New Instructional Faculty
Volker Sick Volker Sick
 Ho Sung Lee |
 Mostafa G. Mehrabi |
 Derek Michael Yip-Hoi |
New Instructional Faculty | ||||
| Volker Sick Volker Sick |
Associate Professor (effective 09-01-97), received his doctor of natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) degree at the Physical Chemistry Institute of the University of Heidelberg in Germany in 1992. He most recently served as a senior research sc
ientist at the Physical Chemistry Institute in Germany, where he was also the head of the 2D imaging research group. His primary research area focuses on the quantitative analysis of technical combustion processes using laser-based diagnostic techniques.
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New Primary | ||||
| Ho Sung Lee | Assistant Research Scientist (effective 09-01-97), formerly a MEAM Research Investigator. | |||
| Mostafa (Moses) G. Mehrabi | Assistant Research Scientist (effective 01-01-98), formerly a MEAM Visiting Research Investigator. | |||
| Derek Michael Yip-Hoi | (PhD '97) Assistant Research Scientist (effective 01-21-98), formerly a MEAM Research Fellow. | |||
Promotions | ||||
| Faculty | ||||
| Jun Ni | Associate Professor with tenure, to Professor with tenure (effective 09-01-97). | |||
| Christophe Pierre | Associate Professor with tenure, to Professor with tenure (effective 09-01-97). | |||
| Grétar Tryggvason | Associate Professor with tenure, to Professor with tenure (effective 09-01-97). | |||
| Jingxia Yuan | Assistant Research Scientist, to Associate Research Scientist (effective 09-01-97). | |||
| Staff | ||||
| Susan Clair | Office Assistant IV, to Administrative Assistant II (effective 01-01-98). | |||
| Pam Fitzgerald | Academic Secretary IV, to Executive Secretary (effective 12-01-97). | |||
| Murrie Green | Engineering Technician II, to Engineering Technician III (effective 01-01-98). | |||
| Maribel Munguia | Academics Services Secretary III, to Academic Secretary IV (effective 05-01-98). | |||
| Mike Napolitan | Office Assistant IV, to Coordinator, Building Services (effective 01-01-98). | |||
Retirements | ||||
| Faculty | ||||
| Kenneth C. Ludema | (BSE IE '55, MSE '56, PhD '63) Professor, retired (effective 05-31-98 from the MEAM faculty after a distinguished career spanning 35 years as an excellent educator and leading scholar in the field of tribology. He has received several award s, including the 1993 Tribology Gold Medal by the International Tribology Council and MEAM's 1995 Excellence in Research Award. He is the co-author of Manufacturing Engineering: Economics and Processes, and the author of the newly released, Friction, Wear , and Lubrication: A Textbook in Tribology. | |||
| Staff | ||||
| Duncan Kaufmann | Engineering Technician II, retired after almost twelve years of service with MEAM (effective 01-31-98). | |||
| Beverly Pyle | Academic Secretary III, retired after almost 29 years of service with MEAM (effective 05-01-98). |
| photos: U-M MEAM CPO / Shekinah Errington |
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Professor Kenneth C. Ludema's latest research in tribology focuses on the dynamics of film growth on sliding parts in engines, films which form from the special constituents in oil and allowing an engine to last well beyond 200,000 miles. |