METRICS 2008-2009 Annual Report

SUMMER 2010

TRICSMECHANICAL ENGINEERING

A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL of ENGINEERING

www.enme.umd.edu

A NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI AND

FRIENDS OF THE DEPARTMENT

OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

AT THE A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL

OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF

MARYLAND.

IN THIS ISSUE:

CHAIR’S MESSAGE

FAST FACTS

ME PEOPLE

GRADUATES

EVENTS

FUNDING

Annual Report 2008-2009

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING g M TRICS g SUMMER 2010

chair’sM SSAGEDearFriends,

IampleasedtopresenttheSummer2010issueofMETRICS,whichcontainsour2008-2009AnnualReport.Thisreporthighlightsacademicandprofessionalachievementsofthefaculty,staffandstudentswhoarevitaltoourdepartment.

Inadditiontogarneringextraordinaryacademicandprofessionalacclaimlastyear,ourdepartmentunveiledtheDeWALTConferenceSuite,aredesignedconferenceandseminarspacegenerouslyco-sponsoredbyDeWALT.Withitsattractivedesignandinvaluabletechnology,theDeWALTConferenceSuiteservesasabeaconofourdepartment’scommitmenttocollaborationandexcellence.

Ourdedicationtoacademicexcellencewasbuiltonaphilosophyofcollaborationandknowledge-sharing.Inadheringtothisphilosophy,MEcontinuedtodevelopengagingeducationalprogramslastyear,suchastheincreasinglypopularDistinguishedSeminarSeries.Thisexcitingprograminvitesrenownedfacultyfromdomesticandinternationalresearchorganizationsanduniversitiestoaddresscurrentandemergingtopicsinengineeringresearch.Astheprogramgrows,welookforwardtowelcomingmoreveteranandrisingMechanicalEngineeringfacultytoourcampusforenlighteningdiscussionsofsignificanttopicsinourfield.

Whilecelebratingtheacademiccontributionsofnon-UMDfacultyisessentialtoourmissionofcollaboration,wecouldnotignoretheamazingaccomplishmentsofourinternalcommunity.MErecognizedtheachievementsofcurrentstudentsandfacultyattheannualStudentAwardsReceptionandtheFacultyAwardsBreakfast,bothofwhicharehighlightedinthisissue.Withrespecttotheachievementsofourstudentsandfaculty,IofferspecialcongratulationstoProfessorsHughBruck,PeterSandbornandBaoYang,aswellasrecentgraduatePhillipHannam(ME’09).ProfessorBruckwasrecentlyelectedFellowoftheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(ASME),PeterSandbornwaspromotedtofullProfessorandBaoYangwaspromotedtoAssociateProfessor.Mr.Hannam,formerrecipientofthenationallyprestigiousTrumanScholarship,wasawardedtheUniversityMedal—thehighesthonorbestowedonagraduatingsenior.AspleasedasIamtodelivernewsofthesesuccesses,ImustalsoexpressmyimmenseprideintheeffortsoftheentireMEcommunity,andIencouragereaderstovisittheStudent,FacultyandStaffsectionsofthisAnnualReportformoreontheiraccomplishments.

ItrulywishIcouldshareallofthegreatnewsfromourdepartment,butwehavemoreachievementsthanspaceinthisissue.Assuch,Iencourageyoutovisitourwebsite,www.enme.umd.edu,forthelatestMEnews.IhopeyouenjoythisissueofMETRICS.Whileitonlycapturessnippetsofoursuccessesfromthe2008-2009academicyear,itundoubtedlyoffersthebestperspectiveonourdepartmentaswereflectononedynamicyearandprepareforanotheryearofdiscoveryandachievement.

Dr.AvramBar-CohenChairandDistinguishedUniversityProfessorDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering

BAR-COHEN

DeWALT, ME UNVEIL REVITALIZED CONFERENCE SUITE

OnMay4,2009,theMEdepartmentunveiledthenewDeWALTConferenceSuite.SponsoredbyDeWALT,asubsidiaryofBlack&Decker,thenewSeminarRoomandConferenceRoomboastsincreasedsquarefootageandtechnologicalupdates,inadditiontonewinteriorandexteriordesigns.

ThegrandopeningoftheConferenceSuitewasattendedbyJohnSchiech,PresidentofDeWALTIndustrialProductsCompany;NatalieShields,VicePresidentandCorporateSecretary,B&DCorporation;GregMoores,VPofEngineering,DeWALTConstructionTools;andseveralDeWALTemployees.ClarkSchoolDeanDarryllPinesandDepartmentChairAvramBar-Cohen,alongwithseveralfacultyandstaff,wereonhandtothankthesponsorsfortherenovation.

Throughouttheyears,Black&Deckerhasemployedover300graduatesfromtheuniversity,manyofwhomareMEalumni.Additionally,facultymembersandBlack&Deckerresearchanddevelopmentstaffhavepartneredonmanyresearchendeavors.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MISSION

ThemissionoftheUniversityofMaryland’sDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringistoprovideanoutstandingeducation;conductinnovative,groundbreakingresearch;addresstheneedsofcitizens,industryandgovernment;andproviderelatedservicetothecampuscommunity,aswellasthecommunityatlarge.

Themissionshallbeguidedbyacommitmenttocontinuousimprovementintheoverallqualityofteaching,research,andservice.AmajorfocusoftheDepartmentistoprovideengineeringeducationwithsufficientscopetoincludethebasicandspecializedengineeringtrainingnecessaryforthecurrentandemergingneedsofsociety.TheDepartmenthasarelatedresponsibilitytocontributetotheadvancementofknowledgebyconductingresearchatthecuttingedgeofscienceandtechnology.Giventherapidadvancesinscienceandtechnology,thedepartmentalsohasaprofessionalresponsibilitytoprovidecontinuingeducationtopracticingengineers.

