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A newsletter for

alumni and friends of

the Department of

Mechanical Engineering

INS IDE

2 Message fromthe Chair

3 Department News

4 Faculty News

5 Research Update

6 Current Research

8 Centers Update

12 Student News

13 Department Directory

14 Alumni Notes

15 Alumni Outreach

The Department of Mechanical Engineering

presented its First Annual Research Review

Day at the University of Maryland’s Inn and

Conference Center on November 3, 2000.

Over 150 attendees from industry, govern-

ment, and academia were presented with an

overview of the research being conducted in

the Department through talks, poster pre-

sentations, videos, and laboratory tours.

Attendees were welcomed by UniversityPresident and Professor of MechanicalEngineering C. Daniel Mote, Jr. and VicePresident for Research and Dean of theGraduate School William Destler, who spokeabout research opportunities at the Universityof Maryland. Featured talks included:

• Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century,Davinder K. Anand, Professor and Chair,Department of Mechanical Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering's New Role inElectronic Product Development, Michael

Pecht, Director, CALCE ElectronicProducts, and Systems Center and Professorof Mechanical Engineering

• MEMS, Microsystems and Nanotechnology,Donald DeVoe, Director, Maryland MEMSLaboratory, and Assistant Professor ofMechanical Engineering

• Virtual Vibration and Noise Control of Smart

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Structures, Amr Baz, Director, SmartMaterials and Structures Laboratory, andProfessor of Mechanical Engineering

• The Future of Building Technology: TheMaryland BCHP Research and DemonstrationProject, Reinhard Radermacher, Director,Center for Energy and EnvironmentalEngineering (CEEE), and Professor ofMechanical Engineering

• New Directions in Quantitative FlowVisualization, James H. Duncan, Director,Hydrodynamics Laboratory, and Professor of

First Annual ME Research ReviewDay a Great Success

Right: Department Chair

Dave Anand

Below: Clark School Dean

Nariman Farvardin,

President C.D. Mote, and

Associate Dean Herbert

Rabin

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Message From the Chair

T H E D E PA RT M E N T of MechanicalEngineering is changing at a rapid paceand it is important that we keep ouralumni and friends well informed. We aretherefore launching our first newsletter,MEtrics. Our plans call for having this abiannual publication and include it in ourWeb presence, as well.

The inaugural issue introduces to youour newest faculty—these five youngassistant professors have already becomeintegral members of our research andteaching family, and we are delighted tohave them aboard. We also highlight someof our more “senior” faculty’s currentresearch findings and accomplishments, aswell as news from some of our variousCenters and Laboratories. We also revisitour first-place win of FutureTruck 2000 as

we are preparing for this year’s competi-tion. Our cover story, however, featuresour most important event this Fall: theMechanical Engineering ResearchReview Day. Nearly two hundred atten-dees were on-hand to hear the morningplenary sessions, have lunch, view themore than sixty posters showcased, andtake afternoon tours of our many labora-tory facilities.

We are sure that you will findMEtrics interesting and worthwhile read-ing. We would like to urge you to use thelast page and keep the communityinformed of your activities. Best of all,call us or drop by and visit us. We lookforward to hearing from you.

Mechanical Engineering • Impact of IT on the Future of Mechanical

Engineering, Donald R. Riley,AssociateVice President and Chief InformationOfficer, and Affiliate Professor ofMechanical Engineering In addition, over 60 research posters

were showcased and afternoon laboratorytours were scheduled.

For more information, please emailEdward Magrab, Professor of MechanicalEngineering and Event Coordinator, [email protected].

ME Research Review Day

continued from page 1 Right: Robert Kavetsky (Gov’t.

Program Director, NAVSEA IH), Vice

President William Destler, and

Professor Michael Pecht

Below: The poster session

A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING • GLENN L. MARTIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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The American Physical Society’s Divisionof Fluid Dynamics 53rd Annual Meetingwas held at the Hyatt Regency on CapitolHill Hotel in Washington, D.C. fromNovember 19-21, 2000.

This meeting is the premier gatheringof fluid dynamicists in the United Stateseach year. This year 1100 scientists andengineers from numerous countries inNorth America, South America, Europe,and Asia attended. The meeting was host-ed by the University of Maryland and wasorganized by a committee consisting pri-marily of faculty from the MechanicalEngineering Department:

James Wallace (Committee Chair); Elias

Balaras; Peter Bernard (Invited SpeakerCoordinator);Anil Deane, Institute forPhysical Sciences and Technology; James

Duncan (Gallery of Fluid MotionCoordinator); Gregory Jackson; Kenneth

Kiger (Website & PublicationsCoordinator); Daniel Lathrop, Departmentof Physics; Ugo Piomelli (TechnicalProgram Coordinator).

