Faculty and Staff Honors
Sandra K. Ackerman Award of Merit, SE Michigan Chapter, Society for Technical Communication for Mechanica.
James A. Ashton-Miller University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Outstanding Research Scientist Award, 1994.
Diann E. Brei Pi Tau Sigma, Professor of the Term, MEAM, Winter 1995.
Rodney L. Hill Best of Show & Distinguished Technical Communication Award, SE Michigan Chapter, Society for Technical Communication for 125 Years of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, 1992/93 Annual Report.
Margaret L. Hostetler Award of Merit, SE Michigan Chapter, Society for Technical Communication for Mechanica, Best of Show & Distinguished Technical Communication Award, SE Michigan Chapter, Society for Technical Communication for 125 Years of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, 1992/93 Annual Report.
Kenneth C. Ludema Mayo D. Hersey Award of ASME, ASME/STLE Tribology Conference, Orlando, FL, 1995, the highest national award for contributions to the advancement of lubrication science and engineering.
Albert B. Schultz 1994 Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, U-M; 1995 Distinguished Lecturer in Biomechanical Engineering, Stanford University, California.
Dawn Tilbury Undergraduate Computational Science Education Award from the Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Science Project of Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, recognized for her paper, "An Introduction to Using Matlab for Control System Design."
A. Galip Ulsoy Invited Lecturer, Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series, 1995; Best Presentation Award (with Tom Pilutti), 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle.
Wen-Jei Yang Keynote Lecturer, 7th International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, Capri, Italy, 1995; Plenary Lecturer, 6th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, Singapore, 1995; Honorary Invited Member, Heat Transfer Society of Japan, 1995.

Departmental Awards

Excellence in Teaching
Ellen M. Arruda, for her work in launching the new course ME 396.

Mehrdad Haghi, for his work in launching the new course ME 396.

Sridhar Kota, for making ME450 one of the CoE's showcase educational activities.

Allen C. Ward, for making ME450 one of the CoE's showcase educational activities. Christophe Pierre,< font color="#006666">for the highly successful faculty recruitment effort he conducted as Chair of the Faculty Search Committee.

Excellence in Research Award
Kenneth C. Ludema, for his international recognition as a leading authority in tribology.

Jun Ni, for his national recognition as a leading young researcher, exemplified by his selection as Presidential Faculty Fellow, the only one at U-M.

Excellence in Service Award
James R. Barber, for his continuing efforts to strengthen the position and quality of our graduate program.

Christophe Pierre, for the highly successful faculty recruitment effort he conducted as Chair of the Faculty Search Committee.

Staff Excellence Award
Pat Ferullo, for outstanding service to the department. Rosalind Harden, for outstanding service to the department.

Marcy Nautsch, for outstanding service to the department.