Professor, Mechanical Engineering
ME Associate Chair for Facilities and Planning
Mentoring Plan
Address
3666 GGB
2350 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 647-7858
Degrees
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Princeton University, 2001
Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 1998
M.S., Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 1995
B.S., Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, 1994
Research Interests
Energy storage and electrochemistry; simulation of nano/microstructure evolution; mechanics in nano/micro systems; advanced manufacturing; mechanical properties and performance of advanced materials and relation to microstructures.
Research Areas
Energy, Mechanics & Materials, Micro/Nano Engineering, Multi-scale Computation
Honors & Awards
- George J. Huebner, Jr. Research Excellence Award, College of Engineering, 2020
- Creative, Innovative, Daring (C/I/D) Award, College of Engineering, 2019
- Ted Kennedy Family Faculty Team Excellence Award, College of Engineering, 2017
- Gustus L Larson Memorial Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014
- Distinguished Professor Award, Novelis and College of Engineering, 2014
- Department Achievement Award, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2013
- Invited to National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference, 2013
- Faculty Recognition Award, Rackham Graduate School, 2012
- Elected Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2012
- Invited to National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Conference, 2012
- Travel Award for Nanoelectronic Devices for Defense and Security Conference, 2009
- USNC/TAM-ICTAM Fellowship, US National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2008
- Summer Faculty Fellow, U.S. Air Force, 2007
- Robert M. Caddell Memorial Research Achievement Award, U-M College of Engineering MEAM, 2006
- Summer Faculty Fellow, U.S. Air Force, 2006
- Summer Faculty Fellow, U.S. Air Force, 2005
- Summer Institute Fellow, National Science Foundation, 2004
- CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2004
- MRS Gold Award for Graduate Research, Material Research Society, 2000
- Sayre Prize, Princeton University, 1999
- Robert J. McGrattan Literature Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1998
Faculty Type
Tenured and Tenure-Track
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Professor Wei Lu and PhD student Hossein Rokni's research focuses on the nanoscale probing of interaction in atomically thin layered materials.
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