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2009 Annual Report 3 Aerospace Engineering G R a D U a T E P R O G R a M H I G H L I G H T S An Report 2008-2009 D College of Engineering Annual Report 2008-2009 Department Administration and Committees3 Highlights6 Mechanical Engineering Department Faculty Awards13 Faculty16 Adjunct, Research, Visiting and Associated Faculty19 Staff20 New Faculty and Staff20 Enrollment 22 Degrees Awarded23 Courses Offered24 Objectives and Outcomes 26 Student Awards27 Student Organizations28 Senior Design Projects31 Recruitment36 Enrollment by Program37 Teaching Fellows and Research Assistants38 Graduate Student Awards38 Degrees Awarded40 C O N T E N T S MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OVERVIEW 2 Highlights 5 Faculty Awards FACULTY AND STAFF 7 Faculty 10 New Faculty and Staff 11 Adjunct, Research, Visiting and Associated Faculty 11 Staff UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS 13 Objectives and Outcomes 14 Enrollment 14 Degrees Awarded 15 Courses Offered 17 Student Awards 18 Student Organizations 21 Senior Design Projects GRADUATE PROGRAMS 25 Recruitment 26 Enrollment by Program 27 Graduate Student Awards 28 Degrees Awarded 29 Courses Offered 30 MS Theses and PhD Dissertations 31 Distance Learning RESEARCH 33 Research Funding 40 Faculty Publications 55 Research Laboratories 60 Affiliated Research Centers 62 Seminars 64 Merril L. Ebner Fund 2 www.bu.edu/me/ At the graduate level, the department offers the PhD in ME as well MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR as MS degrees in both ME and MFG. Both thesis and non-thesis op- tions are available, and interested students can choose to pursue the MS in manufacturing via distance learning, as part of an international partnership with a consortium of German institutions, or even as a dual MS/MBA degree offered jointly with the School of Management. This programmatic diversity is a direct consequence of the merger, and positions the ME department to respond to new challenges and opportunities in both education and research. During the 2008-2009 academic year we made new additions to the ranks of ME faculty at both the adjunct and tenure track level. Ad- junct Professor James Lynch, a world expert in underwater acoustics, joins us from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Assistant Professor Lorena Barba specializes in the computational modeling of fluid flow, specifically the use of “particle methods” in modeling and the pursuit of fast and efficient algorithms. Lorena received her PhD in aeronautics in 2004 from the California Institute of Technology and joined BU by way of the University of Bristol (UK). Ronald A. Roy A number of ME faculty members received well-deserved awards. New Society Fellows include John Baillieul (SIAM), R. Glynn Holt (ASA) and Victor Yakhot (APS). Allan Pierce received the Gold Medal of the I am pleased to share with you the 2008-2009 edition of the Bos- Acoustical Foundation of India, Tom Bifano received the prestigious ton University Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Annual Report. It has Bepi Columbo prize for his work with micro-deformable mirrors, and been a year of significant growth and change, starting with the July James Lynch received the Walter Monk Award for his contributions 2008 merger of the BU Manufacturing Engineering and Aerospace to underwater acoustics. Several faculty received College of Engi- and Mechanical Engineering departments, a union that resulted in a neering research and service awards, and the department benefitted single, unified department of Mechanical Engineering, boasting over from a number of young faculty and foundation awards. 40 full time faculty dedicated to quality undergraduate and graduate instruction and active in a multiplicity of research topics. ME faculty In 2008-2009, the ME department featured a total undergraduate en- have secondary appointments in other departments and are partici- rollment of 482 and conferred about 95 bachelor of science degrees. pating faculty in the newly established Divisions of Material Science The graduate program boasts approximately 100 MS/PhD students and Engineering and Systems Engineering. Add to the mix approxi- enrolled and 35 degrees conferred. It is important to stress that the mately $12M in new extramural research funding and you have a rich ME faculty research portfolio is extremely diverse and crosscutting. tapestry of applied and basic research activity that cuts across disci- ME professors serve as principal investigator on grants administered plines and offers enhanced breadth and depth of opportunity to our by numerous College departments and research centers, as well as students. Current areas of strength include acoustics and vibrations, the BU Medical Center. Indeed, almost 50% of the PhD students sup- automated manufacturing, biomaterials and biomedical applications ported by ME faculty are earning degrees in programs