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Students,
Faculty, Alumni in the News
- Prof. Jack H. Thomas elected as fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
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John H. Thomas, professor of mechanical and aerospace sciences and of astronomy at the University of Rochester, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The AAAS elected Thomas for his career of elucidating the physics of the sun and other stars, and for the impact he has made on astrophysics as editor of astrophysical journals.
View the complete article here.
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The ASM International Materials Information Society has awarded Professor James C. M. Li, the Albert A. Hopeman Professor of Engineering at the University of Rochester, with this year's Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award. The award is given to honor his long-standing and diverse contributions to materials science, as well as the enthusiasm and skill he brings to teaching.
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- Dr. Amit Goyal awarded the "Pride of India" medal
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Amit Goyal, Ph.D., 1991, ORNL Distinguished Scientist and Battelle Distinguished Inventor
Sponsored by the NRI Institute, the award recognizes people of India origin around the world for outstanding achievements in their chosen fields. Award recipients were chosen from leaders, pioneers and profesisonals world-wide. Dr. Goyal was one of 24 people selected for this prestigious honor. Click here for more information. |
Mechanical Engineering Academic All-American, Jason Goeller and Susan Johnson, class of 2007
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Jason Goeller ’07
Mechanical Engineering
Pittsburgh
A second team football Academic All-American, Goeller helped lead the defense as an outside linebacker as well as a defensive end and tackle. As a member of NROTC, he began his commission on active duty with the United States Navy in Charleston, South Carolina, in May. Goeller was also named first team All-Liberty League as a linebacker and is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Click here to read the article on Rochester Review. |
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Susan Johnson ’07
Mechanical Engineering
Salamanca, New York
A second team Academic All-American, the outside hitter for the women’s volleyball team leaves the Yellowjackets as the University’s leader in kills and digs. Johnson, who also coaches a girls’ high school club team, is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and is a member of the St. Sebastian Community Service Society. She was named New York State Co-Offensive Player of the Year by the New York State Women’s Collegiate Athletic Association and was named first team All-New York State for four straight years. Click here to read the article on Rochester Review.
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- Distinguished Scholar Medal for Materials Science PhD graduate - Dr. Amit Goyal
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Amit Goyal, Ph.D., 1991, ORNL Distinguished Scientist and Battelle Distinguished Inventor
The University of Rochester graduate is one of the nation's leading scientists in the field of high-temperature superconductors. Dr. Goyal is the lead inventor of a prominent process to fabricate high-performance superconducting wire. The holder of fifty issued patents and the author of 300 published articles, Dr. Goyal is truly a scientist who has altered the course of his discipline. For his outstading achievements and for his dedication to the ideals of the University, Dr. Goyal was awarded Rochester's Distinguished Scholar Medal in May 2006 at the Doctoral Ceremony. Click here to learn more about Dr. Amit Goyal. |
- "Mechanical
Engineering Students Race in 2006 SAE Mini-Baja MidWest"
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Under the advisement of Professors Sheryl Gracewski and David
Quesne,l the U of R "Yellowjackets" team built a
four-wheel, one-person car that could meet the challenges
of the rugged Mini-Baja course.
Click here
to read more of what Scott Russel, who accompanied the
team, wrote about the team's challenges in the MidWest Competition. |
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James
C. M. Li, Albert A. Hopeman Professor of Engineering at the
University of Rochester, has been elected to the National
Academy of Engineering, one of the most prestigious honors
in the engineering fields. Li has been a professor in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering for 35 years.
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- "Outstanding
Student Paper Award" Christophe Bouvier, Ph.D. student.
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Congratulations
to our PhD student Christophe Bouvier for his Student Poster
Competition award from the American Precision Optics Manufacturer's
Association (APOMA). All the three awarded students were from
the UR, and Christophe tied in the second place for the Outstanding
Student Paper award for his "Prediction of the Depth
of Cut For Tools Having a Finite Contact Path" poster. |
- "ASME
Fellow" Stephen J. Burns, Ph.D., P.E.
