2011-2012 Woodruff School Annual Report

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2011/2012

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Letter from the Chair I am pleased to present the 2011-12 Annual Report highlighting the many accomplishments of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni over the past year. Two years ago the Woodruff School developed a strategic plan with one of its two strategic objectives titled “renaissance in engineering education.” Responding to this challenge, our faculty has approved a new undergraduate curriculum, which preserves the core mechanical engineering fundamentals while providing our students with the flexibility of 15 semester credit hours of free electives. Not only will this allow students to take greater ownership and responsibility for their programs of study, it will also provide them with a wide array of unique opportunities. Some students will use these electives to take “deep dives” in areas such as thermal sciences, biomedical engineering, or mechanics. Other students will seek to take minors in other engineering programs to build up expertise in multi-disciplinary areas such as electro-mechanical systems, materials science, or aeronautical systems. Students will have the opportunity to minor in subjects further afield from traditional mechanical engineering, such as architecture, economics, or public policy. I also envision that the new curriculum will enable students to elect two semester capstone projects to hone their creative and entrepreneurial skills.

The undergraduate experience goes well beyond the traditional classroom. Students absorb the culture of engineering in a variety of ways—from faculty members, from each other, and from the larger community. Our revamped Capstone Design program has nurtured interdisciplinary design through blended teams of mechanical, biomedical, and industrial design students. We will soon collaborate with the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering to include ECE students in the blended Capstone experience. We offer students tremendous opportunities through our seven competition teams and through the InVenture Prize Competition. Such nurturing environments spawn exciting new groups like the student-initiated Georgia Tech Makers Club, comprised of students who believe in the value of hands-on education.

This would not be possible without the care, concern, engagement, and leadership of our faculty, who, as entrepreneurs, have been awarded over 250 patents. Our faculty members not only teach innovation, they innovate and create every day. One measure of our success is that we continually face an overwhelming demand for our undergraduate mechanical engineering program—the fall 2012 freshman class is the largest in the history of the Woodruff School. There is no doubt in my mind that the Woodruff School’s emphasis on innovation and multi-disciplinary projects is a true Georgia Tech value-add.

Looking ahead, during the 2013-14 academic year, the Woodruff School will celebrate its 125th anniversary. As the oldest academic unit at Georgia Tech and currently the largest undergraduate program, we plan to celebrate the achievements of our graduates. Stay tuned via me.gatech.edu and MEGaTech, our alumni e-newsletter, for details on the anniversary and other exciting school news.

Best Regards, Bill Wepfer Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair and Professor

The George W. Woodruff school of Mechanical engineering The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (ME) is the oldest and largest school at Georgia Tech. Our program is ranked #2 in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Schools and #6 in the Best Engineering Graduate Schools by U.S. News and World Report. ME encompasses cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary areas, such as acoustics, bioengineering, materials, manufacturing, robotics, and MEMS. The Woodruff School also includes the Nuclear & Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics programs, ranked #5 in the Best Engineering Graduate Schools.

For more on our School and to see a short video, visit me.gatech.edu/about.

In Fall of 2011, enrollment in the Woodruff School included 1,750 ME undergraduate students and 181 NRE undergraduate students. Of those undergraduates there were 259 women and 145 international students. The graduate program enrolled 326 Ph.D. students and 504 Masters students, including 191 in distance-learning programs. There were 119 women and 216 international graduate students.

Retired Faculty Steven Danyluk

Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Professor Emeritus retired July 2012

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degrees awarded BSME 47/347 (394)

BSNRE 2/20 (22)

BS total 49/367 (416)

MSME 27/194 (221)

MSME-Bio 4/2 (6)

MSME-UD 0/6 (6)

MSNE 2/9 (11)

PhDME 4/20 (24)

PhDME-Bio 3/3 (6)

PhDNE 0/3 (3)

PhD-ROBO 0/1 (1)

MSMP 2/5 (7)

Total Woodruff School Degrees Awarded, 2011-2012: 91/610 (701)

MS total 35/216 (251) PhD total 7/27 (34)

Ray Vito

Vice Provost for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies and Professor Emeritus retired June 2012

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Research and Academia The research and academic activities at the Woodruff School are defined by our people. Our research and academic faculty, along with our graduate and undergraduate students, as well as our support staff, make up a stellar team. The faculty self-select into one or more research area groups, as well as participate in interdisciplinary centers across campus, many of which are run by the Woodruff School. The size and quality of our research program, along with our ability to partner and collaborate with teams of fellow Georgia Tech colleagues, as well as external companies and organizations, allow us to offer our students remarkable experiences and opportunities both inside and beyond the classroom. The following are short reports on select professors and students, their research, and the collaborative and inclusive efforts on behalf of the Woodruff School. For more details on each of these stories, please visit www.me.gatech.edu/annualreports/FY12.

