Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Address
2436
GGB (George G. Brown Laboratory)
2350 Hayward
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
Email
Phone
(734) 936-0349
Degrees
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1995
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 1991
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1989
Research Interests
Combustion, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics including combustion synthesis; pollution mitigation; reburn and co-firing technologies; reaction kinetics; aerosol sampling and transport; optical diagnostics; gas dynamics.
Honors and Awards
Service Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2012
GM Technical Education Program (TEP) Outstanding Distance Learning Faculty Award, 2008
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2008
Education Excellence Award , College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2003-2004
Ralph R. Teetor Educator Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2001
Outstanding Achievement Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2000
Teaching Incentive Program Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1999
ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999
Career Development Award, U-M, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1999
Collier Service Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 1998
Frank Walk Service Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1997
Faculty Type
Tenured and Tenure-Track