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identity CRISIS Does the internal combustion engine have a future in a rapidly electrifying industry?

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Ancient Roman Concrete Stands the Test of Time LARGE ROMAN STRUCTURESRES still stand thanks in large part to the concrete and mortar that Roman engineers designed. Researchers now theorizeorize that the steady percolation of seawater into Roman concrete reacted with the lime and the volcanic ash to create interlocking minerals that occupied void space, making the concrete stronger. Reinventing Magnetic Resonance MACHINE LEARNING Systems TOMMY VAUGHAN’S CAREER is the recent APPLIES TO PIPELINE LEAKS history of magnetic resonance systems. A pioneer and internationally recognized leader in the field holding more than ANY EXISTING AND PROPOSED PIPELINES spark concerns from people 40 patents, Vaughan has designed key about the potential for leaks, especially those that go undetected for technology found in some of the most long periods of time. Existing detection systems mostly spot large powerful MR systems. Now, he’s charged problems, often visually by inspectors walking or flying over a pipeline. with building an MR research facility at Internal systems commonly used in the oil and gas industry rely on Columbia University. Mcomputational pipeline modeling, which searches for anomalies in flow and pressure. To improve the efficiency of detection systems, a team from Southwest Research Institute is taking the technology to the next level using sensors, artificial intelligence, and deep learning.

Robotic Suits May Transform Manufacturing Wearable powered or unpowered robotic suits— metal frameworks fitted NEXT MONTH ON ASME.ORG with motorized muscles to multiply the wearer’s SECURING DEVICES AGAINST CYBERATTACKS strength—are set to Wireless technology is an integral part of life-saving medical devices such as dramatically change the pacemakers and insulin pumps. That same manufacturing, agriculture, technology leaves them vulnerable to and construction industry. cyberattacks. TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mechanical ON THE COVER THE MAGAZINE OF ASME ENGINEERING No. 11 11 139 28 Technology that moves the world STAYING ALIVE 139 Is it the end of the road for the internal FEATURES identity CRISIS combustion Does the internal combustion engine have a future in a rapidly electrifying industry?

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22 18 Harnessing light ONE-On-ONE General Motors' This month, two Hot Labs Coco Zhang-Miske work to heat and cool shares her career buildings more sustainably. journey.

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A case for early detection 34 Discovering pipeline leaks quickly 47 can reduce their impact. BY VICKI NIESEN AND MELISSA GOULD asme 2017 honors Honoring the highest achievements in engineering. Honors 2017 F.indd 47

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AGING WORKFORCE, NEW TECHNOLOGIES

he driver who met us at Tokyo’s (Look for Super Hi-Vision, or “8K,” resolu- THaneda Airport was nothing like the tion television broadcasts.) stereotypical cabbie those of us from “We are very excited about this. We could New York City are used to. Our driver was have the most futuristic Olympics ever a cordial, elderly Japanese gentleman in a held,” said Rasoul Aivazi, an engineer for suit and tie who kept his vehicle spotless, Chiyoda Corp., an advanced engineering inside and out. He got us to our destination company in the energy market, and a mem- in downtown Tokyo without once blowing his ber of the ASME Japan Section Executive John G. Falcioni horn, changing lanes erratically, or using Committee. Aivazi cited work to develop Editor-in-Chief hand gestures to demonstrate displeasure hydrogen-fueled cars to transport athletes; at fellow drivers. Subsequent Tokyo taxi autonomous taxis to shuttle visitors; face- rides confirmed that our first driver was not recognition to verify ticket holders; and a uncommon at all. security system using thousands of camer- It’s no exaggeration to say that Tokyo has as and sensors as among the never-before- a distinctive character unlike any other city. used technologies at Olympic Games. In spite of its large population, everything is Besides coming up with the money to pay clean and orderly, but with a strong fashion for all of this—expenses could be six times sense. Time-honored customs and tradi- higher than the $3 billion allocated—an- tional architectural character poke through other challenge could be finding a suitable Tokyo’s modern surface. workforce to support these projects. Despite economic highs and lows over Japan has the world’s longest life expec- the past 30 years, Japan’s flagship technol- tancy, limited immigration, and a shrinking ogy companies—including Nippon Steel, population of young workers. According Toyota, Canon, Bridgestone, Panasonic, to government statistics, the number of Toshiba, Honda, and Mitsubishi—remain births last year fell below one million for globally recognizable and are a source of the first time since it began tracking the FEEDBACK national pride and economic stability. statistic in 1899. Older workers are crucial Japan’s aging Engineers I spoke with in Tokyo said to the economy; in fact, more than half of workforce is that today, Japan’s technology focus areas Japanese men over 65 do some kind of paid prompting a include drones, fuel cells, smart cities (IoT work, according to government surveys. rethinking of and Big Data), and artificial intelligence. But many are unable to hold the sorts of traditional career paths. Is there “We’re interested in what it means to be the jobs typically given to younger laborers. a downside to a Digital Engineer,” said Naoya Sasaki, Based on personal experience, it doesn’t engineers retiring corporate chief engineer in the research surprise me that the Ministry of Health, later? and development group at Hitachi, Ltd., and Labor, and Welfare reports that more than Email me. a member of ASME’s Japan Section. half of Japanese taxi drivers are over 60. [email protected] Japanese engineers are focusing a lot What’s startling, however, is that cognitive of attention on building the technology function tests taken by drivers over 75 show infrastructure to support the Tokyo 2020 that 2.7 percent of them were identified as Summer Olympics and the Paralympic individuals who might have dementia. Games. In fact, the desire to showcase new Considering the demographics, it technologies could turn the 2020 Olympic makes sense that the country is focusing Games into a stage for revolutionary de- on advanced technology such as artificial velopments in mobile telecommunications, intelligence as a way to increase productiv- consumer electronics, automobiles—and ity. And for safety’s sake, self-driving taxis even how we watch major sporting events. don't sound like such a bad idea either. ME

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the ocean waters and winds are inacces- Mechanical THE MAGAZINE sible. Yet, it is a fact that 70 percent of OF ASME No. SEPTEMBER 2017 ENGINEERING 09 139 the planet's surface area is covered by Technology that moves the world Reader Kovnat THE RISE OF oceans and that the total available ocean ELECTROFUELS extols the virtues An alternative method for wind power far exceeds the planet's storing renewable energy. of ethanol as a motor fuel. power needs. It is also a fact that for many centuries Two readers lay out the case until the late 1800s, ocean wind power for using autonomous factory made it possible to project military power

PROTECTING HOUSTON PAGE 36 and conduct global commerce. PERFECTING THE ARTIFICIAL HEART PAGE 42 ships to convert wind and solar GLOBAL GAS TURBINE NEWS PAGE 49 In 2009 at the ASME Third International ASME.ORG SEPTEMBER 2017 power into hydrogen. Conference on Energy Sustainability, we proposed the use of "energy ships" for the purpose of tapping into the global ocean wind power resources. Such ships would ENERGY HARVESTING SHIPS posed by energy production from wind be equipped with hydrokinetic turbines, and solar power generators. desalinators, electrolysers and compres- To the Editor: The proposal to convert The authors acknowledge that the sors to convert the seawater into com- renewably produced hydrogen into elec- implementation of this power-to-gas or pressed hydrogen gas and would operate trofuels ("Electrofuels" by F. Todd David- power-to-liquid concept is hampered by autonomously in wind-rich ocean areas. son, Kazunori Nagasawa, and Michael E. the limited available water supplies and Over the past few years we have Webber, September 2017) is increasingly renewable energy generators in most investigated the technical and eco- recognized as the most effective method parts of the world. In making this state- nomic aspects of the energy ship concept of solving the energy storage challenge ment they regard it as self-evident that together with colleagues and students

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at the Royal Institute of Technology in by-product of fermentation, and utilize it FEEDBACK Send us your letters Stockholm, the Technical University of for soft drinks or other purposes. and comments via hard copy or e-mail Graz, Austria, and the Technical Univer- If we were to give up the idea of corn- [email protected] (subject line "Letters sity of Darmstadt, Germany. to-ethanol because of the food versus Those investigations, presented at fuel argument, we would also have to and Comments"). Please include full name, the 2016 ASME IMECE and published in give up all uses of corn for any purpose address, and phone number. the January 2016 issue of the journal besides food. This would include using We reserve the right to edit for clarity, style, Energy, established the feasibility of cornstarch for purposes such as bio- and length. We regret that unpublished letters an emissions-free global economy by polymers. cannot be acknowledged or returned. means of high-efficiency conversion of hydrogen into electricity in Graz-cycle Alexander R. Kovnat, West Bloomfield Twp., Mich. power plants that yield significant amounts of potable water as a most welcome byproduct. Hydrogen-fueled cars are already commercially available. The energy ship technology also enables the ex- We’ll Keep You traction of carbon dioxide from the sea water, thus enabling the production of emission-neutral electrofuels for use in the aviation, automotive, and maritime sectors without infrastructure changes.

Max F. Platzer, ASME Life Fellow, and SAFE Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn, ASME Fellow, Davis, Calif. Forest City Gear’s exceptional reliability means you’ll sleep better at night. Safeguard your next gear DON’T KNOCK ETHANOL production project. To the Editor: As a student and enthu- siast of the automobile since my ado- 815.623.2168 www.forestcitygear.com lescence, I have long been in favor of ethanol as a gasoline extender. It offers a high antiknock (octane) rating, and is Excellence Without Exception more environmentally acceptable than methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Eth- anol is also a less unpleasant chemical to work with than methanol, which has also been promoted as an alternative fuel for the cars we drive. So it would be a disappointment if we had to give up on ethanol owing to objections raised in the September 2017 TechBuzz section (“Corn is Better Food than Fuel”). In evaluating the economics of ethanol production, one must consider that modern ethanol plants produce revenue streams besides ethanol itself. Distiller's grain is widely used as ani- mal feed. Modern ethanol plants also separate out corn oil, which may be processed into BioDiesel fuel or used for other purposes. The most up-to-date facilities also trap the carbon dioxide that occurs as a TECH BUZZ

INSTANT CANCER A DEVICE CONNECTED TO A MASS SPECTROMETER FINDS CANCER IN SECONDS.

dentifying cancer early is a crucial step toward effective treatment. IBut the existing cancer-detection method, called frozen section analysis, is slow and inaccurate in as many as 10 to 20 percent of cases for some types of cancer; each sample can take 30 minutes or more to prepare and interpret by a pathologist, increasing the patient’s risk of infection and the danger of prolonged anesthesia. “Knowing how long it takes to clip out a piece of tissue and harvest it for pathogens raises the bar on whether you need to do it,” said Thomas Milner, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Milner is involved with research to develop a device that does the same job 150 times faster with a drop of water. The MasSpec Pen, developed by an interdisciplinary group of researchers in chemistry, engineering, and medicine at the University of Texas, identifies cancer in 10 seconds. Milner met assistant chemistry professor Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, who designed the study and led the team, in 2015. “Livia told me she had a dream of a pen-type device for detecting cancer,” Milner recalled, “and I said I think we can help you build that.” Jialing Zhang (top), research associate at the Eberlin Lab at the University of Texas, draws biomarkers from a tissue sample using the MasSpec Pen (bottom). Biomarkers can betray the Living cells produce biomolecules, presence of cancer cell. Images: Vivian Abagiu/Univ. of Texas at Austin and those in cancer cells are radically MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.11

