics of materials to multifunctional materials and structures to thermal barrier coatings, blast- and fragment-resistant structures, to biomechanics and cell mechanics. He has published more than 200 papers and served as editor-in-chief for the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics from 2002 to 2012. A Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics, McMeeking was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2005 and the United Kingdom Royal Academy of Engineering in 2012.

     

    Aaron L. Brundage, Ph.D.

    Aaron L. Brundage, Ph.D.
    ASME member Aaron L. Brundage, Ph.D., has been named as a 2013 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) Minority in Research Science Emerald Honoree in the category of Most Promising Scientist – Government. BEYA awards recognize the nation's best and brightest engineers, scientists and technology experts. They are a program of the national Career Communications Group, an advocate for corporate diversity, and part of its STEM achievement program. Dr. Brundage will receive his award at the 28th BEYA conference Feb. 6 in Washington, D.C. Brundage works in modeling and simulation of energetic materials, penetration mechanics, thermodynamics, and combustion and shock physics. He joined Sandia as an intern in 2002 while earning his doctorate in mechanical engineering at Purdue University. He also has bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Brundage serves on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central New Mexico. In 2011, he and his wife founded a nonprofit, Tools for Learning Outreach Services, which provides workshops in partnership with schools and community programs. Their STEM education programs, intended to reach children who are underserved, at-risk or underrepresented in STEM disciplines, provide hands-on activities and opportunities for learning through play. Brundage also brought STEM to underrepresented youth in the sixth through 12th grades by volunteering for eight summers as an instructor for HMTech, Sandia's summer science and engineering program, and by teaching ACT courses at the University of New Mexico. Brundage is a former chair of the Society's New Mexico Section.

     

    Delfo Bianchini, P.E.

    Delfo Bianchini, P.E.
    ASME member Delfo Bianchini, P.E., executive vice president and assistant head of the Nuclear Power Technologies Group at Sargent & Lundy, was recently named as an ASME Fellow. Bianchini, who has been with Sargent & Lundy for 35 years and is a widely respected power industry executive, is responsible for the overall management of all new nuclear generation and nuclear services work performed by the company. He is responsible for coordinating business development activities, project management, risk management, resource planning and hiring, training, and client relations. He ensures that all work is performed in accordance with the Sargent & Lundy Quality Assurance Program. Bianchini has experience in the mechanical design, engineering, and analysis of major nuclear and fossil-fueled steam-electric generating stations. Bianchini has managed large projects and teams of engineers performing extensive scopes of nuclear plant work, and has managed several very large recovery and restart efforts of nuclear power generating units, including Independent Safety Inspection and Appendix R reconstitution efforts. A member of ASME since 1987, Bianchini received his bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from Northwestern University in 1979 and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1989.

     

    Ajay K. Agrawal, Ph.D., P.E.

    Ajay K. Agrawal, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME Fellow Ajay K. Agrawal, Ph.D., P.E., professor and Robert F. Barfield Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama, received the university's 2013 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award on Nov. 15. The award recognizes singular, exceptional or timely work in the form of research, a product, a program, or published material. Dr. Agrawal, whose research expertise include combustion and fluid flow, invented the "noise sponge" concept that uses strong, porous structures to reduce noise generated from gas flow in jet engines, power generating gas turbines and industrial burners without compromising the combustion process. Agrawal has been the recipient of several research grants and is one of the world's most published authors on the topic of rainbow schlieren deflectometry, an optical flow diagnostics technique used to quantitatively measure properties of fluid flows. Agrawal has also done fundamental and applied research on combustion and fluid flows for NASA, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy. At the University of Alabama, Agrawal has worked to increase the amount of doctoral students in mechanical engineering with the help of two U.S. Department of Education funded awards. In addition, he has so far supervised 14 doctorate and 26 masters' graduates and guided research for nearly 50 undergraduate students. Agrawal founded the Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) at UA that focuses on domestically-produced energy sources. He earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee in 1980, his master's degree at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, in 1983, and his doctorate from the University of Miami in 1988. He has been an ASME member since 1987.

     

    Richard C. Sutherlin

    Richard C. Sutherlin
    ASME member Richard C. Sutherlin, manager of technical services at ATI Wah Chang in Albany, Ore., has received the 2013 H.R. "Russ" Ogden Award from ASTM International. The annual award, presented by ASTM Committee B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys, honors outstanding accomplishments in the science and technology of reactive and refractory metals and alloys. The fifth ATI Wah Chang employee to receive this ASTM award, Sutherlin was recognized for his significant contributions to the development of applications for reactive and refractory metals to be used in corrosive environments, with specific focus on zirconium, titanium and niobium. Sutherlin has been with Wah Chang since 1977, and served in a variety of positions including manager of outside fabrication, business unit manager, and manager of materials engineering. In his current role, which he assumed in 2000, he provides technical support to users in the areas of materials selection for corrosive environments, failure analysis, welding, and applications engineering. A graduate of the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology of the University of Montana, where he received a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering, Sutherlin is a registered professional engineer in the state of Oregon. An ASME member since 2002, Sutherlin is also a member of the American Welding Society and NACE International, and has served as the technical chair for the ATI Corrosion Solutions Conference since its launch in 1997.

     

    James M. Gibert, Ph.D.

    James M. Gibert
    ASME member James M. Gibert, Ph.D., has been appointed assistant professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Before joining Clarkson, Dr. Gibert conducted post-doctoral research at Clemson in the department of mechanical engineering. His focus included the modeling the nonlinear dynamics present ultrasonic consolidation process, developing performance metrics for dual mass vibrational energy harvesters, developing lumped parameter dynamic models of packaging systems, and analytical models for the vibrations and rolling resistance of a non-pneumatic tire developed by Michelin Inc. While at Clemson, he was a visiting professor in the department of civil engineering. He was an advisor to graduate as well as undergraduate students, and taught civil engineering courses. He also served on the graduate student advisory board and in 2010 was a research faculty mentor with the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Louis Stokes-South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation program. He served as consultant to MOOG, CSA and worked in partnership with the Air Force Research Lab in Albuquerque, N.M., on structural health monitoring of bolted interfaces in satellites and space situational awareness. Gibert received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, graduating cum laude from Clemson University. He also received his master of science and his Ph.D., both in mechanical engineering, from Clemson University. He has received a number of awards and honors, including the Highly Commended 2011 Emerald Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Award; the Outstanding Paper Emerald Award for Excellence 2011; the South East Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Fellow NSF graduate fellowship from 2004-2008; and the NSF/ASME Student Design Essay Award in 2008.

     

    Timothy W. Simpson, Ph.D.

