MEAM Annual Report 1995­1996

Faculty and Staff News

New Faculty
Liwei Lin, assistant professor, received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley in 1993. His research interests include design, silicon microprocessors, and microactuators.

Jyotirmoy (Jyoti) Mazumder, professor, received his Ph.D. in Process Metallurgy from Imperial College, London University, in 1978. His research area is transforming the field of materials processing by laser from a technological art to scientifically based engineering.


Faculty Numbers and Replacement


Promotions
Arvind Atreya, associate professor to professor with tenure
Steven L. Ceccio, assistant professor to associate professor with tenure
Jeffrey L. Stein, associate professor to professor with tenure

Departures
Mehrdad Haghi, assistant professor, has left the Department and joined Failure Analysis Associates of Los Angeles, CA.
David K. Felbeck, professor emeritus, retired in May of 1996, after 35 years of service.
Robert B. Keller, associate professor emeritus, retired in December of 1995, after 34 years of service.

In Memoriam
Howard Rex Colby, professor emeritus, died February 27, 1996, in Ann Arbor, MI. Professor Colby served on the faculty from 1947 to 1978, when he was placed on extended sick leave. He retired in 1983. Colby, a U.S. Navy veteran, was a dedicated educator, who assisted in the establishment of the Engineering Division of the U-M Dearborn Campus. He was 77.

Teresa Combs, administrative assistant in the Biomechanics Research Laboratory for eight years, died June 25, 1996, in Detroit, MI. She was a member of the MEAM main office staff prior to joining Biomechanics. Combs had taken an extended medical leave in 1994. She is survived by her husband, Merrill, and her children, Teela and Colton. She was 38.