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2016 METRICS DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MAGAZINE A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL of ENGINEERING www.enme.umd.edu

A POWERHOUSE OF ENERGY RESEARCH AT MARYLAND CHAIR’S MESSAGE METRICS IS A NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED FOR Dear Friends, ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE As cooler weather heralds the arrival of DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL fall, and classes are in full swing here on ENGINEERING AT THE campus, another academic year is upon A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL OF us. METRICS o ers us the opportunity ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY to re ect back on all of the stellar OF MARYLAND. accomplishments of our faculty members and students over the past year. As you Chair: will see in this issue, not only are our Dr. Balakumar Balachandran faculty achieving noteworthy success and Associate Chair, Research: recognition for their work, but our students Dr. Don DeVoe are also committed to research excellence Associate Chair, Academic Affairs: and gain invaluable hands-on experience Dr. Hugh Bruck through the many opportunities they have E. (Chuck) Taylor Award; the American Editor: Jennifer Figgins Rooks to work in our various labs as graduate and Society for Engineering Education Assistant Editor: Georgia Wood undergraduate researchers. recognized Distinguished University Contributors: Natalie We are pleased to inform you that the Professor Ashwani Gupta with their Grandison, Jennifer Figgins Department of Mechanical Engineering 2015 Mechanical Engineering Division Rooks, and Georgia Wood at Maryland has once again been named Ralph Coats Roe Award; and Professor Graphic Designer: a top 20 mechanical engineering program Michael Ohadi received the American Jennifer Figgins Rooks in the nation. is continued recognition Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Photography: John Consoli, Lisa Helfert, is possible through the unwavering Conditioning Engineers E.K. Campbell Jennifer Figgins Rooks, and Al Santos. commitment of our faculty and sta , the Award of Merit. exceptional caliber and dedication of our We welcome new faculty member, Your alumni news and comments are students, and the strong research capabilities Professor Steven Gabriel. No stranger to always welcome! Please send them to: we have through both the university as well Maryland, Professor Gabriel joins us from [email protected] as a robust community of collaborators and the Department of Civil and Environmental company support. Engineering. He has become the Leader of Visit our website at: In this issue, we have a chance to the Design and Reliability of Systems in the WWW.ENME.UMD.EDU highlight some of our e orts through which unit. we are making great strides in the energy Looking ahead, we know that the success sciences and systems arena. e University and vitality of our programs at Maryland of Maryland is a top funded school for U.S. would not be as robust without the DEPARTMENT NEWS, RESEARCH UPDATES, ALUMNI Department of Energy Advanced Research continued support of our alumni, friends, INFO, & MORE Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awards, and corporate partners. is past year, the and our faculty, researchers, and students department has forged new and exciting are contributing to the next generation partnerships with Ford Motor Company of technology and solutions for a more that o er both new research opportunities You can now stay in touch sustainable and energy e cient future. From for the Clark School as well as co-op and up to date on the latest a personal cooling and heating robot to and job opportunities for our students. department news by signing improving our understanding and execution We look forward to further building and up for our eNewsletter. Published of better building energy e ciency, our strengthening valuable partnerships like this several times a year, it highlights the department is addressing a wide range of one. With the generous support of friends success and achievements of our energy issues. and alumni, like Bruce Dale highlighted faculty, students, and alumni. Our faculty continue to be recognized in this issue, we continue to enhance our for their exceptional contributions to e orts to educate and inspire the next To see our current issue, their respective elds. is past year, a generation of multi-disciplinary engineers. or subscribe today, visit: few of these recognitions included the go.umd.edu/umd-me-news following: e International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences honored Professor Emeritus James Dally with a Balakumar Balachandran Lifetime Achievement Medal; the Society Chair and Minta Martin Professor for Experimental Mechanics awarded Keystone Professor and Associate Dean of Engineering William Fourney the 2016 C. PHOTOS BY: LISA HELFERT LISA BY: PHOTOS

OPENING SHOT Terps Racing would like to thank all those who supported their incredibly successful 2015 Launch UMD Campaign to raise funds for a new tow vehicle. Thanks to everyone’s generous support, including Ford Motor Company, the team was able to purchase their big, red tow truck ‘Clifford’ that will take the team and their cars safely to competition. Meet some of the students you helped support: go.umd.edu/tr-students

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A POWERHOUSE OF ENERGY WHY I GIVE: Bruce Dale 2016 RESEARCH AT MARYLAND on the cover 16 Alumni News SPOTLIGHT ON Clockwise: RoCo, the Roving Comforter, under- UNDERGRADUATE 17 Visiting Committee graduate David Hymas in the Small and Smart STUDENT RESEARCH Thermal Systems Lab, faculty members Reinhard Radermacher, Michael Ohadi, Jelena Srebric, Yunho Hwang, Bao Yang, and Jungho Kim. 8 Research Highlights image credits John Consoli, Lisa Helford, and Al Santos 9 Faculty News 12 Student News ON THE WEB AT ENME.UMD.EDU

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A POWERHOUSE OF ENERGY RESEARCH AT MARYLAND From improving energy use here on campus to creating Roving Comforters that may one day provide you with on-the-go cooling, faculty, researchers, and students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are nding new ways to improve energy consumption strategies, develop more e cient energy technologies, and create sustainable solutions to some of the most challenging energy questions.

via a wireless interface where the person uses a wearable device— think Fitbit—that transmits biometric data, like heart rate and skin temperature, to RoCo, which can automatically adjust its output to keep the user comfortable automatically. Professor and CITY@ UMD Director Jelena Srebric and her team are currently working on developing RoCo’s wearable interface. When completed, it could help interpret a user’s thermal comfort level and communicate to that information to RoCo so it can best target warm or cool air to the parts of the individual that can bene t most. In addition, the team anticipates a future RoCo that could be fully customizable based on users’ needs, and feature a variety of accessories such as Hepa lters, USB outlets, tool caddies, and more depending on where RoCo is operating. It could even come with facial recognition software to allow features such as security access checks. RoCo also features a next generation miniature heat pump system with built-in phase change material (PCM) storage. e storage system allows RoCo to store its own produced heat and release it outside the building or space at a later point in time. is way, RoCo not only keeps its user comfortable, but reduces its own energy footprint. While originally envisioned as a thermal management system for large open buildings where only a few individuals might work, like a shipping facility or factory, the team doesn’t rule out the possibility that RoCo could one day become a household name. “ e imagination is our only limit, but we are optimistic that the unit will be a ordable based on ever evolving technology and the lowering cost of manufacturing,” explained Associate Research Scientist and RoCo team member Vikrant Aute. RoCo has garnered a lot of media buzz, and in 2016, media outlets from IEEE Spectrum to e Washington Post and MEET ROCO, Smithsonian.com highlighted this cool robot. THE COOLEST ROBOT AT MARYLAND Read more at go.umd.edu/roco-news

n the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE), Iresearchers have been developing a new robotic cooling device that one day could lead to energy savings of 12-30% over typical conditioned building systems. Dubbed RoCo, or Roving Comforter, the R2D2-like robot can follow users around while delivering cool or warm air depending on the comfort needs of the user. e project, sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency- Energy (ARPA-E) through a three-year contract, is led by CEEE Director and Professor Reinhard Radermacher and includes colleagues in CEEE, the Cluster for Sustainability in the Built Environment at the University of Maryland (CITY@UMD), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ROCO TEAM MEMBERS JAN MUEHLBAUER AND e team envisions that the nal robot will respond to each user DR. JIAZHEN LING DEMO ROCO DURING MARYLAND DAY 2016.

