Georgia Institute of Technology
Centennial-Mechanical Engineering Fund Dean Lennard Endowment Fund Edward A. Eppinger Endowment Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair in Manufacturing Fund Frank K. Webb, Jr. Endowment Fund Harold W. Gegenheimer Fund Henry Ward Endowment Ike Murray Endowment Fund J. Erskine Love, Jr. Family Endowment Fund Jack M. Zeigler Endowment Fund Jack M. Zeigler Outstanding Educator in the School of Mechanical Engineering Award Endowment Fund James Charles Leathers Endowment Fund John G. Johnson Mechanical Engineering Fund John M. McKenney & Warren D. Shiver Distinguished Chair in Building Mechanical Systems Fund Joseph H. Anderer Faculty Fellow Endowment Fund Kilpatrick and Fitzpatrick Endowment Lindsey D. Thornhill Endowment Mark Morelli Endowment Mary B. and Henry L. Pruitt Endowment Fund ME-BioEngineering Research and Education Fund Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Advanced Manufacturing Systems Fund Morris M. Bryan Professorships Neely Professorship Fund Parker H. Petit Chair Fund Phillip F. L’Engle and Williams B. Hardin Endowment Fund Robert L. Walker Endowment Ward O. Winer Professional Development Fund Warren K. Wells Endowment for Mechanical Engineering Fund William B. Crane, Sr. Endowment Fund
SCHOLARSHIPS
Alan F. Sides Scholarship Endowment Fund Arthur Dean Brook Scholarship Fund Carl F. Phillips Endowment Fund Danyluk ME Scholarship Endowment Fund David V. Carswell Memorial Scholarship Fund Donald H. Jones Scholarship Fund Francis R. Hammack Scholarship Endowment Fund James C. Leathers Scholarship Endowment Fund John S. Webb and Julian C. Stanley, Sr. Scholarship Endowment Fund Joseph H. Dean Memorial Endowment Fund Leslie U. Hammack and Ola Ryle Hammack Memorial Fund Louis B. Long Endowment Fund Paden-Cheves Scholarship Fund Procter & Gamble Technical Scholarship Fund Richard A. Trotter Memorial Scholarship Fund Richard K. Whitehead, Jr. Fund
FELLOWSHIPS
Henry Fisher Jr. Fellowship Endowment (NRE) James E. Pruitt, Jr. Fellowship John Harris Maddox Fellowship Endowment Fund Paul R. Yopp Memorial Fellowship Fund William H. Glenn Fellowship Fund 30
ALUMNI HONORS
Soumyadipta Basu (Ph.D. ME 2009) received a 2010 Sigma Xi Georgia Tech Chapter Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. Anthony Belvin (BSME 2001) and Annica Wayman (Ph.D. ME 2006) were named AAAS Policy Fellows for 20102011. Anthony, who holds a Ph.D. from Florida A&M, is working at the Department of Energy and Annica is at USAID. Mickey Bly (B ME 1990), Executive Director, Hybrid, Electric and Battery Engineering at General Motors, was one of the leaders who helped launch GM’s Chevy Volt, which was named 2011 Motor Trend Car of the Year. Matt Casiano (BSME 1998, MSME 2000), an Du engineer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, received a Silver Snoopy Award. The prestigious award, which is presented by NASA astronauts, recognizes outstanding contributions to human space flight mission safety and success. Adam Christensen (Ph.D. ME 2009) is an ASME Congressional Fellow in the U. S. House of Representatives Office of U. S. Congressman Jay Inslee from the state of Washington. Adam pays particular attention to issues involving energy policy. He is also on the Educational Board of Engineers Without Fan Borders and he is involved with the ASME Center for Public Awareness focusing on raising awareness of the engineering problems in the developing world. Winncy Du (Ph.D. ME 1989), Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at San Jose State University in California, was named a Fellow of the ASME. Tai-Hsi Fan (Ph.D. ME 2003) received a 2010 Faculty Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation for work in the area of biomedical microfluidics. Lewis Kamper Lewis (MSME 1994, Ph.D. ME 1996) received the 2010 Fred Merryfield Design Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. Kemper is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The award was created in 1981 by CH2M Hill in memory of Fred Merryfield and recognizes excellence in teaching of engineering design and acknowledges other significant contributions related to engineering design teaching. McDaniel J. Gregory McDaniel (MSME 1990, Ph.D. ME 1992) won Boston University’s highest teaching award, the Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Greg is the 38th recipient of this prize and only the 2nd engineering faculty member at Boston University to be so recognized. Carolyn Meyers (MSME 1979, Ph.D. ChE 1984) was named President of Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. Prior, she had been President of Norfolk State University in Virginia. Meyers