awards – Page 5 – Mechanical Engineering

ME graduate students awarded 2023 NSF GRFP Awards
06/30/2023

Seven U-M ME graduate students have received Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2023.

Material simulation with quantum accuracy wins Gordon Bell Prize
11/17/2023

The prestigious award offered by the Association for Computing Machinery goes to the team of U-M mechanical engineering professor Vikram Gavini.

Margaret Wooldridge named senior fellow of Michigan Society of Fellows
11/15/2023

The Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was founded in 1970 by seven U-M faculty members, including then-president Robben Fleming, to stimulate cross-disciplinary awareness and exchange.

James Holly, Jr. receives NSF CAREER Award for work in engineering education
10/25/2023

Holly, Jr.’s project, “Learning from Black Intellectualism: Broadening Epistemic Foundations in Engineering Education to Empower Black Students and Faculty,” aims to change how engineering is taught and thought about.

Ultrasonic Imaging to Assess Reactor Parts
08/10/2023

Funded with $1 million from the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Partnerships program, ME professor, Serife Tol, will be developing a quality assessment method for nuclear reactor parts using advanced ultrasonic imaging.

ME associate professor receives Henry Russel Award
07/31/2023

Elliott Rouse is a recipient of this year’s Henry Russel Awards, the university’s highest honor for early or mid-career faculty members.

Kon-Well Wang named A. Galip Ulsoy Distinguished University Professor
07/21/2023

This appointment “recognizes his extensive and outstanding scholarly achievements, his commitment to excellence in education for his students, and his extensive contributions to the University of Michigan and beyond.”

ME professor elected to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering
07/07/2023

Jianping Fu has been elected to the IAMBE, class of 2023. Fellows of the IAMBE “are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering.”

ME professor receives ASEE Ralph Coats Roe Award
06/09/2023

Volker Sick has received the Ralph Coats Roe Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. This award recognizes a mechanical engineering educator who is an outstanding teacher and who has made notable professional contributions in any of a variety of ways for at least a decade.

ME associate professor receives 2023 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
06/08/2023

Neil Dasgupta has received a 2023 Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, which honors Michigan faculty that have acted as outstanding mentors to their doctoral students.