Acoustics/ Dynamics

The acoustic environment, or “soundscape,” in hospitals and other medical facilities can be problematic, to say the least. Beeping alarms, medical respirators, overhead paging systems, floor cleaners, and airconditioning systems are just a few of the many noise sources. Add patient distress sounds, speech, and activity noise from busy staff in a highly reverberant space, and the result is a dynamic soundscape that is far from restful and negatively impacts patient health and recovery, staff stress and communication, and visitor comfort. Erica Ryherd is the founder of a collaborative research group, the Healthcare Acoustics Research Team (HART), a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in acoustics, engineering, architecture, psychology, nursing, and medicine. HART aims to advance the understanding of how various aspects of the hospital soundscape impact occupants, how to best measure and quantify these aspects, and how to translate results into evidence-based design.

Bioengineering

Research supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, and the U.S. Department of Defense, shows that mechanical forces affect the growth and remodeling of blood vessels during tissue regeneration and wound healing. The forces diminish or enhance the vascularization process and tissue regeneration depending on when they are applied during the healing process. “We found that having a very stable environment initially is very important because mechanical stresses applied early on disrupted very small vessels that were forming and prevented bone regeneration,” said Robert Guldberg. “If you wait until those vessels have grown in and they’re a little more mature, applying a mechanical stimulus then induces remodeling so that you end up with thicker blood vessels and a more robust bone healing response.” Graduate students Joel Boerckel and Brent Uhrig and postdoctoral fellow Nick Willett also contributed to this research.

Automation/ Mechatronics

ME2110 is a wildly successful design and mechatronics course that has inspired the development of courses in Korea and China. A top engineering university in Wuhan, China, introduced a condensed version of ME2110 this summer. William Singhose traveled to China and taught the lecture portion of ME2110 lectures. The Chinese professors then guided the students through a mechatronics design and build challenge. To facilitate learning in this new class, the ME2110 textbook, co-authored by Drs. William Singhose and Jeffrey Donnell, was translated and published in Chinese. To benefit all students in ME2110, this textbook has been converted into an innovative eBook. In contrast to PDF e-texts, the eBook is interactive: it provides explanatory videos, 3D figures that students can manipulate with their hands, and simulations of machines that operate within the book.

These interactive features offer students a richer learning experience, as faculty explore new ways to demonstrate how machines operate.

CAE & Design

Suresh Sitaraman and doctoral student Gregory Ostrowicki developed a test technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films of materials used in microelectronic devices, photovoltaic cells, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). This test technique is fixtureless and uses non-contact magnetic forces to measure the adhesion strength. “Devices are becoming smaller and smaller, and we are driving them to higher and higher performance,” said Sitaraman. “This technique would help manufacturers know that their products will meet reliability requirements, and provide designers with the information they need to choose the right materials to meet future design specifications over the lifetimes of devices.” Sitaraman and Ostrowicki have studied thin film layers about one micron in thickness, but their technique will work on layers that are of submicron thickness. Because their test layers are made using standard microelectronic fabrication techniques in Georgia Tech’s clean rooms, Sitaraman believes they accurately represent the conditions of real devices.

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Fluid mechanics

Heat Transfer, Combustion, & Energy Systems

The mosquito is possibly summer’s biggest nuisance. Sprays, pesticides, citronella candles, bug zappers—nothing seems to totally deter the bloodsucking insect. And neither can rain apparently. Even though a single raindrop can weigh 50 times as much as a mosquito, the insect is still able to fly through a downpour. Using high-speed videography, David Hu and doctoral student Andrew Dickerson found the mosquito’s strong exoskeleton and low mass render it impervious to falling raindrops.

Mosquitoes receive low impact forces from raindrops because the mass of mosquitoes causes raindrops to lose little momentum upon impact.

“The collision force must equal the resistance applied by the insect,” Hu said. “Mosquitoes don’t resist at all, but simply go with the flow.” What Hu and Dickerson learned about mosquito flight could be used to enhance the design and features of micro-airborne vehicles, which are increasingly being used by law enforcement and the military in surveillance and search-and-rescue operations.