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IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCIES ON CAMPUS THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND WIN-WIN COLLABORATION n 2014, UMD President Wallace Loh helps determine what low or no-cost system Iannounced an energy initiative on campus changes, or ‘energy conservation measures’ aimed at reducing overall energy use 20% (ECMs), that could be implemented to by 2020. As part of this plan to enhance improve e ciency and reduce building sustainability and reduce energy expenses on energy costs. campus, researchers and students in Professor According to Ohadi, better calibration Michael Ohadi’s Small and Smart Thermal of just one campus building’s systems could Systems Laboratory (S2TS) are conducting save several hundred thousand dollars a year. CAMPUS BUILDINGS SERVE AS RESEARCH building audits across campus to develop And if we could evaluate and apply that LABORATORIES: UNDERGRADUATE XIAO LIN models that pinpoint areas of improvement approach across campus, the immediate cost (CENTER) AND GRADUATE EXCHANGE STUDENTS FLORIAN BLANCHET (LEFT) AND GRADUATE or change for building systems that could savings could be enormous. STUDENT NAIL RASHIDI (RIGHT) INVESTIGATE HVAC improve energy efficiency and reduce costs. e project has been underway for SYSTEMS IN THE KIM ENGINEERING BUILDING. e team performs complete systems more than two years, resulting in at least energy audits and modeling of a building to 12 major building audits completed to building, the team found areas where the determine what exact heating and cooling date. Once audits, modeling, and ECM operation of systems could be improved. system(s) are used—steam, chilled water recommendations are completed, the team After the implementation of half the systems, number of air handlers—and presents their ndings to UMD’s Facilities recommended ECMs, $50,000 in utility inventory all the variables, such as pumps, Management. e close collaboration costs were saved over the rst 9 months. fans, and duct design, that are part of a with the campus facilities management Looking ahead, they are working with buildings energy systems. In addition, they department and their dedicated time, over alum Dr. Abtar Singh (M.S. ‘94, Ph.D. factor in things like wall materials, square and above their daily duties, has been ‘95) and his company Singh 360 to develop footage, and other components of the critical to success for this joint e ort, says software that incorporates the building building ‘envelope.’ Michael Ohadi a professor at the Center audit data and provides improved modeling “We are really dissecting the building for Environmental Energy Engineering in capabilities to evaluate the before and after to look for problems,” explained research the mechanical engineering department. e ects of various ECMs. ey also received assistant Stefan Bangerth on the surgical-like In 2014 the team completed a a $11,500 Dominion education grant this approach of their work. “We [then] have comprehensive audit and modeling of Kim fall to support additional audits on campus. real stats that tell us about the building’s Engineering Building. Results indicated “We would like to be a role model for system as a whole, and where building a potential savings of over $300,000 per other colleges,” adds Ohadi. “It’s really [systems] controls were not set at their most year with low cost or no cost adjustments about the impact it can have on not only e cient settings.” of control devices and set points. e work our campus, but other campuses as well. It Once a team has audited a building’s was published as an ASHRAE Transaction is a fantastic model of facilities management systems, the information is used to create a paper and was well received when presented working closely with the faculty and model to evaluate a variety of adjustments to at the ASHRAE Annual meeting in Atlanta, students and with mutual respect for a system. Within the model, they can adjust Ga. More recently, the team conducted contributions on each side. And the real-life variables in a building system to see how an audit on the renovated UMD Denton engineering experience it provides to the it impacts energy usage. is information Dining Hall. While a LEED certi ed Silver students is tremendous.”

NEW DASHBOARD CONNECTS CAMPUS MEMBERS TO ON CAMPUS ENERGY USE Professor Jelena was created through efforts from both students and faculty. Srebric and The dashboard serves as a learning and living sustainable members of laboratory providing insights on utility usage for buildings the Cluster for across campus. Sustainability In 2015, Srebric received a grant through the UMD’s in the Built Sustainability Fund for “Real-time UMD Campus Energy Environment at Water Monitoring, Mapping and Management.” The award the University of Maryland (CITY@UMD) and UMD Facilities helped install occupancy sensors in select buildings to Management have partnered to develop an interactive monitor and collect data on water and energy use that was online dashboard to engage the campus community with incorporated into the dashboard. their energy use. Spearheaded by Srebric, the dashboard

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NEW THERMODYNAMIC MODEL HELPS UTILITY COMPANIES AND HOMEOWNERS MONITOR IMPACT OF WEATHER TRENDS ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION

eystone Professor Jungho Kim, along with on future weather forecasts; predict energy Kalumni Michael Siemann (Ph.D. ‘13), consumption for a speci c thermostat setpoint and Ratnesh Tiwari (Ph.D. ‘15) have created or setpoint pro le; shift energy use away from a model that allows both energy companies high-demand times to levelize power load; and homeowners to view and respond to home compute optimized thermostat setpoint pro les energy consumption trends based on weather to provide desired comfort at minimum energy patterns. The work was funded through a or cost; and perform remote home energy Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) grant audits. supported by the University of Maryland and While energy companies have been the Earth Networks, which owns familiar weather primary users for this model to help them app Weatherbug®. manage utility loads, Weatherbug® is expanding ey developed a grey-box building energy its use to homeowners via ‘Weatherbug Home,’ model that has the ability to forecast residential a new feature in the Weatherbug® app. Users electricity load in response to changing weather with wireless home thermostat systems will be conditions. By remotely observing the response able to access and see their home’s energy use of indoor temperature and HVAC system patterns in conjunction with weather trends status via wireless thermostats to changing to not only see the impacts on their energy weather conditions for a few days, a model consumption, but use that information to take capable of determining the coe cients of heat steps to reduce power and save money. transfer equations that govern air in ltration, Kim, along with co-inventors Christopher solar loading, wall insulation and heat capacity, Sloop, David Oberholzer, Robert Marshall internal thermal mass, and HVAC capacity and Siemann were awarded a U.S. patent 4 is generated. e model in conjunction with (9,261,863) earlier this year for their work, smart meter data (which monitors the electrical “Optimizing and controlling the energy energy owing into a home vs. time) is then consumption of a building.” used to predict total house energy based

DOMINION FOUNDATION AWARDS Led by Research Professor Yunho Hwang, the project aims to $50,000 TO STUDY EFFICIENT model, design, fabricate, and test a new solar cooling system that exceeds current e ciency standards. SOLAR COOLING SYSTEM “In the U.S., cooling and heating systems are responsible for 63% of building energy use,” explained Hwang. “ erefore, ominion Foundation presented department faculty with utilizing solar energy to provide cooling and heating for buildings Da $50,000 educational grant, part of Dominion’s Higher will contribute to saving energy and conserving our environment.” Educational Partnership to support Maryland’s project for “Design In addition to Hwang, the research team includes Mechanical of Efficient Solar Cooling System with High Coefficient of Engineering undergraduate students Jonathan Kagan and Joseph Performance.” Baker and graduate student Tao Cao. As members of the team, they have the opportunity to gain a better understanding of technologies for sustainable energy conversion and utilization. rough this hands-on experience, they will learn the challenges and opportunities in designing sustainable energy systems. is project is another demonstration of Maryland’s commitment to expanding energy research and creating technologies that improve energy e ciency and reduce environmental impact. Hwang is the Associate Director for the Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (CEEE) and is part of CEEE’s Consortium for Energy E ciency and Heat Pumps (EEHP).

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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ADVANCES OPEN NEW DOORS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Next door in the S2TS lab, Zhang is working on a project sponsored by the Advanced Heat Exchangers and Process Intensi cation Consortium to develop high-temperature heat exchangers for primary use in aircraft. According to Zhang, upwards of 60% percent of the energy created from an airplane’s turbine is waste heat. eir research goal is to develop an exchanger that can both recover waste heat up to 1000 degrees Fahrenheit and repurpose it elsewhere, such as heating the main cabin. In addition, they speculate the waste heat could also be used to pre-heat the craft’s intake air, which in turn could improve airplanes’ overall fuel e ciency, reducing fuel and oil costs—one of the most costly expenses in aircraft. “We are taking a page from additive manufacturing,” says Zhang. “Our current design cannot be produced by traditional hanges in additive manufacturing technology are offering new manufacturing capabilities.” Copportunities to develop better heat exchangers that can create eir exchanger, which takes about 1 week to produce through improved energy efficiencies in areas from reduced aircraft fuel their additive manufacturing approach would take up to one month cost to faster electronics processing speeds through better cooling with traditional manufacturing. is makes their exchangers faster components. In Professor Michael Ohadi’s Small and Smart Thermal to build, and potentially more cost e ective. Beyond aircraft, Systems Laboratory (S2TS), student researchers like mechanical Zhang and his colleagues are looking for even more areas to apply engineering senior Danial Bae (top left) and graduate student their exchangers such as within automotive, power, oil and gas Xiang Zhang (bottom right) are helping create new heat exchangers companies. Almost any area where there are potential utilizations for leveraging advances in additive manufactuing to do just that. wasted heat, this technology could help reduce waste product and Bae currently works on a Defense Advanced Research Projects improve energy e ciency. Agency (DARPA) funded project that focuses on creating very 5 small heat exchangers approximately the size of a 1 centimeter by 1 centimeter micro-chip that can be used to improve cooling e ciency in electronics. As Bae explains, everyone wants more power, and faster processing speeds, but as electronics grow increasingly smaller, yet more powerful, and with an increasing number of transmitters inside, the amount of heat multiplies, which requires enhanced cooling capabilities. Using 3D manufacturing at a reduced scale, their goal is to build a complex cooling delivery system that can ow directly onto the back of a micro-chip. is approach minimizes the layers between the circuitry and heat exchangers and greatly enhances cooling e ciency.

ALUMNI PERSPECTIVE: LEO BRETON (M.S. ‘90)

“Energy research and sustainability practices pay for themselves when energy prices are high or when natural resource availability becomes constrained. We have already witnessed numerous occurrences of these conditions since the 1970s and will likely see them again in a world becoming increasingly populated and developed. But most importantly, research and best practices hedge against the future unknowns related to the availability of vital resources which the world’s economies need to function. ere is real value in this insurance.”

In case you missed it, his work on the Real-time, On-road, Alumni Leo Breton (M.S. ‘90) is the Technology Vehicle Emissions Reporter (ROVER), which helped uncover Development Manager at United States Department of Volkwagon’s emissions cheating, was featured in the spring Energy, and he is no stranger to the need for improved energy issue of Terp Magazine. strategies. go.umd.edu/terp-breton A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL of ENGINEERING . UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND STUDENT RESEARCH

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS Undergraduate students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Maryland have an enormous number of opportunities to engage in research beyond the classroom. With more than 40 labs, and count- less projects underway, our faculty and researchers are able to give many undergraduates a chance to gain valuable research experience that most students don’t have until graduate school.

IMPROVING NEXT GENERATION POWER PLANT COOLING TECHNOLOGIES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER DAVID HYMAS

ccording to David Hymas has de nitely been simply presenting my work and the feedback I A(B.S. ‘16), engineering have received,” he said. “ is has been hugely rewarding just because wasn’t just a choice, it was for me, designing a machine is easy, but if I can present to the a life-long calling. “I was Department of Energy, then I can do anything!” probably one of the only six When asked what one of the most unexpected experiences as year olds that wanted to be a an undergraduate researcher was, he said, “Everything you learn in mechanical engineer rather than research is unexpected, especially at my level. How metals interact a fireman or pilot,” explained with plastic, how anything interacts with plastic. You could spend Hymas. “I’m a tinkerer by years looking into just this and never truly understand it.” And even nature, and don’t think I’ve more surprising? “I guess the most unexpected thing I learned is ever owned a computer that how research is actually performed. It turns out making ‘the rst one I haven’t modified in some ever’ can be pretty ugly at times and proving an idea works is often a form or fashion. So I became challenge that even the smartest people in the world struggle with.” a mechanical engineer because Hymas is staying at Maryland to complete his master’s degree, what else would I possibly do.” and he’ll continue the work he’s started in the S2TS Lab, but he’s Hymas currently works already looking ahead to life after college. “At this point the 3D HYMAS SHOWS OFF AN EARLY SUB in Professor Michael Ohadi’s printers are calling my name. In my opinion, these companies are SCALE PROTOTYPE SAMPLE CREATED Small and Smart ermal state of the art in manufacturing and I want to be a part of the ON THE TEAM’S SPECIALLY MODIFIED 3D PRINTER Systems Laboratory (S2TS) on development of this technology. One day there will be printers an Advanced Research Project printing printers, which print printers, and a conundrum like that is Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) too good to pass up!” funded project ‘Dry Cooling of Power Plants’ to improve energy plant cooling strategies through the development of new technology aimed at greatly reducing, or even eliminating water consumption in traditional thermoelectric power plant cooling systems. Traditional power plant cooling systems exhaust enormous amounts of fresh water, and frequently have adverse e ects on the surrounding ecosystems. Using advances in composite additive manufacturing, they are creating new heat exchangers that are both more e cient and cost e ective to produce. Hymas’ role on the team as an undergraduate was to help develop the rst ever embedded metal ber composite 3D printer. “ is involves designing and implementing the machinery required to accomplish this task and insuring that it operates as intended,” explained Hymas. “While I don’t work on designing the heat exchanger [itself], I lead the e ort related to the production of test specimens and incorporating the results of these tests into the printing process.” While he has been not only integral to leading the team’s 3D printing e orts, and thus learning the ins and outs of research, Hymas has also been honing his presentation skills by updating their government sponsors at the Department of Energy on their research. “ e most rewarding aspect of my time as an undergraduate researcher, although sometimes I hate to admit it,

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USING NANO 3D PRINTING TO STUDY CELL MIGRATION UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER AAMAN MENGIS

n a bright, white lab, Aaman Mengis (B.S. ‘18) peers into the Itwin eyepieces of a microscope. On the monitor next to him, a screen shows a nano 3D printed platform that is being used to study the migration behavior and mechanical forces of living cells. What is even harder to see on the computer monitor are the hundreds of little posts that stud the grid’s surface. “The posts in the grid vary in their stiffness, which causes cells to move along the grid due to their preference towards more rigid environments,” explained Mengis. “I focus on the mechanical side of the project while I leave the more biological aspects of the research to my teammates.” Mengis decided to study mechanical engineering because he liked the variety of options available to him to explore. “e analysis of all types of problems in engineering intrigued me,” succeed in my work.” he said. Mengis’ experience working for a 3D printing company While he really enjoys working in the lab, his research role sparked his interest in coming to Assistant Professor Ryan Sochol’s has o ered some unexpected benets. “I didn’t realize [that] an Bioinspired Advanced Manufacturing (BAM) Laboratory, and undergraduate student focused solely on classes sees only the tip according to Mengis, seeing how Sochol utilized nano 3D printing of the iceberg that is UMD resources,” he explained. “My research immediately drew him in. gives me a reason to peek behind doors and meet people that I “e most rewarding aspect would have never encountered in my studies.” of my research in the BAM Although Mengis has yet to settle on a denitive course Lab is the ability to grow from after graduation, he will likely pursue an avenue related to 3D failure,” added Mengis. “Dr. printing, but he is open to the limitless possibilities in mechanical Sochol creates an environment engineering. where it’s okay to make mistakes “I believe I should have more experience in an engineering and ask questions, as long as you industry before fully committing myself to a eld,” he said. continue to pursue excellence in “Although I don’t have any specic career goals in mind, I believe your work. [He] makes sure that if I continue to stay curious, work hard, and maintain focus, I will I feel inspired, not pressured, to end up where I want to be in my career.”