    Timothy W. Simpson, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow Timothy W. Simpson, Ph.D., professor of industrial engineering and mechanical engineering at Penn State, has been selected as the winner of ASME's 2014 Ben C. Sparks Medal. Established in 1990, the Sparks Medal recognizes service to engineering education through "innovative, authentic, practice-based engineering design/build experiences to undergraduate students." Dr. Simpson was honored for his many contributions to engineering education while he served as director of the Bernard M. Gordon Learning Factory from 2007 to 2012. The Learning Factory combines real-world experience with classroom education by providing students with hands-on experiences through industry-sponsored and client-based capstone design projects. Simpson will be recognized at the 2014 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Education Leadership Summit in March in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A member of the Penn State faculty since 1998, Simpson serves as co-director of the Engineering Design and Optimization Group Laboratory and co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Process through Direct Digital Deposition. His research focuses on engineering design and design methodologies. Simpson's awards include the National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development Award, the American Society of Engineering Educators' Fred Merryfield Design Award and SAE International's Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. He is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Simpson received his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and his master's and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech.

    Earlier this year, ASME Fellows Alexander H. Slocum and Gloria J. Wiens began one-year terms as ASME Foundation Swanson Fellows through the Society's Federal Government Fellowship Program. The ASME Foundation Swanson Fellowship was established in 2010 in recognition of Dr. John A. Swanson, an internationally recognized authority and innovator in the application of finite element analysis to engineering. The Swanson Fellowship is designed to provide a unique opportunity for experienced engineers to serve as Federal Fellows in agencies of the U.S. Government including the Executive Office of the President in the White House, where they can apply their broad, multidisciplinary background toward solutions to technical issues. Swanson Fellows engage with professionals in the public policy arena to make practical contributions on the most effective use of engineering in federal decision making while strengthening their understanding of the intricacies of policy-making.

     

    Alexander Slocum, Ph.D.

    Alexander Slocum, Ph.D.
    Alexander Slocum, Ph.D., accepted an assignment to serve in the Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing. Dr. Slocum is the Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he teaches and conducts research in the area of precision machine design. Slocum's research focuses on making mechanical devices achieve higher levels of performance for less cost by using deterministic design practices founded in fundamental principles of precision engineering catalyzed by appropriate analysis and experimentation. In addition to working with industry to create new machines, Slocum also works in his lab to create new fundamental machine elements and design analysis tools to enable industry to adopt and scale them for use in their own products. Slocum is an ASME Fellow and has received numerous awards during his 30-year career including the ASME Leonardo da Vinci Award in 2004 and the ASME Machine Design Award in 2008. He is a member of the Machine Design Award Committee and a former member of the Ruth & Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award Committee. He also served as an associate editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.

     

    Gloria Wiens, Ph.D.

    Gloria Wiens, Ph.D.
    Gloria Wiens, Ph.D., is serving as a Swanson Fellow in the office of the Assistant Director for Research Partnerships in the Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Wiens is an associate professor and the director of the Space, Automation, and Manufacturing Mechanisms (SAMM) Laboratory at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Her research interests include robotics; spatial mechanisms; system dynamics and controls with applications in space; reconfigurable micro/small satellite deployable systems; automation; MEMS/biomedical devices; and micro/mesoscale manipulation and manufacturing. Her teaching focuses on dynamics and controls of robotic systems; kinematics and dynamics of machinery; and vibrations and controls. Wiens has been an active ASME volunteer, serving in a number of Society positions including chair of the ASME Honors and Awards Committee, the Manufacturing Engineering Division (MED) Executive Committee, the ASME MED Nano/Micro/Meso Technical Committee, the Micro/Nano-Scale Systems (MNS) Committee, and the Student Design Competition Committee. She also served as associate editor of the ASME Journal on Manufacturing Science and Engineering. Wiens received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2000.

     

    Maurizio Porfiri, Ph.D.

    Maurizio Porfiri, Ph.D.
    ASME member Maurizio Porfiri, Ph.D., an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), has been named the ASME Dynamic Systems and Controls Division 2013 Outstanding Young Investigator Award for his contributions to biomimetic underwater robotics and collective dynamics of networked dynamical systems. Dr. Porfiri's most widely known research, which centers on biomimetic robotic fish to aid the understanding of animal collective behavior, may someday result in robots that could lead live fish away from dangerous areas. Beyond his fundamental contribution to this emerging domain of ethorobotics, Porfiri has made substantial contributions to the field of network theory, dynamical systems and multiphysics modeling of complex systems. Earlier this year, ASME awarded Porfiri its Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award for his contributions to the field of smart structures and materials. In 2010, Popular Science included him in its "Brilliant 10" list — an elite group of scientists under the age of 40 whose work stands to dramatically impact their fields. The editors of the magazine named him the "Water Wizard" for his work on the biologically inspired robots that might influence animal behavior in nature. Porfiri previously received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award, in 2008. The CAREER awards advance the research of promising young scientists and engineers. He received the Young Alumnus Award from the College of Engineering of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he earned a doctorate in engineering mechanics. He also holds a doctorate in theoretical and applied mechanics from Sapienza University of Rome.

     

    Kiran Solanki, Ph.D.

    Kiran Solanki, Ph.D.
    ASME member Kiran Solanki, Ph.D., an assistant professor of engineering at Arizona State University, was recently announced as the winner of the ASME Materials Division's Orr Early Career Award. Established in 2004, the award recognizes early career research excellence in the areas of experimental, computational or theoretical fatigue, fracture or creep. Dr. Solanki's research has earned him several awards in recent years, as well as support from the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy. A member of the faculty of Arizona State's School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Solanki's research expertise spans several areas, including computational fatigue and fracture, constitutive modeling for metallic alloys and others areas at the interface of solid mechanics and material science. Solanki has authored or co-authored 40 research journal articles, four book chapters and 35 conference proceedings reports during his time at ASU and his previous faculty position at Mississippi State University. He is also currently leading a project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research focusing on the environmental impacts of naval materials. His goal is to postulate principles that can aid software development to explore the predictability of fatigue and cracking growth in naval materials. In addition to the Orr Early Career Award, Solanki is also the winner of the 2013 Young Leader Professional Development Award from TMS, the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, which bestows the honor on young faculty members to help support their promising research.

     

    Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., P.E.

    Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., P.E.
    Last month, ASME Fellow Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., P.E., began his new yearlong role as an ASME Congressional Fellow through the Society's Federal Government Fellowship Program. The program enables selected ASME members to devote a year of working in government, providing technical advice to policymakers in the Congress and other federal agencies. Dr. Bhushan accepted an assignment to serve on the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and Technology. His duties, while on leave from Ohio State University where he is the Ohio Eminent Scholar and Howard D. Winbigler Professor and director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics, will include working on science policy and arranging hearings for the subcommittee. As a faculty member of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, he believes his new role as a public policy adviser aligns with his engineering school's interest in public policy discussion and outreach. "As the world of education and research funding continues to change, it's vital that our critical thinking skills be utilized to help our politicians better understand the technology and innovations that are emerging from STEM-related fields," he said. Bhushan has been an active ASME volunteer during his 40 years of membership, serving on the Committee on Honors, the Nominating Committee, the Systems and Design Technical Group, and as founder and chair of the ASME Information Storage and Processing Systems Division, among other Society positions.

     

    Mahantesh S. Hiremath, Ph.D., P.E.