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced the recipients of their DefenseUniversity Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Awards. Of the 242 awards to99 academic institutions, six were awarded to the University of Maryland – three ofwhich were headed by Mechanical Engineering faculty:

Virtual Platform for Design and Control of Structural AcousticsAssociate Professor Balakumar Balachandran, Principal Investigator

Deep Reactive Ion EtcherAssistant Professor Donald DeVoe, Principal Investigator

Refractometer and Particle ImageVelocimeter for Controlling the Structureof SprayProfessor Ashwani K. Gupta,Principal Investigator (TechnicalProgram Coordinator).

The website link is:www.enme.umd.edu/orgs/dfd2000/.

UM Serves as Host of Physical SocietyAnnual Meeting

GuptaBalachandranDeVoe

Three ME Projects Receive DoDDURIP Award

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Gupta Receives AwardsThe Society of Manufacturing Engineershas selected Assistant Professor SatyandraK. Gupta to receive the 2001 Robert W.Galvin Outstanding YoungManufacturing EngineerAward. This award is con-ferred in recognition of Dr.Gupta's significant achieve-ments and leadership in thefield of manufacturing engineering as ayoung engineer. It ranks in stature withthe SME International Honor Awards andthe SME Award of Merit. Dr. Gupta wasone of nine recipients selected to receivethis award in 2001.

Dr. Gupta has also won a NationalScience Foundation Faculty Early CareerDevelopment (CAREER) Award for“Automated Design of Multi-PieceMolds–A Step towards Manufacturing ofGeometrically Complex HeterogeneousObjects.” The five-year award begins July1, 2001.

In addition, Dr. Gupta has received aYoung Investigator award from the Officeof Naval Research. He will investigateways to make casting and molding ceram-ic parts a more affordable fabricationprocess by combining machining and lay-ered manufacturing to create complexparts of large size with very small features.

New Faculty

Elias Balaras

His research interests includecomputational fluid dynam-ics, biomedical fluid flows,fluid-solid interactions, tur-bulence and transition. He

received his Ph.D. from the Swiss FederalInstitute of Technology, Lausanne,Switzerland.

Dimitrios Hristu-Varsakelis

His research interests includecontrol and dynamical sys-tems, distributed systems,intelligent machines, forma-tions of autonomous sys-

tems, and robotics. He received his Ph.D.in engineering sciences from Harvard.

Omar M. Ramahi

His research interests includeelectromagnetic compatibili-ty and interference, high-speed electronic packaging,biomedical applications of

electromagnetics, wave-material interac-tion, optimization and electromagneticcharacterization of advanced materials.He received his Ph.D. in electrical andcomputer engineering from theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Donald H. Robbins, Jr.

His research interests includecomputational mechanics ofsolids and structures, consti-tutive relations for compos-ite and finite strain materials,

development of finite element models andprocedures for multiscale analysis of com-posite structural components. He receivedhis Ph.D. in engineering mechanics fromVirginia Tech.

Elisabeth Smela

Her research interestsinclude the use of organicmaterials in microelectro-mechanical systems(MEMS), organic microfab-

ricated light emitting diodes (LEDs), andfiber optic sensors. She received herPh.D. in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Pennsylvania.

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Buckley AwardedAssistant Professor Steven Buckley hasrecently won two awards for his research:an Office of Naval Research YoungInvestigator Award and a National ScienceFoundation CAREER Award.

For his proposal entitled “Particle andToxic Release InventoryDiagnostics for NavyVehicles and Operations,”Dr. Buckley received one of26 ONR Young InvestigatorAwards. This award providesup to $100,000 per year for three years.

For his research “Investigation ofLaser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopyfor Analysis of Airborne ParticulateMatter” Dr. Buckley received a NationalScience Foundation Faculty Early CareerDevelopment (CAREER) Award. Thefive-year award began February 15.

Promotions GrantedThe following Mechanical Engineeringfaculty have been granted tenure, effectivein the 2001-2002 academic year:Bongtae Han,Associate Professor; Peter

Sandborn,Associate Professor.The following Mechanical

Engineering faculty have been promotedfrom Assistant Professor to AssociateProfessor with tenure: Jeffrey Herrmann,Ken Kiger, Jungho Kim, Linda Schmidt,and Greg Walsh.

