2008 Alumni Awards

burkhart.71 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:45:31 -0400

The 2008 Alumni Awards were presented at the Honors and Awards Banquet in the spring, and six mechanical engineering alumni were recognized. A committee of alumni, faculty members, and members of the department's External Advisory Board selected alumni for these awards.

Material May Help Autos Turn Heat into Electricity

burkhart.71 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:05:24 -0400

Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity.

In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material with twice the efficiency of anything currently on the market.

The same technology could work in power generators and heat pumps, said project leader Joseph Heremans, Ohio Eminent Scholar in Nanotechnology at Ohio State University.

Rich Awarded AIAA 2008 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award

burkhart.71 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:46:52 -0400

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has announced that William Rich, professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University, has won the AIAA 2008 Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award. The award will be presented to Dr. Rich at an awards luncheon on June 24 at the 39th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference in Seattle, Washington. He will also present the plenary award lecture on his work at the conference.

Ohio State Team Takes Third Place in Challenge X

Thu, 22 May 2008 10:41:30 -0400

A team of Ohio State College of Engineering students has placed third in the nation in a four-year, U.S. Department of Energy competition to improve automotive technology in engine efficiency and emissions.

The Ohio State Reverb was announced among the winners at the conclusion of the Challenge X competition yesterday at the nation's capitol. In addition, the Department of Energy named Ohio State as one of 16 universities selected to participate in the next competition, called EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, in which students must re-engineer a 2009 Saturn Vue to achieve improved fuel economy and reduced emissions while retaining the vehicle's performance and consumer appeal.

Faculty Appointed Associate Editors

burkhart.71 — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:25:02 -0400

Carol Smidts, professor in nuclear engineering, will serve as the associate editor of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Reliability. The journal is one of the top two journals in reliability engineering.

Marcelo Dapino, associate professor in mechanical engineering, has also been appointed to serve as the associate editor for the Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.