    Mahantesh S. Hiremath, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME Fellow Mahantesh S. Hiremath, Ph.D., P.E., an engineer at Space Systems Loral (SSL), the leading provider of communications satellites and space systems, also began a one-year term as an ASME Congressional Fellow in September. Dr. Hiremath will take a leave of absence from Palo Alto, Calif.-based SSL to serve his fellowship with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology in Washington, D.C., where he will contribute his expertise and perspective on technical initiatives involving energy, environment and space. As deployment subsystems manager at SSL, Hiremath is involved in mechanical design, systems engineering, risk management, and other technical duties attending six major satellite programs of the company. He has more than 25 years of experience in areas ranging from structural analysis to technical management, and held important engineering positions with Northrup Grumman, Stellar Solutions, ARES Corp., and Serata Geomechanics, among other industrial firms. A Ph.D. graduate of Ohio State University, Hiremath is a highly regarded technical expert in structural dynamics, systems engineering and program management. Hiremath is a registered professional civil engineer in California.

    ASME was the first engineering society to establish a Federal Government Fellowship Program, which began in 1973.

     

    Eckart Meiburg, Ph.D.

    Eckart Meiburg, Ph.D.
    Eckart Meiburg, Ph.D., a professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was recently named as an ASME Fellow. The ASME Fellow grade of membership is conferred upon a member with at least 10 years of active engineering practice and who has made significant contributions to the profession. Dr. Meiburg's research interests lie in the general area of fluid dynamics and transport phenomena. He has published in many refereed journals including Physics of Fluids, the Journal of Turbulence, and the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Meiburg, a 1990 recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award, received Outstanding Teaching Awards from the University of Southern California School of Engineering in 1997 and 1998. A fellow of the American Physical Society, Meiburg is also the recipient of the 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Research Award, the 2008 Gledden Fellowship from the University of Western Australia, and First Prize from the Scottish Offshore Achievement Awards. Meiburg received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in 1985. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

     

    Sam Y. Zamrik, Ph.D.

    ASME Past President Sam Y. Zamrik (left) and his wife, Myrna (right), were joined by their grandson, ASME student member Ryan Lester, for the centennial celebration at the University of Texas at Austin.
    Last month, ASME Past President Sam Y. Zamrik, Ph.D., attended the centennial celebration of the mechanical engineering department of the University of Texas at Austin. Nearly 200 faculty, students, alumni and friends of the department attended the 100th anniversary celebration, which included a tailgate party, an anniversary dinner, and a special lighting of the famed University of Texas Tower in honor of the centennial. After the dinner, ME Department Chair Dr. Jayathi Murthy invited Dr. Zamrik, one of the university's Distinguished Alumni, to help blow out the candles on the centennial celebration cake, which was a replica of the Centennial Tower. Zamrik, an ASME Honorary Member and Fellow, attended the event with his wife, Myrna, and grandson Ryan Lester, who is a freshman in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas and a member of the school's ASME student section.

     

    Lt. Col. Donald W. Rhymer, Ph.D

    Lt. Col. Donald W. Rhymer, Ph.D
    Engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi has named ASME member Lt. Col. Donald W. Rhymer, Ph.D., as its eighth McDonald Mentor. The award celebrates excellence in mentoring and advising among Tau Beta Pi educators and engineers who consistently support the personal and professional development of their students and colleagues. Dr. Rhymer is professor and department head of engineering mechanics at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado. He is the 2013 Tau Beta Pi-McDonald Mentor, and will be honored Nov. 1 at the association's 108th annual convention in Ames, Iowa. Established in 2005, the McDonald Mentor Award recognizes engineering educators or professionals in industry, government, or service organizations who have shown true concern for the individual, supporting an environment for developing talents, and who have earned respect and recognition for their contributions to their field and to the greater community. A devoted advisor, Dr. Rhymer was selected by Tau Beta Pi for going beyond the call in developing and mentoring engineering students. Rhymer received his B.S. in engineering mechanics from the USAFA and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been an instructor in the engineering mechanics department at USAFA for more than six years. In 2010, he became the deputy for the mechanical engineering curriculum. Rhymer advised 24 cadets during the recent academic year, including a Rhodes Scholar. In addition, he leads a council of cadets majoring in mechanical engineering to foster a direct means of student assessment and feedback. His devotion to his profession was recently recognized when the USAFA named him Outstanding Academy Educator and Department of Engineering Mechanics Instructor of the Year for the department of engineering Mechanics. This year, the Colorado Zeta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi also selected him as Instructor of the Year.

     

    Eui-Hyeok Yang, Ph.D.

    Eui-Hyeok Yang, Ph.D.
    ASME member Eui-Hyeok Yang, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Multi-User Micro Device Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., is the new chair of ASME's Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Division. In his new role, he will lead the division in efforts to foster collaboration and maintain a high level of creativity in the field; generate standards and guidelines for MEMS processes and technologies; disseminate information about ongoing developments in MEMS; provide a focal point for mechanical engineers entering and practicing in the field; and train multi-disciplinary MEMS researchers to encourage the growth of the field. In his role as division chair, Dr. Yang will lead the division in collaborative efforts associated with the International Technical Conference and Exhibition on Packaging and Integration of Electronic and Photonic Microsystems (InterPACK). As the flagship conference of the ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division, InterPACK is the premier international forum for exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge in research, development, manufacturing, and applications of electronic packaging, MEMS, and nanoelectromechanical systems. Yang has had a long and productive involvement with ASME and the MEMS Division. As a representative organization for an inherently multi-disciplinary field, the MEMS division has coordinated closely with other ASME divisions, including the Dynamic Systems and Controls, Heat Transfer, Fluids Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Bioengineering, Design Engineering, Electronic and Photonic Packaging, and Manufacturing Engineering Divisions, for the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition. Yang has been involved in organizing tracks, topics and sessions in support of the Congress, and served as chair for the Micro and Nano Systems Track at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Congresses.

    Three faculty members from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's department of mechanical engineering — Steven Dubowsky, Dan Frey and Maria Yang — were recognized with awards at the ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) last month in Portland. Ore.

     

    Professor Steven Dubowsky, Ph.D., P.E.

    Professor Steven Dubowsky, Ph.D., P.E.
    Professor Steven Dubowsky, Ph.D., P.E., director of MIT's Field and Space Robotics Laboratory, received the Mechanism and Robotics Award in recognition of his cumulative contribution to the field of the dynamic behavior of nonlinear machines, mechanisms and robotic systems. Dr. Dubowsky, who is an ASME Fellow, has been a professor of engineering and applied science at the University of California, Los Angeles, a visiting professor at Cambridge University in England, and a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology. Dubowsky's research has included the development of modeling techniques for manipulator flexibility and the development of optimal and self-learning adaptive control procedures for rigid and flexible robotic manipulators. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California and has served as an advisor to the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Science/Engineering, the Department of Energy, and the U.S. Army.

     

    Dan Frey, Ph.D.

    Dan Frey, Ph.D.
    Professor and ASME Fellow Dan Frey, Ph.D., co-director of the Singapore-MIT International Design Center, received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Advanced Vehicle Technologies. The paper, titled "Conventional and Novel Methods for Estimating an Electric Vehicle's 'Distance to Empty,'" was led by recent graduate Lennon Rodgers, Ph.D., in conjunction with Dr. Frey and Professor Erik Wilhelm, a faculty member at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The research discussed in Frey's award-winning paper investigated improved on-board predictions of the "distance to empty." To assuage consumer fears that EVs will run out of energy before they reach a refueling station, Frey's team proposes a prediction algorithm based on multivariate regression over variables such as ambient temperature, road conditions, and current traffic on the selected route to alert drivers to an accurate refueling timeframe. The resulting predictions have a much lower chance of error than those algorithms currently used in electric vehicles.

     

    Maria Yang, Ph.D.

    Maria Yang, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor Maria Yang, Ph.D., an ASME member, received the Best Paper Award at the Design Theory and Methodology Conference for the paper titled "The Influence of Timing in Exploratory Prototyping and Other Activities in Design Projects." Dr. Yang and her research group explore the question of whether there is a relationship between the quality of a design and when/how long teams engage in key design activities, such as brainstorming, evaluating ideas, and fabricating prototypes of those ideas. The paper establishes correlations between several tasks, but specifically shows that the building of physical prototypes early on in the process seems to play a crucial role in future design success.

     

    Richard I. “Dick” Pawliger

    ASME Past President Paul Torpey presented the Dedicated Service Award to Dick Pawliger at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.
    ASME Fellow Richard I. "Dick" Pawliger recently received the ASME Dedicated Service Award. Established in 1983, the award honors unusual dedicated voluntary service to the Society marked by outstanding performance, demonstrated effective leadership, prolonged and committed service, devotion, enthusiasm and faithfulness. The award is presented to ASME members who have served the Society for at least 10 years. Pawliger, who retired from American Electric Power in 1999 after 40 years at the company, is the chair of the Society's History and Heritage Committee. He has been chair of the committee since 2009. Pawliger had previously served as a trustee for the ASME Foundation from 1998-2004, and as a member of the History and Heritage Affinity Group from 2008-2011. He has been a member of ASME for 58 years.

     

    William P. "Bill" Bahnfleth, P.E.
    William P. "Bill" Bahnfleth, P.E.

    ASME Fellow William P. "Bill" Bahnfleth, P.E., professor of architectural engineering at Penn State University, was recently named president of ASHRAE. Formerly the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE is an international building science and technology society with more than 54,000 members around the world. Bahnfleth, who serves as director of Penn State's Indoor Environment Center, is also a fellow of ASHRAE. As president, he chairs the association's board of directors and executive committee. His father, Donald R. Bahnfleth, is an ASHRAE fellow, life member and former president, marking the first father/son presidency in the organization's history. Bahnfleth's ASHRAE service includes advising the organization's Penn State student branch and performing as an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer. He has chaired ASHRAE's Technology Council, Members Council, Technical Activities Committee and Technical Committee 6.9 Thermal Storage. He has been a member of ASME for 30 years.

     

    Cristina Amon, Sc.D., and Javad Mostaghimi, Ph.D., P.E., of the University of Toronto were presented the 75th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division. Amon and Mostaghimi received the awards, which recognize outstanding contributions to the heat-transfer community, on July 15 during the 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference in Minneapolis, Minn.

     

    Cristina Amon, Sc.D.

    Cristina Amon, Sc.D.
    Amon, an ASME Fellow, has been the dean of the university's Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and alumni professor of bioengineering in mechanical and industrial engineering since 2006. She is regarded as a pioneer in the development of computational fluid dynamics for formulating and solving thermal design problems subject to multidisciplinary competing constraints. Her research at the University of Toronto focuses on nanoscale thermal transport in semiconductors, energy systems and bioengineered devices. She has been inducted into four academies: the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Spanish Royal Academy, the Royal Society of Canada and the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. She has been elected fellow or honorary member in each of the professional societies in her field and has contributed 350 refereed articles in education and research literature. A member of ASME for 25 years, Amon is a member of the Society's Committee on Honors and the K-16 Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment Committee.

     

    Javad Mostaghimi, Ph.D., P.E.

    Javad Mostaghimi, Ph.D., P.E.
    Mostaghimi, also an ASME Fellow, is a professor and the founding director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT), one of the world's leading research centers in the area of thermal spray technology. Results of the research conducted at the Centre are widely used in the aerospace, automotive, power generation and resource extraction industries. Mostaghimi holds four patents, has published 148 refereed journal articles and has been cited more than 2,600 times. In addition to being an ASME Fellow, he is a also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME), the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

    Amon and Mostaghimi have both previously received honors from ASME. Amon was a recipient of the ASME Gustus Larson Memorial Award in 2000, while both professors were honored with the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in 2009 and 2012, respectively.

     

    Gang Chen, Ph.D., P.E.,

    Gang Chen, Ph.D., P.E.,
    ASME Fellow Gang Chen, Ph.D., P.E., the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, was named head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's department of mechanical engineering effective July 23. The announcement was made earlier this month by Ian Waitz, dean of the school of engineering, who said, "Professor Chen's leadership, vision, dedication and strong sense of community will keep the department on its path of excellence and help it flourish in the days ahead." A member of the MIT faculty since 2001, Chen succeeds Mary Boyce, who had served as department head since 2009 and who is now dean of engineering and applied science at Columbia University. As the director of MIT's Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratory, Chen is internationally recognized for his contributions to nanoscale transport and energy-conversion phenomena. His work in nanoscale heat-conduction physics has led to significant advances in thermoelectric materials and in their application to converting solar energy and waste heat into electricity. Chen has served on the editorial and advisory boards of nine journals; as advisory board chair of the ASME Nanotechnology Institute; and has co-founded two companies, including GMZ Energy Inc., a maker of thermoelectric materials. He has also led several large research programs, including the first U.S. Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative on thermoelectric materials. Currently, he directs the Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. A recipient of the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in 2008, Chen has received a number of honors during his career, including R&D magazine's 100 Award, which recognizes top technology products; and the Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising. In addition to being an ASME Fellow, Chen is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

     

    Laura Hitchcock

    Laura Hitchcock
    ASME member and active ASME Standards and Certification volunteer Laura Hitchcock has been selected to receive the 2013 George S. Wham Leadership Medal from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the voluntary standardization community and provided long-term direction and visionary qualities in support of the ANSI Federation. Hitchcock is the corporate project manager for External Standards Management, Strategy and Policy for The Boeing Company, where she serves as the company's enterprise-wide focal for issues regarding government, industry and international standards activities and has responsibility for external standards policy and strategy for the company. Hitchcock has been working with standards for more than 35 years, and was recently elected as ASME's incoming senior vice president for Standards and Certification. In addition to serving on the Council on Standards and Certification and the Council's Board on Hearing and Appeals, Hitchcock serves on a number of other standards-related governing bodies. She chairs the Strategic Standardization Forum for Aerospace, is a member of the ANSI Board of Directors, a member of SAE International's Technical Standards Board and chair of SAE's Aerospace Council, among other standards-related activities. She is a past member of the IEEE Standards Association's Board of Governors, SAE International's Board of Directors, and of ASTM's Board of Directors, and was the primary author of the Aerospace Industries Association's report on the Future of Aerospace Standardization.