Meni Wanunu (rear) and Robert Henley use carbon nanotubes to desalinate water—the most effective such filter yet. Image: Adam Glanzman/ Northeastern CHECK University

different from healthy ones. Each type of cancer produces a unique set of biomarkers. Touching the pen to suspect tissue or even a drop of water extracted from it enables the device to draw out these biomarkers, which are NANOTUBES PASS then suctioned via tubing to a mass spectrometer. The biomaterial is analyzed by WATER, BLOCK SALT software trained on a database of molecular fingerprints that Eberlin esalination is an expensive process, but one that is critical for popula- and her colleagues gathered from D tions that have outgrown their freshwater supply. Now, researchers 253 human tissue samples, including from Northeastern University in Boston, in collaboration with scientists both normal and cancerous tissues of at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, have developed the breast, lung, thyroid, and ovary. a desalinization system that hinges on carbon nanotubes that they describe as Depending on whether the biomarkers the perfect filter for salt—with the potential for purifying water more easily and correspond to tissues in the database, inexpensively, and faster, than ever before. the software returns a verdict: Either Water is particularly resistant to being filtered because of its stubborn

normal tissue or cancer. Tests on molecules, which are hell-bent on sticking together. The hydrogen in H2O has tissue samples suggest the technology strong bonds that require a lot of energy to separate. The carbon nanotubes, is accurate 96 percent of the time. 50,000 times tinier than a human hair (just less than a nanometer in diameter), Milner oversaw the pen’s design only allow one water molecule to pass through at a time. This single-file lineup through numerous iterations, tweaking disrupts the hydrogen bonds, so water can be pushed through the tubes at an microvalves, low-pressure vacuum accelerated pace, with no bulking suction, and the like, fine-tuning it from “You can imagine if you’re a group of people trying to run through the hallway analyzing a 1.5-mm (0.06-in.) patch of holding hands, it’s going to be a lot slower than running through the hallway tissue to a swatch just 0.6 mm across. single-file,” said Meni Wanunu, associate professor of physics at Northeastern. The hope is that such quick and Wanunu and postdoctoral student Robert Henley joined scientists led by accurate results will empower Aleksandr Noy at Lawrence Livermore, who discovered last year that carbon surgeons to excise all the cancerous nanotubes were an ideal channel for proton transport. For this study, Henley tissue from a patient while taking as brought expertise and technology from Wanunu’s Nanoscale Biophysics Lab to little healthy tissue as necessary. Noy’s lab, and together they took the research one step further. Slated for trials during actual In addition to being precisely the right size for passing single water mole- surgery in 2018, and with companies cules, carbon nanotubes have a negative electric charge, causing them to reject and labs around the world scrambling anything with the same charge, like the negative ions in salt, as well as other to build cheaper, portable mass unwanted particles. While salt has a hard time passing through because of the spectrometers, the handheld, charge, water is a neutral molecule and passes through easily. disposable MasSpec Pen may also Scientists in Noy’s lab had theorized that carbon nanotubes could be evolve into an inexpensive means of designed for specific ion selectivity, but they didn’t have a reliable system of saving lives. ME measurement. Luckily, “That’s the bread and butter of what we do in Meni’s lab,” Henley said. “It created a nice symbiotic relationship.” MEREDITH NELSON is a technology writer in The results of the team’s study show that carbon nanotubes do a better job of New York City. desalinization than any other existing method, natural or man-made. ME TECH BUZZ

RISING TIDE TO LIFT FLOATING CITY

any scientists believe that Mclimate change is making flooding more frequent and severe. Over the last 36 years, 26 flooding events in the U.S. have totaled over $110 billion in damages. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently noted that sea levels are rising along parts of the Florida coast by more than a third of an inch every year—a rate of one foot every 36 years. Others scientists estimate that sea levels could rise by six feet or more by 2100, flooding coastal communities around the world. Many government/municipal responses to flooding are predictably reactive: retreat, return, and rebuild, only to await the next flooding disaster, perhaps protected with added infrastructure, such as dikes or retractable barriers. But what if a community could ride out a flood with ease, and not suffer any damage from the event? Architect Greg Henderson is convinced this is possible, especially if the community is already Linked concrete pontoons could provide a stable, but buoyant platform for buildings. floating. Image: Courtesy of Arx Pax Henderson is founder Arx Pax, a feet below the surface, groundwater The pontoons are made from low- California-based firm that develops will naturally fill the first five feet of the permeability, 7,500-psi concrete. The resilient construction technologies. containment vessel. A nearby sump completed platform floats on the surface Inspired by the state of Washington’s pumps water into the containment vessel of the containment vessel. Route 520 floating bridge, Henderson until the desired depth of eight or nine The platform is kept in place with designed an innovative building system feet has been reached. a system of cables anchored to the that floats on precast concrete pontoons “Depending on natural fluctuations of opposite sides of the containment in just a few feet of water. The SAFE the water table, the rate of inflow from vessel. The cables keep the platform Foundation system can support homes, the sump can be adjusted accordingly to in the same x-y or horizontal position. taller commercial buildings, and roads that cover an area of several city blocks, “WE’RE HELPING DEVELOPERS AND GOVERNMENTS RETHINK HOW THEY or larger. The community simply rises on CAN BUILD, RATHER THAN JUST REACT TO DISASTERS.” top of floodwaters and returns to normal GREG HENDERSON, FOUNDER OF ARX PAX ground level, intact and unharmed, when the waters recede. maintain the correct depth,” Henderson However, there is enough slack in the First, a shallow, permeable depression said. cable to allow for vertical rise and fall of (containment vessel) is excavated that is Next, a floating concrete foundation the platform. 10 feet deep and hydraulically connected slightly smaller than the containment “For example, a 230-foot-long cable to a nearby river or bay, or is simply vessel is built on top of the water. will allow a 10-foot rise and fall,” filled with groundwater. The containment Precast 20-foot-long concrete pontoons Henderson said. “A five-foot extension in vessel is lined with permeable, precast are assembled into groups, locked anchor cable length can accommodate concrete blocks to preserve permeability. together with bolts, and tensioned about 40 feet of vertical displacement in For example, if the water table is five to make a broad, stable platform. continued on p.17 »

TECH BUZZ

Lamine Keïta (left) preparing for an interview in Segou, Mali. Photo : Eric Verploegen A TOOL KIT TO IDENTIFY ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN OFF-GRID AREAS

new package of data-collection not necessary to use the tool kit. The needs; existing supply chain; and A and decision-making tools helps essential qualifications are a strong community institutions and stakeholders communities with poor energy presence in the community and the (private sector, government, NGO). access make informed decisions about ability to take action based on the The tool kit is modular, allowing the how to meet their most pressing energy opportunities identified. Organizations organization conducting the assessment needs. MIT D-Lab’s Energy Assessment that have used the tool kit include to determine the scope and scale of the Toolkit is aimed at organizations that community-based businesses, study. In addition to the data collection work closely with communities that have nongovernmental organizations, and tools, the tool kit includes data entry been overlooked in the work to provide civil society organizations. They all have and visualization tools that can be used energy to everyone around the world. ongoing programs in off-grid regions and to analyze data and guide the design While aid organizations tend to focus on are looking to further develop energy of the assessment plan by identifying dense populations where infrastructure access programs that leverage their technologies and business models that can serve the most, and private business existing connections with communities. address the most pressing needs in seeks optimum markets, hard-to-reach The Energy Assessment Toolkit, a specific area. The goal is to enable and sparsely populated communities can which is open-source and available organizations to collect the information fall through the cracks. online, includes surveys and interview needed to make informed decisions In 2015, MIT D-Lab began working guides that an organization can use about how to meet the particular needs with Mercy Corps to develop the tool kit to gather information from a range in their community through market- with a goal to create a means by which of stakeholders, such as community based initiatives. organizations with strong connections in residents, business owners, government An example is an assessment off-grid communities can assess energy officials and others. The kind of conducted by Mercy Corps in Mali, which needs and select market-based solutions information the surveys and interviews identified the need for households to for residents and businesses. explore includes current energy access reduce the money spent on cooking fuel. Expertise in the energy sector is and expenditures; aspirational energy continued on p.21 » MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.15

TREE ON A CHIP

ike most flora big and small, trees are finely engineered L hydraulic pumps that pull water up from their roots to their topmost leaves, and send sugars produced by those leaves back down to their roots. Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers and their collaborators have mimicked this pumping mechanism in their design of a microfluidic device they call a “tree-on-a-chip.” The chip operates passively, requiring no moving parts or external pumps. “The goal of this work is cheap complexity, like one sees in nature,” said Anette “Peko” Hosoi, professor and associate department head for operations in MIT’s department of mechanical engineering. Hosoi envisions leveraging the chip’s passive pumping as a simple hydraulic actuator for small robots. “For small systems, it’s often expensive to manufacture tiny moving pieces,” she said. “So we thought, ‘What if we could make a small-scale hydraulic A microfluidic device with no moving parts can pump water. continued on p.20 » Image: Getty Images TECH BUZZ || PATENT WATCH BY KIRK TESKA

A NEW DAY FOR AN OLD IDEA

Inventors have been developing the technology for the electric vehicle for more than 100 years.

and consuming the momentum of the car Electric cars may not be new, but Tesla's in driving the generators upon a closed IP strategy certainly is. One wonders, short circuit.” then, why does Tesla continue to procure A few years later, Thomas Edison won patents? ME Patent No. 750,102 (1904) for an electric car motor that could be converted to run KIRK TESKA is the author of Patent Project as a generator for charging the batteries Management and Patent Savvy for Managers, is an ver the past decade, electric of the car. adjunct law professor at Suffolk University Law O vehicles have evolved from eccentric Patent No. 1,244,045 (1917) is for a School, and is the managing partner of Iandiorio curiosities to not entirely uncommon hybrid gasoline engine-electric car. Teska & Coleman, LLP, an intellectual property law sights on American roads. Tesla Motors When the gasoline engine was used as firm in Waltham, Mass. has been prominent in pushing the notion the means of propulsion, it of EVs as the car of the future and owns charged the batteries used more than 280 patents for electric cars and to power the electric motor. their components. But the notion of the The patent owner, the Woods electric car is pretty old—predating Ford, Motor Vehicle Company of Chrysler, or General Motors—and many of Chicago, produced so-called the technology’s cleverest ideas are among dual power vehicles from 1915 its oldest. to 1918. For example, the Anderson Electric Electric car production Car Company of Detroit (later renamed declined after about 1920. Any the Detroit Electric Car Company) sold periodic rekindling of interest thousands of electric cars in the early in EVs was generally followed 1900's. One of the company's patents by a renewed love for gas is a 1913 design patent (No. 44,698) for guzzlers. Now, however, hybrid the vehicle body. Another patent, No. electrics are common and 1,020,080 (1912), is for a single control sales of battery electrics like lever used to control speed, to put the car the Tesla and the Chevrolet in reverse, and to stop, start, and lock the Bolt are growing, though from car. A similar patent, No. 942,488 (1909), very low levels. owned by the Ohio Electric Car Company, Which of Tesla's many is for a device mounted to the steering patents are the most valuable? handle of the car also used for starting, We may never know for sure. speed control, reverse, and brake control. CEO Elon Musk is on record A more common technology today as saying that Tesla will not was first described in Patent No. 600,252 sue anyone for infringement (1898), for an electric car with a form of any Tesla patent. He even of regenerative braking. “The principle removed the patent plaques employed,” the patent states, “is that of previously on display at the The Detroit Electric Car Company invented a single converting the motors into generators Tesla Palo Alto headquarters. lever to start, stop, and control the speed of a car. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.17

continued from p.12 » “Soon, you are going to have more systems URBAN DESIGN: PONTOONS engineers making the decisions over mechanical engineers, especially as it comes to the an extreme flood event.” development of autonomous vehicles.” Residential and mixed-use commercial Joe Bohman, Senior Vice President, buildings, complete with roads, Lifecycle Collaboration Software, Siemens PLM landscaping, and utilities, are then built on the platform. For added security, the superstructure is designed to use anchor bolts and hold-downs on the platform. These share the same structural grid to allow for ease of construction and the use of prefabricated buildings. When a flood occurs, the community simply rises. If an earthquake strikes, because the floating community is decoupled from the earth, the buildings are unaffected by the violent shaking of smallmachine the earth below. Seismic fuses provide five-foot extensions to the cables to allow for lateral movement of the containment BIGRESULTS vessel around the construction platform during an earthquake. Right now Henderson’s first pilot project—a 1.5-acre mixed-use design— will get started in a floodplain area in San THE TORMACH® Francisco Bay in about one year, followed PCNC 440® by a two-year construction period. REAL CNC FOR Meanwhile, he has begun outreach with the Federal Emergency SHOPS OF ANY SIZE Management Agency (FEMA) and other organizations and communities to change their reactive “rebuild and retreat” mind-set. He is also considering a pilot project with the Republic of Kiribati, a small island nation in the Pacific Ocean that floods every year. Henderson expects the SAFE Foundation system to last at least 100 years. “We’re helping developers, architects, aid organizations, and governments STARTING AT rethink how they can build, rather than just react to disasters,” Henderson said. $4950 “We are looking for strategic partners around the world who share our vision so we can value engineer this system and get it out into the world for the people who need it.” ME

