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Murat Inalpolat, post-doctoral researcher for the Gleason Gear and Power Transmission Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was recently awarded the Car Training Institute (CTI) Young Drive Experts Award for his doctoral dissertation, “Modelling of Modulation Sidebands of Planetary Gear Sets”. CTI, a German Organization, organizes world's leading transmission symposium and identifies a small number of young researchers for this award based on the impact of their thesis research. Inalpolat was one of four awarded this year.

The winning dissertations and theses were presented at this year’s CTI symposium and “Transmission Expo” trade exhibition, with more than 600 participants, and were published in December, 2009 on the homepage http://www.getriebe-symposium.de/.

 The American Academy of Mechanics (AAM) has elected Mechanical Engineering professor, Somnath Ghosh, as a Fellow of the Academy for his pioneering contributions to the field of multi-scale computational modeling of mechanical behavior and failure of heterogeneous materials like composites and polycrystalline materials. The American Academy of Mechanics is engaged in the advancement of the science and profession of Mechanics. The scope of AAM includes all disciplines involved in the modeling and study of the response of inanimate and animate matter to forces and environmental effects. AAM fellows are elected by the current fellows of the Academy from its current pool of members in good standing, on the basis of their contributions to the field of Mechanics.

 Mohammed Samimy, professor of Mechanical Engineering, was recently elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Samimy was recognized for his distinguished contributions to the understanding of compressible turbulence and the development and application of advanced laser-based flow diagnostics and control technologies to aerospace applications.

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.