The Department offers their heartiestcongratulations to all of these faculty fortheir well-deserved promotions.

A N E X P E R I M E N T TO S T U DY subcooled pool boiling of FC-72by Assistant Professor Jungho Kim and students John Benton andBob Kucner of the Phase Change Heat Transfer Laboratory hasbeen upgraded to “flight definition” by NASA, meaning that it has agood chance to fly on the International SpaceStation. The experiment was recently upgradedfrom a ground-based to a flight experiment. Thescheduled launch date is September 2004.

Boiling as a heat transfer mechanism is ofimportance to space-based hardware due to thelarge amounts of heat that can be removed withlittle increase in temperature. Because boiling isstrongly affected by buoyancy, the nature of boiling in microgravityenvironments is significantly altered. An understanding of the effectof this environment on boiling mechanisms is critical to the properdesign of heat removal equipment for use in space-based applica-tions. If boiling can be used reliably to transfer energy in space, thiswould lead to heat exchangers that are greatly reduced in size andweight, leading to lower payload launch costs (currently at $10,000per pound).

Dr. Kim and members of the Lab have been performing experi-ments to determine boiling mechanisms in microgravity using aKC-135 airplane (popularly known as the “Vomit Comet”) thatprovides microgravity environments for short (20-25s) periods oftime. An experiment to study subcooled pool boiling of FC-72 wasflown on the maiden flight of the Terrier-Improved Orion soundingrocket on December 17, 1999, which provided about 200 s ofmicrogravity time. The rocket was launched from NASA’s WallopsFlight Facility in Chincoteague,VA. It reached an altitude of 168km, and landed about 70 km out into the Atlantic Ocean.

This work is spon-sored by the NASAMicrogravity FluidPhysics Program.

Boiling in Microgravity

Kim

Benton, Kim, and

Kucner aboard the

KC-135

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T H E E L E C T RO N I C S I N D U S T RY,believed to be responsible for approximately2% of worldwide lead contamination (0.7million metric tons per year), is underincreasing pressure to eliminate the lead fromtheir products. The primary sources of leadin electronics is solder, used to bond compo-nents to circuit cards. With new environ-mental legislation pending in Europe(Directive on Waste from Electrical andElectronic Equipment [WEEE],76/769/EEC), and Japan already coming outwith lead-free products,American companiesare suddenly finding themselves laggingbehind other industrial nations. A 1999 sur-vey by the National ElectronicsManufacturing Initiative (NEMI) indicatesthat only 22% percent of North Americancompanies have a lead replacement plan and58% do not.

A comprehensive study conducted in1993-1997 by a U.S. consortium consistingof the National Center for ManufacturingSciences (NCMS), CALCE, electronics man-ufacturers, government research labs, andeducational institutions, identified severalpotential substitutes for lead solders, amongthem SnBi58 (58% by weight bismuth (a by-product of the lead-refining process), remain-der tin), SnAg3.5Bi4.8 (3.5% silver, 4.8% bis-muth, remainder tin) and SnAg3.5 (3.5% sil-ver, remainder tin). NEMI has currently sug-gested that only the Sn/Ag alloys from theNCMS list are favored. The ternarySn/Ag/Cu alloy is favored in reflow solder-ing operations and the binary Sn/Cu andSn/Ag eutectic alloys in wave solderingprocesses.

The concern with eliminating lead sol-

CALCE Seeks Lead Free Answersders has to be balanced against the durabilityand reliability of their replacements.Premature fatigue failuresof solders lead to unreli-able electronics, and thefatigue endurance oflead-free solders is notwell understood yet. The fatigue failures insolders arise due to cyclic temperaturechanges caused by environment variationsand by power on/off cycles. Solder fatigue isextremely difficult to quantify and predictbecause of the complex nonlinear time-dependent and temperature-dependent rela-tionship between forces acting on the solderand the results deformations.

By quantifying thermomechanicalfatigue behavior of the NCMS identifiedlead-free solders, researchers at CALCEElectronic Products and Systems Centerhave provided vital expertise. “Our goals aretwofold,” says Dr. Abhijit Dasgupta, CALCEProfessor and Scientist. “One: to quantifythe mechanical behavior and fatigue proper-ties of the ternary Sn/Cu/Ag lead-free solderalloy; and Two: to identify compatible platingsystems for printed wiring boards (PWBs)and components.” The CALCE consortiummembers will use the findings of this studyto design and fabricate electronic hardwareusing lead-free solders. These products willthen undergo extensive qualification testingat CALCE to verify the in-service durabilityof these next generation “green” electronics.