MARK CRAWFORD is an independent writer. TORMACH.COM For more articles on technology and society visit www.asme.org. TECH BUZZ || ONE-ON-ONE

Q&A KE ZHANG-MISKE

ME: From an engineering intern to global technology planning manager at GM, how did your career shape up? K.Z: It was a natural progression as I went to work with GM as an intern every summer and the year before I graduated they offered me a full- time position. During my first assignment as a manufacturing controls engineer I was assigned to a plant, which was a unique and challenging experience. While working, I also completed a master’s degree in energy systems engineering at MSU. I have been fortunate to work in three different organizations within GM in the past 10 years—manufacturing, product development, and now the product planning division.

WHEN KE “COCO” ZHANG-MISKE ME: Did you face any obstacles as an Asian-American woman engineer? began learning classic Chinese dance K.Z: It isn’t easy to be a woman in a male-dominated field. While the automotive business used to be a male-dominated industry, GM at the age of 6, she never imagined has been actively promoting and supporting diversity and cultural that one day she would be devising awareness, so my experience as an Asian-American woman in GM has technology strategies for General been great. I encourage all women to trust yourself and be confident Motors. After immigrating to the United and do your best in any assignment that you are given. Having said that, States, Zhang-Miske attended Michigan you can occasionally meet people who won’t respect you working in a male-dominated industry, and you probably won’t ever change them, so State University to study fashion design do not focus on how to change their mind, but only focus on how to do but found herself attracted to math your job well. Never let anybody else’s attitude affect your work ability and science, and changed her major and individual performance. to mathematics, followed by electrical ME: What’s your advice for women in engineering? engineering. She joined GM as an engineering intern in 2007 and rose K.Z: Don’t give up! A lot of women doubt themselves and care about what other people think. You can use that feedback to improve yourself. through the ranks to become the global Mentors are very important, not just female but also male professionals technology planning manager for GMC. in your industry. When I got into the professional field and started to understand how it works, I reached out to some formal and informal mentors. I was never shy to ask, as it’s nothing to be ashamed of to ask a ME: How did you land your first engineering internship person you want to learn from. I also mentor other younger professionals at the manufacturing controls department at GM? within GM because I went through the same path myself in my initial K.Z: When I was studying electrical engineering, I career. I also volunteer with several female professional organizations and went for a career fair when most of my classmates I am on the board of some of the Asian community organizations as well. didn’t that year. I was told it will be hard, especially for me, as I was 10 years older than most of the ME: What is the most important lesson you have learned in your career students since it was my second career, with my path? resume filled with only arts and dancing. Most of K.Z: One of the most important lessons is that relationships matter. How the companies weren’t interested and asked me to you work with others is everything in business—no matter how smart come back next year. However, a conversation with you are. You have to collaborate with others and be willing to work with an engineer from GM changed everything. He was others. You need to treat every relationship as if it would last for years. ME fascinated with my background, saw my potential, and ended up offering me an internship. CHITRA SETHI MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.19

WATER-CLEANING CARBONATION REROUTES DIRT

ngineers have harnessed the same try, making it more acidic, and accounts one with water containing Echemistry that makes soda fizz to for the pleasant tart taste and bub- the contaminating particles and the separate dirt particles from water. The bly texture of most sodas. In chemical other holding clean water. Because the laboratory-sized system injects CO2 gas— terms, the acidity means that when CO2 system does not have a membrane or which is cheap and ingestible—into a dissolves in water it creates charged a mechanical filter, clogging is not a stream of water as a method of removing particles called ions. One of those ions, a problem. contaminants without costly and complex positively charged hydrogen atom, moves To maintain the electric field, the filters. very quickly through the water solution. researchers kept the ions moving through Princeton University researchers say Another, a negatively charged bicarbonate the water channels by making the chan- the process can easily be scaled up to molecule, moves more slowly. nel walls out of material that is perme- a hundred liters per hour, a practical The ions’ movement through the water able to carbon dioxide: silicone rubber household standard, and with further creates a subtle electric field. The field (polydimethylsiloxane). Pressurized development could be used in water draws particles in the water—which have carbon dioxide diffuses through one wall treatment plants and as a supplement in either negative or positive charges of their of the channel and permeates out the desalinization facilities. With the potential own—toward one side of the water stream other side. to clean pond or river water, the low cost or the other. When finished, the dissolved CO2 can be and simplicity of the technology may make The researchers’ device takes advan- removed by exposing the stream of clean it applicable for developing countries and tage of this electric sorting by drawing the water to the air. Just as with a soda left suitable for use in portable systems. contaminants to one side of the flow and sitting on a counter, the water soon loses Carbon dioxide alters water’s chemis- then splitting the water into two channels, its carbonation. ME TECH BUZZ

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BIG NUMBER Tree on a chip PUMPS PASSIVELY system that could generate large pressures, with no moving parts?’ And then we asked, ‘Does anything do this in nature?’ It turns out that trees do.” $128 billion Replicating plants’ simple model of shuttling a constant stream of nutrients through a system of tissues called xylem and phloem, which are packed together in woody, parallel Value of goods exported by U.S. conduits, had stymied engineers for quite some time. Previous manufacturers in July 2017 designs of tree-inspired microfluidic devices, fabricating parts that mimic xylem and phloem, stopped pumping within INTERNATIONAL TRADE is a hot topic in Washington, D.C., but while minutes. imports get most of the attention, exports are a critical part of Hosoi’s former grad student, Jean Comtet, identified a third the U.S. manufacturing sector. According to the U.S. Census essential part to a tree’s pumping system: its leaves, which Bureau, as of this summer, exports in 2017 were running more produce sugars through photosynthesis. The more sugar there than 7 percent higher than at the same point in 2016 (though is in the phloem, the more water flows from xylem to phloem a bit behind the pace of 2015). Capital goods and industrial to balance out the sugar-to-water gradient, in a passive supplies made up the about two-thirds of the total exports. In process known as osmosis. recent years, exports totaled more than $1.5 trillion, a figure Comtet’s model of the chip, featuring two plastic slides greater than the GDP of all but the 10 largest economies. sandwiched together and drilled through with small channels to represent xylem and phloem, includes this additional source of sugars that diffuse from the leaves into a plant’s phloem, increasing the sugar-to-water gradient, which in turn maintains a constant osmotic pressure, circulating water and nutrients continuously throughout a tree. Using this design, a microfluidic chip can pump water and sugars at a steady flow rate for several days. The dependable flow could provide a power source for tiny robots. “If you design your robot in a smart way,” said Hosoi, “you could absolutely stick a sugar cube on it and let it go.” ME

INDIAN STEEL INDUSTRY SURGES inished steel exports from India’s mills totaled F770,000 metric tons in July 2017, an increase of more than 64 percent from the levels a year earlier, according to a report from the Joint Plant Committee, which collects data on the iron and steel industry in the country. According to the committee, India was also the third- largest producer of crude steel in the world, trailing only China and Japan. In spite of its robust domestic industry, India also imported 798,000 metric tons of finished steel in the same month, making it a net importer. The total consumption of finished steel grew 3.7 percent to 6.9 million metric tons in July 2017 compared with 6.7 million tons a year earlier. The data from the committee, which is authorized by India’s Ministry of Steel to collect information on the industry, was reported in August in the Financial Times of India. ME MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.21

continued from p.14 » “Sometimes people would be looking at the ‘seat’ but it would TOOL KIT TO IDENTIFY seem like they were looking right at your face even though they couldn’t see you. It was kind of awkward. ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN You’d start smiling and then look away. But you didn’t need to—the hood was like one way glass.” OFF-GRID AREAS Andy Schaudt, project director for the Center for Automated Vehicle Systems at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, It also found that the major reason why on the experience of being disguised as a seat to simulate efficient cookstoves had not reached this a self-driving car, as quoted in the Guardian on September 15, 2017. market was a poor supply chain beset by security issues in the northern part of the country. Mercy Corps is now helping facilitate the distribution of cookstoves by connecting manufacturers in southern Mali to wholesalers and entrepreneurs in northern Mali. The Energy Assessment Toolkit is part of a larger suite of initiatives developed THE COUPLING. ABSOLUTE as part of the MIT D-Lab Off-Grid Energy Roadmap. D-Lab is also working on PRECISION 0.1-100,000 NM. developing and curating resources to help organizations identify technologies and business models that can meet the needs of off-grid communities and guidance for designing pilot programs and market deployment.

POOR SECURITY HAS KEPT COOKSTOVES FROM REACHING SOME POPULATIONS.

MIT D-Lab is known for its work in Creative Capacity Building, an approach to international development that trains people in resource-poor settings around the world to create or adapt technologies that will improve their lives and strengthen their communities. In this way, people become active creators of technology, not just recipients or users of technology. The Energy Assessment Toolkit approaches development in a similar way; it views organizations with a strong local presence as powerful agents of change and provides the tools and training necessary to assess community needs and implement the right solutions to meet the energy needs of the community in which they work. ME

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A roof coating developed by SkyCool Systems makes cooling more sustainable. Photo: SkyCool Systems

HEATING, COOLING, AND LIGHTING use COOLER THAN AIR roughly half of all energy consumed by the THE LAB SkyCool Systems, Burlingame, Calif. Aaswath Raman, CEO; Eli Gold- built environment. This cost is rising as stein, CTO; Shanhui Fan, professor of electrical engineering, founders. developing nations demand cooler air in OBJECTIVE Develop an optical coating that can replace air chillers in an air sweltering summers and warmer rooms conditioner's condenser to cool refrigerant. in winters. This month, we look at two labs DEVELOPMENT An optical coating that cools fluids below ambient air tem- that have found ways to harness light to peratures with zero evaporative losses while using almost no electricity. efficiently control building climate.

