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Department of Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics External Advisory Board

Meeting State of the Department September 22-24, 2013

MEEM EAB MeetingFall 2013

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Department Rankings Graduate Program ranked 49th nationally among 166

Doctoral Granting Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2014 U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Graduate Schools (ranked in 2013)

Undergraduate Program ranked 22nd nationally among Doctoral Granting Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2008 U.S. News & World Report: America’s Best Colleges


Department Rankings

National Science Foundation (NSF) ranks the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics 22nd in Research Expenditures in FY2010 amongst all Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. FY2010: $13.692 Million (latest rankings)

FY2011: $14.907 Million

Collaborative team of researchers developing greener flex-fuel hybrid engines, funded with a 1.5M grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission.


Department Statistics The largest Department at Michigan Tech Seventeenth* largest ME Department in BSME degrees

granted in the U.S. Among the Seventeen Largest ME Departments in the U.S. in

BSME degrees granted for Thirty Consecutive Years Four Spin-off Companies Forty Tenured & Tenure-track Faculty Enrollment (Fall 2012) (estimates)

o1241 Undergraduates o 303 Graduate Students o 203 MS Students o 100 PhD Students

ABET Accredited BSME * Source ASEE latest reported data

Faculty Hires Dr. Lucia Gauchia Babe was hired as an assistant

professor with a joint appointment in ECE (2/3) and ME-EM (1/3) department and named the Richard and Elizabeth Henes Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. She earned her PhD in 2009 from the University of

Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. From 2012-2013 she was a Post-Doctoral Research associate

at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. From 2010-2012 she was an assistant professor, University of

Carlos III of Madrid, Spain. Her energy storage systems from the more traditional ones to

smart grids, such as renewable energy, electric & hybrid electric vehicles,


Faculty Honors Dr. Bo Chen was promoted to associate

professor with tenure and named the Dave house Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering

Dr. Seong-Young Lee was promoted to associate professor with tenure

Dr. Desheng (Dennis) Meng was promoted to associate professor with tenure

Dr. John H. Johnson was selected to receive the 2013 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Award


Staff Awards William Langdon (Senior Design Training

Specialst) received the Innovative Solutions Award, at the Michigan Tech Making a Difference Ceremony, January 9, 2013.


Chris Passerello will retire at the end of this academic year after 35 years at Michigan Tech

Michael LaCourt will retire on October 10, 2013 after over 35 years of service at Michigan Tech

Paul Kipela will retire on September 28, 2013 after over 36 years of service at Michigan Tech


Student Awards MEEM International Senior Design teams 7 (Reid

Barber, Stephanie Boomgaard, Ben Cottrill, Miriam Paquet, and Kevin Peterson) & 8 (Ruth Fisher, James Hartel, Bobby Pizzey, David Weyland) traveled to India to discuss their progress and receive feedback on their research the week of March 12, 2013. Team 7 met Dr. Anil Jain of the Dr. P.K. Sethi

Rehabilitation and Jaipur Limb Training Center. The advisors for both teams are Dr. Nina Mahmoudian

(assistant professor, ME-EM) and Dr. Mohammad Rastgaar (assitant professor, ME-EM).


Student Awards More than 60 student teams competed in the Michigan

Tech Undergraduate Expo on Thursday, April 18th. Honorable Mention in the Senior Design category went to the ME-EM team for the Lightweight Swing Gate. Members of the team are Thomas Schmidt, Eric Lindholm,

Katherine Schattl, Caleb Carlson, and Andy Wybo, all seniors in Mechanical Engineering.

Their advisor is Prof. Charles Van Karsen (associate professor, ME-EM). The project was sponsored by Chrysler.


ME and EM Academy Inductees John M. Beattie, BSME 1963, is President and

CEO of Trion Lifts Inc., which designs and builds golf course turf equipment and maintenance tools and workstations.

Ray H. Herner, BSME 1954, retired President o Mosier Industries, which manufactures fluid power cylinders, vlaves and actuators.

Tom B. Moore, BSME 1966, retired President and major owner of RMH Group Inc., which designs sustainable and energy efficient buildings, solar panels & evaporative cooling.


ME and EM Academy Inductees Dr. Vijay K. Sazawal, PhD 1975, is Director,

Government Programs, U.S. Enrichment Company Inc., which supplies enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

Maurice M. Taylor, Jr., BSME 1968, is President and CEO of Titan Tire/Titan Wheel International Inc., which makes tires for off-highway, mining, and agriculture tire & wheel markets.

Raymond M. Trewhella, BSME 1956, is retired President and CEO of Glassmaster Company, which makes marine supplies, boat supplies, filaments, cutting and fishing line.



National Student Competitions Michigan Tech Aerospace Enterprise wins

First Place - Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosatellite Flight Competition on January 17, 2011 -Four-year follow-on grant -Launch in 2015 in lower earth orbit- 1 yr mission -Ground control station at

Michigan Tech receiving data & sent Air Force Maui Optical Site (array of telescopes) (Oculus located on the first floor)

Other Teams Competing: MIT, Cornell, Georgia Tech; 11 total


National Student Competitions

.Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Enterprise Working with State-of- the-Art Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology (Volt) Collaborative effort of ME and EE students and their departments Submitting application this fall to enter the 2013 EcoCar Competition



SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2013 Internal Combustion Class Engine Class (15 teams)

6th Place Overall Best Handling Award

Best Performance Award Electric Snowmobile Class Zero Emissions Category

3rd Place Overall Best Handling Award

Michigan Tech Enterprise Program 2014 Challenge will be held @ Michigan Tech in March 3-8, 2014


National Student Competitions SAE Baja 2013

National Competition: April 18-21, 2013 Cookeville,Tennessee, 99 Teams

32rd Overall 2nd Acceleration 5th Cost 9th Sled Pull 15th Static Events 23rd design Report

Michigan Tech Enterprise Program



SAE Aero East 2013 March 15-17, 2013, Fort Worth, Texas 9th Place Overall (out of 39 teams)

International Senior Design 2013


Two Senior Design Teams of 7 & 8 students flew to India during spring break presenting their designs and getting feedback

Projects: Jaipur Foot Improvement

Cost-Optimized Prosthetic Knee Joint Faculty Advisors: Drs. Nina Mahmoudian and Mo Rastgaar

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