For further information, contact Dr.Dasgupta at CALCE Electronic Products andSystems Center at 301.405.5323, or by emailat [email protected].

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Three-year NSFCRCD GrantAwarded to MEFaculty Mechanical Engineering AssistantProfessors Greg Walsh (PI) and Dimitrios

Hristu-Varsakelis, along with Electricaland Computer Engineering ProfessorWilliam Levine and Human DevelopmentAssistant Professor Roger Azevedo havebeen awarded a three-year NationalScience Foundation Combined Researchand Curriculum Development (CRCD)grant for their proposal titled “ACurriculum in Networked andDistributed Systems.” The project is fund-ed at about $500K, which includes $100Kin matching funds from the A. JamesClark School of Engineering.

The goal of this project is to developan innovative senior/masters-level cur-riculum designed to: (a) bring importantnew technologies in wireless and net-worked distributed systems into the class-room, (b) make use of novel teaching andevaluation methods to enhance facultyproductivity in laboratory and projectcourses, and (c) improve the educationalvalue of student experiences in laboratoryand project courses. The laboratory facili-ties which will be part of this work willalso play a role in enabling multi-discipli-nary research in networks, communica-tions, and control.

T H E PA S T D E CA D E has witnessed asignificant increase in computer processorspeed. In fact, present processor develop-ment is approaching the 2GHz mark, withfundamental harmonics reaching wellbeyond 10GHz. While these advances arehighly welcomed, their silent negativeconsequences are that electromagnetic(EM) radiation increases with processorspeed and, if unchecked, can interferewith the operation of nearby electronicdevices and can pose a risk hazard tonearby biological organisms.

Moreover, the drive towards low-costelectronic packaging using non-metallicfixtures is creating unintended internaland external spurious radiation that cansignificantly alter the timing of electroniccircuitry, leading to device incompatibilityand hard-to-detect operation failures.

Increased internal and external elec-tromagnetic pollution has made the effi-cient and optimal containment or shield-ing of EM radiation a major factor in theoverall design of electronic packages. Infact, the Federal CommunicationCommission (FCC) and the EuropeanCommunity (EC) have reacted aggressive-ly by imposing strict regulations on theamount of radiation allowed from eachclass of devices.

The significance of EM radiation inthe package design process has led to theemergence of a separate discipline withinengineering studies, referred to as electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC).

Electromagnetic Radiation: A GrowingConcern in Electronic Products Design

The “old way” of applying designrules, then fixing the EMI/EMC problemsafter the product is built, is not acceptablein today’s highly competitive developmentenvironment, when designs must pass reg-ulatory requirements the first timethrough the design cycle.

Recently, this research effort has beenexpanded with the addition of Dr. Omar

Ramahi. Dr. Ramahi joined theMechanical Engineering department as afaculty member in August of 2000. Priorto joining us, he had worked at CompaqComputer Corporation for seven years,where he was part of the Alpha ServersDevelopment Group.

Dr. Ramahi is currently constructingan advanced EMI/EMC characterization,testing, and measurements laboratory withthe capability of investigating and testingnovel designs that produce lower levels ofradiation. He is also establishing a com-putational electromagnetic laboratory thatwill help identify effective designs. Thesecapabilities will help establish appropriatedesign methods and testing procedures forEMI/EMC, and the results obtained willbe used to characterize and quantifyshielding reliability.

For more information on EMI/EMCresearch conducted at CALCE and cur-rent research projects in this area, contactDr. Omar Ramahi directly [email protected] or call301.405.5261.


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T H E C E N T E R F O R E N V I RO N M E N TA L

Energy Engineering (CEEE) Annual Meeting,held September 13 and 14, 2000, at theUniversity of Maryland Inn and ConferenceCenter, represented a tremendous opportunityfor CEEE sponsors to get an update on the sta-tus of the projects, to provide a valuable feed-back, and to discuss and plan future develop-ments.

CEEE also offered a technology transferworkshop for all the people involved in BCHP(Buildings: Cooling, Heating and Power).Presentations focused on the potential of BCHPand discussed the background, introduced indi-vidual technologies, presented case studies andshowed as examples the system that is currentlyin operation on the College Park campus. Atour of the University of Maryland facility wasincluded. Companies involved in this field camefrom all over the country and were impressed bythe great potential of the BCHP concept and ofthe CEEE particular project. Among the com-panies represented were:Arthur D. Little,Kathabar, International Fuel Cells, Curtis, LG,Hill Phoenix, Sebesta Blomberg, ColumbiaEnergy Group, Broad, Honeywell,Trigen,Chesapeake Utilities, Daikin, Fresh AirSolutions, and Healthy Buildings.

