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Steve Skerlos

Steve Skerlos
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Address

3001F EECS (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)
1301 Beal
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
Email
skerlos@umich.edu
Phone
(734) 615-5253

Degrees

Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2000
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1994

Research Interests

Environmental and sustainable technology systems; life cycle product design optimization; pollution prevention technologies for manufacturing; metalworking fluid formulation and performance; membrane filtration; supercritical fluid delivery of lubricants; biological detection and control in aqueous systems; technology policy analysis.

Honors and Awards

Second Place, Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, 2012
Neil Van Eenam Memorial Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Engineering, The University of Michigan, 2011
Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Award, 2009
Ralph Teetor Award, SAE, 2008
Kuo K. Wang Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2007
Education Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2006
Outstanding Student Group Advisor for Engineers Without Borders, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004
Gilbert Whitaker Award for the Improvement of Teaching, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 2003-2004
New Faces of Engineering, National Engineers Week, 2003
Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002
1938E Class Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002-2003
Robert Caddell Memorial Materials & Manufacturing Award (with Fu Zhao), 2002
Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2000

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track

Related News

Three NSFGRFP winners selected for the University of Michigan

This fellowship recognizes outstanding graduate students and includes three years of support for the winner's proposed studies

ME faculty spin-out company takes 2nd in statewide award

Born eight years ago in the ME laboratory of Professor Skerlos, the innovative and green technology of Fusion Coolant Systems has earned $150k and second place in the recent Accelerate Michigan Innovation competition

Skerlos Honored With Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship

The Board of Regents established the Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships in 1988 to recognize and reward faculty for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education

CAFE Standards Could Mean Bigger Cars, Not Smaller Ones

New fuel-economy standards would suggest cars are going to get much smaller and hybrids more prevalent. But according to ME Faculty Steve Skerlos, consumer demand for big cars would mean the opposite might become true

Engineering for the Greater Good: BLUElab Projects Make Lasting Impact

Student members of BLUElab, Better Living Using Engineering, are on a mission: to conceive, develop and lead projects that address real-world problems and have a lasting impact--locally, nationally and around the globe

ME Faculty Receive CoE Awards

Seven ME faculty have been honored with 2011 College of Engineering Awards.