Aspartofthismission,ourDepartmentfacultyandadministrationaredrivenbyanobligationtoservetheneedsofthecampuscommunityandthecommunityatlargeinthespiritofcollegialcooperation.

BystayingfocusedonourStrategicPlanandachievingitsquantitativeandqualitativegoals,weaspiretoplacetheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringattheUniversityofMarylandamongthenation’stop15mechanicalengineeringprogramsandinthetop10amongthepubliclysupportedresearchuniversitiesby2012.

DEGREE PROGRAMS

MechanicalEngineering:B.S.,M.E.,M.S.,Ph.D.ReliabilityEngineering:G.C.E.N.,M.E.,M.S.,Ph.D.ProfessionalMasterofEngineering&PublicPolicy

MAJOR RESEARCH CENTERS

CenterforAdvancedLifeCycleEngineering(CALCE)CenterforEnergeticConceptsDevelopment(CECD)CenterforEnvironmentalEnergyEngineering(CEEE)CenterforRiskandReliabilitySmartMaterials&StructuresResearchCenter(SMSRC)

INSTRUCTIONAL DIVISIONS

Design and Reliability of Systems·Design·InformationSciences·RiskandReliability·Manufacturing

Electronic Products and Systems ·PhysicsofFailure&Reliability·CompetitiveSystems·SupplyChainEngineering

Mechanics and Materials·SolidMechanics·Materials·DynamicsandControl·MEMS/NEMS

Thermal, Fluids and Energy Sciences·EnergySystems·FluidMechanics·ThermalSciences·ReactingFlows

2008 STATISTICS FROM THE FACULTY ACTIVITY REPORT

41 Tenured&Tenure-TrackFaculty 27 ResearchFaculty&Lecturers 28 ProfessionalSocietyFellowMemberships 8 NationalAcademyofEngineeringMembers 8 Journal&BookSeriesEditors 23 JournalAssociateEditors 8 PublishedBooks(edited,co/authored) 23 PublishedBookChapters(edited,co/authored) 163 PublishedJournalArticles 203 ProceedingPapers&Presentations 172 PresentationsatConferences,Symposia

2008-2009 ACADEMIC CALENDAR STATISTICS

Undergraduates 272 UndergraduateFreshmenApplications(Fall2008) 1285/1400 SAT25/75PercentileofEnteringFreshman 628 TotalUndergraduateEnrollment(Fall2008) 16 %ofWomenUndergraduates 25 %ofMinorityUndergraduates 32 %ofUndergraduatesinHonorsPrograms 163 B.S.DegreesAwarded

Graduates 141 MastersApplications(Fall2008) 222 DoctorateApplications(Fall2008) 283 TotalGraduateStudentEnrollment(Fall2008) 40 M.S.DegreesAwarded(ENME,ENRE,ENPM) 15 M.S.DegreesAwarded(PME) 33 Ph.D.DegreesAwarded(ENME,ENRE)Based on 2008 statistics from the Faculty Activity Report and

includes: Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty, Research Scientists, Lecturers and select Affiliated & Emeriti Faculty.

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The Department of Mechanical Engineering is composed of four divisions. As of June 30, 2009, the following 39 faculty held primary appointments in department:

Design and Reliability of Systems

Shapour Azarm,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofMichigan(1984)FellowofASME

David Bigio,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(1986)FellowofSPE

Michel Cukier,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,NationalPolytechnicInstituteofToulouse(1996)

Jaydev Desai,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofPennsylvania(1998)

Satyandra (S.K.) Gupta,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofMaryland(1994)FellowofASME

Jeffrey Herrmann,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofFlorida(1993)

Mohammad Modarres,ProfessorPh.D.,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(1979)FellowofANS

Ali Mosleh,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-LosAngeles(1981)

Linda Schmidt,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,CarnegieMellonUniversity(1995)

Byeng Dong Youn,AssistantProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofIowa(2001)

Guangming Zhang,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofIllinois(1986)

Electronic Products and Systems

Avram Bar-Cohen,DistinguishedUniversityProfessor&ChairPh.D.,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(1971)FellowofASME,IEEE

Donald Barker,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(1976)FellowofASME

Bongtae Han,ProfessorPh.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstitute(1991)FellowofASME,SEM

F. Patrick McCluskey,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,LehighUniversity(1991)

Michael Pecht,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofWisconsinFellowofASME,IEEE

Peter Sandborn,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofMichigan(1987)

Mechanics and Materials

Balakumar Balachandran,ProfessorPh.D.,VirginiaPolytechnicInstitute(1990)FellowofASME

Amr Baz,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofWisconsin(1973)FellowofASME

Sarah Bergbreiter,AssistantProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley(2007)

Hugh Bruck,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology(1994)FellowofASME

Nikhil Chopra,AssistantProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofIllinois(2006)

Abhijit Dasgupta,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofIllinois(1989)

Don DeVoe,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley(1997)

Teng Li,AssistantProfessorPh.D.,HarvardUniversity(2006)

Elisabeth Smela,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofPennsylvaniaFellowofNSF

Santiago Solares,AssistantProfessorPh.D.,CaliforniaInstituteofTechnology(2006)

Miao Yu,AssistantProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofMaryland(2002)

Thermal, Fluids, and Energy Sciences

Peter Bernard,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(1977)FellowofAPS

James Duncan,ProfessorPh.D.,JohnsHopkinsUniversity(1979)FellowofAPS

Ashwani K. Gupta,DistinguishedUniversityProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofSheffield(1973)D.Sc.,UniversityofSheffield(1986)FellowofAIAA,ASME,InstituteofEnergy(UK),SAE