adiative cooling occurs when objects warmed by the use by 21 percent. They have formed a startup, SkyCool R daylight sun release their heat into the night air. Systems, to commercialize the technology. Surprisingly, researchers have known for 50 years that The key to radiative cooling lies in a multicomponent opti- this type of passive cooling can chill objects to temperatures cal coating that reflects sunlight while allowing infrared heat below the ambient air. to escape. That sounds like it should violate some principle of thermo- “Most good mirrors reflect 95 percent or more light, but dynamics. It works because the atmosphere has a “transpar- they are not very emissive of their own internal heat,” ency window” which enables infrared radiation (8 to 13 μm Raman said. “The real trick is to create a coating that can do wavelengths) to slice through the atmosphere, as if it was not both at the same time.” there, and escape directly into space. In 2014, Fan demonstrated a coating that did both. Like the In 2014, a research team led by Shanhui Fan of Stanford coatings used on Oakley sunglasses that reflect light without University developed an optical coating that made daytime darkening the view, Fan's coating consisted of multiple radiative cooling possible. Now, he and two former graduate coatings. students, Aaswath Raman and Eli Goldstein, have demonstrat- Fan worked with seven layers of hafnium oxide and silicon ed this system to show they can slash air-conditioning energy dioxide. By controlling the thickness and composition of the MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.23

layers, he could create optical interference and manipulate chilled by the panels to cool refrigerant in a condenser,” light in ways not possible with simpler materials. Goldstein said. “What we're really doing is lowering the tem- The coating also maximized the emission of heat—infrared perature of the refrigerant leaving the condenser.” radiation—in those wavelengths where the atmosphere is Based on data from their experiment, the researchers most transparent. This let the heat escape directly into the simulated using the panels as part of an air-conditioning cold of space, making it possible to chill objects below the system in a two-story commercial office building in Las temperature of the ambient air. Vegas during the summer. They found the panels reduced On a building roof in daylight, the solar panels lowered energy use by 21 percent (14.3 MWh). temperatures 3 to 5 degrees C for water flowing through a The SkyCool vacuum deposits the coatings on glass using pipe and 20 degrees C for still water. This is low enough to technologies similar to those that apply reflective coatings to justify the use of solar-chilled water to redesign conven- large windows. The company is now testing the panels with a tional chillers used to condense vaporized refrigerant in walk-in freezer and a commercial air conditioner to gener- conventional air-conditioning systems. ate the data to justify a full-scale test with a commercial “The mode of integration that we're presenting uses fluids partner. ME

POWER WINDOWS A Princeton University THE LAB Andlinger Center for Energy and the team has developed Environment, Princeton University. Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, a self- director. powered system to OBJECTIVE Understand how evolution of molecular to make structures impacts material properties. windows smarter. DEVELOPMENT Photo: A self-powered electrochromic Princeton window that can be retrofit in any building without University extensive rewiring.

new type of smart window that changes color to control the transmission of visible and infrared light used to regulate A the amount of sunlight entering a building can reduce lighting and heating, Loo said. energy costs by 40 percent. Unlike most smart windows, Loo deposits the solar coatings by thermal evaporation, a the new window is self-powered and could produce enough process not very different from sputtering shiny metal onto electricity to also power Internet of Things sensors and devices. plastic potato chip bags. This costs more than solution pro- Smart windows, also called electrochromic windows, use cessing, but provides tighter control over uniformity and thick- small electrical currents to trigger color changes in organic ness. The process may also let her add antennas (for wireless materials applied to the glass. Tinting windows blocks sunlight control) and capacitors (to store energy for cloudy days). (and infrared energy) from heating a building in the summer, At 20-nm thick, the films do not interfere with light trans- while letting in winter light to passively warm rooms, reducing mission. Nor do they require impervious coatings, since they the load on the heating and cooling system. absorb UV, the part of the spectrum that typically breaks down The need for electrical wiring makes smart windows expen- organic electronics. sive to install and keeps users from opening them. It also makes Loo's calculations show the coating could generate them prohibitively expensive to retrofit in older buildings. enough to power IoT sensors and other low-power consumer Researchers have tried to solve this problem by applying so- products. lar cells onto windows for power, but this reduces visibility and She has formed a company, Andluca Technologies, to com- interferes with infrared transmission. mercialize the technology. It plans to test long-term stability, A team led by a Princeton University chemist, Lynn Loo, took cheaper electrodes, and scale-up. Ultimately, Andluca hopes an unusual approach to the problem. They created solar cells to make smart laminates that users apply to existing windows that selectively absorbed near-ultraviolet radiation. Near- and control with smartphones. ME UV comprises only 7 percent of the spectrum, yet it provides plenty of power for the windows. Nor do the coatings impede ALAN S. BROWN TECH BUZZ // VAULT NOVEMBER 1967 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.24

LOOKING BACK

300-MPH MAGNETICALLY New types of high-speed transpor- tation were being explored when this article was first published in SUSPENDED TRAIN November 1967.

J.R. Powell and G.R. Danby, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton N.Y.

The inventors of the concept describe the engineering and economics behind high-speed MAGLEV DREAMS maglev vehicles. Powell and Danby’s concept of magnetically levitated trains quickly became an aspirational goal for technologists. Test he only unusual part of the train design is the super conducting loops tracks were set up in Japan and Germany, T on it. The technology of superconducting magnets is rapidly developing, and by the late 1970s, unmanned maglev but already there exist satisfactory superconductors and insulations vehicles were tested at more than 300 mph. for a practical, economic train. The train superconductor can be cooled to 4 K However, the technology proved difficult by a central pipe containing flowing helium gas or liquid. The superconductor to perfect. High-speed trains running on 2 is Nb0.75Zr0.25 carrying 30,000 amp/cm at 30,000 gauss—well within present conventional tracks were less futuristic but capacity. could accomplish most of what maglevs Unloaded, a 100-ft. train would weigh about 40,000 lb., comparable to a promised. Today, China has one 19-mile fuselage of a jet airliner, and could carry 100 passengers. Longer trains with high-speed maglev line but 14,000 miles of higher passenger capacity may be desirable. conventional high-speed rail lines. In recent Auxiliary wheels would be required for station stops, since the train will not years, maglev trains have been proposed for lift till its speed is fast enough to induce sufficient track current. This is about the evacuated tube transportation concept 20 mph. known as Hyperloop. The track is a double line of consecutive loops. Each loop is 6 ft. long, wound from 100 turns of aluminum wire with a total cross section of 1.0 sq. in. Each turn is electrically insulated. The loops in the horizontal plane provide vertical lift; those in the vertical plane provide horizontal stability. The latter carry cur- rent only if the train moves off the center of symmetry. Since the ends of the wire are joined so that the horizontal stability loops are short-circuited, cur- rent is determined by the applied flux and its self-inductance and resistance. For the lift loops, as explained before, because the coupled flux of the train would cause too large a current to flow, an external inductance must be added to each loop. To reduce the number of necessary inductors, several loops are connected in parallel to one inductor, through diodes. The diode direction is The Transrapid 09 at Emsland, arranged so that current will flow only when a track loop is under the train Germany, exceeded 360 mph in tests. magnet; the inductor cannot act as a transformer and induce currents in the Image: Wikimedia Commons rest of the loops. Further, each loop under the train at a particular instant will have a different inductor; this is achieved by spacing connections to the same inductors at least one train length apart. Since the loop has 100 turns, the wide and fenced in to prevent large objects diode carries only 50 amp, well within present practice. from being placed on the tracks. The train The track must be very straight to avoid excessive centrifugal forces. Any could clear any object smaller than 4 in. high. curvature of the track in either the horizontal or vertical planes must have an The right of way would be the major part of equivalent radius of curvature greater than 5 miles if the centrifugal force is to total track cost. The track material would cost be less than 0.2 G at 300 mph. only $100-200 thousand per mile of two-way A track capable of two-way transport requires about 30 tons of aluminum track. It would be virtually indestructible and and 7 tons of iron inductors per mile. The right of way should be at least 50 ft. require minimal repair and maintenance. ME Join us for this free WEBINAR SERIES webinar

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Only 42 percent of women working in manufacturing would encourage their daughters to do the same. Photo: Deloitte

BY THE NUMBERS: A survey suggests that while the barriers are great, WOMEN IN women enjoy working in the MANUFACTURINGmanufacturing sector. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.27

IF THEY WERE TO MOVE TO ANOTHER INDUSTRY, WHERE WOULD THEY GO?

For women who indicated they would move to a new industry if they were to start their career today, respondents ranked the following among their top five choices:

Highest Choices 81% 69% 64% Life Sciences Technology Consumer Products

Lowest 31% 27% 26% Choices Retail Process Automotive (i.e., Chemicals)

Percentages indicate industries that ranked among respondents' top five choices.

he American workplace is no longer a man’s world. Further, only three of 10 women thought schools T Women make up 47 percent of the U.S. workforce were encouraging girls and young women to consider and account for more than half of all professionals manufacturing careers. No wonder the Women in and managers. Manufacturing survey found that 68 percent of young One sector of the economy that has been slow to bring women are not likely to consider manufacturing as a in women workers is manufacturing. Even at a time when career path. six out of 10 manufacturing job listings are unfilled due Yet once Deloitte’s respondents chose manufacturing, to skill gaps, women represent only 29 percent of the they liked it: more than 70 percent said they would make manufacturing workforce. the same career choice if they were starting again. To see how manufacturers could do a better job of They were surprisingly consistent across generations recruiting and retaining women, the Manufacturing about what they like about production: attractive pay Institute and APICS (an association of supply chain and challenging work lead the list. The women surveyed managers) commissioned Deloitte, a consulting company, felt that other women could be recruited and retained in to survey women in manufacturing (mostly professionals manufacturing if there were more formal—and informal— and managers) and conducted 20 executive interviews. mentoring programs, flexible practices to balance Deloitte found that 58 percent of respondents thought work and life, and increased visibility of senior women their industry’s attitude toward women professionals had managers who serve as role models. improved over the past five years. Yet only 42 percent Deloitte recommends several steps companies can would encourage their daughters to go into mom’s line of take to improve female participation. Some involve work. corporate culture fixes, such as leading by example, Why not? Some of it is personal: only 15 percent of holding managers accountable for diversity, and fostering the women surveyed believe their industry gives women an inclusive culture. But correcting the work-life balance time to meet family commitments without hurting their and providing more challenging assignments that might careers. That puts women employees in a bind, as they lead to opportunities for promotions are also important. are often the primary caregivers in their families. The consultancy also recommends partnering with the But professional barriers abound. Six in 10 surveyed community to change how youngsters and teens view believe women must meet higher performance manufacturing and to address the skills gap. benchmarks than men, and seven out of 10 respondents It may take some time to change manufacturing into believe women are underrepresented in senior a more female-friendly sector, but given manufacturers’ management. In fact, half the working women surveyed growing demand for skilled labor, it would seem the time in the Women in Manufacturing report said that the lack to start making those changes is now. ME of senior women managers was a primary obstacle in retaining and advancing women. ALAN S. BROWN COVER STORY F28

Battery-powered vehicles have o by the headlines, and the future seems bleak for the internal combustion engine, captured the imagination of the Gthe trusty workhorse of modern mobility. This past year has seen announcements from automotive industry. But the trusty several major countries—France, Germany, Great internal combustion engine has Britain, and India—stating their intention to ban fossil-fuel powered automobiles entirely. the capacity to stay relevant for To a certain extent, those announcements can decades to come. be dismissed as aspirational, as the goals are set for 2040, far beyond the life expectancy of cars on the JOHN KOSOWATZ road today. Still, Norway, an oil-exporting nation that is a leader in electric vehicles, has a deadline of 2025 for the end of emissions-producing vehicles.