Sochol employs over 40 undergraduate students in a variety of projects in the BAM Laboratory, which leverages some of UMD’s most state-of-the-art micro and nanoscale 3D printing technologies to solve physically-complex biomedical challenges, such as creating biomimetic ‘organ-on-a-chip’ systems.

At right, students Joseph Dawson, Stacey Mannuel, and Connie Nguyen, work on cleaning and testing 3D printed renal tubules that will be used to mimic parts of the human kidney.

The 3D printed systems and structures developed in Sochol’s lab could be used to one day to improve pre- clinical testing for drugs, enhance the efficacy of medical testing, and open new avenues for exploring complex biological systems.

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PUBLISHED IN NATURE COMMUNICATIONS SUPERLATTICE-BASED THIN-FILM PROVIDES HIGH COOLING POTENTIAL

rofessors Bao Yang and Avram Bar- ey PCohen, along with colleagues from RTI demonstrated that International, published new research that through the use of could greatly improve cooling efficiency in thin- lm Bi2Te3- high-performance electronics. based superlattice FIGURE 1: CROSS-SECTIONAL VIEWS OF A BI2TE3-BASED Acording to the team’s abstract, thermoelectric THIN-FILM THERMOELECTRIC MODULE. “thermoelectric modules can, in principle, modules, they could enhance heat removal and reduce the improve cooling performance by more than advanced computer processors, radio- temperatures of such electronic devices,” double that of current thermoelectronic frequency power devices, quantum cascade but current state-of-the art thermoelectric modules. lasers and DNA micro-arrays.” modules lack su cient thermal ese results could have “far-reaching go.umd.edu/ management for today’s high-power devices. impacts in diverse applications, such as yang-barcohen-electronics-cooling

PUBLISHED IN devices. Now, our researchers may have PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS found a way to make it even more A SIMPLE STRETCH powerful. CREATES POWERFUL Graduate student Shuze Zhu and PSEUDOMAGNETIC Associate Professor Teng Li, along with FIELDS IN GRAPHENE National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collaborator Joseph ur researchers made a breakthrough Stroscio, have developed a theoretical Odiscovery in graphene research that model that demonstrates how to shape could provide a testbed for understanding and stretch graphene to create a powerful, that are prohibitive to realize in practice. how electrons move in extremely high adjustable and sustainable magnetic force. However, UMD researchers may have magnetic fields. Since its discovery, graphene When stretched, or strained, explained how to shape a graphene ribbon has become a celebrity in materials science graphene’s electrons behave as if they are so that simply pulling its two ends produces and physics due to its remarkable physical in a strong magnetic eld. is so-called a uniform pseudomagnetic eld. With properties, and graphene-related research pseudomagnetic e ect could open up new current nanofabrication technologies, the is fueling potentially revolutionary new possibilities in graphene electronics, but team is con dent that they will soon be able applications in everything from faster researchers have only been able to induce to transition their theoretical model to a electronics and wearable technology to such pseudo elds that are highly localized design reality. better energy storage, sensors, and medical and need peculiar loading conditions go.umd.edu/li-graphene-stretch

PUBLISHED IN NATURE COMMUNICATIONS placed on soft surfaces create tiny ‘ridges’ SURFING LIQUID DROPS on the material at the edge of the droplet SHED NEW LIGHT IN SOFT as a result of the droplet’s surface tension. MATERIALS RESEARCH Surface tension is what gives a droplet its spherical shape or allows insects to stride over water. collaboration between Assistant eir research could improve elds AProfessor Siddhartha Das and such as 3-D printing by providing a better researchers at the University of Twente in understanding of the mechanism that the Netherlands and ESPCI Paris, France involves the interactions of the molten sheds new light on how liquid drops behave materials in form of droplets with the on soft, squishy materials. The research mechanics of capillarity and wetting. e partially solidi ed material, and provide could provide new insights into applications motion of liquid drops on rigid surfaces has important clues that could lead to more ranging from cancer therapies and contact been well understood for several decades, reliable manufacturing of things such as lenses to 3-D printing and mayonnaise. but very little is known about the science of soft contact lenses, mayonnaise and nano- Understanding drop motion on di erent drop motion on a soft surface, like a jelly. structures on microchips. surfaces is a central question in uid e team’s study discovered that liquids go.umd.edu/das-liquid-drops

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PUBLISHED IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING MEMBERS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY MECHANICS OF DR. JAMES DR. JEONG H. KIM AORTIC DISSECTION W. DALLY Professor of Practice Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor Elected in 2004 of Engineering and for contributions Professor Emeritus to national defense and security through Elected in 1984 improved battlefield for his significant contributions to communication. dynamic photoelasticity, stress wave propagation, and fracture mechanics. DR. ALI MOSLEH Professor Emeritus DR. GEORGE E. DIETER Elected in 2010 for Glenn L. Martin contributions to the development of ew research sheds light on some of Institute Professor of Engineering and Bayesian methods the mechanical properties behind N Professor Emeritus and computational aortic dissection. Aortic dissection is a tools in probabilistic risk assessment serious, often fatal, condition in which Elected in 1993 for and reliability engineering. the inner layer of the aorta, the large contributions to engineering education in the areas of DR. C.D. blood vessel branching off the heart, materials design and processing. MOTE, JR. tears, leading to internal bleeding and Glenn L. Martin DR. MILLARD Institute Professor possible rupture. S. FIREBAUGH of Engineering and Due to the complex layers of tissue Glenn L. Martin former President, that make up the aorta’s arterial walls, Institute Professor University of the exact mechanisms of how arterial of Engineering and Maryland, current dissection occur are not well understood, Professor of Practice President, National Academy of Engineering and there are no current predictive Elected in 2000 for models to know when dissection might innovation and U.S. Elected in 1988 for analysis of the occur. Navy leadership in submarine design, mechanics of complex dynamic Associate Research Professor Henry propulsion, and construction. systems, providing results of great practical importance in vibrations and Haslach, mechanical engineering DR. ROBERT biomechanics. graduate student Lauren Leahy, and a E. FISCHELL Professor of Practice DR. ELAINE team of undergraduate researchers, spent S. ORAN the past few years applying mechanical Elected in 1989 Glenn L. Martin principles to investigate the e ects of for pioneering Institute Professor of pressure on aortic tissue. Using bovine contributions to Engineering satellite altitude aortas, they ran a series of tests that control and for Elected in 2003 for subjected the tissues to pressure and leadership and innovation in bringing unifying engineering, shearing stresses. aerospace technology to implantable scientific, and mathematical disciplines What the team discovered was that biomedical devices. into a computational methodology the aortic tissue did not dissect, or crack, to solve challenging aerospace DR. EUGENIA combustion problems. in a continuous path. Instead, after KALNAY the initial small crack was made (as a Distinguished DR. HRATCH G. University Professor SEMERJIAN model for what happens in vivo)—from Visiting Professor the interior outward, through several Elected in 1996 layers of tissue—it began tearing around for advances in Elected in 2000 for the circumference of the aorta, or understanding developing powerful atmospheric laser diagnostics circumferentially. Haslach and his team’s dynamics, numerical modeling, and of flames, and work demonstrates the application of atmospheric predictability and in the for providing mechanical engineering principles to soft quality of U.S. operational weather measurement methods, standards, and tissue research and provides experimental forecasts. data to the chemical and biochemical data that could support a new fracture industry. theory for soft tissue applications. All faculty members listed here are affiliated with the department as go.umd.edu/ indicated. For the full list, see go.umd.edu/ME-NAE-members. haslach-aortic-dissection

