Kenn Oldham, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
ASME Fellows are members of the organization who “have been responsible for significant engineering achievements, and shall have not less than 10 years of active practice and 10 years of corporate membership in ASME.”
“Becoming an ASME Fellow reminds me of the first talk of ASME I heard as an undergraduate, and becoming aware that there could be an entity focused directly on mechanical engineering and the opportunity to make an impact not just through one engineer’s work, but through a community that follows a great many paths to improve how we live,” Oldham said.
Established in 1880, ASME is a long-standing professional organization that promotes the role of engineers in society by encouraging collaboration and skill development across engineering disciplines. Oldham joins approximately 3,000 of ASME’s more than 75,000 active members to be recognized as a Fellow.
ASME members are nominated for Fellowship by other members and Fellows. Fellowship is conferred by the ASME Committee of Past Presidents.
“My particular thanks to Karl Grosh and Ellen Arruda for their support during this process, and also to the many people I have worked with in the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division,” Oldham said.
Oldham is the principal investigator of the Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory in the area of microsystems. His research focuses on using principles from the fields of dynamic systems and controls to enable new capabilities from micro- and small-scale transducers.
Major applications of Oldham’s research have included terrestrial micro-robotics and micro-manipulators, microendoscopy instruments for early cancer and disease detection, physiological sensors for use in acute and critical care, and high-accuracy micro-stages.