With its SkyActiv-X, a homogenous charge com- pression ignition engine, Mazda hopes to improve fuel economy by as much as 20 percent. Photo: Courtesy of Mazda MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.29

In September, China—where about 40 percent Even in the United States, which has shown no of all cars in the world are sold—weighed in. appetite for sweeping action at the federal level, eight In a step forward from previous efforts, which states have set goals for electric-powered vehicles focused on pushing auto firms to produce more and aggressive emissions and mileage standards have electric vehicles while putting strict limits on promoted the development of cleaner and more effi- car registration in crowded and heavily polluted cient cars. In many cases that means cars with hybrid Beijing and Shanghai, China’s vice minister of gas-electric power trains rather than all-electric bat- industry and information technology said the tery-powered vehicles. But Tesla Motors, the manu- government is working with other regulators facturer of electric cars, has a market capitalization of on a timetable to end production and sales of $61 billion, more than such established automakers combustion-powered cars. as Ford, Honda, and General Motors. COVER STORY

INFINITI VC TURBO HIGH-POWER MODE an incredible amount of refinement to gas engines.” For many nonspecialists, the case for electric vehicles is straightforward: It’s all about carbon dioxide and other emissions. But the advantage EVs hold at the tailpipe is not as strong as laypeople believe. For one, it does not take into account emis- sions from power plants that provide the electricity for EVs. In some regions that depends on coal power for electric generation, a conventional car that gets as little as 40 mpg will produce fewer emissions than an EV. Also, the environmental damage along the supply chain for lithium-ion batteries can be significant. A 2016 study by Arthur D. Little, the international consulting firm, comparing battery electric vehicles against internal combustion engine vehicles stated, “The ultimate environmental and INFINITI VC TURBO LOW-POWER MODE economic reality of electric vehicles is far more complicated than their promise.” The study showed BEVs enjoy economic advan- tages. The electricity cost associated with operat- ing BEVs over a distance of one mile is significantly lower than the cost of gasoline over the same dis- tance for a conventional car. The cost to maintain a BEV also is less, and battery technology has evolved to where the price per kilowatt hour of lithium-ion battery packs has dropped from $1,126 in 2010 to only $300 in 2015, according to the report. But other economic factors intervene. Without exception, BEVs in 2015 were significantly more expensive to manufacture than internal combustion engine vehicles, mostly because of battery manufac- The VC-T 2.0 liter, four-cylinder engine offers variable turing, and were much more expensive at the dealer. compression, thanks to a multi-link piston rod. Compound The report shows that most of the environmental connecting rods are fitted into the crankcase and offer impacts generated by ICEVs are localized to the computer control over the ratio of each piston. Photo: Courtesy of Infiniti combustion of gasoline in the engine, but the BEV manufacturing process “generates a much more hile governments and financial widely dispersed and damaging set of environmen- markets may be in love with battery- tal impacts.” Those effects include the use of heavy W powered electric vehicles, don’t count metals in the manufacture of lithium-ion battery out the internal combustion engine packs combined with pollution generated by the just yet. Continuing refinements are making the ICE U.S. power grid when charging. Battery production smaller, stronger, and less polluting. The technology relies on metals such as cobalt and materials like is not yet ready to lose its place in powering cars and graphite, sourced from “poorly regulated and heav- trucks. ily polluting mines” in China and Africa. “From a marketing standpoint, electrification and “Given the divergence in where environmental battery-powered engines are the absolute darling,” impacts are allocated, it is safe to say that a consum- said Brett Smith, assistant director of manufactur- er who chooses to drive a BEV over an ICEV shifts ing, engineering, and technology at the industry- the environmental impact of ownership,” according backed Center for Automotive Research in Ann to the report. In other words, BEVs reduce local Arbor, Mich. “The reality is that it is a long-term contributions to greenhouse gas emissions but they trend that may take decades to get here. And be- produce a different set of environmental challenges cause of the pressures of regulation, there has been across the globe, “the consequences of which are MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.31

largely borne by rural and often disadvantaged com- in 2004 Isuzu became the first company to offer the munities as well.” system in a mainstream vehicle in the U.S. market. Even with the drop in the cost of battery packs, By 2007, Detroit entered the competition as Ford the total cost of owning an EV in 2025 will still be introduced its EcoBoost line of engines and General between $6,000 and $11,000 higher than owning a Motors its V6 LLT SIDI for Cadillac. conventional car, the A.D. Little report concludes. “There’s a lot that’s been happening since ’07,” According to John Dec, a researcher at the Sandia Smith said. “The industry is really good at refining National Laboratories Combustion Research Facil- something.” ity in Livermore, Calif., the performance of internal By some estimates, about half of models sold in combustion engines will improve over the coming the U.S. this year feature direct injection. decade. Advances in friction, motor oil, and fuel “The technology just continues to improve along will mean battery-electric powertrains will have to with our ability to control and manipulate the com- improve more than anticipated to catch up with the bustion process,” agreed Robert M. Wagner, director performance of internal combustion engines. at the National Transportation Research Center at “EVs are coming and they will grow,” Dec said. Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. “But it’s way, way premature to say the internal The next step in control of the combustion pro- combustion engine is dead.” cess may be Mazda’s SkyActiv-X engine, a homog- enous charge compression ignition engine that Combustion Control researchers and manufacturers have been working What sort of improvements are in store for the to fine-tune for years. An HCCI engine uses gasoline internal combustion engine? One recent example of in what is basically a diesel engine supplemented by innovation is direct fuel injection. spark plugs. Direct injection sends highly pressurized gaso- Spark-ignition engines are ubiquitous. A fuel line into the combustion chamber of each engine injector sprays a mist of gasoline into the cylinder cylinder, promising greater fuel economy and lower as the piston compresses air to one-tenth of the emissions. Many manufacturers worked on the original volume. The spark plug ignites the fuel mix, system over the second half of the 20th century, but driving down the piston to produce power.

Europe is building infrastructure to support a move to electric vehicles. Photo: Avda COVER STORY

iesel engines have a compression ratio of The engine also runs on the Atkinson cycle at about 20:1, providing more stored energy, times, which is a great companion for a hybrid D and diesel fuel is ignited at higher tempera- system. tures provided by that higher compression. “It’s not hard to implement,” said Paul Miles, man- An HCCI engine tries to combine the high compres- ager of the engine combustion department at Sandia’s sion of a diesel engine with faster-burning gasoline to Combustion Research Center. provide more power. The Atkinson cycle has been around since the 19th “The challenge with HCCI has always been to Century, but its use in auto engines has been limited. control when ignition actually happens,” said Shawn While fuel efficient, it doesn’t provide enough power Midlam-Mohler, an associate professor of practice at for the acceleration needed for passing. Ohio State University’s Mechanical and Aerospace That problem can be solved by including an Atkin- Engineering Department in Columbus. son engine in a hybrid-electric drivetrain. While the Mazda says it has solved that problem. The com- Atkinson provides the power for standard cruising pany’s SkyActiv-X engine will use a spark plug in speed, the electric motor can pick up the slack when each cylinder to jump-start the process and control more power is needed. combustion, mostly during startup when the engine Toyota took a different tack when it introduced a is cold. It is not unlike conventional glow plugs used new engine in its 2016 Tacoma pickup truck. Rather in starting cold diesel engines. Mazda calls it spark- than adding an electric boost when more power is controlled compression ignition. required, Toyota changes the cycle of the engine The company claims its engine is 10 to 20 percent itself as needed. The engine runs on a conventional more efficient than its current models. Otto cycle engine to provide the muscle for towing, “We think it is an imperative and fundamental job for us to pursue the ideal internal combustion engine,” Mazda R&D head Kiyoshi Fujiwara said in I THINK THE VAST announcing the new engine, which will be installed MAJORITY OF THE FLEET in 2019 vehicles. “Electrification is necessary, but the internal combustion engine should come first.” WILL BE USING THE INTERNAL Nissan is introducing another technology that has been percolating on the research burners, the vari- COMBUSTION ENGINE.” able compression engine with a turbocharger. JOHN DEC, SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORY Varying the engine’s compression ratio is a long- time goal of auto makers and Nissan’s engine is the but when full power isn’t required, such as when result of some two decades of research and more the truck maintains constant speed, the valve timing than 300 patents. Nissan says the VCT can be dy- changes to the Atkinson cycle to save fuel. The switch namically varied from 8:1 for high performance up to is seamless and undetectable by the driver. 14:1 for efficiency. The engine also includes two methods of fuel deliv- The VC-T 2.0 liter, four-cylinder engine will initial- ery into the engine, direct injection and port injec- ly be offered on the 2018 Infiniti QX 50 crossover, but tion, and uses one or both as needed for each level of is expected to be added throughout its lineup. The power requirement. engine promises a 27 percent gain in fuel economy The engine is a hybrid, but an Otto-Atkinson-cycle over the company’s 3.5 liter V-6 engine. According hybrid, rather than a gas-electric one. to Nissan, “The sophisticated engine control logic “The Toyota engine is unique,” Miles said. “It’s automatically applies the optimum ratio, depending designed for a hybrid, and is 15 percent better than a on what the driving situation demands.” typical engine today.” The key to the engine is a multi-link piston rod. “You can do a lot of these things now because of Compound connecting rods are fitted into the crank- greater computer processing power,” Smith noted, case and offer computer control over the ratio of adding that the ability to better machine parts each piston. Manufacturers have experimented with and control engine combustion has been key to compound rods but durability issues have until now ICE improvements. “You can understand what is prevented their use. happening in the cylinder and adjust on the fly. It The company claims it can move between the lev- gives you a strong understanding of what you can and els of compression ratios in 1.5 seconds. cannot do.” MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.33

Automakers have introduced other tricks in “You’re going to see it in luxury cars,” Smith recent years. Transmissions now feature eight to 10 added. “Volvo is clearly at that point.” Volvo, owned speeds that keep engine operations at high efficien- by China’s Geely Holding Group, announced it is cy, and electronic starters can seamlessly shut the moving to electric and hybrid vehicles and will no engine off for brief periods when stopped instead of longer produce gasoline-only cars after 2019. idling, starting the engine up again when the driver “In the U.S.,” Smith continued, “it will be inter- removes the brakes. esting. SUVs would be interesting. In smaller cars, One popular advance involves turbochargers and it probably does not make a lot of sense, except for superchargers that can boost four-cylinder engines maybe emission standards coming in 2023. The to provide power like a larger engine while deliver- consumer just won’t pay.” ing the fuel economy of a smaller one. But research- That price differential—and the American con- ers believe this ability to compensate for downsized sumer’s unwillingness to pay it—may keep internal engines through turbocharging may have hit its combustion engines on the road in the U.S. long af- limits. ter they have disappeared from showrooms around “The trend to downsize may continue but I don’t the world. Aside from niche applications and luxury think you can get too much smaller,” Miles said. vehicles such as Tesla Motors offerings, battery Some groups are looking to improve the perfor- electric vehicles just won’t be able to compete with mance of small engines by changing the electrical the internal combustion engine, alone or in gas- system of the entire car. electric powertrains. Traditionally, most cars have operated on a 12 V “I think the vast majority of the fleet will be using electrical system that handles cooling, lighting, the internal combustion engine with [new] electric and information and entertainment systems. On technology,” Dec predicted. “It should co-exist for some high-end cars and SUVs, however, this 12 V at least three more decades.” ME system is supplemented byy a more robust 48 V one capable of poweringering not jjustust eelectronicslectronics anandd AC, butbut JOHNJOHN J. KKOSOWATZOSOWATZ is senior editor at AASME.org.SME.org. also start-stop motorsmotors andand turbochargers.turbochargers. It allowsallows smaller engines to bebe usedused for betterbetter fuelfuel economyeconomy wihtout hamperingring performance.performance. For instance, ffour-cylinderour-cylinder enenginesgines bboostedoosted by a turbocharger nowow givegive thethe performanceperformance of a stan-stan- dard V-6 engine.e. StiStill,ll, therethere is some laglag wherewhere the turbo speedss upup RPM whenwhen a driverdriver presses the acceleratorelerator to passpass or needsneeds a burst of speed.. An eelectriclectric turtur-- bocharger runninging off a 48 48 VV electric system wwillill reduce that lag. “The next logi-gi- cal step is 48-voltolt technology,” Smith said. Combining a four-cylinder turbocharged en-n- This cutaway illustration gine with a 48 VV shows the components of a Volvo plug-in hybrid system effectivelyely vehicle. Volvo has produces a mildd committed to producing hybrid powertrainain only electric and hybrid that increases fueluel vehicles by 2019. Photo: Courtesy of Volvo efficiency by 15to to20 20 percent—at aboutut oneone-third third the cost of a traditional hybrid. ETECTING PIPELINE