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AWARDS & Professor STEVEN GABRIEL Associate and Keystone Professor TENG RECOGNITIONS participated in the 44th LI won the 2016 Society of Symposium for Humboldt Engineering Science (SES) Associate Professor SARAH Research Award winners Young Investigator Medal. It is BERGBREITER has been held in Bamberg, Germany. awarded annually to a young named director of the The award recognizes a limited number of researcher whose work has Maryland Robotics Center, researchers throughout the world on topics already had an impact in their an interdisciplinary research that are noteworthy. He was also named field within Engineering Sciences. center housed in the A. James Clark School an Associate Member by the Group for of Engineering’s Institute for Systems Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD). He Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Research. www.robotics.umd.edu was involved with GERAD during his recent Engineering and former UMD President, sabbatical as Professeur Invité Trottier at C. D. MOTE JR., has been The International Conference the Institut de L’Énergie Trottier in Montréal. appointed a member of on Computational and the Chinese Academy of Experimental Engineering and Distinguished University Engineering (CAE). He is one Sciences (ICCES) honored Professor ASHWANI of eight foreign members Professor Emeritus JAMES GUPTA was awarded the named this year, a list which M. DALLY with a Lifetime 2015 American Society for included five Americans. Achievement Medal during their 2015 Engineering Education (ASEE) conference held in Reno, Nev. Mechanical Engineering Professor MICHAEL OHADI recently Division Ralph Coats Roe Award at their received the American Society Keystone Professor JAMES annual conference. He was also awarded of Heating, Refrigerating and DUNCAN recently finished an Honorary Doctorate from the University Air Conditioning Engineers his chairmanship track. He of Derby. Additionally, Gupta was elected (ASHRAE) E.K. Campbell was elected to the four-year to the Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Award of Merit. The award chairmanship track of the Society (RAeS), United Kingdom this recognizes one ASHRAE American Physical Society’s year, the highest professional recognition member every year for their outstanding (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics Executive bestowed by the RAeS. service and achievement in teaching. Committee in November 2012. He will be the division’s Past Chair in 2016. Professor BONGTAE HAN Professor Emeritus UGO PIOMELLI was and colleagues, received the named a Fellow of the Royal Professors ASHWANI GUPTA and JAMES Outstanding Paper Award Society of Canada. He is one DUNCAN, along with professors KENNETH at the 16th International of 87 new Fellows elected in KIGER and MIAO YU, were recipients Conference on Electronic 2015 as part of the RSC, which of 2016 Defense University Research Packaging Technology (ICEPT supports the field of research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) funding 2015). The team’s paper explored the and education in Canada. through the Office of Naval Research (ONR). reliability of the standard discrete packaging The funds support the acquisition of major (DPAK) component under passive Professor ELISABETH SMELA equipment to augment current or develop temperature cycling and investigated was one of four teams to new research capabilities to assist the combined passive and active temperature win a grant this year for Department of Defense (DoD). cycling. In addition, he was named the 2016 her project “Development American Society of Mechanical Engineering of an Implantable Device Keystone Professor (ASME) Mechanics Award winner in their to Determine Cancer Cell and Associate Dean of Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division Response to Chemotherapy in Real Time.” Engineering WILLIAM (EPPD). This honor highlights excellence The program, part of the University of FOURNEY recently received in the area of engineering and science of Maryland: MPowering the State initiative, is the Society for Experimental structural mechanics of electronic systems. intended to foster collaboration between Mechanics (SEM) 2016 disciplines and between the universities. C.E. (Chuck) Taylor Award. The award, Professor JEFFREY HERRMANN received She was also appointed a UMD ADVANCE established in 2000 and given no more the Institute of Industrial Professor. She is the first faculty member than once every two years, recognizes both Engineers’ (IIE) 2016 IIE/ in Mechanical Engineering to serve as an technical excellence and good citizenship Joint Publishers Book of the ADVANCE Professor. within the field. Year Award for his textbook, Engineering Decision Making and Risk Management, published by Wiley in 2015.

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NEW FACULTY

PROFESSOR STEVEN GABRIEL Gabriel joins the department from the University of Maryland Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Gabriel has extensive experience in both mathematical modeling and algorithm design for optimization and equilibrium problems in a variety of engineering and economic areas such as energy, the environment, transportation, and telecommunications. He is also a faculty member in UMD’s Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation Program.

TENURE & PROMOTIONS

Associate Assistant Associate Professor LINDA Professor AMIR Professor BAO SCHMIDT has RIAZ has been YANG has been been promoted promoted promoted to the to the rank of to Associate rank of Professor. Professor. Professor.

IN MEMORIAM PROFESSOR EMERITUS CLIFFORD L. SAYRE, JR. PASSES AT 88 rofessor Emeritus Clifford L. Sayre, Jr. passed away on He retired from PThursday, January 14, 2016 due to kidney and heart Maryland in 1987. failure as complications from Alzheimer’s. The long-time Despite retirement, resident of Silver Spring, Md. was a member of the University Sayre remained active of Maryland faculty for more than 30 years. in supporting the Sayre, who received his Ph.D. in engineering from UMD department through in 1961, joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1955. generous donations During his time at Maryland, he pursued his passion for to scholarships, e teaching and enhanced the department’s curriculum. He Keystone Program was particularly interested in the process of design and was and Dean’s fund that instrumental in establishing the Senior Level Design Projects supported students in course in Mechanical Engineering. He extended the hands-on Mechanical Engineering approach to learning engineering by adapting these methods and beyond. to create an engineering college-wide freshman-level project Sayre earned his design course to introduce engineering students to the B.S. in mechanical concepts of design. engineering from During his career at Maryland, Sayre served as both Duke University and his M.S. in mechanical engineering the Associate Dean of Engineering (1976-79) and Acting from the Stevens Institute of Technology. In 1947, he was Chairman in Mechanical Engineering (1979), and had commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and assigned to signi cant involvement in an engineering summer program the USS Hobson from 1947 to 1949, serving as an assistant for minority scholars and women to encourage them to enter engineer and damage control o cer. After promotion to and succeed in the eld of engineering. First Lieutenant, he served as the minesweeping o cer. In In 1985, he authored an early book on computer-aided addition to serving as UMD faculty, Sayre worked on projects design; “Design and Graphics Using the Apple Computer in hydrodynamics at the David Taylor Model Basin in – an Engineer’s Guide.” In addition, he received numerous Washington D.C. from 1956 through 1960. awards from industry and academic organizations. He Sayre was the beloved husband of the late Rose Morton received the rst College of Engineering Outstanding Sayre; father of Cli ord L. (Catherine) Sayre, III and Marie Teaching Award in 1986, a Centennial Medal on the 100th (David) Cole; grandfather of Philip and Kimberly Sayre; Anniversary of UMD in 1994 and an A. James Clark School brother-in-law of Terry Morton. Sayre was interred at of Engineering Outstanding Commitment Award in 1998. Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

