Professor, Mechanical Engineering
ME Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Lead
Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department
Mentoring Plan
Address
3646 GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 764-9414
Degrees
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1994
M.S., Engineering Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1988
B.S., Engineering Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1985
Research Interests
Cochlear mechanics and hearing; acoustic and vibrational transducers; prosthetics and sensors for biomedical applications; MEMS; distributed, active metamaterials; mechanics and computational mechanics; structural acoustics.
Research Areas
Biomechanics & Biosystems Engineering, Dynamics & Vibrations, Multi-scale Computation
Honors & Awards
- Engineering Translational Research Fund Award, 2009
- Fellow, Acoustical Society of America, 2009
- Education Excellence Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2007-08
- Tau Beta Pi
- Faculty Achievement Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004
- Excellence Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2003-2004
- Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research, 1999
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1999
- Panhellenic Teaching Excellence Award, U-M, Order of Omega, 1999
- Best Student Paper in Noise: "Design and effectiveness of in-line tuning cables for quieting hydraulic power units," John M. Dodson, David R. Dowling and Karl Grosh, 131 Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, May 1996
- Graduated with Honors and High Distinction, Pennsylvania State University, 1985
- George F. Wislicenus Undergraduate Assistant, 1983-1985
- Walter Jaunzemis Memorial Award, Pennsylvania State University, 1984
Faculty Type
Tenured and Tenure-Track
Related News
Six College of Engineering Awards Accepted by ME Faculty
01/22/2020
ARC Team, Shanna Daly, Karl Grosh, Wai Lu, Chinedum Okwudire, Michael Umbriac, all have accepted College of Engineering Awards.
Outstanding Achievement in Noise Control and Acoustics Wins Award for ME Professor
06/20/2019
Karl Grosh is the 2019 ASME winner of the Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control and Acoustics.
Grosh and Littrell's company Vesper making news
12/16/2016
Vesper announced that it has closed on a $15 million Series A round led by Accomplice with participation also coming from Amazon's Alexa Fund, Hyperplane, Miraenano Tech, and other investors
Understanding cochlear mechanics to better replicate natural hearing
04/21/2016
Understanding the different ways that the cochlea responds to sound is the problem that Ph.D. student Aritra Sasmal and others in Professor Grosh's Dynamics and Vibrations Laboratory are tackling
Grosh Elected ASA Fellow
11/19/2009
NSF Site Features Research of Karl Grosh
08/09/2007