More than 480 companies operate roughly 209,000 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines in the U.S. Image: Getty Images MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.35

Accidents happen. Discovering them quickly LEAKS can reduce their impact. VICKI NIESEN AND MELISSA GOULD

THE REPORT from the National Transportation 209,000 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines in Safety Board made for sobering reading: On a the U.S., with those lines divided among those summer Sunday afternoon, a section of a 30- carrying crude oil, refined petroleum, and inch pipeline running through a wetland area highly volatile liquids. Pipelines are the least in southern Michigan ruptured. At first, when expensive and safest method of transporting operators of the pipeline heard the alarm set off liquid volumes over distances, and the industry by the drop in pipeline pressure, they thought can boast that some 99.999 percent of crude oil it was related to the planned shutdown of the and petroleum products reach their destination line, which they had almost completed. By the without incident. time the leak was stopped, some 19,500 barrels Even that enviable safety record means that of diluted bitumen had flowed into the wetlands incidents still occur. Most leaks are quite small— and, eventually, a large river. two-thirds of incidents released less than five Although the volume of the that oil spill in barrels—but significant leaks happen in spite of 2010 was dwarfed by that of such disasters the best efforts of operators and engineers. The as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf causes are many. For example, in 2016, about of Mexico a few months before, locally it was half were due to material, weld, or equipment a major accident. The final cleanup costs failure, while another 20 percent were caused exceeded $750 million. by corrosion in the pipeline. And 14 percent More than 480 companies operate roughly were the result of operator error. ccidents are costly to But accidents happen. Since 2010, there have operators for multiple been more than 2,800 reported pipeline leaks, reasons, from the loss of the and in total they have released some 622,000 goods transported to the cost barrels. Yet, that total is dominated by the largest of repair and remediation leaks—24 incidents, account for half the volume. and the ill will engendered The largest spill since 2010 released more than by the spill among people 30,000 barrels of ethane into a wooded area in living along the pipeline. Over the past 20 years, West Virginia; while the accident touched off operators have worked to develop technologies an explosion and fire, there were no injuries to better inspect pipelines to discover leaks as reported, the spill did not reach any waterways, quickly as possible. Some of those solutions and the pipeline was repaired and returned to work inside the pipeline, others involve external service within three weeks. inspection. Of the 24 largest leaks, six were material or More important, however, has been the weld-related and four were due to equipment improved training of pipeline operators, and failure. But corrosion, operator error, even their empowerment to halt pipeline operations lightning strikes could cause a major rupture. when they suspect a leak. Operators managing a From the other end, more than half the system holistically via a leak detection program reported leaks released 2 barrels or less and should be able to act quickly enough to contain accounted for less than 0.16 percent of the total. even a large rupture. In fact, not only are the vast majority of spills relatively tiny, but since 2010, 71 percent of LIQUID CARGO onshore pipeline leaks were contained on the Pipelines are an increasingly critical part of operator’s property. Such leaks are the easiest to the U.S. energy infrastructure. According to the control and remediate. Another 23 percent were American Petroleum Institute and the located on the pipeline right-of-way, while Association of Oil Pipe Lines, 16.2 6 percent started on the operator’s billion barrels of crude oil and property but migrated off the petroleum products were property. Leaks located on the delivered via pipelines pipeline ROW or leaks that in 2014 (the most recent Most spills migrated off the operator year the groups have are tiny, and since property have the reported). That is a greatest impact on the 20 percent increase in 2010, 71 percent of public and environment. volume from 2010. onshore pipeline leaks Pipeline operators In contrast, rail have reduced the shipments of crude oil were contained on number and magnitude have grown precipitously the operator’s of leaks in the past over a similar period, 20 years. Since 1999, for growing by a factor of 16 property. instance, pipeline incidents between 2010 and 2014 before caused by corrosion are down declining since then. But the 68 percent, and the number of volumes transported by rail are a small leaks along the pipeline right-of-way fraction of pipeline transportation—only 382 is down 52 percent. Proactive management million barrels in 2014. systems are being implemented beginning at the Rail transportation of oil is more expensive construction phase and continuing throughout than pipelines, often by a factor of three or the life of the pipeline, while public awareness more. And the safety record of oil tankers is of the need to check for possible underground punctuated by spectacular and often deadly dangers before excavation work has reduced accidents. Indeed, pipelines are the safest and the number of incidents caused by digging by 78 least expensive means to transport liquid cargo. percent since 1999. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.37

Even with those improvements, more work processes. A scalable, risk-based, and process- Drones can fly needs to be done. The Pipeline and Hazardous based approach was adopted to allow a QMS closer to pipelines Material Safety Administration, a branch of to be used to manage the individual quality than manned planes, and can test the U.S. Department of Transportation, has concerns for each pipeline construction project for emissions of identified material, weld, and construction and reduce the potential for leaks. PHMSA volatile chemicals. quality as a major source of leaks during pre- and DNV GL, the Norwegian-based technical Photo: Eniday commissioning hydrostatic pressure tests, the institution where we work, co-funded the first years of operations, and later in the life of development of a QMS system for pipeline a pipeline. PHMSA’s findings indicate a need construction in 2013, with the final report for better quality assurance in the pipeline delivered in 2015. construction industry. The QMS framework was designed for a A proven method for improving quality wide range of pipeline construction projects, is through the implementation of a quality including liquid and gas transmission pipelines management system. The international standard, and gas distribution lines. Guidance information ISO 9001, is a widely accepted QMS across was created in the form of tables to help users industries, and there are several QMS standards develop individual quality plans for each specific to the oil and gas industry. Pipeline construction and pre-commissioning activity. construction is sufficiently unique to require a The framework and guidance documents can tailored QMS, with the objective of promoting be used as a stand-alone management system consistency, safety, and long-term integrity of or as the quality component in a company’s the pipeline materials and components, as well corporate management system. This report as the construction, fabrication, and installation was used as input for the American Petroleum Institute recommended practice (RP 1177) for Now much of this work can be conducted steel pipeline construction QMS, which will be via unmanned drones. Drones allow high- published shortly. resolution repeat visits to the same location to Even with all these measures in place, leak detect existing leaks or evidence of changes detection systems are critically important, since in the right of way, which could help identify discovering a leak quickly keeps it small and future leak sites before the leak occurs. Because contained. they can fly closer to the ground than manned An ideal leak detection system should not only aircraft, drones may also be able to conduct not quickly detect both small and large leaks, but just visual reconnaissance but also testing for also do so reliably and not trigger false alarms. volatile chemicals associated with the leaks. It should accurately calculate leak flow and Other systems rely on information from field locations, and operate in a variety of non-ideal sensors measuring internal pipeline conditions. circumstances, including transient operations The measurements may include pressure, and steady state conditions. temperature, flow rate, density, viscosity, There are many different leak detection product interface location, and product sonic technologies. Typically, pipeline operators velocity. These measurements can be used to employ multiple leak detection methods detect leaks through such methods as to improve the effectiveness of their shut-in pressure testing, hydraulic leak detection programs. Some calculations, or monitoring via systems provide continuous supervisory control and data monitoring while Leak acquisition systems. others provide periodic The American Petroleum inspection. And they may detection is often a Institute published a be designed to work best human issue—there set of recommended under certain operating practices (RP 1130) for conditions or for is usually a human who internal computational detecting a specific type makes the decision pipeline monitoring of incident. The most leak detection methods, significant differentiator to shut off the which continuously in leak detection systems, pipeline. analyze field sensor data. however, is whether they For instance, operators operate outside the pipeline or can take field sensor data inside it. to calculate a volume or mass External systems include methods balance for the pipeline system or from for discovering leaks via detecting vapors meter to meter. If there is a shortage in the rising from the spilled liquids through line balance—that is, there’s more fluid entering sensors or cameras, or looking for changes in the pipeline on one end than is exiting on the temperature or strain in the pipeline itself via other—operators will know there is a leak. fiber optic cables running alongside the pipe. Similarly, the pressure or flow can be monitored Tracer chemicals can be injected into the pipe to and an algorithm can be applied to the sensor uncover very small, hard-to-find seeps. readings to determine if there is an anomaly. Human inspectors also play a big part. Operators can deploy acoustic sensors to listen Ground-based surveillance along the right- for the pressure wave that occurs when the pipe of-way, either on foot or in a vehicle, is a vital wall is compromised and the product escapes part of nearly all pipeline monitoring systems, through a hole in the pipe. and it has the added advantage of identifying Readings from several different kinds of neighborhood changes that could affect the sensors can be fed into a real-time transient consequences of a leak. And aerial surveillance model. The model then compares the actual via airplane or helicopter has been a critically pipeline operation reported by the field sensors important tool for decades. to a hydraulic model of the pipeline system, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.39

and deviations between the continuous hydraulic released a set of guidelines (RP 1175), written simulation and field data are used to identify leaks by a representative group of hazardous liquid and leak locations. This methodology is more pipeline operators, that establish a framework amenable to detecting leaks during transient for leak detection management. The focus of pipeline operations than some of the other types the guidelines is getting pipeline operators to of computational pipeline monitoring methods. use a risk-based approach in their leak detection program, with the goal of uncovering leaks THE HUMAN FACTOR quickly and with certainty. That certainty will Even the best technology is not enough when it facilitate quicker shutdowns of the pipeline, and comes to detecting leaks. The alarms may sound therefore, minimize negative consequences from as they should, but operators can misinterpret the escaping liquids. those warnings if they figure from experience that Perhaps the most important part of a holistic they are false alarms. management program is creating a culture where In the end, then, leak detection is often a human operators are empowered to act when they feel issue—there is usually a human who has to make a certain that a leak is occurring. decision to shut off the pipeline and investigate. Clearly, the best-case scenario is for leaks Training is one important factor. Operations to not occur at all, and the industry is making in gas pipelines can differ quite a bit from those great strides to keep them from happening. But for liquids, so the experience gained in one type nothing is perfect. The combination of improved of line may not be entirely applicable when technology and risk-based management should changing jobs. Fortunately, computer simulators enable operators to keep leaks small, keep are increasingly sophisticated, enabling operators them contained, and reduce the impact on the to become comfortable handling a variety of environment as much as possible. ME situations. More broadly, though, pipeline leak detection VICKI NIESEN is head of the hydraulic and flow assurance needs to be managed holistically by companies. In consulting section for DNV GL, while MELISSA GOULD is a senior December 2015, the American Petroleum Institute engineer for DNV GL. They both work out of Katy, Texas.

