
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical Engineering
Roger L. McCarthy Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Email: [email protected]
Degrees
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin, 1977
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin, 1975
B.E., Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1974
Research Interests
Computational mechanics including mechanics of composite materials, structural design optimization, analysis of material processing; development of computational methods for composite mechanics using the homogenization method; topology and shape optimization of elastic structures; development of adaptive remesh methods for simulation of metal forming processes.
Honors & Awards
- Doctor honoris causa of Universite de Liege, 2008
- Vehicle Design Committee Best Paper Award (with Associate Research Scientist Zheng Dong Ma and Christophe Pierre, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003
- Design and System Engineering Achievement Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002
- Computational Mechanics Achievements Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999
- Excellence in Research Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, 1994
- The Best Paper Award, ASME Design & Automation Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1993
- Outstanding Research Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, 1993
- Excellence in Research Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, 1992
- Distinguished Research Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 1991
- Distinguished Service Award, Class of 1983, College of Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1984
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, The University of Michigan, 1982
- ARCO Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, ARCO Oil & Gas Company, 1981
- Incentive Award, Japan Society of Civil Engineering, 1981
Faculty Type
Emeritus
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