For further information, please visit theCEEE web site at www.enme.umd.edu/ceee orcontact them by e-mail at [email protected].

CEEE Annual Meeting 2000

CEEE Director

Reinhard

Radermacher

Touring the Chesapeake Building

The BCHP team: Sean Nollan, Aris

Marantan, Predrag Popovic, Jonathan

Murray, Eric Griff, Ron Worley, Werner

Wongsosaputro

Front view of

the microturbine

installed at the

Chesapeake

Building

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UM Teams Up with RPIThe Hydrodynamics Laboratory, currently in the final year oftheir three-year grant from the National Science Foundation, isworking on the effect of surfactants on spilling breaking waterwaves. This joint project between UM ME Professor James

Duncan and Professor Jerry Korenowski of the Department ofChemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is ground-breakingresearch in breaking wave dynamics. Professor Korenowski hasbrought his laser and extensive optical equipment for measuringinstantaneous surfactant concentrations on a water surface to theUniversity of Maryland laboratory. While the UM ME lab ismeasuring the behavior of the waves, Professor Korenowski andhis students are measuring the surfactant concentrations on thewave profiles as they break.

Research FeaturedThe research of Professor Michael Ohadi and the Advanced HeatExchangers/EHD Laboratory has been featured on the cover ofthe November/December 2000 issue of the Journal of HeatTransfer Engineering. This internationally recognized journal in thefield of heat transfer has been in publication nearly three decades.

CEEE Wins AwardThe Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) hasreceived the 2000 “Educational Institution of the Year Award”from Oak Ridge National Laboratory for research in support ofORNL and its mission.

The award was given for their work in the ChesapeakeBuilding. The goal of this research effort is to develop technolo-gies that offer buildings a wide range of utilities while reducingenergy consumption by more than 30% and global warming gasemissions by more than 45%.The effort is succeeding very well,as demonstrated by publications that are forthcoming and theaward.

In BriefCECD Offers NewGraduate ProgramThe Center for Energetic ConceptsDevelopment (CECD) has created a newgraduate degree specialization in Energetics.This program of study, leading to the Masterof Science and Doctor of Philosophy, isoffered through the Department ofMechanical Engineering at the University ofMaryland. In addition, the Master ofEngineering, a professional degree, is offeredthrough the Clark School of Engineering.

The CECD is an alliance between theUniversity of Maryland and the Naval SeaSystems Command, Indian Head, SurfaceWarfare Center Division (NAVSEA IH). Itwas established to address research and devel-opment in energetics manufacturing and afull spectrum education program, from grad-uate education to technician training. Thetechnician training component is under thepurview of The College of SouthernMaryland. Further, the Center is involved inestablishing partnerships with industry andother organizations to further the goals oftheir enterprise.

For more information on the graduateprogram or CECD in general, contact Dr.D.K. Anand, CECD Director and Professorof Mechanical Engineering, at 301.405.5294or by email at [email protected].


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exchanged the Suburban’s stock V-8 engine for a smaller, moreefficient V-6.

The V-6 was then converted to run on clean-burningethanol fuel. The electric motor was added to make up for thepower difference between the V-6 and the original V-8 engine. Asophisticated system of computer controls automatically switcheson the battery-powered electric motor when the vehicle needsmore power, such as during hard acceleration or towing. Theresult is a cleaner, more efficient vehicle that retains all the “mus-cle” of a gasoline-powered engine.

The students began their participation in the FutureTruckchallenge in the fall of 1999, when they enrolled in a special six-credit class over two semesters. During the first semester, teammembers attended lectures on basic vehicle design and hybridvehicle theory. In the spring, the team did the actual hands-onwork to convert the Suburban into what their written presenta-tion described as “Proteus:The Truck You Wish You Had.”

This article first appeared in the July 18, 2000 issue of Outlook, theUniversity’s faculty & staff weekly newspaper.

Teams of engineering students from around the country

have sent a clear message to U.S. automakers: It is possible

to build sport-utility vehicles with much better fuel economy

than the highway hippos now so popular.