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Thermal, Fluids, and Energy Sciences

Gregory Jackson,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,CornellUniversity(1994)

Kenneth Kiger,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego(1995)

Jungho Kim,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofMinnesota(1990)FellowofASME

Michael Ohadi,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofMinnesota(1986)FellowofASHRAE,ASME

Reinhard Radermacher,ProfessorPh.D.,TechnicalUniversityMunich(1981)FellowofASHRAE

Tien-Mo Shih,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(1977)

Bao Yang,AssociateProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(2003)Ph.D.,UniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChina(1998)

Michael Zachariah,ProfessorPh.D.,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles(1986)

During the 2008-2009 academic year, the department said goodbye to the following faculty:

Joseph BernsteinrelocatedtoBarIlanUniversity,Israel

Ugo PiomellirelocatedtoQueen’sUniversity,Ontario

EMERITI FACULTY

Davinder Anand,startedin1965,retiredin2004Ronald Armstrong,startedin1968,retiredin1999Bruce Berger,startedin1965,retiredin1999Patrick Cunniff,startedin1963,retiredin1999James Dally,startedin1984,retiredin2000George Dieter,startedin1977,retiredin1994David Holloway,startedin1975,retiredin2004James Kirk,startedin1977,retiredin2008Edward Magrab,startedin1987,retiredin2006Colin Marks,startedin1967,retiredin1994Ugo Piomelli,startedin1987,retiredin2008Marvin Roush,startedin1971,retiredin2002Robert Sanford,startedin1984,retiredin2007

ACADEMIC STAFF

Sami Ainane,Ph.D.DirectorofStudentServices

Bala Balachandran,ProfessorDirectorofGraduateStudies

David Bigio,AssociateProfessorDirectorofUndergradauteStudies

Amarildo DamataGraduateStudiesCoordinator

Terry IslandAssistantDirectorofUndergraduateStudies

Fitzgerald (Fitz) WalkerGraduateStudiesCoordinator

DEPARTMENT STAFF

Isabelita (Lita) S. BrownPayroll/PersonnelCoordinator20 Years of Service in 2008

Margaret (Peggy) BrumfieldExecutiveDirector,AdministrativeAffairs

Erin ChenAssistantDirector,Finance5 Years of Service in 2008

Melvin FieldsITCoordinator10 Years of Service in 2008

D.B. GalpoththawelaOfficeClerk10 Years of Service in 2009

Dylan Hazelwood ITManager10 Years of Service in 2008

Juanita IrvinSeniorBusinessManager20 Years of Service in 2008

Sripen (Penny) KomsatBusinessServicesSpecialist

Arlene SamowitzResearchCoordinator

Felicia StephensonAssistanttotheChairFacultyAffairs&CommunicationsCoordinator

Steve WickerPersonnelandPayrollCoordinator

Janet WooleryBusinessServicesSpecialist

Dan WyslingIT/ComputerEngineer

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Graduate name followed by title of dissertation and faculty advisor.

Summer 2008 (6)

Gregory W. Anderson(ENME)Development and Testing of a Multiplexed Temperature Sensor JunghoKimandMarinodiMarzo

Nikolaos G. Beratlis(ENME)Direct Numerical Simulations of Transitional Pulsatile Flows in Stenotic Vessels EliasBalaras

Sean M. Gahagan(ENME)Simulation and Optimization of Production Control for Lean Manufacturing Transition JeffreyHerrmann

Zenghu Han(ENME)Nanofluids with Enhanced Thermal Transport Properties BaoYang

William L. McGill(ENRE)Critical Asset and Portfolio Risk Analysis for Homeland Security BilalAyyub

Pedro O. Quintero(ENME)Development of a Shifting Melting Point Ag-In Paste Via Transient Liquid Phase Sintering for High Temperature Environments PatrickMcCluskey

Fall 2008 (11)

Rui Wu Chang(ENME)Influence of Cryogenic Temperature and Microstructure on Fatigue Failure of Indium Solder Joint PatrickMcCluskey

Arindam Goswami(ENME)Quantitative Hermeticity Assessment of Packages with Micro to Nano-liter Cavities BongtaeHan

Zhixin Hu(ENME)Numerical Simulation of Low-Pressure Explosive Combustion in Compartment Fires ArnaudTrouve

Thomas P. McGrath II(ENME)Numerical Modeling of Multiphase Explosions GregoryJackson

Kevin A. Moores(ENME)Effect of Tip Clearance on the Thermal and Hydrodynamic Performance of Shrouded Pin Fin Arrays YogendraJoshiandJunghoKim

Anand Pillarisetti(ENME)Mechanical Manipulation and Characterization of Biological Cells JaydevDesai

Anduin E.Touw(ENRE)Latent Failures and Mixed Distributions: Using Mixed Distributions and Cost Modeling to Optimize the Management of Systems with Weak Latent Defect Subpopulations PeterSandborn

Mary E. Vechery(ENME)Plate and Micro-Scale Structures: Analysis and Experiments BalakumarBalachandran

James R. Watkins(ENME)Evaluating the Susceptibility of Electronic Components Assembled with Leaded Solder to Flexural Failures, with High Rate Considerations DonaldBarker

Shuang Yang(ENME)Multidimensional Microfluidic Bioseparation Systems with Spatial Multiplexing DonaldDeVoe

Kehai Zhang(ENRE) AliMosleh

Spring 2009 (16)

Ahmed Abdelhafez(ENME)Effect of Swirl on the Choking Criteria, Shock Structure, and Mixing in Underexpanded Supersonic Nozzle Airflows AshwaniGupta

Khalid H. Almitani(ENME)Minimizing the Acoustic Coupling of Fluid Loaded Plates Using Topology Optimization AmrBaz

Arvind Ananthanarayanan(ENME)Development of In-Mold Assembly Methods for Producing Mesoscale Revolute Joints SatyandraGupta

Robin G. Berthier(ENRE)Advanced Honeypot Architecture for Network Threats Quantification MichelCukier

Hongbo Bi(ENME)Development of Nano-Pattern Recognition and Correlation Technique for Deformation Measurement of Nano-Scale Structures BongtaeHan

Sourav Chowdhury(ENME)Study of Condensation of Refrigerants in Micro-Channels for Development of Future Compact Micro-Channel Condensers MichaelOhadi

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Graduate name followed by title of dissertation and faculty advisor.

