The Ohio State University

Dr. Rajendra Singh, a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, has been elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA (INCE/USA). The INCE Fellow rank honors (and recognizes publicly) any member who has rendered valuable service to the Institute and has made a "notable or distinguished contribution to the advancement of noise control engineering or notably promoted knowledge of noise control engineering." Dr. Singh is among the first of "outstanding members" to be elected. With this, Prof. Singh now holds the fellow grade in 4 professional societies; the other three include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Acoustical Society of America (ASA), and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

C.H. Menq, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Menq was recognized by the AAAS and SME for his contributions in the field of mechanical engineering, specifically for his work on coordinate metrology, ultra-precision motion control, and instrumentation for imaging and manipulation of microstructures.

Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium of Ph.D. granting academic institutions that promotes collaborative partnerships to enhance scientific research and education in the U.S., recently named assistant professor Junmin Wang as a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award winner. Wang is one of 30 individuals out of 118 nominees to win the award. He will be receiving a $10,000 grant, courtesy of ORAU and Ohio State, which will serve as seed money for his research.  

Pratt & Whitney has established a strategic university partnership with The Ohio State University focused on world-class engineering research in the field of power transmission and gear technology for aviation engines.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, will work with the university on fundamental and applied research initiatives that support the design and development of more efficient and environmentally friendly gas turbine engines.

Mechanical Engineering Graduate student Todd Letcher was recently awarded the Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA). Letcher, a Doctoral student with Professor Herman Shen in Mechanical Engineering, is a Graduate Teaching Associate (GTA) in Aerospace Engineering. Letcher is one of 10 GATA winners at the University this year and the first mechanical engineering student to win in 10 years.

Letcher was a GTA for two years in mechanical engineering in ME 420 (Introduction to Strength of Materials), ME 481 (System Dynamics and Electromechanics), and ME 503 (Fluid Dynamics) before becoming a GTA in Aerospace Engineering where he has been a teaching associate for AE 510 (Aerospace Laboratory) and AE 580 (Analytical Methods in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering).