Fall 1999
[What's Inside]
[MEAM Family sees double- Twice!]
[Faculty Notes]
[Dennis N. Assanis named Thurnau Professor]
[Tribute to Herman J. Merte, Jr.]
[Tribute to Gene E. Smith]
[Professor Perkins Named Undergraduate Program Director]
[Two MEAM Faculty receive NSF Career Awards]
[MEAM Welcomes New Faculty Member Gillespie]
[Alumnus Hall Endows Undergraduate Scholarship Fund]
[Student Notes]
[Alumni/ae News]
[Staff Notes] [Top 5] [Seminar Series] [What's Your Vision?] [Dear Mechanica] [Credits]
Another Great Seminar Series

MEAM hosted renowned experts in mechanical engineering from around the country during its successful 1998­99 Seminar Series, thanks to coordinators Assistant Professor Karl Grosh, and Associate Professors William W. SchultzVolker Sick. Top: Associate Professor Volker Sick greets speaker Dr. Anthony Dean from Exxon. Second from top: Professor Farrokh Mistree, Georgia Technical University, speaks to a full house. Middle: MEAM attracted prestigious speakers from its peer institutions, including Professor John Hutchinson, Harvard University. Second from bottom: MEAM students had an opportunity to talk with Ann Hoger, professor of Solid Mechanics, University of California­ San Diego, after her presentation. Bottom: James Sneyd, professor of Mathematics at U-M, brings his expertise in another discipline to MEAM. If you have any input for the 1999­2000 Seminar Series, please con- tact coordinators Assistant Professors Kazu Saitou and Margaret S. Wooldridge.






Mechanica: Fall 1999