Daniel P. Cole(ENME)Fabrication and Characterization of Compositionally-Graded Shape Memory Alloy Films HughBruck

Steven C. DeCaluwe(ENME)Quantifying the Role of Cerium Oxide as a Catalyst in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes GregoryJackson

Jie Gu(ENME)Prognostics of Solder Joint Reliability Under Vibration Loading Using Physics of Failure Approach MichaelPechtandDonaldBarker

Brian J. Henz(ENME)Molecular Dynamics Studies of Metallic Nanoparticles MichaelZachariah

Wende Kong(ENRE)Towards a Formal and Scalable Approach for Quantifying Software Reliability at Early Development Stages CarolSmidts

Philip L. Knowles(ENME)Sediment Suspension Events from Ripple Beds in Oscillatory Flow: Experiments KennethKiger

Leoncio D. Lopez(ENME)Quality and Reliability of Elastomer Sockets MichaelPecht

Mark White(ENME)A Study of Nanometer Semiconductor Scaling Effects on Microelectronics Reliability JosephBernstein

Justin W. Williamson(ENME)Measurements and Analysis of Extinction in Vitiated Flame Sheets AndreMarshall

Yuxun Zhou(ENME)Harmonic and Random Vibration Durability Investigation for SAC305 (Sn3.0Ag0.5Cu) Solder Joint AbhijitDasgupta

graduat s2008-2009 PH.D. GRADUATES (CONTINUED)


PROFESSIONAL MASTER OF ENGINEERING PROGRAM GRADUATES

Mechanical Program Advisor: Dr.SamiAinane

Reliability Program Advisor: ProfessorAliMosleh

Fall 2008 (7)

Sonia Barrantes(ENME)

Jason Budd(ENME)

Krisnandito Hardjoko(ENRE)

Sachin Karkhanis(ENME)

Thomas Philips(ENME)

Edward Sekamanya(ENME)

Desmond St Rose(ENRE)

Spring 2009 (8)

Gashaw Bedassa(ENME)

Bryan Charboneau(ENME)

Anita Currano(ENME)

Thomas Gunderson(ENME)

Robert Lechton(ENRE)

Jess Lewis(ENME)

Ryan Lanuti Steger(ENME)

Jeffrey Kielar(ENRE)

(ENME)-MechanicalEngineering(ENRE)-ReliabilityEngineering

FormoreinformationonourtoprankedMechanicalEngineeringprogram,pleasevisit:www.enme.umd.edu

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(ENME)-MechanicalEngineering(ENRE)-ReliabilityEngineering

graduat s

Graduate name followed by faculty advisor.

Summer 2008 (8)

Khalid H. Almitani(ENME) AmrBaz

Robert E. Benedetti(ENME) BillFourney

Samuel F. Fomundam(ENME) JeffreyHerrmann

Tiffany Harris(ENRE) MichelCukier

Edward E. Lust(ENME) ReinhardRadermacher

Ravikumar Sanapala(ENME) MichaelPecht

Sigmund Young(ENME) BalakumarBalachandran

Kehai Zhang(ENRE) AliMosleh

Fall 2008 (12)

Robert G. Barrick(ENRE) AliMosleh

Atul Bhargav(ENME) GregoryJackson

Joshua Crone(ENME) SantiagoSolares

Nicholas E. Fernandez(ENME) ReinhardRadermacher

MacLain M. Holton(ENME) GregoryJackson

Paul F. Jawlik(ENME) GregoryJackson

Elnaz Kermani(ENME) MichaelOhadi

Benjamin Mailler(ENRE) AliMosleh

Timothy J. Oberc(ENME) PatrickMcCluskey

Jonathan M. Schoenfeld(ENME) ReinhardRadermacher

Marcos Vanella(ENME) EliasBalaras

Aykut Yilmaz(ENME) GregoryJackson

Spring 2009 (20)

Alex F. Askari Farahani(ENME) AbhijitDasgupta

Garry Brock(ENME) MichaelPecht

Eric Choate (ENRE) AliMosleh

Jun Dai(ENRE) MichaelPecht

Rachel L. Emmel(ENME) DonaldBarker

Patrice B. Gregory(ENME) DonaldBarker

Faith H. Harr(ENME) TengLi

William C. Ireland(ENRE) AristosChristou

Shane E. Khoury(ENRE) AliMosleh

Viatcheslav Litvinovitch(ENME) AvramBar-Cohen

Patrick Luckow(ENME) AvramBar-Cohen

Andrea Pogany(ENRE) AliMosleh

Shaughn M. Roettele(ENME) AbhijitDasgupta

Milind M. Sawant(ENRE) AristosChristou

Jason J. Smoker(ENME) AmrBaz

Thierry M. Some(ENME) JunghoKim

Christopher M. Somers(ENME) ReinhardRadermacher

Gregory A. Teitelbaum(ENME) LindaSchmidt

Weiqiang Wang(ENME) MichaelPecht

Baoguang Yan(ENRE) JosephBernstein

2008-2009 M.S. GRADUATESTOP STORIES OF 2008-2009

JeffreyHerrmannGroupDevelops VaccineAllocationModel

PeterSandbornReceivesNSFGrantfor ManagingProductObsolescence

NSADesignatesUniversityofMaryland as‘NationalCenterofAcademicExcellence’