LIQUIDS PIPELINE INCIDENTS BY SIZE IN 2015 LIQUIDS PIPELINE INCIDENTS BY CAUSE IN 2015

MORE THAN 500 BARRELS 3RD PARTY DAMAGE INCIDENTS

OUTSIDE FORCES OTHER 23 INCIDENTS 8 BETWEEN 31 CORROSION 50 AND 500 MATERIALS INCIDENTS BARRELS & WELDS 33 93 52 INCIDENTS 30 BETWEEN LESS THAN 5 AND 50 1 BARREL BARRELS 199 INCORRECT 82 OPERATION INCIDENTS TOTAL: 454 55 TOTAL: 454

BETWEEN 1 AND 5 BARRELS EQUIPMENT FAILURE INCIDENTS 98 204

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INTO THE

An aquatic robot helps uncover the Gowanus Canal’s century-old pollution problems. BY LINA ZELDOVICH

aunching Brooklyn Atlantis, a 40-pound unmanned aquatic vehicle, is a two-person job. Jeffrey W. Laut, a researcher at the New York University LTandon School of Engineering, snapped a GoPro camera on the robot and picked it up, balancing on a small plastic dock above the slippery rocks. Meanwhile, Laut’s co-worker Tommaso Ruberto carefully descended from the dock, sinking ankle-deep into the brown muck in his oversized rubber boots. Ruberto grabbed the robot from Laut, and slowly pulled it down, avoiding splashing himself. No one wanted to get wet as Laut and Ruberto were launching Brooklyn Atlantis into Brooklyn's murky, notoriously filthy Gowanus Canal, one of the most polluted bodies of water in North America. “I haven’t fallen into the canal yet, but one of these days it’s going to happen,” Laut joked as the robot finally was afloat next to a dead fish and a small elongated brown object of questionable origin. In the distance loomed floating plastic bags—a potential problem. Jeffrey W. Laut, “A couple of times a plastic bag got wrapped protected against around the robot’s thruster and I had to go the filthy water of the Gowanus Canal, get a canoe and rescue it,” Laut said as he prepares to launch manipulated the controls, sending Brooklyn Brooklyn Atlantis. Atlantis underneath a nearby highway overpass.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTOPHER LEAMAN aut worked with Maurizio Porfiri, dissolved oxygen, all vital for marine life. professor of aerospace and If all the robot did was operate as intended, mechanical engineering at NYU, to that would have been a victory for the design help design Brooklyn Atlantis in the team. But Brooklyn Atlantis discovered Laftermath of the 2011 Deepwater Horizon oil something in its measurements—unexpected spill. They thought it would be easier, safer, fluctuations in the water readings that helped and cheaper to send robots to map the extent Diegel localize hidden spots of pollution—that to which the oil and other pollutants had will enable engineers to better accomplish a spread before an accident, Porfiri explained. restoration of the waterway. The robot would gather water quality data To solve the pressing pollution problems, one and other info, such as pictures of oil-smeared needs to better understand the complicated animals or dying fish, vital for assessing the engineering history of the canal and its impact of environmental disasters. surroundings. Brooklyn Atlantis managed to Once the team built the first prototype, it shed enough light on Gowanus’s darkness to needed a fairly polluted waterway to test it. accomplish just that. The Gulf of Mexico was far. Gowanus Canal, which cuts through a mixed residential Brooklyn Industries and industrial neighborhood in Brooklyn, The Gowanus Canal is actually an was only a short drive from campus. And engineering marvel in and of itself. But before while Deepwater Horizon made headlines there was a canal, there was Gowanus Creek, a and magazine covers around the world, the tidal estuary with multiple freshwater creeks Gowanus is a no less impactful, long-standing feeding into it. In the mid-19th century, the ecological concern. The canal’s bottom is laden surrounding marshes had been filled in and with carcinogenic byproducts of the gas and the creek was dredged and built into a canal coal industries that lined its shores in the 19th extending the city’s water-based transportation century. In 2010, the Environmental Protection infrastructure—New York Harbor’s docks Agency named the waterway and some served everything from transatlantic ships to surrounding lots a Superfund cleanup site. Erie Canal barges. Industry soon followed and Today, its water is still contaminated by the the canal was lined with gas plants, coal yards, runoffs from the overflowing sewage systems. and paint factories, all dumping their waste “When it rains, we get about a million into the water. Part of Brooklyn’s sewer system gallons a day of raw sewerage spilling into the terminated there, too. canal,” said Eymund Diegel, an environmental The canal was essentially a gigantic toilet, and urban planner with the New York City but one where the water stagnated. Department of Transportation, who keeps The Gowanus stunk so badly that in 1911 the watch on the canal and its surroundings in city built a flushing tunnel system, which was his free time, mapping pollution levels and meant to purge the canal. The system used underground streams. a 7-foot-diameter propeller to pump water The ongoing legacy of pollution made the from the canal’s “head” through a 12-foot- canal as a good place as any to send the robot diameter tunnel running 1.15 miles underneath for a test. “We realized that it was as bad as the Brooklyn’s neighborhoods, eventually dumping Gulf of Mexico,” Porfiri said. “So we decided to the canal water into the Buttermilk Channel stick with the Gowanus Canal.” separating Brooklyn from Governors Island in Over the next few years, Brooklyn Atlantis the harbor. ventured across Gowanus numerous times. At the time, the tunnel itself was a It took thousands of pictures, which the remarkable engineering feat, according to team turned into a citizen scientist project by Kevin Clarke, an environmental engineer posting them online and inviting people to help and portfolio manager at the New York City identify objects in them. It mapped the canal, Department of Environmental Protection. recording area-specific water quality readings The under-street tunnels of the city’s earliest such as pH, salinity, temperature, and levels of subways had been dug using the cut-and- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.43

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14 ST dissolved oxygen levels, REET which at the time couldn’t be lower—they were at Even today, as part of a rapidly changing borough, the Gowanus Canal is a 0 mg per liter. The East magnet for industry, shown in purple on this map. River boasted very healthy Photo: New York City Department of City Planning oxygen levels—8 mg per cover method, in which an excavated trench liter. “By reversing the flow through the tunnel, is eventually roofed with an overhead support you are basically taking the highly oxygenated system. Engineers designing the flushing water from the East River and you’re bringing tunnel opted instead to construct it using it right into the head of the canal,” Clarke said. compressed air to help support the structure The new impellor helped, but in 2010, the from collapsing as its new sections were dug Department of Environmental Protection and fortified. opted for a more ambitious upgrade. In 2014, “The guys would have to go in through an the DEP completed the $160 million project air lock and they worked under pressurized that included three vertical turbine pumps of conditions,” Clarke said. “It was pretty 470 horse power each. On an average day, all phenomenal that they were able to construct a three pumps push about 215 million gallons of tunnel like this over 100 years ago.” water—more water as the tide comes in, less The engineers of the time also considered when it goes out. Having three pumps provides whether the system should pump the water resiliency, since if one breaks, the other two in or out of the canal. They decided that would keep working while repairs go on. syphoning the water out at the canal’s head The new setup has significantly improved would benefit the boat traffic because the the water quality—there’s less stink and more resulting current would pull the barges up life in the canal, said Andrea Parker, executive MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.45

director at the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, autonomy, Brooklyn Atlantis has already made a community-based environmental non- important discoveries from its data collection. profit. There are more cleanup efforts As the robot was gathering water readings looming, including a plan to seal off the canal’s during its first few years, Diegel and the carcinogenic bottom and rebuild the previously NYU team expected to see lower salinity destroyed wetlands around it. and oxygen levels at the head of the canal, With the cleanup efforts under way, the even with the new flushing tunnel inflows. canal’s once trash-strewn shores have suddenly According to maps, that’s where the largest become desirable. Instead of industrial underground freshwater stream was in the wasteland, developers can now describe nearby area, and typically underground streams are lots as waterfront property. Old workshops low in oxygen because they flow underground have been replaced by condominiums. and low on salinity because they're freshwater Ironically, that made the robot’s testing streams. harder. Easily accessible banks were fenced off, When the readings didn’t show that, it and high-rises claimed parking places, leaving tipped off Diegel that the stream must have no space for Laut’s van. Despite the obstacles, been diverted into a sewer decades ago. the NYU engineering team persevered, With the stream flowing into the sewer, that upgrading and improving the robot over meant that the sewer system had less capacity several iterations. The robot’s current model to handle runoff from the streets on rainy is half of its original weight, and is faster and days, which leads to overflows and raw sewage more maneuverable. But even before the latest flowing into the canal. Untangling the streams improvements, which include advancement in from sewage would improve the canal’s water autonomy and obstacle detections, the robot quality, but finding where the streams enter already proved useful—by digging up some the sewage system is not always an easy task. sewage secrets. “[The robot’s findings] helped us understand where the stream got diverted into a sewer,” Restoration Hardware Diegel said, “and what can be done to turn it As Brooklyn Atlantis buzzed along, Laut back into a freshwater stream—to untangle the put away the control box and tapped on his clean water from the dirty water.” computer to switch the robot to GPS. “This is With its underwater photographs of water a newer model,” Laut said, as the robot sped turbidity, Brooklyn Atlantis also pinpointed away, water bursting from under its two Blue sediment deposits that naturally accumulate Robotics T200 thrusters. “I’m still trying to with the canal’s water flow. That fact is work out the autonomy.” important for a potential wetland restoration Powered by two 14.8 V lithium polymer project, which would benefit from using the batteries, rated for 16000 mAh each, already existing soil deposits. The findings Brooklyn Atlantis can travel at almost 8 km can inform engineers where the marsh grasses per hour with more than enough battery are more likely to grow and where the fish charge to cover twice the length of the canal. are more likely to spawn. As a result, these The current model can carry two LIDAR areas are being earmarked for a wetland optical distant measurement sensors and reconstructions prototype. an additional camera for obstacle detection, With a grant to commercialize the such as the walls of the canal or other technology, Laut and Porfiri are actively objects. Equipped with a Gumstix embedded looking to convert their project into a computer, two motor drivers, GPS, and an company that assesses environmental ArduPilot software that runs on a Pixhawk situations, helping to clean up and rebuild. module, the robot uses a frontal camera to After all, Brooklyn Atlantis had already made snap images and a multi-parameter sonde a valuable contribution to the environmental to measure pH, salinity, temperature, and restoration business, Diegel said. “It helped us dissolved oxygen. find what our grandparents overlooked.” ME Although today Laut left out water quality sensors to focus on testing the robot’s LINA ZELDOVICH is a freelance writer based in Woodside, N.Y. 2018 ASME Symposium on Elevated Temperature Applications of Materials for Fossil, Nuclear, and Petrochemical Industries

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RAMESH K. AGARWAL HonoraryHonorary MembershipMembership

AMESH K. AGARWAL, PH.D., THE director and McDonnell 2001, Charles Russ Richards William Palm professor of Douglas Fellow. Memorial Award in 2006 R engineering in the department Over a period of 40 years, and Edwin F. Church of mechanical engineering and materials Dr. Agarwal has worked in Medal in 2011; and a 90th science at Washington University in the areas of computational Anniversary Medal from the St. Louis, is honored for pioneering fluid dynamics, Division in 2016. high-impact research contributions to computational acoustics He is a Fellow of computational fluid dynamics and heat and electromagnetics, numerous other societies, transfer; for innovative contributions to computational materials the recipient of major mechanical engineering education; and science and nanotechnology, national and international for meritorious service to the mechanical and multidisciplinary design and awards, and an honorary guest professor engineering profession. optimization. He has authored/co-authored at universities in China and India. In his current position since 2001, more than 600 publications; and has given Dr. Agarwal earned his bachelor’s Dr. Agarwal was the Sam Bloomfield many plenary, keynote and invited lectures degree in mechanical engineering from distinguished professor and executive at conferences in over 60 countries. the Indian Institute of Technology, director of the National Institute for An ASME Fellow, Dr. Agarwal has been Kharagpur in 1968. He earned his master’s Aviation Research at Wichita State serving on the Fluid Engineering Division’s degree in aeronautical engineering University in Kansas from 1994 to 2001. Fluid Dynamics and Computational Fluids from the University of Minnesota in From 1978 to 1994 he was with McDonnell Dynamics technical committees since Minneapolis in 1969 and his Ph.D. in Douglas Research Laboratories in St. 1988 and 1996, respectively. He received aeronautical sciences from Stanford Louis, where he last served as program the Society’s Fluids Engineering Award in University in California in 1975.