Manufacturing

Mechanics of Materials

To ignite a passion for discovery and innovation among our nation’s youth, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is sponsoring the Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR) program to engage 1000 high schools worldwide over four years. Georgia Tech won one of the DARPA contracts for this effort and its program is led

by David Rosen (ME) and Daniel Schrage (AE). In distributed teams, students design, fabricate, and construct electro-mechanical systems to perform complex tasks that are evaluated against prize challenge requirements. Many parts the students design are fabricated on 3D printers that are located in high schools or nearby sites. The goal is to encourage students across clusters of high schools to collaborate via social media to jointly design and build systems of moderate complexity, such as mobile robots, go-carts, etc. A project objective is to have students learn about collaborative design, advanced manufacturing, and new product development practices and to become excited about pursuing technology-based careers.

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The White House named Baratunde Cola one of 96 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

This is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on engineering and science professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. According to the White House, Cola was selected for his outstanding research on thermal-to-electric energy conversion, nanoscale transport and materials; and for significant outreach and educational activities involving K-12 science and art students and teachers from disadvantaged minority communities. “The challenges and opportunities of nanoscience and nanoengineering have attracted many great minds to these fields, which makes interactions with students and colleagues within the community very rewarding personally,” said Cola. “Most of all, I have found that the mix of energy and nanoengineering has opened wide the door to a multifaceted life as a teacher-researcher-entrepreneur, which is exactly where I want to be right now.”

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In a strategic planning effort initiated by the Georgia Tech Materials Council, chaired by David McDowell, concepts for a Materials Interdisciplinary Research Center (IRC) have emerged that will put Georgia Tech at the forefront of innovation at the intersection of materials design, development, and advanced manufacturing. Reporting to Steve Cross, the Executive Vice President for Research, it is envisioned that the Materials IRC will serve to coordinate and promote materials research across campus. The IRC will focus on a comprehensive portfolio of on-campus materials expertise, equipment, and facilities, and a user-friendly, web-based clearinghouse for rapid identification of such expertise and capabilities. It will also provide web-based communications to enhance dissemination of scientific breakthroughs and marketing of accomplishments of the materials community at Georgia Tech, aiding researchers by identifying and providing web-based access to the capabilities, expertise, and interests of key strategic partners in industry, national laboratories, and other universities.

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We welcome the following new faculty & staff members to the Woodruff School.

We are also excited for the faculty members committed to joining the Woodruff School in the coming months.

Christine Esposito Event Coordinator began July 2012

Asegun Henry Assistant Professor began April 2012

Mohan Jones IT Support Professional began Nov. 2011

Thomas Kurfess Professor began March 2012

Peter Loutzenhiser Assistant Professor began May 2012

Susan Napier Thomas

Assistant Professor began Nov. 2011

Anna Erickson, to begin Nov. 2012 Surya Kalidindi, to begin Jan. 2013 Julie Linsey, to begin Jan. 2013 Levi Wood, to begin Aug. 2013

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MEMS

Levent Degertekin, the George W. Woodruff Chair in Mechanical Systems, is designing and fabricating tiny microsystems in silicon to improve the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery diseases.

The systems integrate over 100 sensors and associated electronics on a 1mm diameter, 0.3mm thick silicon donut and can be placed at the tip of millimeter diameter catheters to image the arteries of the heart in three dimensions at high resolution using high-frequency ultrasound waves. The ability to integrate electronics with the mechanical structures on the same silicon chip is key for successful implementation of cost-effective, flexible catheter-based imaging arrays to reduce the number of cables and electronic noise. With their compact design and three-dimensional imaging capabilities, these catheters would be used for guiding cardiologists during interventions, such as those for completely blocked arteries.

Tribology

Richard W. Neu received the ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials) Award of Merit from Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture. The Award of Merit and its accompanying title of fellow is ASTM’s highest organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities. A respected expert in the area of thermomechanical fatigue and fretting fatigue, Neu’s research interests focus on the understanding and prediction of the fatigue behavior of materials. Neu, who became a member of ASTM International in 1992, is a member at large on the E08 executive subcommittee and is vice chairman of Subcommittee E08.05 on Cyclic Deformation and Fatigue Crack Formation. He also serves as faculty advisor to the E08 student chapter at Georgia Tech.

E08 has previously recognized his contributions with the Keith J. Miller Young Investigator Award in 1998 and two Awards of Appreciation (2008 and 2010).

