A Message from ME Department Chair Professor Dennis Assanis: A Reflection on the Past Year
It truly feels like "only yesterday" that I assumed the position of the ME Department Chair in January 2002. As I reflect on the past year -- and, inevitably, the past five years -- I am filled with both pride and humility... (full story)
Galip Ulsoy Elected to NAE
Professor A. Galip Ulsoy has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Academy membership recognizes engineers who have made significant contributions to engineering research, practice or education... (full story)
Epureanu, Ulsoy Earn Outstanding Achievement Awards
Assistant Professor Bogdan Epureanu and Professor A. Galip Ulsoy earned Outstanding Achievement awards from the ME department for their significant contributions to the area of Dynamics, Systems and Controls... (full story)
Krishna Garikipati Completes Humboldt Fellowship
Associate Professor Krishna Garikipati is completing a 16-month Humboldt Research Fellowship. The prestigious and competitive fellowships are given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to promising scientists in early stages of their careers... (full story)
Ellen Arruda Named Centennial Fellow
Professor Ellen M. Arruda has been named a Centennial Fellow by the Pennsylvania State University Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics... (full story)
Hong Im Receives Ralph R. Teetor Award
Associate Professor Hong G. Im has earned the Society of Automotive Engineer's Ralph R. Teetor Award. The award is bestowed by the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Fund to allow educators to interact with practicing engineers so that they can in turn inspire students to pursue careers in mobility engineering... (full story)
Jwo Pan Named SAE Fellow
The Society of Automotive Engineers has named Professor Jwo Pan a fellow. Pan was one of 32 members who earned the designation in 2006. The membership grade of fellow honors those who have made a significant impact on society's mobility technology through research, innovation or creative leadership... (full story)
ME Manufacturing Sets the Pace with Awards
Professor Yoram Koren and Professor Jyotirmoy Mazumder have earned prestigious awards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for their paradigm-shifting work in the field of manufacturing engineering... (full story)
William W. Schultz Appointed to NSF Position
Professor William W. Schultz has been appointed director of the Fluid Dynamics and Hydraulics (FDH) program of the National Science Foundation... (full story)
Professor Volker Sick Named Faculty Advisor of the Year by Student Affairs
The classic definition of a faculty advisor's role with a student group is to assist the group, whatever the need... (full story)
One Advisor + Two Generations = Unique ME Experience
For Professor Panos Papalambros, it might have seemed like déja vu all over again when he advised PhD candidates Zhifang Li and her younger sister Zhijun Li... (full story)
Senior Engineering Technician Jerry Polashak Retires
The ME 395 and 495 labs won't be the same since Senior Engineering Technician Jerry Polashak retired last August after 22 years in the Mechanical Engineering Department... (full story)
Professor Jun Ni, Shien-Ming (Sam) Wu Professor of Manufacturing Science
Professor Jun Ni received his B.S. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and earned his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984 and 1987, respectively... (full story)
Alan Wineman Receives Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award
Professor Alan Wineman was honored as a recipient of University of Michigan's 2006 Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award at a dinner held on Oct. 4 in Rackham Assembly Hall... (full story)
Professor Jan Shi: A Focus on Quality
Professor Jianjun (Jan) Shi wears many hats, all of them related to quality. In 2006 Shi assumed the directorship of the Program In Manufacturing, for which he had served as a council member since the program's inception... (full story)
Changes in the Guard
The department extends thanks to three outgoing administrators and welcomes three new ones... (full story)
Sue Gow Celebrates 40 Years of Service
Sue Gow, Undergraduate Student Advisor in the Academic Services Office, may not be "ancient"--although she jokes that she is--"I'm always telling people I'm older than dirt," she said...(full story)
Marcy Brighton Chosen as Finalist for Distinguished Staff Service Award
Marcella (Marcy) Nautsch Brighton, ME department manager, was chosen as a finalist for the University of Michigan Workplace 2006 Distinguished Service Award... (full story)