     

    Avram Bar-Cohen, Ph.D.,

    Avram Bar-Cohen, Ph.D.,
    Avram Bar-Cohen, Ph.D., a Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering, was awarded the 75th Anniversary Medal of ASME's Heat Transfer Division during the 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, which was held July 14-19 in Minneapolis. Bar-Cohen, an Honorary Member and Fellow of ASME, was selected for the he award in honor of his service to the heat transfer community and contributions to the heat transfer field. He has played a pivotal role in defining and guiding the emergence of thermal packaging as a critical engineering domain and is the leading advocate for the embedded microfluidic thermal packaging paradigm. His contributions have facilitated the development of high reliability consumer electronics, high performance computing platforms, and advanced phased array microwave communication and radar systems. In addition to receiving the medal at the 75th Anniversary Awards Ceremony, Bar-Cohen was recognized as a V.I.P. guest at the conference and was granted access all of the conference's technical sessions, workshops and special events. Bar-Cohen is currently serving as a program manager in the Microsystems Technology Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), with responsibility for the ICECool Program, while on leave from the Clark School's Department of Mechanical Engineering. A member of ASME for more than 40 years, Bar-Cohen has held a variety of ASME offices, including chair of the ASME Honors and Awards Committee, chair of the Board on Research and Technology Development, and member of the Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee. He is currently the chair of the Allan Kraus Thermal Management Medal Committee and a member of the K-16 Heat Transfer in Electronic Equipment Committee.

     

    Gail H. Marcus, Sc.D.,

    Gail H. Marcus, Sc.D.,
    Gail H. Marcus, Sc.D., has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Engineer-Historian Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for her book, Nuclear Firsts: Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Power Development. The Engineer-Historian Award, established in 1990 by ASME's Committee on History and Heritage, recognizes outstanding published works by an engineer dealing with the history of mechanical engineering. The award is intended to encourage the active interest by mechanical engineers in the history of their profession. Dr. Marcus will be presented the award, which consists of a certificate and a $1,000 honorarium, during a ceremony taking place this November at ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition this November in San Diego. Marcus, the first woman to earn a doctorate in nuclear engineering in the United States, is an independent consultant on nuclear power technology and policy. She previously worked as deputy director-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency in Paris; principal deputy director of the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology; in various positions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and as assistant chief of the Science Policy Research Division at the Congressional Research Service. Marcus has served as president of the American Nuclear Society and as chair of the Engineering Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She also served on the National Research Council Committee on the Future Needs of Nuclear Engineering Education. Marcus holds bachelor's and master's degrees in physics, and a Sc.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT. For more information about this award and a list of its past recipients, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/unit-awards/engineer-historian-award.

     

    Portonovo Ayyaswamy

    Portonovo Ayyaswamy
    Portonovo Ayyaswamy the Asa Whitney Professor of Dynamical Engineering in the department of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected to receive the 75th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division in recognition of his service to the heat transfer community and contributions to the field. Dr. Ayyaswamy's research is in the area of mechanical engineering, with concentration in modeling, simulations and experimentation of multi-phase flow/heat and mass transfer. His latest research activities are concerned with the motion of nanoparticles and associated transport, particularly in the context of targeted drug delivery. Ayyaswamy, an ASME Fellow, has contributed to many diverse areas of heat transfer, mass transfer, and fluid mechanics. These include investigations of finite-sized bubble motion and the effects of surfactants in the context of gas embolism; forced convective effects on condensation, evaporation and combustion of moving drops and particles; the effect of electric fields on flames under normal and microgravity conditions; capillary flows related to heat pipes; and buoyancy driven flows. He was also the recipient of the ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal in 2007 and the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in 2001. The 75th Anniversary Medal will be presented at the 2013 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, to be held in Minneapolis from July 14-19.

     

    Brian T. Helenbrook

    Brian T. Helenbrook
    ASME member Brian T. Helenbrook Helenbrook has been promoted from associate professor to full professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering in the Coulter School of Engineering at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Helenbrook's expertise is in the areas of computational fluid mechanics and multi-phase flows. Some of his current projects include designing a novel wind turbine, manufacturing of solar cell wafers, thermal modeling of electronic circuits and aerodynamic optimization of luge sleds for the U.S. Olympic luge team. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics and finite element methods. Helenbrook earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and a master's degree and doctorate in mechanical engineering from Princeton University. After completing his Ph.D., Helenbrook was a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University, funded by the Applied Strategic Computing Initiative. He was a fellow in the NASA Faculty Fellowship program at NASA Langley in 2002 and at NASA Kennedy in 2005. He also spent a year as a visiting faculty member at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium. Helenbrook has published 34 peer-reviewed journal articles and 16 refereed conference papers and contributed to 50 conference presentations since he joined the Clarkson faculty.

     

    Sam Y. Zamrik

    Sam and Myrna Zamrik
    Former ASME President Sam Y. Zamrik and his wife, Myrna, who established a scholarship at the Pennsylvania State University in 1992, have increased the amount of their endowment with a pledge of an additional $50,000 gift. The couple's scholarship, the Sam Y. and Myrna R. Zamrik Scholarship in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is awarded to full-time students who are enrolled in Penn State's department of engineering science and mechanics. Zamrik, a professor emeritus of engineering mechanics, has said that scholarship aid from NASA and the Ford Foundation helped him finish his master's degree, just as a teaching fellowship enabled him to earn his doctoral degree. Zamrik received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 1955 and 1957, respectively. He went on to Penn State, where he received a master's degree and Ph.D. in engineering mechanics in 1961 and 1965. He then became a faculty member at Penn State, and served in the engineering science and mechanics department for 38 years. A Fellow of ASME, Zamrik served as the Society's 126th president (2007-2008), Board of Governors (2002-2005), and vice president of the Materials and Structures Group (1998-2001), and numerous other ASME positions. He was named an Honorary Member of the Society in 2010. Zamrik has been the recipient of many ASME awards during his more than 40 years of membership, including the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division's Robert M. McGrattan Literature Award in 1991, the Central Pennsylvania Section's Outstanding Mechanical Engineer of the Year Award in 1992, the Pressure Vessel and Piping Medal in 1996, and an ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2006. In 2010, the Pressure Vessel and Piping Medal was renamed as the ASME S.Y. Zamrik PVP Medal, a tribute for his continued service to the division.

     

    Ramesh (R.D.) Patel, P.E.