Nuclear & Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Programs are an integral part of the

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

Nuclear & Radiological Engineering Bojan Petrovic is pursuing optimum refueling of liquid salt cooled reactor systems. Use of liquid (molten) salt as the coolant and working fluid enables operation at high temperature and low pressure. The former increases efficiency, which improves the use of fuel resources and reduces rejected heat, i.e., thermal pollution. The latter, combined with capability for heat removal in natural circulation mode, enhances its inherent safety. Thus, this novel reactor system has potential to contribute to expansion of safe and sustainable nuclear power. Robust nuclear fuel of TRISO type is employed; fuel kernels are surrounded by several layers of graphite and silicon carbide that safely contain fission products and provide multiple barriers preventing their release in accident scenarios. However, this also reduces the amount of fuel that can be loaded at each refueling and challenges neutronic design of the system. Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy NEUP Research Award, Petrovic is investigating novel fuel designs and refueling options to solve this challenge.

Medical Physics

The Radiological Science and Engineering Lab (RSEL) recently opened to support the Nuclear and Radiological and Medical Physics (NRE/ MP) Programs in research and education. The RSEL includes a number of facilities to support education and research for NRE/MP. Housed within the RSEL is the Varian Clinical Linear Accelerator Laboratory (VCLA), with state-of-the-art clinical radiation therapy equipment dedicated solely to research and education, making the Georgia Tech medical physics program one of the only programs in the nation with this unique capability. The VCLA includes top-of-the-line technology for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery research, education, and training, including a new medical linear accelerator with beam shaping and imaging accessories. The VCLA will provide hands-on training to Medical Physics students in Georgia Tech’s NRE/MP Programs, state of the art tools for cooperative research with Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute, as well as continuing education for medical physicists currently practicing in the field, and research opportunities for faculty.

Finances The Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering spent $50,362,059 from State, Sponsored Research, GT Foundation, and GTRC funds during the 1 July 2011 through 30 June 2012 fiscal year period. As a significant percentage of State funds pay for faculty and staff salaries, the school is increasingly dependent on Foundation funds to support operations and sustainment activities required to maintain a leadership role in engineering education.

The Woodruff Endowment

George Woodruff, GT class of 1917, served as a trustee and trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation from 1941 until his death at the age of 91 in 1987. He received the Alumni Distinguished Service Award in 1963. The Fiscal Year 2012 Woodruff endowment allocation of $2,397,046 to the School of Mechanical Engineering provided critical educational and equipment support to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

Fiscal Year 2012 Expenditures and Sources

Other GT Foundation Endowments

GT Foundation

In addition to the Woodruff Endowment, the School of Mechanical Engineering has 42 other endowed Foundation accounts that support five Faculty Chairs, three Faculty Professorships, professional development and events.

$4,823,374

GT Research Corp. $463,385

Sponsored Research

The Woodruff School Faculty averaged sponsored research work efforts on 225 awarded grants and contracts through Fiscal Year 2012. Faculty members were additionally awarded $19,185,336 in new sponsored research awards during this same period.