At the two-week FutureTruck competition held under the blazingJune sun at the General Motors Desert Proving Ground in Mesa,Ariz., University of Maryland students took a stock ChevySuburban and figured out how to combine an electric motorwith an ethanol-fueled smaller engine. The design netted theMaryland students top honors overall and in the off-road catego-ry.

FutureTruck 2000 was sponsored by General Motors and theU.S. Department of Energy. In past years, the competition hasfocused on car fuel economy, but this year the 15 teams took onthe task of re-inventing the sport utility vehicle. The sponsorsprovided each team with a new Suburban and $10,000 seedmoney.

“The first year of this competition has been a real ‘every-body wins’ situation,” says Mark Maher, director of powertrainsystems for General Motors Truck Group. “The student teammembers are leaving here with incredible experience in advancedautomotive technologies, GM has developed great recruitingopportunities for the best talent, and the rest of the country willeventually benefit from the types of cleaner, more efficient tech-nologies we’re seeing experimented with here.”

The task—maintain all the SUV’s ability to carry cargo andpull heavy loads such as trailers, while reducing fuel consumptionand greenhouse gas emissions—coincided with soaring gasolineprices, the summer driving season, and increasing concern aboutglobal warming.

Led by student project managers Kevin Denton and BlaineWoehr, and advised by Mechanical Engineering professor David

Holloway, the 36 members of the University’s team first

Terps are Tops in FutureTruck Competition

Dr. David Holloway and members of the FutureTruck team with their

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The FutureTruck teams competed inmore than a dozen events.They wereevaluated on safety, performance, towingability, greenhouse gas emissions, fueleconomy and consumer acceptability.Project sponsors say every entry demon-strated innovative approaches to the fueleconomy and greenhouse gas emissionseven while 100-degree temperaturescaused problems for many of the vehicles.

Students from the winning Proteusteam were able to reduce greenhouse gasemissions by 28 percent while still main-taining much of the Suburban's overallperformance. The truck designed by theUniv. of California, Davis, had the bestfuel economy at 18.7 miles per gallon, a13 percent increase over the averageSuburban.

Other competitors came fromConcordia Univ., Cornell Univ., GeorgeWashington Univ., Georgia Tech,Michigan Technological Univ., OhioState, Penn State,Texas Tech, Univ. ofIdaho, Univ. of Tennessee, Univ. ofWisconsin-Madison, and Virginia Tech.

“We are gratified that we won such achallenging competition and finishedahead of the other extremely talentedFutureTruck teams,” says Holloway.“However, our focus is now on next year’scompetition. We’ve already started theprocess of bringing on new team mem-bers and beginning the hard work neces-sary to successfully compete again nextyear.”

Three Teams from Clark School WinDepartment of Defense MURI AwardsThree teams from the A. James Clark School of Engineering have been selected for thisyear’s Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)Awards. MURI is a highly competitive program designed to address large multidiscipli-nary topic areas representing exceptional opportunities for future DoD applications andtechnology options. The average award will be $1 million per year over a three-yearperiod; two additional years of funding will be possible as options bringing the totalaward to five years.

In announcing these awards, Dean Nariman Farvardin stated “please join me incongratulating the faculty who work so tirelessly to move the college into higher levelsof excellence and national visibility.”

The three projects are as follows, with Mechanical Engineering faculty highlighted:Project: Microwave Effects and Chaos in 21st Century Analog and Digital ElectronicsFaculty: Victor Granatstein (PI), Ed Ott,Tom Antonsen, Patrick O’Shea,Yuval Carmel,John Rodgers, John Melngailis, Neil Goldsman, Bruce Jacob,Agis Iliadis, Omar Ramahi,Steve Anlage (physics)

In this project, the University of Maryland is prime and there is participation fromBoise State University. The project is aimed at investigating the threats and opportuni-ties associated with the introduction of microwave pulse energy into modern and futureelectronics.Project: Multiferroic Materials for Smart Structures and DevicesFaculty: Manfred Wuttig (PI), Amr Baz, Inder Chopra, J. Cullen, Abhijit Dasgupta, R.James, P. Kofinas, D. Pines, R. Ramesh,A. Roytburd, L. Salamanca-Riba,T. Shields, I.Takeuchi, D.Viehland, N.Wereley, R.Wu

In this project, the University of Maryland is prime and there is participation fromUniv. of Minnesota, Univ. of Rhode Island, and Cal State at Northridge.The project isaimed at identifying and enhancing the design and performance characterization of newclasses of hybrid smart materials and developing enhancements to the use of such mate-rials in macro-structures capable of both actuation and sensing.Project: Communicating Networked Control SystemsFaculty: Krishnaprasad (PI), John Baras, Prakash Narayan, Greg Walsh, Dimitrios

Hristu-Varsakelis

In this project, Boston University is prime and there is participation from theUniversity of Maryland, Harvard, and University of Illinois (Urbana). This project aimsat developing mathematical foundations to support the integration of control and com-munications technologies.