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DAVID KRIESBERG, SME ‘30 UNDER 30’

enior David Kriesberg Kriesberg is the assistant manager of the department’s machine S(B.S. ‘16) is making waves shop. During his time there, he has learned the ins and outs of in additive manufacturing. the shop machines such as the CNC and 3D printing machines as Recently named to Society well as the more traditional lathes and mills. Now, he helps other of Manufacturing (SME’s) students learn about the machines and helps them with their design Advanced Manufacturing Media projects. “30 Under 30,” the recognition “Using the tools and learning the di erent CAM software are highlights young manufacturing my biggest takeaways. It allowed me to ‘just do it,’” he explained. professionals and students who “I was shy with trying out my ideas or making something because have demonstrated leadership, of the fear that it wouldn’t work in the rst try or there was an excellence, and hard work in intimidating tool. Now I feel more con dent doing projects and manufacturing. attempting things because even if I fail it is a step closer to making Earlier this year Kriesberg something that works.” had the opportunity to In addition to his work in the machine shop, Kriesberg has also participate in a weeklong trip served as the treasurer on the executive board for the University of to Italy as a winner of the Maryland’s Chapter of e Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE). sixth Italian Machine Tool After graduation this fall, Kriesberg will stay on at Maryland Technology Award (IMTTA) to complete his master’s degree under the mentorship of Professor sponsored by the Italian Trade Linda Schmidt, with a research focus on additive manufacturing Agency. He was one of only six domestic students chosen for this and the creative process in engineering design. Looking beyond opportunity, which focused on discussing innovations and best school, he would like to explore the idea of creating and opening practices in machinery and technology sectors. his own additive manufacturing studio where he could continue According to Kriesberg, the trip really expanded his views on helping others to bring their ideas to life. some of the realities of manufacturing. “Italy was wonderful. e In an article for #WhyMFG, an organization that promotes culture, the food, and the people are fantastic,” he said. “[But] the careers in manufacturing, Kriesberg said, “I think [3D printing] tours we took to the di erent manufacturing and assembly line is the future of manufacturing. It has very little waste and brings companies were mind opening. It gave me insights into the world prototyping to the homes of artists and creators—to anyone. I want of manufacturing, which I had not thought or experienced before. to make the bene ts of 3D printing more broadly accessible.” It makes me rethink my designs as now I consider designing for He will continue his studies in the Mechanical Engineering manufacturing as opposed to just ful lling a need.” master’s program at Maryland.

HOLLAND DELIVERS CLARK SCHOOL 2015 WINTER COMMENCEMENT STUDENT SPEECH

enior Greg Holland was the student exercise equipment in order to supplement his engineering Sspeaker for the Clark School of education with hands-on skills. He also worked as a teaching fellow Engineering’s Winter Commencement for the uid mechanics course to help communicate engineering Ceremony held December 20th at the concepts to his peers in simple terms. University of Maryland Cole Student Holland served as the Events Chair and President for Maryland’s Activities Building. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). During this A Montgomery County native, Holland has always been time, he organized visits to places such as NASA Goddard, and even interested in the mechanics of how things move. In high school, a tour of the campus nuclear reactor. Holland is a member of the he and a friend came up with an idea for a levitation machine University Honors College and has a 4.0 GPA. He spent a semester which consisted of running a high current through a copper-wire abroad in Melbourne, Australia where he studied renewable energy vest. Unfortunately, the project was cancelled after a phone call technologies. home from the school’s physics teacher who was worried about During his time at Maryland, Holland has been able to work him getting electrocuted. Nevertheless, Holland decided to study on design projects ranging from handheld consumer-products, to Mechanical Engineering to learn how to develop better, and safer, large-scale industrial systems. He plans to use his engineering degree projects. to work towards expanding the use of renewable energies across the Outside of the classroom, Holland worked part-time as an country. Operations Assistant in a gym to repair broken and malfunctioning

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Undergraduate ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Jacob K. Golhaber Travel Grant Conference Best Student Paper Finalist MOHAMED BESHR, ROHIT DHUMANE, AND Awards & Honors RAMIN BIGHAMIAN ZHIWEI HUANG Academic Achievement Award (Junior 4.0) ASME International Petroleum Technology James W. Dally Prize for Outstanding DAVID ALCANTARA, JAIRUS CHANEY, Institute Collegiate Council Member Instructional Support CODY GRAHAM, GEDALIAH KHNIZHNIK, SHAYANDEV SINHA PAUL ANDERSON CHASE MANNY, JOHN O’NEILL, TRISHA PATEL, ALEXANDER PIQUE, CARLO ST. Department Best Dissertation Award Kulkarni Summer Research Fellowship REGIS, AND LAURA SHUMATE SHUZE ZHU SHAYANDEV SINHA American Society of Mechanical Engineers Department Best Thesis Award L-3 Communications Corporation Graduate (ASME) Senior Award ELAINE LIN Fellowship CALEB HOLLOWAY and JORDAN JAMESON PATRICK HEALEY C. Raymond Knight Fellowship Chairman’s Award TAOTAO ZHOU AND REUEL SMITH Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the RYAN CHOW, CHANA GARBOW, PATRICK Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Doctorate  ITOHAN EBHOJIAYE HEALEY, ERIC HERRERA, DAEVIN HUGH, C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium JONATHAN KORDELL, JULIAN LOFTON, Finalist  GUANG CHEN The Miss Willie M. Webb Reliability ALINA MOOSVI, AND SARAH NIEZELSKI Engineering Fellowship The Clark School’s Future Faculty Dean’s Award ELAHEH RABIEI, KAYLIN CAGE, and RAMIN BIGHAMIAN, GUANG CHEN, ZHIWEI CHRISTA PETTIE SARAH NIEZELSKI HUANG, COLIN MILLER, and RYAN ST. Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars PIERRE National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship  BRYCE YAPPS RYAN CHOW AND SARAH NIEZELSKI Department of Energy Building-Grid Pi Tau Sigma Memorial Award Integration Research and Development NSF Research Fellowship Honorable Mention BROGAN SHEEHEY Innovators Program (BIRD-IP) Award LEON CHAO ITOHAN EBHOJIAYE Pi Tau Sigma Service Award NASA’s Thermal and Fluids Analysis NICHOLAS HOLTHAUS The GDF-Suez Fellowship Workshop Poster Session, Third Place MOHAMED BESHR and RADIA ELDEEB MICHAEL FISH Pi Tau Sigma Sophomore Award (4.0) STEPHEN AARON, KATHRYN JAHN, Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Research National Defense Science and Engineering SURABI KONDAPAKA, AND HENRY Fellowship  RAMIN BIGHAMIAN Graduate Fellowship  ROSE WEISBURGH SPEAKER Green Fellowship for Collaborative Research The Northrop Grumman Graduate Fellowship Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) on the Environment  COLIN MILLER in Engineering Education  GUANG CHEN Senior Award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Placement in the Los Alamos National DANIEL CORBIN Engineers (IEEE) Insulation Conference Laboratory Computational Physics Student SAE Service Award Travel Stipend  JORDAN JAMESON Summer Workshop Participant KAILYN CAGE ASHISH SINGH 2016 IEEE EuroSimE Conference Keynote SAE Baja Rising Star Award Presenters  DAVID LESLIE and HAO The Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award JAIME BEREZ HUANG HANNES GREVES, SHAYANDEV SINHA, and REUEL SMITH International Microelectronics Assembly and Graduate Awards & Honors Packaging Society (IMAPS) Travel Grant Richard and Stefanie Vogel Graduate Student ANTO PETER AND NATHAN VALENTINE Award  RYAN ST. PIERRE The Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship HANNES GREVES IMAPS Best of Session and Outstanding Samsung Human-Tech Thesis Competition Student Paper  ANTO PETER Encouragement Award  DAE-SUK KIM The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Graduate Student Grant MATTHEW DAHLHAUSEN The ASHRAE National Capital Chapter Endowed Fellowship ZHIWEI HUANG The ASHRAE College of Fellows Graduate Travel Award STEFAN BANGERTH