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An outstanding
engineer, Stephen J. Burns is Chair of Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Rochester. Teacher and researcher for
40 years, he is a recognized authority on materials and fracture
mechanics publishing over 150 papers and articles. His contributions
to materials engineering focus on the control of crack growth
and fatigue crack propagation. With his students, he has pioneered
the concepts of crack-tip shielding from plastic deformation;
and his ideas are widely used to retard cracking in design.
Professor Burns has consulted for many companies and presented
seminars both in the US and abroad.
Cornell
University - Ph.D. - 1965
PE -
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Professor
David Meyerhofer has been elected to fellowship position in
the American Physical Society. The honor, which is achieved
by less than one half of 1 percent of society members, was
given to recognize the researchers' accomplishments in physics.
Meyerhofer,
experimental devision director and senior scientist at the
University's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) and professor
of mechanical engineering and physics, was elected for his
contributions to direct-drive confinement fusion and high-intensity
laser-matter interactions. |
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In
what may be one of the most important steps in understanding
sunspots since they were discovered by Chinese sky watchers
more than two millennia ago, researchers at Rochester, along
with researchers at the University of Colorado, University of
Cambridge, and University of Leeds, have reported an answer
to several sunspot mysteries in the current issue of Nature.
"We believe we have found the key to understanding the
structure of sunspots," says John Thomas, professor of
mechanical and aerospace sciences and of astronomy. "It's
the missing link of sunspot evolution--explaining why the main
magnetic tube gets torn apart like a peeled banana, why some
lines of force dive back below the surface of the sun, and why
sunspots grow a penumbra in the first place." |
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Budding
young engineers-to-be at the University of Rochester sent
their handmade hovercrafts skittering across the Wilson Commons
on Wednesday, for the 19th annual American Society of Mechanical
Engineering design competition.
This
is how you drag race when you're a University of Rochester
mechanical engineering student - not with Toyota Supra Turbos,
but with a hovercraft made of odds and ends.
For the
design, "there was a lot of brainstorming," said
Frank Mrakovcic, 21, of New York City. "And then it was
down to some trial and error."
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to Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, February 20, 2003 |
- "Students
Tunnel Their Way to Revised Wind Chill Table," The American
Society of Mechanical Engineers Mechanical Advantage, Volume 10,
Number 2.
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"Gildner,
Grabski, & Gruber. Although these names hold promise for
an onomatopoeically-inclined barbershop trio, they actually
belong to three mechanical engineering seniors from the University
of Rochester, N.Y., who have a better chance of being remembered
for their compelling research revising the currently accepted
wind chill table.
Current,
however, may not be the best word to describe a table based
on a single experiment conducted 60 years ago in less-than-ideal
conditions. That is why Candace Gildner, Dan Grabski, and
Matthew Gruber decided to revisit this old chart during their
Solids and Materials Lab last fall. Not coincidentally, they
happen to live in a place where windchill matters. As Grabski
puts it, “We have more than enough experience in Rochester
with cold weather and a lot of wind.”
What
they found is that the wind chill values—which provide
an alternative temperature reading based on the cooling effects
of wind—are largely overblown, often by more than 10
degrees Fahrenheit. That’s a significant difference,
but one consistent with recent theories on the subject, and
with subjective observations that it frequently doesn’t
feel as cold as the wind chill table indicates. " |
- ASME
sponsored its second annual Pumkin Launch Competition
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Friday, Oct. 24 - Pumpkins were slung, pitched and launched
skyward by the dozens at University of Rochester sponsored
by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at their second
annual Jack-O-Launcher competition.
“It’s not about the accuracy, it's about blowing
$#@! up,” said Jace Harker, the winner of the distance
competition. His pumpkin flew a record 199' 3".
Left to Right:Back Row;(Becca Sticha, Joe Wodenscheck, Jason Thompson,
Brian Cashmire, Dan Nathan-Roberts, Dean Burgett, Professor
Quesnel, Mike Hakiel, Paul Witinski) Front Row;(Jace Harker,
Frank Mrakovcic, Tom Howard) |
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