UMPresidentC.DanielMoteElected NAETreasurer

MechanicalEngineeringGraduate ProgramMaintainsHighRanking

LEAFHouseReapsMoreHonors

TeamExcelsatBajaSAEAlabama

ClarkSchoolTopsinNISTFellowships

MichelCukierTeachesNewClark SchoolRiskAssessmentCourse

AliMoslehRe-AppointedtoNuclear ReviewBoard

AerospacePublicationHighlightsMiao YuResearch

Engineers’WorkCouldLeaveGolfers Smiling

StudentsCollect100+DonatedCoats

MEAlumReturnstoCampusto RecruitEngineers

S.K.Gupta’sGroupPioneersNew DevelopmentinDriveMechanisms forOrnithopters

ClarkSchoolHonorsHybridEngine Inventor

MarylandHostsInauguralRobot SpeedwayCompetition

JaydevDesaiAwardedNIHGrantfor $1.27M

S.K.GuptaReceivesNSFGrantfor NanoassemblyResearch

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On April 29, 2009, the A. James Clark School of Engineering hosted the 2009 Undergraduate Honors and Awards Ceremony. Those honored from the Department of Mechanical Engineering include:

The A. James Clark School of Engineering International Service Award PhillipHannam Presented to a student who demonstrates significant involvement in international engineering activities through leadership or service.

Mechanical Engineering Department Academic Achievement Award DanielCalderoneandJoshuaKusnick Presented to ME juniors who have attained the highest scholastic average.

Mechanical Engineering Department Chair’s Award SarahGriceandJackelynLopez Presented to ME seniors who have attained the highest scholastic average.

Mechanical Engineering Department Chair’s Award for Leadership and Service CharlesChoeandMohamadGabrielAffandy Awarded for outstanding service and contributions to the department.

Outstanding Engineering Co-op/Intern Award NathanFarlowandStevenSwern Presented to students who have demonstrated scholastic excellence, exceptional work performance and remarkable potential for a successful engineering career while participating in a cooperative learning or internship position.

Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering Service Award ElizabethLeBrun Presented to an outstanding student for providing dedicated service to the Center and the university community, and for commitment to promoting diversity in engineering.

Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering Director’s Award BryanHenderson Presented to an outstanding student who excels academically, provides outstanding service to the Center, and has a strong commitment to promoting diversity in engineering.

The Mechanical Engineering Student Awards Reception was held on May 1, 2009. The annual event is held to recognize our students who received awards, fellowships or scholarships during the past year.

Keystone Design Challenge Award Fall2008CompetitionWinners–CJGorrel,PeterSulich,and AustinZeleny Spring2009CompetitionWinner–CoryPeterson Presented to freshmen engineering design team participants who built an autonomously controlled hovercraft that completed a specified course in the minimum amount of time.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Senior Award DanaColegrove Presented to the ASME senior member who has contributed the most to the student chapter.

Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Service Award CourtneyLaigleandMichaelSiemann Presented to PTS members for outstanding service and contributions to the student chapter.

Pi Tau Sigma Memorial Award CharlesChoe Presented to the PTS senior who has made the most outstanding contributions to the University.

Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Sophomore Award JamesMarescoandAndrewOles Presented to the PTS sophomores who have attained the highest scholastic average.

Society of Automotive Engineers Senior Award ThomasDoehner Presented to the SAE senior member who has contributed most to the student chapter.

Society of Automotive Engineers Service Award JamesNgan Presented to an SAE member for outstanding service and contributions to the student chapter.

The University Medal PhillipHannam Presented to the graduating senior who best personifies academic distinction, extraordinary character and extracurricular contributions to the University and the general public.

A. James Clark School Fellowship HyungdaeBae,JohnBush,IshitaChakraboroty,JuanCevallos,andZhichaoWang Presented to outstanding incoming doctoral students on behalf of the Clark School and supplements both teaching and research assistantships.

Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program Fellowship SophoriaWestmoreland Presented to outstanding minority students studying engineering, natural science or mathematics.

Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship VidyuChallaandDanialShahmirzadi Presented to outstanding students based on the quality of their work, and the potential contribution/significance of the dissertation to the student’s field of research.

ASHRAE Charles Kannapell Student Scholarship MagnusEisele Presented to an outstanding ME graduate specializing in the HVAC area.

ASHRAE Scholarship EdvinCetegen Presented to an outstanding ME graduate specializing in the HVAC area.

Best Ph.D. Dissertation ArindamGoswamiQuantitative Hermeticity Assessment of Packages with Micro to

Nano-liter Cavities

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Coast Guard Fellowship RyanJames Presented to exceptional commissioned officers who wish to earn a Master’s degree in a field related to Naval Engineering.

Future Faculty Program BavaniBalakrisnan,DanielleChrun,HaijunLiu,RishiRaj,JessicaSheehan,andPingfengWangPresented to outstanding Clark School Ph.D. students intending to pursue academic careers at prestigious engineering schools.

Graduate Summer Research Award VidyuChalla Presented to outstanding doctoral students at mid-career.

STUDENT AWARDS AND RECOGNITION (CONTINUED)

Hulka Energy Fellowship IslamAhmed This Fellowship, a generous gift from Ms. Barbara G. Hulka, supports the research of an outstanding graduate student working on alternative energy, generation, or storage.