    Ramesh (R.D.) Patel, P.E.
    ASME member Ramesh (R.D.) Patel, P.E. recently released a book, titled Guide for the Procurement of Engineered Equipment. The 68-page publication is intended to simplify the procurement of complexly engineered equipment into a dozen easy steps, giving the user a quick start in understanding the total procurement cycle. Through this 12-step process, readers receive user-friendly guidance in designing, engineering, quality assurance, and the procurement or manufacturing of complex equipment for any industry, such as power plants, chemical and industrial plants, refineries, mining, or even custom home-building projects. Patel he has worked in the nuclear power plant industry for 40 years, including 35 with GE Nuclear Energy in San Jose, Calif., in various engineering capacities. Patel was a member of several nuclear-related ASME code committees for more than 25 years and is currently a contributing member of one of the nuclear piping code committees. He has co-authored five technical papers in the nuclear field and was a co-inventor for three patents while working at GE Nuclear Energy. A professional engineer in the state of California, Patel has been a consultant for the nuclear industry since retiring from GE in November 2009. His book is now available through Amazon.com.

     

    Jonathan Colton, Ph.D., P.E.,

    Jonathan Colton, Ph.D., P.E.,
    Jonathan Colton, Ph.D., P.E., a professor at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Industrial Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was recently named one of 13 Jefferson Science Fellows for the upcoming academic year of 2013-2014. Established in 2003, the Jefferson Science Fellows program is designed to further build capacity for science, technology and engineering expertise within the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Each Fellow will spend one year at the U.S. Department of State or USAID for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C., that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies or missions. Following the fellowship year, the Jefferson Science Fellow will return to his academic career, but will remain available to the U.S. Department of State and USAID for projects over the subsequent five years. Colton, who will begin his assignment in August, is a Fellow of ASME and of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Georgia and a program evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. He is the recipient of a NASA Space Act Award and National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award. Prof. Colton's research interests include polymer and polymer composites processing, design, manufacturing, and humanitarian design and engineering. His teaching interests include manufacturing, industrial design, and humanitarian design and engineering. Colton obtained his S.B., S.M., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, prior to joining Georgia Tech's faculty in 1985.

     

    Larry D. Richardson, P.E.,

    Larry D. Richardson, P.E.,
    Larry D. Richardson, P.E., chief executive officer of ReEnergy Holdings LLC, has been honored by ASME’s Materials and Energy Recovery Division with its 2013 Medal of Achievement Award. The award recognizes distinguished and continued contributions in the advancement of solid waste processing technology. Richardson, who became CEO of ReEnergy in 2008, is being honored for the many environmental performance improvements he has promoted within the waste-to-energy field. “Larry’s professionalism and leadership in the advancement of environmentally sound and efficient solid waste processing facilities has contributed to the betterment of the industry,” said Nathiel Egosi, P.E., chair of the Honors and Awards Committee for the ASME Materials and Energy Recovery Division. ReEnergy owns and operates facilities using forest-derived woody biomass and other residual fuels to produce renewable energy. Prior to the formation of ReEnergy in 2008, Richardson was the president and chief operating officer of EAC Operations Inc., a company that owned and operated waste-to-energy facilities and related businesses for the collection, processing and transportation of solid waste and recyclable materials. At both ReEnergy and EAC, he has built a reputation for leading management teams that make significant improvement in facility performance and operational efficiencies and establish exemplary health and safety, environmental compliance, and community relations programs. Prior to EAC, Richardson had management, project development and technical positions at companies including ABB/Combustion Engineering, Halliburton/Brown & Root and HDR Engineering. Richardson received a bachelor of science in civil engineering with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and he is a licensed professional engineer.

     

    Governor John H. Sununu, Ph.D.

    Governor John H. Sununu, Ph.D.
    Former New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu, Ph.D., has been invited to speak at Shenandoah University's 2013 commencement ceremony on May 11. He will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree during the ceremony at the university, which is located in Winchester, Va. Sununu, an Honorary Member and Fellow of ASME, served as governor of New Hampshire for three consecutive terms, from 1983-88, before his appointment as White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. He also served as counselor to the president. Sununu is president of JHS Associates Ltd. and a former partner in Trinity International Partners, a private financial firm. He was commissioned Chief of Staff to the President of the United States on Jan. 21, 1989, and served in the White House until March 1, 1992. As chief of staff, Sununu oversaw the daily operations of the White House and its staff. He is a member of the board of trustees for the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation. Before becoming governor of New Hampshire, Sununu had a background of nearly 20 years of experience as an educator, engineer, small businessman and community leader. Sununu attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and earned his Ph.D. there in 1966 in mechanical engineering. From 1968 until 1973, he was associate dean of the College of Engineering at Tufts University and associate professor of Mechanical Engineering. Sununu served on the Advisory Board of the Technology and Policy Program at MIT from 1984 until 1989. In 2004, Sununu co-chaired Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Nuclear Energy Task Force. He was a visiting professor of practice in public service at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government during the 2003-2004 school year. From 1992 until 1998, he co-hosted CNN's nightly news and public affairs program "Crossfire." He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

     

    Dawn Elliott, Ph.D.

    Dawn Elliott, Ph.D.
    ASME member Dawn Elliott, Ph.D., director of the biomedical engineering program at the University of Delaware, has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows as a member of the Class of 2013. Elliott, who was named a Fellow of ASME last fall, joins 1,000 elite bioengineers in academia, industry and government who have been selected for this designation. AIMBE College Fellows are considered highly esteemed members of the bioengineering community, ranking among the top two percent in their field. Elliott was formally inducted into the AIMBE 2013 Class of Fellows for her research on intervertebral disc degeneration. The induction ceremony took place at the National Academy of Sciences Great Hall in Washington, D.C., in February. Elliott joined the University of Delaware in 2011 to help develop the engineering college's fledgling biomedical engineering program, which began in 2010. Under her leadership, the program has developed a strong foothold on campus, with over 50 affiliated faculty performing interdisciplinary biomedical engineering research and a waiting list for students hoping to join the major. Now in its third year, the undergraduate program contains 160 students. Nearly 40 percent of the students are female and nearly one-third are honor students. Elliott spent 12 years in the University of Pennsylvania's departments of orthopaedic surgery and bioengineering and is a recognized leader in research. She is internationally known for her research on osteoarthritis and lower back pain, studying how and why the intervertebral spine and cartilage break down with aging and developing and testing therapeutics used in treatment. She earned her doctoral degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University in 1999. Elliott has served on ASME's Bioengineering Division executive committee and chaired the Summer Bioengineering Conference in Puerto Rico in 2012.

     

    Mary Cunningham Boyce, Ph.D.

    Mary Cunningham Boyce, Ph.D.
    ASME member Mary Cunningham Boyce, Ph.D., the Ford Professor of Engineering and Department Head of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been appointed as the new dean of Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. A distinguished scholar in the field of mechanical engineering and a devoted educator, Boyce spent more than 25 years at MIT, where she held positions on the MIT Engineering Council and the MIT International Advisory Council.

    Boyce's research interests include the molecular and nanomechanics of polymers, soft composites and soft tissues—studying the elastic, thermal and kinetic properties of physical systems at the nanometer scale. A graduate of Virginia Tech and MIT, where she earned her Ph.D., Boyce has received numerous honors in recognition of her achievements, including election as Fellow of ASME, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering.