AT RIGHT: 2016 GRADUATE AWARDS CEREMONY ATTENDEES

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AUSTIN KENDALL RECEIVES FORD ALAN MULALLY LEADERSHIP IN ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP

irginia native Last year, Terps Racing held an incredibly successful Launch VAustin Kendall UMD campaign, earning funds in excess of their original goal, (B.S. ‘17) was always to purchase a new truck. e Formula team competed twice and interested in cars, the Baja team won awards at their competition in Tennessee. It but an introduction could not have happened without the hard work and dedication of to designing in CAD the members of the program, which has grown to more than 100 by a high school students. technical drawing Kendall’s proven leadership ability and strong academic skills teacher really helped were part of what helped him win the Ford Scholarship, named set him on a path to for the former Ford Motor Company president and chief executive pursuing mechanical ocer. Ford awards this competitive honor to only ten students a engineering. “Ever year globally. since then,” he said. “Being from Virginia, I am very fortunate to have my family “I’ve been hooked.” supporting me in my out of state academic pursuits,” said Kendall. is passion led “is scholarship is a way I can give back to my family for taking on to Kendall’s success the nancial burden of my education.” both inside and outside the classroom at the University of Maryland roughout his time at Maryland, Kendall has consistently (UMD). He is the current leader of UMD’s Formula SAE team proven his commitment to automotive engineering, his team, and Terps Racing, a QUEST Honors student, and this year received his university. He believes his experiences here have best prepared the Ford Motor Company’s prestigious Alan Mulally Leadership in him for the next chapter of his life, the workforce. e automotive Engineering Scholarship. industry has been Kendall’s dream destination since high school, He names Terps Racing as one of the largest factors in his and we are excited to see where his passion for engineering will take decision to attend Maryland. During his initial visit to campus, him next. the lab space, cars, and team members left a lasting impression on him. However, when he arrived the following fall, there was recent turnover in team leadership, few students returned for the Baja team, and the Formula team was struggling to get their car together. While not the experience Kendall originally anticipated, his passion for engineering drove his decision to help the program move forward in a new direction. is commitment to his team started a journey full of educational opportunities that he could not have imagined. “As a result, while I have been learning how to design and build racecars during my time here, I have also spent an equal amount of time both learning how to build a sustainable organization and be a leader amongst my peers,” said Kendall.

AUSTIN KENDALL WITH HIS FAMILY, FORD REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE HALOW (B.S. AE ‘86) (LEFT), DEPARTMENT CHAIR BALA BALACHANDRAN (SECOND LEFT) AND CLARK SCHOOL DEAN DARRYLL PINES (RIGHT)

FALL FORD VISIT

During the 2015 fall semester, Ford representatives and UMD alumni George Halow (B.S. AE ‘86) and Mylene Motsebo (B.S. ME ‘14) visited campus. They spent time with the Terps Racing team and presented to students on “A Day in the Life at Ford.”

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WHY I GIVE Alumni Bruce Dale

lumnus Bruce Dale (B.S. ‘64, M.S. ‘67) didn’t plan on being an Aengineer. In fact, he wanted to be a major league baseball player. A self-professed ‘jock and car guy,’ the Silver Spring, Md. native spent his high school years playing ball and not giving much thought of the future, until his dad asked him at 16 what he wanted to do after high school. “It never occurred to me I’d have to move from home,” Dale said with a laugh. At that point, the majors were off his radar, so he thought he would get a job working at the local gas station, Pete’s Gas Station. He liked cars, and that seemed like a good fit. But his brother Dick, a mathematics major at UMD, nudged him further. If you like cars, he asked, why not go to Maryland and become a mechanical engineer? While not an exceptional student in high school, Dale succeeded at Maryland. Overwhelmed at rst, “I listened to my Dad, who had expectations for me well beyond what I ever had,” explained Dale, who buckled down, worked hard, and started getting straight As in all of his engineering classes. “I was really hooked! I started thinking ‘Maybe I could do this thing,’ and I had really good professors at Maryland.” On graduating from Maryland, Dale landed a job with Bell Labs, who not only took just the top 2% of students, but o ered every square foot of the globe. “It was audacious, it was bold. It was employees the chance to obtain their master’s degree for free while the type of project you dream about,” said Dale. working for the company. Working in Bell’s Baltimore o ces, Dale While the network was robust, the company misjudged the returned to UMD to complete his master’s under Professor Bruce market place, ultimately leading them to bankruptcy. It was during Berger. this tumultuous time that Dale’s wife Mickey was diagnosed with From there, Dale became part of a charter program Bell o ered cancer. He dropped everything to care for her. Within nine months at Purdue that allowed him to get his Ph.D. “When I got the Ph.D. she was gone. o er from Bell, I wasn’t looking for more formal education since Despite being on the brink of retirement, in the aftermath of I liked working, making valuable things. I like to improve things. Mickey’s loss, Dale received an opportunity to write his own ticket But I knew the o er was too valuable to pass up”. He moved to with Bell once again, and took a position in England to support Lafayette, Indiana with his wife, Mickey, and their small son in their international third generation wireless development. It was 1967. “Bell paid for everything! Housing, stipend. Again, I didn’t at a suggestion from Bell colleagues that he decided to set up a really want for anything,” said Dale, who received his Ph.D. in foundation in his wife’s name to honor her legacy, and to give back 1970. in the many ways they had been helped over the years. When major transitions began happening at Bell in the late In 2007, he established the Mickey Dale Family Foundation sixties and early seventies, Dale found himself at a crossroads. Scholarship in Engineering to provide a helping hand to engineering “ ere were some serious problems at Bell, and they didn’t have students who otherwise might not be able to a ord the chance for much to do with mechanical engineering,” he said. “I had a choice, an education. Five students have realized their education through but because I felt so loyal to them and grateful for the opportunities support from this fund. they gave me, I jumped into software systems, and found myself in Dale met Mickey while they were both in high school, she was the middle of software development.” a year behind him and they later married during his senior year According to Dale, his friends thought he was ‘nuts’ for getting at Maryland and she was working at the University of Maryland into software development. “In those days, men built circuits, University College. Both having Maryland ties made supporting machines, and wrote erudite technical papers. Women wrote scholarships at the university important to both Dale and his wife. software,” re ected Dale. “But, software systems was where the “Education is something you never lose,” said Dale. “Use the solutions were, and it became the future. Not what they were money purposefully, and they’ll go on to do good things.” doing.” Eventually, Dale would go on to pioneer satellite “The way I got into engineering was a crazy series of technology development through his work on lucky breaks, and it’s one of the reasons I give back to the Iridium Satellite System, an integrated, global Maryland. Why do I give back so much? network of satellites working in conjunction with ground systems that could transmit signals across Because I feel like a lottery winner.”