NSF Bridge Scholarship TimeAigheandReuelSmith Presented to students who attend Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation institutions as undergraduates and wish to pursue a graduate education.

Phi Delta Gamma Graduate Fellowship VidyuChalla Presented to an outstanding student who best exemplifies interdisciplinary scholarship achievement.

The Annual Faculty Awards Reception was held on May 15, 2009. This event brings together the Mechanical Engineering family to celebrate our faculty’s achievements.

University Promotions

Yunho Hwang,PromotedtoAssociateDirectorofCEEEPeter Sandborn,PromotedtoProfessorBao Yang,PromotedtoAssociateProfessor

University Recognition

Ken Kiger,A.JamesClarkSchoolofEngineeringPooleandKent CompanyTeachingAwardforSeniorFaculty

Peter Sandborn,A.JamesClarkSchoolofEngineeringPooleand KentCompanyTeachingAwardforSeniorFaculty

Jan Sengers,2008DistinguishedInternationalServiceAward, UniversityofMaryland

Alex Severinsky,2008InnovationHallofFameInductee,A.James ClarkSchoolofEngineering

Young Faculty Awards

Santiago Solares,2009FacultyEarlyCareerDevelopmentAward, NationalScienceFoundation(NSF)

Professional Society Fellows

Hugh Bruck,ElectedFellow,AmericanSocietyofMechanical Engineers(ASME)

Patents

Miao Yu & Bala Balachandran,“Micro-OpticalSensorSystemsfor PressureAccelerationandPressureGradientMeasurements”(U.S.Patent7,428,054;September23,2008)

Elisabeth Smela(withB.Shapiro),“ElectricallyDrivenMicrofluidic PumpingforActuation”(U.S.Patent7,523,608;April28,2009)

FACULTY AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Professional Recognition

Amr Baz,ASMEAdaptiveStructuresandMaterialSystemsAward

Don DeVoe,KavliFellow,NationalScienceFoundation(NSF)

Jeffrey Herrmann,InnovatoroftheYear,MarylandDailyRecord

Ashwani Gupta,WorcesterReedWarnerMedal,ASME

Michael Pecht & the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, SchwarzkopfAward,NationalScienceFoundation(NSF)

Greg Schultz,InternationalFacultyAdvisorAward,Societyof AutomotiveEngineers(SAE)

Invention Recognition

Shapour Azarm(withM.Li),2008InventionoftheYearFinalist (InformationScience),UniversityofMarylandOfficeofTechnologyCommercialization,“Multi-ObjectiveCollaborativeRobustOptimization(MCRO)”

Ashwani Gupta,2008InventionoftheYearFinalist(PhysicalSciences), UniversityofMarylandOfficeofTechnologyCommercialization,“UltraLowEmissionColorlessDistributedCombustion”

Michael Zachariah(withP.DeShong,P.Demuth,A.Prakash, C.Luckett&D.English),2008InventionoftheYearFinalist(LifeScience),UniversityofMarylandOfficeofTechnologyCommercialization,“Stimuli-ResponsiveMesoporousNanomaterials”

Publication Awards

Byeng Youn(withP.WangandA.Kloess),ASMEDesignAutomation ConferenceBestPaperAward,Bayesian Reliability Analysis with Evolving, Insufficient, and Subjective Data Sets

Jeffrey Herrmann(andT.Hoy),2009MauriceSimpsonTechnical EditorsAward,InstituteofEnvironmentalSciencesandTechnology(IEST)

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Mostafa Aghazadeh,DirectorIntelCorporation

Arthur Bergles,EmeritusProfessorRensselaerPolytechnicInstitute

Aris Cleanthous,EngineeringManagerDeWaltPowerTools

George Dieter,EmeritusProfessorUniversityofMaryland

Howard Harary,DeputyDirectorNationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology

T.G. Marsden,VicePresident–AutomotiveProductsBowlesFluidicsCorporation

John Miller,DirectorU.S.ArmyResearchLaboratory

Hratch Semerjian,PresidentandExecutiveDirectorCouncilforChemicalResearch

Alex Severinsky,FounderandCEO,Fuelcor,LLCChairmanEmeritus,PAICE,LLC

Sheldon Shapiro,ExecutiveVicePresidentShapiro&Duncan,Inc.

Susan Skemp,ExecutiveDirectorFloridaAtlanticUniversity

Tom Stricker,CorporateManager–DirectorToyotaMotorNorthAmerica,Inc.

Ward Winer,ChairEmeritusGeorgiaTechUniversity

VISITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS


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TheDepartmentwaspleasedtohosttheannualmeetingoftheVisitingCommitteeonMarch13,2009.

The Department was pleased to host the following seminar speakers throughout the year:

September 5, 2008 Chao-HoSung,NavalSurfaceWarfareCenterVorticity-Preserving Artificial Dissipation Model for Vortical Wake Prediction

September 19, 2008 KrishnaswamyNandakumar, Ph.D.,ThePetroleumInstitute(AbuDhabi,UAE)Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics: A New Tool to Aid in Scale Up of Chemical Processes

October 3, 2008 KarlUlrich,Ph.D.,UniversityofPennsylvaniaInnovation Tournaments

October 10, 2008 AndyRuina,Ph.D.,CornellUniversityIssues in Bipedal Locomotion

October 17, 2008 EckhardWolfgang,Ph.D.,EuropeanCenterforPowerElectronicsRobustness Validation of Power Electronics

November 7, 2008 RaoGullapalli,Ph.D.,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicineMRI: From Structure to Function

November 7, 2008 NikhilChopra,Ph.D.,UniversityofMarylandDelay-Independent Stability and Synchronization of Interconnected Nonlinear Systems

November 21, 2008 Col.JohnWissler,AirForceResearchLaboratoryAFRL and the Air Vehicles Directorate

