ME Community ME Annual Report 2020-2021

The U-M ME community stuck together to adjust to our new normal in 2020-2021. We weathered the loss of one of our own, renowned scholar and world-leader in laser-based manufacturing Professor Jyoti Mazumder, and welcomed the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering Vijay Kumar as our 2021 Korybalski lecturer. Students returned to campus for in-person learning, but to remain as safe as possible, we held graduation virtually.

U-M ME Undergraduate Virtual Commencement 2021

U-M ME Master's and PhD Virtual Commencement 2021

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Soundcloud DEI Podcast

This past year, the ME DEI Committee sat down with a different member of the ME community each week during Black History Month.

UM Mechanical Engineering · U-M ME Black History Month Series: 1. David Kwabi, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
UM Mechanical Engineering · U-M ME Black History Month Series: 2. Kaitlyn Mallet, Doctoral Graduate of UM Mechanical Engineering
UM Mechanical Engineering · U-M ME Black History Month Series: 3. Alec D. Gallimore, Dean of the College of Engineering
UM Mechanical Engineering · U-M ME Black History Month Series: 4. Kaila Crosse, Recent Undergraduate Alum

New ME Faculty

Hugo Gonzalez (9/1/2022)
Hugo Gonzalez (9/1/2022)
Assistant Professor
James Holly, Jr. (08/30/21)
James Holly, Jr. (08/30/21)
Assistant Professor
Julia Kramer (8/28/2023)
Julia Kramer (8/28/2023)
Assistant Professor
Sita Syal (8/29/2022)
Sita Syal (8/29/2022)
Assistant Professor
Wenda Tan (8/30/2021)
Wenda Tan (8/30/2021)
Assistant Professor

Retiring ME Faculty

Claus Borgnakke
Claus Borgnakke (1977-2021)
Sridhar Kota
Sridhar Kota (1987-2021)
Jun Ni
Jun Ni (1987-2021)
Noel Perkins
Noel Perkins (1987-2021)
Alan Wineman
Alan Wineman (1964-2021)

New ME Staff

Kacie Cadotte
Kacie Cadotte
UG Academic Advisor
Kemal Duran
Kemal Duran
Design Instruction Engineer
Denise Fortune
Denise Fortune
Research Administrator
Andrea Fulton
Andrea Fulton
Admin Assistant
Colin Jones
Colin Jones
Facilities Assistant
Murray LaPointe
Murray LaPointe
Desktop Support Specialist
Dan McGuire
Dan McGuire
Research Administrator
Ayana Richardson
Ayana Richardson
Research Administrator Sr
Dani Sanchez
Dani Sanchez
Admin Assistant