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Volker Sick

Volker Sick
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Vice President for Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering, UMOR
Co-Director, General Motors Engine Systems Research Collaborative Research Laboratory
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Address

2007 AL (W.E. Lay Auto Lab)
1231 Beal
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2133
Email
vsick@umich.edu
Phone
(734) 647-9607

Degrees

Habilitation Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, 1997
Dr. rer. nat., University of Heidelberg, 1992

Research Interests

Development and application of laser-based and other optical measurement techniques to enable studies of mass and energy transfer at high pressures and high temperatures in mechanically restricted and vibrating environments, such as present in IC engines, stationary combustion, and multi-phase mixing processes.

Honors and Awards

Master’s Mentoring Award, Rackham, 2012
International Leadership Citation, SAE, 2012
Education Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2012
Silver Combustion Medal of the Combustion Institute, 2008
Michigan Leadership Advisor of the Year Award (for work with the Formula SAE team), The University of Michigan, 2007
Service Excellence Award, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 2007-08
Outstanding Student Group Advisor Award, CoE Epeians, 2006
Harold C. Simmons Award with James D. Smith, Institute for Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, 2006
Distinguished Paper Award with Claudia M. Fajardo, The Combustion Institute, 2006
Faculty of the Term, Pi Tau Sigma, Michigan Pi Rho Chapter, 2006
Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2003
Excellence in oral presentation, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2002, 2004
Teaching Incentive Award for outstanding performance in education, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001
Teaching Incentive Award for outstanding performance in education, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1999
Forest McFarland Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1999
Venia Legendi and Privatdozent, University of Heidelberg, 1997
Research Fellowship, German Science Foundation, 1994-1995

Faculty Type

Tenured and Tenure-Track

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Sick receives ASME Internal Combustion Engine Award

This award recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished contribution over a substantial period of time, which may result from research, innovation, or education in advancing the art of engineering in the field of internal combustion engines

Sick receives prestigious Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship

The honor is given to faculty who have made outstanding contributions to undergraduate education

Sick appointed Associate Vice President for Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering

This appointment is effective September 1, 2012, pending approval by the Board of Regents

Sick Receives Rackham Master's Mentoring Award

This award was established to honor and encourage the efforts and accomplishments of faculty who serve as distinguished mentors to master's degree students