December 5, 2008 Satyandra(S.K.)Gupta,Ph.D.,UniversityofMarylandNew Manufacturing Approaches to Realizing Bio-Inspired Robots

February 20, 2009 GeorgeF.WittenbergM.D.,Ph.D.,UniversityofMarylandSchoolofMedicineBrain Mapping and Robots: New Directions in Rehabilitation

February 26, 2009 GüntherG.Scherer,Ph.D.,PaulScherrerInstitut,SwitzerlandContributions of Electrochemical Energy Devices to a Sustainable Mobility

February 27, 2009 B.C.Khoo,Ph.D.,NationalUniversityofSingaporeSimulations of Supercavitation Flows with Isentropic Model Equations-of-State (EOS)

March 13, 2009 JohnJ.Buckley,Jr.,NorthropGrummanandG.LeeLushbaugh,Jr.,BechtelPowerCorporationChallenges in Engineering Practice, Education, and Research

March 27, 2009 DongLee,Ph.D.,PusanNationalUniversityDevelopment of Single Particle Mass Spectrometry

April 3, 2009 PierreDupont,Ph.D.,BostonUniversityConcentric Tube Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery

April 24, 2009 HarshaK.Chelliah,Ph.D.,UniversityofVirginiaChallenges and Recent Progress in Development of Chemical Kinetic Models for Engineering Applications

May 1, 2009 ByengD.Youn,Ph.D.,UniversityofMarylandStructural Health Prognostics Using Sparse Bayes Learning Scheme

May 4, 2009 AntonioJ.Conejo,Ph.D.,UniversidaddeCastilla-LaMancha,SpainEconomic Valuation of Reserves in Power Systems with High Penetration of Wind Power

May 8, 2009 MichaelJensen,Ph.D.,RensselaerPolytechnicInstituteThe Critical Heat Flux Condition in Mini-and Microchannels

May 15, 2009 JohnGero,Ph.D.,GeorgeMasonUniversityCognitively-Based Computational Models of Design Creativity

ME SEMINAR SERIES

FormoreinformationaboutourSeminarSeries,pleasevisit:www.enme.umd.edu

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FY ‘09 RESEARCH EXPENDITURES BY DIVISION

RESEARCH EXPENDITURES

FY‘09fiscalexpenditures,displayedaccordingtoresearchareainthechartbelow,indicatethat41%oftheexpenditureswerefromtheThermal,FluidsandEnergySciencesdivision;26%werefromtheElectronicProducts&Systemsdivison;14%fromtheMechanicsandMaterialsdivision;and13%fromtheDesignandReliabilityofSystemsdivision.

$27,271,256 Total Research Expenditures 207 Research Grants

Thermal, Fluids and Energy Sciences

$11,221,138

Electronic Products & Systems

$6,957,715

Mechanics and Materials

$3,921,021

Design and Reliability of Systems

$3,650,164

Other

$1,521,227

Federal

$15,937,069

Industry

$9,071,473

University

$1,310,325

State

$997,480

Foundation

$466,351

Individual

$202,782

FY ‘09 RESEARCH REVENUE BY SOURCE

RESEARCH REVENUE

InFY‘09,MEfacultyparticipatedinavarietyofresearcheffortsacrossthefieldofmechanicalengineeringwithsupportfromthefederalandprivatesectorsandnumerouscorporatecontracts.

$28,160,629 Total Research Revenue

In-Kind

$175,176

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ATEC,Inc.

BAESystems

Dell

ETC

GeneralElectric

GeneralVortexEnergy

Honeywell

LockheedMartinCorporation

ThePetroleumInstitute

Philips

Raytheon

RockwellCollins

Samsung

Sanyo

SunMicrosystems

UniversityTechnicalResourceService

WhirlpoolCorporation

WyleLab

TOP FEDERAL SPONSORS

DepartmentofDefense(Other)

DepartmentofEnergy

NASA

NIH

NIST

NSF

U.S.AirForce

U.S.Army

U.S.Navy(NAS,NSWC,ONR)

Thirteenfacultyfromthedepartmentwereamongthetop“rainmakers”inFY’09,bringingin$500,000ormoreinresearchfunding:

Dr. Balakumar Balachandran AssociateChairProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringDirectorofGraduateStudies

Dr. Avram Bar-Cohen DepartmentChairDistinguishedUniversityProfessorofMechanicalEngineering

Dr. Jaydev Desai AssociateProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringDirector,RAMSLaboratory

Dr. James Duncan ProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringKeystone:TheClarkSchoolAcademyofDistinguishedProfessors

Dr. Satyandra (S.K.) Gupta ProfessorofMechanicalEngineering

Dr. Gregory Jackson AssociateProfessorofMechanicalEngineering

Dr. Jungho Kim ProfessorofMechanicalEngineering

Dr. Michael Pecht GeorgeE.DieterProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringDirector,CenterforAdvancedLifeCycleEngineering(CALCE)

Dr. Reinhard Radermacher ProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringDirector,CenterforEnvironmentalEnergyEngineering(CEEE)