    Boyce was the winner of ASME's 1998 Applied Mechanics Young Investigator Award, now known as the Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award. Among many Society positions, Boyce served as chair and vice chair of the ASME Applied Mechanics Division, and as chair of the Daniel C. Drucker, Warner T. Koiter and Timoshenko Medal Committees.

     

    Ozden Ochoa, Ph.D., P.E.

    Ozden Ochoa, Ph.D., P.E.
    ASME member Ozden Ochoa, Ph.D., P.E., associate director for science and technology at the Army Research Laboratory Headquarters in Adelphi, Md., and a professor of mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, has received the Wayne W. Stinchcomb Memorial Award from international standards organization ASTM International's Committee D30 on Composite Materials. The Stinchcomb Award is presented every two years at the Committee D30 spring symposium to an individual who has made outstanding contributions in research, engineering, or teaching the technology of composite materials.

    Prior to assuming her role at the Army Research Laboratory Headquarters, Ochoa was director of aerospace sciences and materials directorate at the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Va., and a senior technologist at the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. A graduate of Bogazici University (Robert College) in Turkey where she earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Ochoa holds both a master's and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University.

    Ochoa, ASME Fellow, held a number of ASME positions, including Board of Governors member (2005-2008), chair and treasurer for the Aerospace Division, vice president of the Board on Communications, chair of the International Congress Committee, chair of Aerospace Division's Structures and Materials Committee, and member of the Inter-Council Committee on Federal R&D. She received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2000.

     

    Thomas J. Barber, Ph.D

    Thomas J. Barber, Ph.D
    ASME member Thomas J. Barber, Ph.D., Professor-in-Residence at the University of Connecticut's mechanical engineering department was among 33 of Connecticut's leading experts in science, engineering and technology who were recently selected to become members of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering this year. Election to the Academy is on the basis of scientific and engineering distinction achieved through significant contributions in theory or applications, as demonstrated by original published books and papers, patents, the pioneering of new and developing fields and innovative products, outstanding leadership of nationally recognized technical teams, and external professional awards in recognition of scientific and engineering excellence.

    Barber, who joined the University of Connecticut's mechanical engineering department in 2000, received his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees in aeronautical engineering from New York University in 1964, 1965 and 1968, respectively. His research specialties are computational and physical fluid dynamics applied to enhanced mixing concepts for low noise, improved mixing and reduced observability. He joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in 1968 and was responsible for the development of a variety of numerical solvers and associated physical models for the flow in gas turbine engines. In 1983, he joined the United Technologies Research Center, where he was responsible for the development and application of computational analyses for the investigation of fundamental fluid dynamics problems. Barber has earned three patents for his work in applying enhanced mixing concepts to propulsion system nozzles and fuel cell systems. Barber, an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, also taught graduate mechanical engineering courses for more than 30 years at Rensselaer at Hartford.

     

    Alan H. Epstein, Ph.D

    Alan H. Epstein, Ph.D
    Alan H. Epstein, Ph.D., vice president of Technology and Environment at Pratt & Whitney, was also selected as a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Epstein, an ASME Fellow, is responsible for setting the direction for and coordinating technology across Pratt & Whitney as it applies to product performance and environmental impact. He also provides strategic leadership in the investment, development and incorporation of technologies that reduce the environmental impact of Pratt & Whitney's world-wide products and services.

    Prior to joining Pratt & Whitney in 2007, Epstein was the R. C. Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his research and teaching was focused on power and energy, aerospace propulsion, turbomachinery and noise, measurement and instrumentation, and microsystems. He holds numerous patents and has published more than 100 academic articles. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in science and a Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT. In addition to being an ASME Fellow, Epstein is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

     

    Chittaranjan Sahay, Ph.D., P.E.

    Chittaranjan Sahay, Ph.D., P.E.
    Chittaranjan Sahay, Ph.D., P.E., the Vernon D. Roosa Distinguished Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Hartford, is one of 33 of Connecticut's leading experts in science, engineering and technology who were selected this year as members of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.

    Sahay is chief executive officer of alternative and renewable energy source development company S2KP Technologies and director of Alternate Energy Solutions Private Ltd., in Ranchi, India. An ASME Fellow, Sahay has served in a number of leadership positions within ASME, including member of the Board of Governors from 2006-2009, and chair of the Electronics Manufacturing Division from 1997-2001. He also served as vice chair of the Manufacturing Engineering Division, vice chair of Technology and Management, vice president of ASME's Mid-Atlantic Region, chair of the Southern Tier Section, member of the Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee, and representative to the NCEE/Examinations for Professional Engineers Committee, among many other Society positions. Sahay received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1996, and has been an ASME member since 1982.

     

    Wilson K.S. Chiu, Ph.D..

    Wilson K.S. Chiu, Ph.D.
    Wilson K.S. Chiu, Ph.D., a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, was also elected for Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering membership. His research focuses on heat and mass transfer with chemical reactions, with applications to materials for sustainable energy applications (fuel cell, battery, CO2 gas separation membrane, electrolyzer, solar cell), carbon nano-materials, photonics, and semiconductors.

    Chiu is a member of the ASME Advanced Energy Systems Division's executive committee, chair of the division's Technical Committee on Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, past chair of the ASME Heat Transfer Division K-15 Technical Committee on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing and Materials Processing, and associate editor for the ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, and the International Journal of Thermal Sciences. A member of ASME since 1991, Chiu received the ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat Transfer in 2006.

    The newly elected members will be introduced at the Academy's 38th Annual Meeting and Dinner on May 22 at Quinnipiac University in Hamden. Election to the Academy is on the basis of scientific and engineering distinction achieved through significant contributions in theory or applications, as demonstrated by original published books and papers, patents, the pioneering of new and developing fields and innovative products, outstanding leadership of nationally recognized technical teams, and external professional awards in recognition of scientific and engineering excellence.

     

    Subra Suresh, Sc.D.

    Subra Suresh, Sc.D.
    ASME Fellow Subra Suresh, Sc.D., On Feb. 5th, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh announced that he will step down from his current role at NSF at the end of March to accept an appointment as Carnegie Mellon University's ninth president, effective July. In a note to NSF staff, Dr. Suresh said, "It has been my extraordinary honor to lead the National Science Foundation, which is blessed with a marvelous cohort of highly talented and devoted staff, as well as hundreds of thousands of innovative grantees and investigators from every field of science and engineering. I am grateful for the opportunity to serve the country in this capacity." Commenting on Suresh's accomplishments as NSF Director, John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said, "I want to thank Subra Suresh for his outstanding service as Director of the National Science Foundation. Subra has made critical contributions to a broad range of science and technology priorities, including expanding federal investments in fundamental research, accelerating the commercialization of university research, and strengthening our scientific collaborations with partners around the world." Suresh, an ASME Fellow and recipient of ASME's Nadai Medal (2011) and the Timoshenko Medal (2012), was nominated in 2010 by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to lead NSF, a $7 billion independent federal agency charged with advancing all fields of fundamental science and engineering research and related education. Previously, Suresh served as dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has been on leave as the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at MIT while serving as NSF Director. Suresh has been an ASME member since 1985.

     

    David Go, Ph.D.