outside of me- of mechanical engineering, thermo-fluid sciences, materials engi- chanical engineering, such as BME, ECE, or one of the Divisions. neering and mechanics, MEMS & NEMS, nanobiotechnology, robotics & controls, photonics, and systems engineering. It is both an honor and a challenge to lead the new BU Department of Mechanical Engineering into the future. The next few years will wit- For students who matriculated as of September 2008, we offer ac- ness exciting changes in our research portfolio, faculty demographics, credited BS degrees in mechanical (ME), aerospace (AE), and manu- and degree programs. I invite you to peruse the Report and learn facturing engineering (MFG). However, the Department has since more about the depth and breadth of our programs, the spectrum of initiated a 4-year process by which we will discontinue our BS degree student activities, profiles of award-winning faculty, research inter- programs in AE and MFG and replace them with an accredited degree ests, and facilities. in mechanical engineering coupled with optional concentrations in aerospace and manufacturing. This will provide students with the best of both worlds: a solid foundational degree in the highly market- able and intellectually mobile discipline of mechanical engineering, coupled to optional, specialized education in either AE or MFG. The new program is designed with flexibility in mind, and we have since Ronald A. Roy introduced additional concentrations in the emerging areas of energy Professor and Chair and environmental engineering and nanotechnology. Department of Mechanical Engineering OVERVIEW Highlights Fiscal Year 2009 was a banner year for the “new” Department of Mechanical Engineering – the result of a merger of the Depart- ments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) and Manufacturing Engineering (MFG). In this year of profound change, the list of activities and accomplishments is too long to address in detail. Rather than launch into a lengthy narrative, we instead provide an “itemized” summary of ME activities in a number of areas, some of which are expanded upon in other sections of this Report. P R O G R A M M A T I C H I G H L I G H T S E V E N T S ME Faculty Retreat o On July 1, 2008, we formally merged the AME and MFG Departments and initiated the multi-year process of both The Department held its inaugural Retreat in January of 2009. In- expanding the BS program in mechanical engineering tended to serve a vehicle for getting to know each other, we dis- and sun-setting the aerospace engineering and manufac- cussed several matters ranging from our evolving research portfolio turing programs. (We are retaining the Manufacturing to faculty recruitment to academic program planning and evolution. (January 30, 2009) MS program and the associated Distance Learning com- ponent.) The merger effectively doubled the size of the Senior Project Day department and substantially enhanced the scope of our research portfolio. Senior Project Day is a forum for Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manu- facturing Engineering seniors to present their Capstone projects. We created two new Concentrations to supplement our With three active programs presenting in multiple rooms, we were o treated to a full slate of presentations covering a broad range of top- BSME program (see pages 3-4). ics. (May 1, 2009) o The ME front office staff, headed by Director James Lan- Mechanical Engineering Open House gell, was expanded to include a number of new positions and infused with fresh talent. In addition to the usual staff Our annual Open House featured a blend of informational tables, positions, we have now added dedicated positions that technical demonstrations, poster presentations on undergraduate and graduate research, and exceptional baked goods from the kitch- focus on financial administration, undergraduate program ens of several faculty and staff. (November 21, 2008) coordination, and communications coordination. Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Advisory Board o We established a leadership structure that includes 4 new and dedicated Associate Chairs for the various academic At this meeting the IAB members pitched senior project ideas to MFG programs. seniors. (November 21, 2008) ME/AE/MFG Design Summit o We established a formal mentoring program for the junior faculty. We invited alumni and industry representatives to join us to listen to our best student Capstone presentations from the three undergradu- ate programs and to offer feedback on proposed changes to the over- o We adopted annual meetings with all of our undergradu- ate classes. all design curriculum. (May 14, 2009) Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Class Meetings o We became fully integrated (faculty-wise) with both new Divisions, perhaps more so than any other Department We initiated a process in which the ME Chair, the Associate
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