Dr. Elisabeth Smela AssociateProfessorofMechanicalEngineering

Dr. Santiago Solares AssistantProfessorofMechanicalEngineering

Dr. Bao Yang AssistantProfessorofMechanicalEngineering

Dr. Michael Zachariah ProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringandChemistryDirector,CenterforNanoEnergeticsResearchDirector,CenterforNanoManufacturingandMetrology

fundingRAINMAKERS TOP CORPORATE SPONSORS


Formoreinformationonouroutstandinginnovativefaculty,pleasevisit:www.enme.umd.edu

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AmericanI.V.Products,Inc.AmesLaboratoryAppliedNanotechHoldings,Inc.ArçelikA.S.ASEEASHRAEATEC,Inc.AtlanticInertialSystemsAxsysTechnologiesBAESystemsBakerHughes,Inc.BechtelCorporationBeijingCAPEComputerSoftwareSystemEngineeringCorporationBlack&DeckerBoeingCompanyBooz,AllenandHamilton,Inc.CabotCorporationCarrierCorporationChesapeakePharmacyCircleSoundRecordingStudioCoca-ColaCompanyCompleteBook&MediaSupply,Inc.CurranAssociates,Inc.CustomPartNet,Inc.DaikinIndustries,Ltd.DaikinU.S.CorporationChryslerDanfossShahuaDefenseMicroelectronicsActivity(DMEA)DefenseThreatReductionAgencyDell,Inc.DelphiDeltaChemicalCorporationDeltaEngineeringCorporationDENSOCorporationDepartmentofHomelandSecurityDOD-ArmyResearchLabDOD-NavyONRDOEDri-EazProducts,Inc.DSTLDTRAE.K.Fox&Associates,Ltd.E.A.D.S.EG&GElectricPowerResearchInstitute(EPRI)ElectronicTechnologiesCorporation(ETC)EMCEmersonApplianceControlsEmersonClimateTechnologies,Inc.EmersonNetworkPowerEmersonRosemount,Inc.ETCExxonMobilCorporationFairchildControlsCorporationFastenalCompanyFrontierTechnology,Inc.GEAviationGEFanucEmbeddedSystems,Inc.GEGlobalResearchGEHealthcareGeneralDynamicsCorporationGeneralElectricCompanyGeneralVortexEnergy,Inc.

GeorgeWestonBakeries,Inc.GeorgiaTechUniversityGodrejandBoyceMFG,Co.,Ltd.GoodrichControlSystems,Ltd.GreeElectricAppliances,Inc.GuentnerCompanyHamiltonSundstrandHarrisCorporationHHSHoneywellInternational,Inc.HussmannCorporationII-VIFoundationImpactEducation,LLCIndustrialTechnologyResearchInstituteIowaStateUniversityJaggi-Gunter-SchweizJohnHopkinsUniversity-AppliedPhysicsLaboratoryJohnsonControls,Inc.JuniperNetworks,Inc.KanoldLabKemetElectronicsCorporationKippVisualSystems,Inc.KJBMotorsportsKochIndustries,Inc.LGElectronicsLockheedMartinCorporationLogitradeLutronLuvataGrenada,LLCManTechMarlowIndustries,Inc.MarriottInternational,Inc.McQuayMEITechnologies,Inc.MicrosoftCorporationMidoriBookStore,Co.MinisterievanVerkeerenWaterstaatMIPSTechnologies,Inc.MissileDefenseAgency(MDA)MitsubishiPlastics,Inc.ModineMontgomeryCountyGovernmentMunizEngineering,Inc.NASAAmesCenterNASAGoddardNASASharedServicesCenterNAVAIRNetAppNetherlandsDirectorateNIHNISTNokiaSiemensNetworkNorthropGrummanCorporationNovelAireTechnologicsNRCNSFNSWCOrtho-ClinicalDiagnostics,Inc.ParkElectrochemicalCorporationPetroleumInstitutePhilipsElectronicsPhilipsLightingPRENAXABQualtech,Inc.

RaytheonResearchinMotion,Ltd.ResinDesigns,LLCResinTechnologyGroup,LLCRockwellAutomation,Inc.RockwellCollinsRollsRoyceMotorCars,Ltd.SAEInternationalSAICSamsungElectroMechanicsSandenSandiaNationalLaboratoriesSanyoElectricCo.,Ltd.SCJohnson&Son,Inc.SchlumbergerLimitedSchweitzerEngineeringLaboratories,Inc.ScribaWelding,Inc.ShanghaiHitachiElectricalAppliances,Co.,Sherwin-WilliamsCompanySiliconPowerCorporationSolarEdgeTechnologies,Inc.Soze,LLCSub-Zero,Inc.SunMicrosystems,Inc.SURVICEEngineeringCompanyTechno-Sciences,Inc.TEDCOTEKELECTeradyne,Inc.ToyotaMotorNorthAmerica,Inc.TraneCompanyTrigenEnergyCorporationTRXSystems,Inc.U.S.AFOSRU.S.Army(ARO)U.S.ArmyResearchLaboratory(ARL)U.S.CoastGuardUCBerkeleyUMFUnitedTechnologiesResearchCenterUniversalTechnicalResourceServices,Inc.UniversityofRhodeIslandUniversityofUtahUSAMSAAVanDornPools&Spas,Inc.VectronInternational,Inc.VestasVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversityVirtualEM,Inc.VoronstovW.L.Gore&AssociatesWashingtonHospitalCenterWeil,Gotshal&Manges,LLPWestern,Hattori,Daniels,&Adrian,LLPWeyrauchWhirlpoolCorporationWilliamAndrewPublishingWispry,Inc.WolverineTube,Inc.WyleLabYaleUniversityZathyusNetworks,Inc.

FY ‘09 RESEARCH SPONSORS

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GraduateStudentPicnic

2.FormulaSAETeam,TerpsRacing

3.JuanCevalloandSlavaLitvinovitch,ResearchReviewDayPosterSession

4.GabeAffandy,CharlieChoeandProf.Bigio,StudentAwardsCeremony

5.JohnSchiechandProf.Bar-Cohen,DeWALTConferenceSuiteGrandOpening

6.BavaniBalakrisnanandProf.Balachandran,StudentAwardsCeremony

7.2009SpringGraduationReception

8.2008-2009StudentAwardWinners

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