    David Go, Ph.D.
    ASME Fellow David Go, Ph.D., David Go, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a recipient of the 2013 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. The award is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to young faculty in engineering and science. Go was one of three faculty members from Notre Dame who were honored with the award this year. Go, who was also selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for the 2011 Young Investigator Program, joined the University in 2008. His CAREER project, titled "Low Temperature Microplasmas for Thermal Energy Conversion, Education, and Outreach," aims to establish a new technique to directly convert heat — from the sun, a nuclear reaction or the waste heat from an industrial process — to electricity. Go is investigating thermionic energy conversion, where electrons are ejected from a hot metal and collected by a cool metal to form current, and how to enhance it with a microplasma to make the technique more suitable for terrestrial applications. An ionized gas between the hot and cold surfaces, the microplasma will increase the number of electrons emitted from the hot surface, as well as improve the transport of electrons from the hot to cold surface.

    In addition to the fundamental studies conducted as part of this project, Go will also continue a water discovery and analysis program that he initiated with local middle schools. The co-owner of several patents, Go is a member of ASME, the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Society for Mass Spectrometry and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. A graduate of Notre Dame, earning his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 2001, Go also earned a master's degree in 2004 in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering in 2008 from Purdue University. He joined ASME in 2004.

     

    Shmuel Einav

    Shmuel Einav
    ASME Fellow Shmuel Einav, P.E., Ph.D., has received one of the most prestigious annual awards given to an Israeli scientist — the Mifal Hapayis Landau Prize for Scientific Research — for his lifetime achievements in cardiovascular biomedical engineering. Dr. Einav, a professor of biomedical engineering at Stony Brook University, and the Herbert J. Berman Chair for Vascular Bioengineering at Tel Aviv University, received the 2012 Landau at a ceremony in Israel late last month. Established in Israel in 1970, the Landau Prize recognizes achievements and influence of Israeli scholars who have made significant advances in their fields and valuable contributions to the development of science and research. Previous winners include internationally recognized scientists such as Ada Yonat of the Weizmann Institute, and Aaron Ciechanover of the Technion, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. According to the Mifal Hapayis judges, Einav received the Landau Prize because of his “innovative achievements and groundbreaking medical research, initiating and constructing the field of Biomedical Engineering in Israel and worldwide, for his contributions to the advancement of research in Cardiovascular Medicine for the benefit of mankind, the development of instructional programs in Biomedical Engineering in Israel and worldwide, teaching and instructing many generations of engineers, scientists and physicians, and extensive public advocacy.” The organization cited that as a world authority in biomedical engineering, Einav is “credited with breakthroughs on blood flow and cardiac activity, computational approaches to assess the severity of the disease and efficacy of treatment, and the development of medical devices and implantable systems for the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and blood vessels.” Among the cardiovascular medical devices and systems created by Einav are heart valves, ventricular assist devices, total artificial heart, a method for opening blocked arteries, diagnosing vulnerable plaques, and the use of nanotechnologies for recovery and regeneration of blood vessels. He is also the holder of numerous patents, including an intra-aortic pumping apparatus, a method for determining the degree of occlusion and elasticity in blood vessels, and a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of flow. Einav has been an ASME member since 1973.

     

    Shapour Azarm

    Shapour Azarm
    Shapour Azarm, P.E., Ph.D., was recently named editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. Azarm is the director of the Design Decision Support Lab and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park. His research concerns models and methods for Design for Market Systems (DMS), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO). Azarm, an ASME Fellow who received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, has had more than 30 articles published in the Journal of Mechanical Design (formerly the Journal of Mechanisms, Transmissions, and Automation in Design). He served as an associate editor of the Journal for three terms: 1993-1995, 2003-2006, and 2006-2009. He served as a guest editor/co-editor of two special issues of the Journal of Mechanical Design. One of these special issues was on “Robust and Reliability Based Design” that appeared in July 2006, and the other on “Designing Complex Engineered Systems” that appeared in October 2011. An advisory board member for the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, he is also an associate editor of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization and Mechanics-Based Design of Structures and Machines, and an editorial board member for the International Journal of Reliability and Safety. Azarm is an operating board member of the ASME Systems and Design Group, a member-at-large of the ASME Committee on Division Operations and Training, member and past chair of the ASME Design Engineering Division (DED) Advisory Committee, and past chair of the ASME Design Automation Committee, among many other Society positions. In 2007, he received the ASME Design Automation Award for his “sustained and meritorious contributions to research in design automation, specifically in computational design optimization and engineering design decision making.” With two of his students, he received the Best Paper Award in the 2009 ASME Design Automation Conference. Azarm has been an ASME member since 1985.

     

    Alma Martinez Fallon

    Alma Martinez Fallon
    Alma Martinez Fallon, director of supply chain procurement for Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, is a recipient of an Inside Business 2012 Women in Business Achievement Award. Fallon was presented with the award during a banquet held last month in Newport News, Va. Women in Business Achievement Award recipients are selected by a panel of judges that reviews nominations from the public. The award program was launched 10 years ago by Inside Business, the Hampton Roads business journal, to celebrate women who are successful in their careers, have made a significant impact on the business community and local economy, and have served as mentors and examples to others. The weekly business publication honored 25 community leaders with the award this year. Fallon is responsible for about $1billion in material annually, subcontracting and service requirements for all programs at NNS, and joint procurement with General Dynamics Electric Boat, NNS' partner in the building of Virginia-class submarines. She is also a visible leader in the engineering profession. Fallon was the national president of the Society of Women Engineers in 2004 and is a senior life member of the organization. She is currently a member on the ASME Committee on Finance and Investment. An ASME Fellow, Fallon is also a former member of the Society's Board of Governors, a former chair of the Nominating Committee, and a former member of the Committee on Staff, among many other Society posts. Fallon also served as the 2007 chair of the American Association of Engineering Societies. Fallon, an ASME member since 1987, received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2002.

     

    Sinan Keten

    Sinan Keten
    ASME member Sinan Keten, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, has been awarded the ASME Applied Mechanics Division's Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant. The award honors university faculty engaged in research in theoretical and applied mechanics that are at the beginning of their academic careers. Prof. Keten received his Ph.D. from MIT and joined Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science in the fall of 2010. Keten's research currently focuses on using molecular modeling and theory to rapidly discover bioinspired materials that utilize building blocks and design strategies that are found in nature. The specific focus of this project is a new class of synthetic peptide nanostructures that are called polymer-conjugated cyclic peptide nanotubes (pc-CPNs). The knowledge gained from these studies will potentially have an impact on selective membrane technologies that are needed for advancements in water purification, batteries, fuel cells and carbon dioxide capture. His theoretical research is carried out in close collaboration with synthesis and experimental efforts by Ting Xu, associate professor of materials science and chemistry at University of California, Berkeley, and Brett Helms, staff scientist in the Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis Facility at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry. The team's research was recently selected as one of the 14 projects that will receive funding by the National Science Foundation under the federal Materials Genome Initiative (www.whitehouse.gov/mgi). Keten has been an ASME member since 2009.

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