Alumni Society
Merit Award

Christopher, San Mateo, CA

William P. Sommers
(BSE ME '55, ME '56, PhD '61), President and Chief Executive Officer of SRI International, for his contributions in the arenas of research, development, and management over the last 40 years. MEAM applauds his expertise in world-wide technology commercialization projects, consulting, and stimulating new areas of cross-disciplinary research between engineering and medicine. He is a f ormer research associate with U-M's Institute of Science and Technology (IST) and
a former member of the CoE's National Advisory Committee (NAC).

Excellence in Research

Arvind Atreya
Professor, for his experimental and theoretical research in combustion and combustion-related pollution. His work has made significant contributions to the socioeconomic and environmental knowledge base in pursuit of a more productive, healthful, and sustainable world.

Elijah Kannatey-Asibu, Jr.
Professor, for his prolific research in material processing applications for lasers, as well as intelligent welding systems, and a variety of other manufacturing process issues.

Excellence in Service

David E. Cole
(BSE ME '60, BSE M '60, MSE '61, PhD '66) Research Scientist, UMTRI; and Joint Appointment as Associate Professor, MEAM, for the outstanding outreach activities of the Office for the Study of Automotive Trans-portation (OSAT), and his annual Management Briefing Seminars. He brings great national and international recognition to the Department, College, and University through his authoritative comments on the scientific and cultural issues of the automotive industry.

Donald E. Geister
(BS AA '57, MSE Aero '63) Research Scientist and Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering; and Joint Appointment as Lecturer, MEAM, for his seminal contributions to the development of computer and information technology at the Department, College, and University. For 25 years, he has been a guiding force in keeping our Department on the technological leading edge. At the same time he has been a mentor and teacher toa generation of students and re-searchers in design, manufacturing, and instrumentation.

Excellence in Teaching

Dionissios (Dennis) N. Assanis
Professor, for hisoutstanding teaching of combustion, fluid mechanics, and heat transferat both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Dawn M. Tilbury
Assistant Professor, for her pioneering development of Web-based learning techniques in control systems education.

Special Recognition

Steven A. Goldstein
(MS '77, PhD '81) Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School; Joint Appointment as Professor, MEAM; Joint Appointment as Professor, Biomedical Engineering; and Joint Appointment as Research Scientist, Institute of Gerontology, for his internationally acclaimed research in tissue engineering, the relationships between bone and soft tissues, and other orthopædic biomechanical phe-nomena. His laboratory and technology transfer outreach program continually attracts the highest caliber of researchers.

Robert M. Caddell Memorial Award

S. Jack Hu
(MSE '86, PhD '90) Associate Professor, received the Faculty Research Achievement Award.

Excellence in
Staff Service

Michael Napolitan
Coordinator of Building Services, for his exemplary support service to the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.

Dianne Van Hoosear
Academic Secretary III, for her exemplary support service to the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.