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Rupani Selected

Ankur Rupani has been selected asDistinguished Teaching Assistant for 2000-2001. Currently pursuing a M.S. inmechanical engineering, Mr. Rupani hastaught ENES 221—Dynamics for foursemesters under Drs. Steven Buckley andPeter Sandborn.

A native of India, he is interested inimproving the education system there,incorporating the positive aspects of thesystems of India with those of the U.S.

UM Chapter of ASHRAE Ranked

#1; Darabi Recognized

The University of Maryland's StudentChapter of The American Society ofHeating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) wasawarded the 1999 Region III Richard W.Nanes Memorial Award. Winners are rec-ommended by the ASHRAE StudentActivities Committee which recognizessuperior service, chapter activities, andmembership. Awarded once per year,recognition is in the form of a plaque andlapel pin. ME Professor Michael Ohadi isthe advisor to the student organization.

Also recognized was then ChapterPresident Dr. Jeff Darabi. A University ofMaryland Ph.D. graduate and Assistant

Research Scientist, Dr.Darabi was awarded theHomer Addams award inrecognition of his workentitled,“Analytical andExperimental Study ofThin Falling Film

Evaporation - Application to IndustrialChillers.”

The Homer Addams award recognizesone graduate student who has beenengaged in an ASHRAE research projectand is awarded once per year. The winneris recommended by the ASHRAEResearch Administration Committee andrecognition is in the form of a $1,500honorarium, plaque, and lapel pin.

Darabi

Elisabeth Goldwasser Awarded

The Semiconductor ResearchCorporation Education Alliance hasawarded Mechanical Engineering studentElisabeth Goldwasser an UndergraduateResearch Assistantship, worth $6,000. TheUndergraduate Research Assistants (URA)program seeks to attract academicallyqualified students early and build theirinterest in and enthusiasm for disciplinesof interest to the semiconductor industryby providing a valid research experience.Fifty assistantships will be awarded for thesummer of 2001.

Sponsored by Professor Yogendra

Joshi, Ms. Goldwasser is a sophomore MEstudent.This summer will be her first timeworking in such a laboratory. After shegraduates she would like to attend gradu-ate school, however will most likely workfirst to gain experience as a professionalengineer. Uncertain of her specific careergoals at this point, she open to exploringall of the different areas of the mechanicalengineering field.

UM Students to Compete in Solar

Decathlon

A cross-disciplinary team from theUniversity of Maryland, led by AssistantProfessors Jungho Kim and Omar

Ramahi, was chosen to be one of twentyto compete in the 2002 Solar Decathlon.This two-year planning, design, and build-ing project culminates with a one-weekcontest on the National Mall inWashington, D.C. in the fall of 2002.

Competitors will be required to pro-vide all the energy for an entire house-hold, including a home-based business andthe transportation needs of the householdand business. During the week of theevent, only the solar energy availablewithin the perimeter of each house maybe used to generate the power needed tocompete in the Solar Decathlon contests.

The Solar Decathlon will consist often contests designed to test inventivethinking and leadership skills as studentsdevelop creative architectural and scientificsolutions to the challenge of designingand constructing the most effective solar-powered home. Tomorrow's scientists,engineers, architects, and entrepreneurswill gain hands-on experience in researchand development of energy-efficient prod-ucts and solar energy technologies.

Excerpts taken from the Solar Decathlonwebpage, www.eren.doe.gov/solar_decathlon/.

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Undergraduate Awards Announced

The following Mechanical Engineering undergraduate studentswere recognized for their superior academic achievements, serv-ice, and dedication to the Clark School of Engineering and theDepartment of Mechanical Engineering for the 2000-2001 aca-demic year. These awards were presented in a ceremony on April17, 2001:

Dinah Berman Memorial Award: Anita Currano

Presented to engineering students who have combined academicexcellence with demonstrated leadership or service to theCollege as freshmen or sophomores.

Kim A. Borsavage and Pamela J. Stone Student Award forOutstanding Service: William Samuel Sellers III

Presented for outstanding service and dedication to the college.American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Senior Award:

Robert James Kucner

Present to the senior member who has contributed the most tothe student chapter.

Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Service Award: Melissa Elaine

Fleck

Presented to a student for outstanding service and contributionsto the chapter.

Pi Tau Sigma Memorial Award: William Samuel Sellers III

Presented to the senior in Mechanical Engineering who hasmade the most outstanding contributions to the University.

Pi Tau Sigma Outstanding Sophomore Award: Matthew Philip

Para

Presented to the most outstanding sophomore in MechanicalEngineering on the basis of scholastic average.

Department of Mechanical Engineering's Academic AchievementAward: Aaron Joseph Johnson

Presented to the junior in Mechanical Engineering who hasattained the highest overall academic average.

Department of Mechanical Engineering Chairman's Award:Melissa Elaine Fleck, Sara Theresa Hewitt, and Brent

Mager

Presented for excellence in academics, outstanding service to thedepartment or leadership in the department.

Davinder K. Anand

Professor and Chair

301.405.5294

[email protected]

Marino di Marzo

Director of Graduate Studies

301.405.5257

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Sami Ainane

Director of Undergraduate Program

301.405.5310

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Margaret Brumfield

Director of Financial Services

301.405.6580

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Patricia Congro Aquilina

Publications and Web Page Coordinator

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Louise Benas

Coordinator

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Thelma Miller

Executive Administrative Aide

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Sheguang Zhang, Ph.D. ‘92, SAIC,Annapolis, MD

Charles Milligan, M.S. ‘97, Ph.D. ‘91,Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock,MD

Peter Haswell, M.S. ‘98, JDS Uniphase,Senior Development Engineer, CT

James Cho, M.S. ‘00, Hughes NetworkSystems, MD

Zhenya Huang, M.S. ‘00 Motorola,TX

Rajesh Natarajan, M.S. ‘00, Comcast,MD

Srinivasan Parthasarathy, M.S. ‘00,Advanced Micro Devices, CA

John R. Berger, Ph.D. ‘90, is AssociateProfessor in the Division of Engineering,Colorado School of Mines.

Parker Chapman, B.S. ‘70, is Chairmanand Chief Executive Officer of The Poole& Kent Organization, a Baltimore-basedprovider of mechanical service towaste/water treatment utilities, govern-ment agencies, transportation authorities,and commercial and institutional clients invariety of industries. A market leader,P&K specializes in the construction ofnew waste/water treatment plants, as wellas renovation, modernization and expan-sion of existing facilities.

Pradeep Lall, Ph.D.‘93, Senior StaffEngineer at the Corporate ManufacturingResearch Center of Motorola,Schaumburg, IL has recently been namedthe Jane Robertson Memorial AwardScholar for 2001 by the Kellogg GraduateSchool of Management for his record ofacademic excellence.

Richard Link, Ph.D. ‘93, is AssistantProfessor of Mechanical Engineering atthe US Naval Academy.

Salim Shaikh, Ph.D. ‘95, is President andFounder of Technology PromotionInternational, Ltd., which focuses onCAD, IT, and analysis of energy systems.

Bharatwaj Ramakrishnan, M.S. ‘00,Advanced Micro Devices, CA

Rajiv Subrahmanyam, M.S. ‘00,Netapps,AZ

Juscelino Okura, Ph.D. ‘00, NokiaMobile Phones,TX

Jagadeesh Radhakrishnan, M.S. ‘01,Intel, CA

Scott Sealing, Ph.D. ‘00, GeneralElectric, Reliability Engineer

Pradeep Sharma, Ph.D. ‘00, GeneralElectric, Reliability Engineer

Jingsong Xie, Ph.D. ‘00, Microsoft

alumniNOTES

We would like to congratulate our recent graduates for being recognized and

offered positions with the following companies:

Join the Terp Network

Clark School alumni can share their knowledge and expertise and help guidecurrent students toward successful careers by volunteering for the TerpNetwork.

Terp Network features contact information for alumni, parents, staff, andfriends who are interested in providing career advice and serving as role modelsfor current Maryland students. Students search the Terp Network to identify avolunteer, and then contact these volunteers directly for information andadvice. The commitment to the Terp Network depends entirely upon theamount of time a volunteer decides to give the mentoring program.

To join the Terp Network, go to www.careercenter.umd.edu and click onthe Terp Network icon, and then complete the online volunteer form. Formore information, or to request a form, contact the Career Center at301.314.7225.


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