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Kim Receives 2016 Horatio Alger Award Career Paths Contributers

lumnus Dr. Jeong H. Kim (Ph.D. ‘91) committed to both philanthropy and higher The department would like to thank Awas selected for the prestigious Horatio education. all of our friends and alumni who Alger Award given by the Horatio Alger “We are proud to welcome Kim as a participated in the 2015-2016 Career Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc. Member of the Association,” said Byron Paths class. This class provides Kim, executive chairman and co-founder, Trott, president and CEO of Horatio Alger students an overview of the wealth Kiswe Mobile Inc., and president emeritus, Association and 2011 Horatio Alger Award of opportunities and career choices Bell Labs, was selected for membership recipient in an association press release. available to them as mechanical in the organization. He joins 12 other “From overcoming the challenges that engineers, offering students the accomplished business and civic leaders from stem from moving to a new country as an chance to ask questions of folks in across North America in receiving this honor adolescent to his unwavering determination various fields. in 2016. to pursue his educational and professional Fall Speakers Since its establishment in 1947, the dreams, Kim’s life exemplies a true Horatio Horatio Alger Award is annually bestowed Alger story. He sets a wonderful example for ERIC COMPTON (B.S. ‘99) upon recognized leaders who succeeded, our Scholars and I am condent that all will IP Counsel Army Research Laboratory despite facing adversity, and who are benet from hearing his story.” JON HUANG (M.S. ‘00) Vice President, Fidelity Investments SAM HOLLENBACH (B.S. ‘07) Innovation Engineer, Under Armour TOM HICKS (B.S. ‘90) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy U.S. Department of the Navy CARA MARTIN (B.S. ‘06, M.S. ‘07) Chief Operating Officer Optimized Thermal SysteM.S., Inc. Spring Speakers LEO BRETON (M.S. ‘90) Technology Development Manager U.S. Department of Energy KYLE CARSON (B.S. ‘08) Sr. Engineer, Baltimore Gas & Electric JAY DEVENY (B.S. ‘91) Senior Director, Engineering AxleTech International ED GOLDMAN (B.S. ‘87) IT Consultant, Oceantyr (Previously “As a distinguished alumnus, Dr. Kim has been a source of Enterprise CTO, Intel Corporation) inspiration for both students and faculty of the Reliability KRISTEN KERN (B.S. ‘12) Engineering Program. We at the Center for Risk and Engineer I, Baltimore Gas & Electric Reliability are proud of having him as a professor of DIRK THOMAS (B.S. ‘82) practice and I am particularly honored to be a recipient of Principal, McKool Smith one of his endowed professorships.” INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN A Mohammad Modarres FUTURE CAREER PATHS CLASS? Nicole Y. Kim Eminent Professor of Engineering and Director of the CONTACT NATALIE GRANDISON AT Center for Risk and Reliability at Maryland [email protected]

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Alumni Notes Visiting Committee Supports 2nd Annual ME Scholarship Golf Tournament DR. THOMAS STADTERMAN (Ph.D., Reliability ‘03) was appointed senior campaign scientist Committee Member Charley to oversee the Army Research Kilmain, Professor and Director Laboratory’s (ARL) analysis and of Undergraduate Studies assessment campaign. Ken Kiger, and Committee go.umd.edu/stadterman-arl Members Maria Korsnick, and G. Lee Lushbaugh, Jr. at the JOHN MADDOX (B.S. ‘87) was 2016 Mechanical Engineering promoted to CEO of the American Scholarship Golf Tournament Center of Mobility. held April 15 at the University of Maryland Golf Course. The FRANCIS SMITH (B.S. ‘14), tournament is organized by co-founder of Diamondback Pi Tau Sigma, the Mechanical Brewing Company, was named to Engineering Honors Society, the Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 and helps support students under 40. pursue an education in SAVE THE DATE FOR THE 2017 TOURNAMENT! mechanical engineering. HAVE NEWS YOU WOULD go.umd.edu/me-golf2017 APRIL 21, 2017 LIKE TO SHARE? SEND IT TO [email protected] Alumni Appointments Mechanical Engineering Visiting Committee DR. GEORGE E. DIETER MS. NANCY MARGOLIS MR. TOM STRICKER HYUNGDAE BAE (Ph.D. ‘13) Emeritus Professor (M.S. ‘81) President (B.S. ‘88, Electrical Assistant Professor Glenn L. Martin Institute Energetics Engineering) Department of Professor of Engineering, Vice President, Technical Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland MR. THOMAS (T.G.) & Regulatory Affairs and MARSDEN (B.S. ‘87) Energy & Environmental Howard University DR. HOWARD H. Vice President of Research, Toyota Motor Advisor: Associate Professor HARARY Engineering North America, Inc. Miao Yu Director, Engineering Bowles Fluidics Corp. Laboratory at NIST MS. TONIANN THOMAS J. EDMON PERKINS (Ph.D. ‘15) MR. MICHAEL W. MILLER (B.S. ‘82) Partner, IBM MR. STEVE HOGAN (B.S. ‘79, M.S. ‘84) Global Business Services, Assistant Professor (B.S. ‘85) Vice President Chief Technology Officer Public Sector and Department of Global Sustainment Genesis Engineering Commercial Healthcare Mechanical Engineering Technical Services Solutions Auburn University Northrop Grumman DR. KON-WELL WANG Advisor: Minta Martin Professor MS. SHEILA MORTAZAVI Tim Maganello/Borg MS. MARIA KORSNICK (B.S. ‘95) Partner Warner Department Chair Balakumar Balachandran (B.S. Nuclear Engineering Kenyon & Kenyon Stephen P. Timoshenko ‘86) President and CEO Collegiate Professor of SUXIN QIAN (Ph.D. ‘15) Nuclear Energy Institute DR. HRATCH SEMERJIAN Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Visiting Professor University of Michigan Department of Refrigeration MR. CHARLEY KILMAIN Department of (B.S. ‘85) Mechanical Engineering DR. WARD O. WINER, and Cryogenic Engineering Repair Strategy University of Maryland P.E. Xi’an Jioatong University Lead - CSS, Bell Regents Professor Advisor: Minta Martin Professor Helicopter Textron Inc. DR. ALEX SEVERINSKY, Emeritus Reinhard Radermacher P.E. President Georgia Institute MR. G. LEE LUSHBAUGH, Fuelcor LLC of Technology JR. (B.S. ‘74) Retired, Senior Vice MS. SUSAN H. SKEMP MR. MANOLO ZUNIGA President and Execution Executive Director (B.S. ‘83) (Manuel Pablo Unit Manager, Bechtel Southeast National Zúñiga-Pflücker) Power Corporation Marine Renewable President and CEO Energy Center Talara Oil and Gas LLC Florida Atlantic University

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