Sponsored Research $24,992,360

State

$20,082,940

AWARD Winners Faculty & academic professionals | Staff | Students Said Abdel-Khalik 2012 SunShot CSP Research and Development Award Yves Berthelot National Order of Merite for leadership at Georgia Tech Lorraine by the French Ambassador Ye-Hwa Chen Honorary International Chair Professor by the National Taipei University of Technology Baratunde Cola Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by the United States Government; 2012 Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow Jonathan Colton 2011 Class of 1969 Teaching Scholar Mark Costello Promoted to Professor Nico Declercq Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure Steven Danyluk Professor & Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering for Advanced Manufacturing Systems Emeritus Alper Erturk 2012 Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow Andrei Federov Woodruff Professorship Aldo Ferri 2011 Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow Craig Forest 2012 Lockheed Dean's Excellence in Teaching Award Andres Garcia Hyundai Professor of Excellence by GTAA; Woodruff Professorship; Clemson Award for Basic Science from the Society of Biomaterials; Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering by the International Union of Societies of Biomaterials Science and Engineering Srinivas Garimella Hightower Chair in Engineering; ASME ICNMM2012 Outstanding Researcher Award Caroline Genzale SAE John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines Mostafa Ghiaasiaan Defense University Research Instrumentation Program Award Samuel Graham NSF IGERT Award Robert Guldberg 2012 Sigma Xi Award for Best Faculty Paper Nolan Hertel Global FIRE Sheldon Jeter 2012 SunShot CSP Research and Development Award Yogendra Joshi 2012 ITherm Achievement Award Michael Leamy Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure Kok-Meng Lee EFRI Award; NSF Emerging Frontier Award Steven Liang Elected Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers Tim Lieuwen 2012 ASME Fellow David McDowell Founding Director of the Materials Interdisciplinary Research Center; Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics Shreyes Melkote Best paper award at the 7th International Conference on Micro-Manufacturing; Elected Associate Member, College International Pour La Recherche En Productique Richard Neu ASTM International Merit Award Chris Paredis Woodruff Faculty Fellow; 2011 ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division Excellence in Research Award Raghu Pucha 2012 CETL Undergraduate Educator Award David Rosen Best paper award at the 7th International Conference on Micro-Manufacturing Massimo Ruzzene 2012 ASME Fellow Karim Sabra Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure; 2011 R. Bruce Lindsay Award from the Acoustical Society of America Dirk Schaefer Thank a Teacher Program Award by the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Suresh Sitaraman Thomas French Achievement Award of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State University Glenn Sjoden American Nuclear Society Presidential Citation for Service in Response to Fukushima Todd Sulchek 2012 CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award; Lockheed Inspirational Young Faculty Award Charles Ume Made in Georgia Award by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation William Wepfer 2012 ADVANCE Leadership Award Minami Yoda Defense University Research Instrumentation Program Award; Elected Chair of the American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division Zhuomin Zhang 2010 Hartnett-Irvine Award from the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer Ting Zhu Woodruff Faculty Fellow Bruce Barkley Promoted to Facilities Manager I Cameron Barnes Promoted to Building Coordinator I Dimetra Diggs-Butler Promoted to Academic Program Coordinator II Kysten Raleigh Classified Staff Outstanding Achievement Award, Year 2011; Classified Staff Outstanding Achievement Award, Fall 2011 Kellie Templeman Classified Staff Outstanding Achievement Award, Spring 2012 Parisa Pour Shahid Saeed Abadi GTRIC Travel Award David Anderson Best Presentation Award at International Forum for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Energy Science Akibi Archer CETL Tech to Teaching Higher Education Pathways Certificate Banafsheh Barabadi Best Poster Award at 2011 Global Interposer Technology Workshop Soumya Basu 2010 Hartnett-Irvine Award from the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer James Baunchalk 2012 I2S, 1st place; 2012 I2S, People’s Choice Lee Bouldwin Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Senior Award; Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Award John Bustamante ASHRAE Grant in Aid Matthew Chambers School Chair’s Award Liang Chen GTRIC Travel Grant Winner Shaheen Dewji Roy G. Post Foundation Scholarship Recipient Nick Earnhart Institute of Noise Control Engineering’s Leo Beranek Student Medal for Excellence Ramiha Edirisinghe Institute of Noise Control Engineering’s Leo Beranek Student Medal for Excellence Andrew Foote 2012 I2S, Most-Market-Ready Award by Hub Atlanta Brian Fronk 2011-2012 ASME Graduate Teaching Fellow Stephen Goldman GTRIC Travel Grant Winner Alexandru Hagiopol Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Scholar Award Andrew Ming Hsu Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Award Seth Johnson Richard K. Whitehead Jr. Memorial Award Mehdi Karevan FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research by the American Physical Society Paul Calvin Kern Henry Ford II Scholar Award Jacqueline Knotts Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Junior Award Suhasa Kodandaramaiah GTRIC Travel Grant Winner Spencer Lewis Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award, Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program Yan Li GTRIC IPC Fellowship Winner Yuan Li GTRIC Travel Grant Winner; 2012 Sigma Xi Award for Best Master’s Thesis Adrienne Little Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for 2012-2013 by the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; ASHRAE Grant in Aid David MacNair CETL Graduate Teaching Fellow Hamidreza Marvi GTRIC Best Poster Award Hassan Masoud 2011 Materials Research Society Graduate Student Silver Award; GTRIC Fellowship Award; TechSTAR Award by the Office of International Education at Georgia Tech George Spencer Mickum Sam Nunn Security Fellowship Jeff Milkie ASHRAE Grant in Aid Parisa Pooyan First Prize at Annual TMS Conference Chris Quintero 2012 I2S, 1st place; 2012 I2S, People’s Choice Alex Rattner CETL Graduate Teaching Fellow Thomas Robbins ASHRAE Grant in Aid Mark Simpson GTRIC Edison Prize Nicholas Sondej 2012 I2S, 3rd place; 2012 I2S, Best Video; 2012 I2S, Liam Rattray Social Courage Award Matthew Vickers 2012 I2S, 3rd place; 2012 I2S, Best Video; 2012 I2S, Liam Rattray Social Courage Award Liping Wang 2010 HartnettIrvine Award from the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer; ASME NanoEngineering Council Award Keith Weaver Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award by the College of Engineering Emily Woods 2012 I2S, Most-Market-Ready Award by Hub Atlanta Dazhong Wu ASME Southeast District F Special Recognition Award; 2012 ASME/NSF Design Essay Competition Winner

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Alumni in the News Kyle Azevedo (MSME ‘10), Yuriv Rominiw (current)

Launched startup company, ViaCycle, on the Georgia Tech campus

Constantinos Balaras (MSME ‘85, PhD ‘88) Elevated to ASHRAE Fellow

Michele Ferenci (MSHP ‘97, PhD NRE ‘01) Promoted to Head of Medical Physics at Hershey Medical Center (Penn State) Douglas Hooker (BME ‘78)

Named ARC Executive Director

Robert Parrish (BSME ‘10)

Named to Scientific American’s 30 Under 30

Henry L. Pruitt (BME ‘51) Inducted into the Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame

Jorge Cham (BSME ‘97)

Trotter Hunt (BSME ‘99) Named to Dallas Federal Emerging Leaders Council

Carl Ring (BME ‘78)

Ralph Cleveland, Jr. (BME ‘86)

Cynthia Jones (MSHP ‘86) Appointed NRC Nuclear Safety Attaché

Stan Connally (BSME ‘93)

Marc Pare (BSME ‘10), Chris Quintero (BSME ‘12), and James Baunchalk (current)

Mickey Wade (MSNE ‘87, PhD ‘91) Appointed as VP and Director of the DIII-D National Fusion Program

Released a movie, Piled Higher and Deeper Inducted into the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineers

Promoted to Gulf Power President

Michael Ellis (MSME ‘93, PhD ME ‘96), Jorge Gonzalez (PhD ME ‘94), and Laura Schaefer (MSME ‘97, PhD ME ‘00)

Inducted into the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineers

Startup company, Mekong Green Tech, won first place in the 2012 Ideas to SERVE (I2S) Competition at Georgia Tech College of Management.

Chaired ASME 2012 6th International Conference on Energy Sustainability

For updated and continued news on our alumni, visit me.gatech.edu/alumni. If you’d like to submit your news and accomplishments, please email communications@me.gatech.edu

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Advisory Board Members Mr. Thomas G. Arlotto

Mr. Jeffrey Gasser

Mr. Carl Ring

Mr. Michael J. Bly

Mr. Manuel Junco, Jr.

Ms. Lisa A. Schott

BME 1975 WorleyParsons Hydrocarbons

BME 1990 Quietly Making Noise, LLC

Mr. John Kluber

Dr. Randy Sheffield

BME 1984 Kluber Architects & Engineers

BME 1988, MSME 1990, PhD ME 1994 Schlumberger

Mr. Bryan LaBrecque

Dr. Joseph L. Smith, Jr.

BSMS 1981 Clayton State University

BME 1952, MSME 1953 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. William R. McCollum, Jr.

Ms. Stella M. Sudderth

BSEE 1973, MSNE 1974 Tennessee Valley Authority

BME 1980 MRU, Inc.

Dr. Matthew P. Miller

Dr. Lindsey Thornhill

MSME 1990, PhD ME 1993 Cornell University

BME 1984, MSME 1986, Ph.D. ME 1996 Science Applications International Corp.

Mr. Blake Moret

Mr. Michael Tinskey

BSME 1985 Rockwell Automation

MSEE 1991 Ford Motor Company

Dr. Johne' M. Parker

Dr. John F. Zino

BME 1982 Maestro Strategies LLC BME 1990 General Motors

Mr. Lou Cerone

General Electric Energy Systems

Dr. Dana C. Christensen

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mr. Ralph Cleveland

BME 1986 Atlanta Gas Light Resources

Mr. Thomas A. Coleman

BSPhys 1971, MSNE 1973 AREVA Federal Services

Mr. Stanley W. Connally, Jr. BME 1993 Gulf Power Company

Mr. James Dullum BME 1974 Fieldstone Equity

BME 1983 Southern Nuclear Operating Company

BME 1992, MSME 1995, PhD 1997 University of Kentucky

BME 1978 Ring Container Technologies

Ph.D. NE 1999 GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC

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