ZDENEˇ K P. BAŽANT ASMEASME MedalMedal

HE ASME MEDAL WAS ESTABLISHED is a world leader in the Timoshenko Medal in 2009 IN 1920 and is awarded for mechanics of materials and and Honorary Membership T eminently distinguished structures. His studies on in 2012. engineering achievement. the mechanics of quasibrittle Dr. Bažant is a member Zdeneˇ k P. Bažant, Ph.D., S.E., fracture, damage and creep, of numerous academies McCormick Institute professor and size effects and scaling, and societies. Among his W.P. Murphy professor of civil and structural stability, finite extensive list of honors, he mechanical engineering, and materials strain and failure probability received the Austrian Cross science at Northwestern University in have led to the development of Honor for Science and Evanston, Ill., is honored for developing of computational models Art, First Class in 2016. a statistical theory of the strength and used to assess the safety of structures Educated in Prague, Dr. Bažant lifetime of quasibrittle structures of such as bridges, dams, buildings, aircraft, received his civil engineering degree random material properties, verifying cars, ships and nuclear containments. from Czech Technical University in 1960, it with experimental evidence and Dr. Bažant’s seven books and Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from the demonstrating its relevance to structural numerous journals articles have received Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in safety; and for formulating a kinetic ~58,000 citations; his h-index is 115 and 1963, postgraduate diploma in theoretical energy release theory for material i10-index is 567 (Google Scholar, July physics from Charles University in comminution into particles of random 2017). 1966 and docent habilitatis in concrete sizes under extreme strain rates. An ASME Fellow, Dr. Bažant received structures from CTU in 1967. He holds A member of the faculty at the Society’s Worcester Reed Warner seven honorary doctorates. Dr. Bažant is a Northwestern since 1969, Dr. Bažant Medal in 1997, Nadai Medal in 2008, registered structural engineer in Illinois.

48 NOVEMBER 2017 | ASME HONORS ADRIAN BEJAN RalphRalph CoatsCoats RoeRoe MedalMedal

HE RALPH COATS ROE MEDAL, in nature (animate, Among his other honors, established in 1972, recognizes inanimate, human). He is Dr. Bejan received the T an outstanding contribution the author/co-author of Luikov Medal from the toward a better public understanding 30 books and 630 peer- International Centre for and appreciation of the engineer’s worth reviewed journal articles. Heat and Mass Transfer to contemporary society. An ASME Fellow, in 2006 and the Donald Q. Adrian Bejan, Ph.D., J.A. Jones Dr. Bejan was awarded Kern Award from AIChE distinguished professor of mechanical Honorary Membership in 2008. He is a member of engineering at Duke University in in 2011. Previously he the Academy of Europe, the Durham, N.C., is recognized for received the Society’s Romanian Academy and the permanent contributions to the public Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award in Academy of Sciences of Moldova. appreciation of the pivotal role of 1988, James Harry Potter Gold Medal Dr. Bejan earned his bachelor’s, engineering in an advanced society in 1990, Heat Transfer Memorial Award master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the through outstanding accomplishments – Science in 1994, Worcester Reed Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an engineering scientist and Warner Medal in 1996, Charles Russ in Cambridge in 1971, 1972 and 1975, educator, renowned communicator and Richards Memorial Award in 2001 and respectively. He spent two years as prolific writer. Edward F. Obert Award in 2004; and a postdoctoral Fellow at the Miller Dr. Bejan has been a member of the the Max Jakob Memorial Award from Institute for Basic Research in Science at faculty at Duke since 1984. His research ASME’s Heat Transfer Division and the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. is in thermodynamics, applied physics, the American Institute of Chemical Bejan holds 18 honorary doctorates from constructal law, and design and evolution Engineers in 1999. universities in 11 countries.

JOHN W. CIPOLLA Honorary Membership

OHN W. CIPOLLA, PH.D., COLLEGE spent a postdoctoral year An ASME Fellow, Dr. of Engineering distinguished at the Max-Planck-Institut Cipolla has long been active J professor emeritus at Northeastern für Strömungsforschung in the Society. He was a University in Boston, is honored for in Göttingen, Germany, student member at Drexel distinguished contributions to the before joining the faculty of and later served as faculty mechanical engineering profession, mechanical engineering at advisor to the Student Section particularly for expanding the scientific Northeastern in 1971. His at Northeastern. He has knowledge of thermofluids, emphasizing research has been in the served on various committees mathematics-based education, and areas of the kinetic theory of including as chair of the enhancing the value of ASME through gases and plasmas, radiative Mechanical Engineering dedicated service to the Center of transfer and aerosol mechanics. Department Heads Committee, the Education. Dr. Cipolla was appointed chair of the Committee on Engineering Accreditation, Dr. Cipolla received his bachelor’s department of mechanical engineering the General Awards Committee and the degree in mechanical engineering from at Northeastern in 1991. He implemented Committee on Honors. He received a Drexel University in Philadelphia in 1965. the merger with industrial engineering in Dedicated Service Award in 2011 and the He earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. 1995 and served as chair of the combined Edwin F. Church Medal in 2014. in engineering from Brown University department until 2003, when he was Dr. Cipolla was an ABET mechanical in Providence, R.I., in 1967 and 1970, appointed vice provost for graduate engineering program evaluator and respectively. Following a National Science education. He returned to teaching served on the organization’s Engineering Foundation postdoctoral fellowship mechanical engineering full time in 2004 Accreditation Commission and board of at the University of Milan, Dr. Cipolla and retired in December 2016. directors.

ASME HONORS | NOVEMBER 2017 49 PAUL D. EDWARDS Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal

HE MELVIN R. GREEN CODES AND quality assurance/control, Conformity Assessment and Standards Medal was established construction project services, the Council on Standards and T in 1976 as the Codes and business development and Certification. He received a Standards Medal and renamed in 1996 ASME codes within the Certificate of Appreciation to honor the memory and extraordinary power industry. At WECTEC, for boiler and pressure vessel contributions of an ardent supporter of he is currently responsible accreditation efforts and a industrial standards. for overall management of Dedicated Service Award for Paul D. Edwards, construction the company’s ASME Section codes and standards efforts in manager for ASME programs at WECTEC I–Power Boilers and Section 2001 and 2002, respectively. Global Project Services, Inc. in Canton, VIII– Pressure Vessels Mr. Edwards has Mass., is recognized for championing certification activities; and for technical been serving on the National Board ASME Standards and Certification efforts, program development, welding program Inspection Code’s Main Committee particularly the development of new support, and coordination of ASME Section since 1995. He also serves on the NBIC products including the CA-1 Standard– III–Rules for Construction of Nuclear subcommittee and subgroup on Repairs Conformity Assessment Requirements Facility Components and Section XI–Rules and Alterations. and the Parts Certification Program; and for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Power Mr. Edwards earned his bachelor’s for outstanding contributions through Plant Components activities. degree in mechanical engineering service on numerous ASME technical and An ASME Fellow, Mr. Edwards technology from the University of conformity assessment committees. has served on more than 20 ASME Massachusetts, Dartmouth in 1972. He Mr. Edwards has 44 years of committees and in seven officer positions, holds a Class V boiler repairer license in experience in construction management, and has participated on both the Board on Michigan.

MICHAEL F. MODEST Honorary Membership

ICHAEL F. MODEST, PH.D., and the University of field of laser processing of distinguished professor Southern California in materials. He is perhaps M emeritus of mechanical Los Angeles, followed by best known for his work engineering at the University of 24 years as a professor of on thermal radiation in California, Merced, is honored for mechanical engineering combustion systems. Dr. pioneering and impactful scholarly at The Pennsylvania State Modest is the author of contributions in the fields of radiative University in University “Radiative Heat Transfer”; heat transfer and laser machining of Park. He retired from Penn in its third edition, it is ceramics; for excellence in educating and State in 2009 with the title the most widely used training future generations of engineers of distinguished professor textbook in the field. He and scientists; and for dedicated service emeritus and joined UC Merced, has authored/co-authored more than to the profession. where he was the Shaffer and George 350 refereed publications including 10 After earning his Dipl.-Ing. degree distinguished professor of engineering book chapters and many keynote and from the Technical University in until his retirement in July 2017. invited papers. Munich in 1968, Dr. Modest came During his career, Dr. Modest An ASME Fellow, Dr. Modest has to the United States. He earned his has made seminal contributions in served the Heat Transfer Division master’s degree and Ph.D. in mechanical all areas of radiative heat transfer in various capacities since 1975. He engineering from the University (measurement of surface, liquid and received the Society’s Heat Transfer of California, Berkeley in 1972. For gas properties; theoretical modeling Memorial Award – Art in 2005 and several years he taught at Rensselaer for surface transport and within a 75th Anniversary Award from the Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., participating media) as well as in the Division in 2013.

50 NOVEMBER 2017 | ASME HONORS JOHN STAEHLIN Hoover Medal

STABLISHED IN 1929, THE HOOVER greater independence and Computers (LINC) in 2010 to Medal commemorates the civic improve their quality of life. form V-LINC. E and humanitarian achievements Mr. Staehlin has been Through his example, of engineers. It is conferred upon an an inventor and problem Mr. Staehlin has inspired engineer whose professional achievements solver throughout his 61- thousands of engineers, high and personal endeavors have advanced year engineering career. school and college students, the well-being of humankind. The He has over 400 invention and friends to create life- Hoover Medal is administered by a disclosures and 33 patents. changing, customized solutions board representing five engineering His early inventions were to the barriers and challenges organizations: ASME; the American Society primarily for defense industry that people with disabilities of Civil Engineers; the American Institute programs including the F-16, AWACS (the face daily. He remains active with V-LINC of Chemical Engineers; the American airborne warning and control system) and and within his retirement community, Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and the B-1B. In 1982 Mr. Staehlin founded chairing regular meetings of local volunteers Petroleum Engineers; and IEEE. Volunteers for Medical Engineering to and designing solutions to obstacles faced by John Staehlin, P.E., president emeritus solve problems faced by persons living disabled children and fellow seniors. of Volunteers for Medical Engineering with disabilities. He and his co-workers Mr. Staehlin earned his bachelor’s (now V-LINC) in Baltimore, Md., is at Westinghouse and Northrop Grumman degree in mechanical engineering from honored for founding a not-for-profit developed new antenna systems by day Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in volunteer organization to create special- and assistive devices in the evenings and 1961 and his master’s degree in mechanical purpose assistive devices that enable on weekends. VME grew and merged engineering from the University of physically-disabled persons to achieve with Learning Independence Through Maryland in College Park in 1965.

EVELYN N. WANG Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award

HE GUSTUS L. LARSON MEMORIAL micro/nanoscale heat and Conference on Nanochannels, Award was established in 1974 and mass transport processes Microchannels and T honors Gustus L. Larson, Fellow with the development of Minichannels. She was co- and founder of Pi Tau Sigma. It is awarded novel engineered structures chair of ICNMM in 2016 to an engineering graduate who has to create innovative solutions and earlier served as track demonstrated outstanding achievements in thermal management, chair. Dr. Wang is a reviewer in mechanical engineering within 10 to 20 energy and water harvesting for the Journal of Heat years following graduation. systems. Her group leverages Transfer and serves on the Evelyn N. Wang, Ph.D., the Gail E. state-of-the-art micro/ Heat Transfer Division’s Kendall professor in the mechanical nanofabrication, unique K-9 Nanoscale Transport engineering department at the measurement and model prediction Phenomena Committee. Her honors Massachusetts Institute of Technology capabilities to perform in-depth studies and include the Society’s 2012 Bergles- in Cambridge, is honored for outstanding enable mechanistic insights into complex Rohsenow Young Investigator Award achievements in mechanical engineering. fluidic and thermal transport processes in Heat Transfer and the Electronic A member of the faculty at MIT for these applications. This approach has and Photonic Packaging Division’s 2016 since 2007, Dr. Wang is also the associate also led to the discovery of novel flow and Women in Engineering Award. director of the Solid-State Solar Thermal transport phenomena, which offer great Dr. Wang earned three degrees in Energy Conversion (S3TEC) Center and potential to realize new and important mechanical engineering: her bachelor’s an associate director of the Microsystems functionalities. degree from MIT in 2000; and her master’s Technology Laboratory. Her research An ASME Fellow, Dr. Wang served and Ph.D. from Stanford University in program combines fundamental studies of as chair of the 2017 International California in 2001 and 2006, respectively.

ASME HONORS | NOVEMBER 2017 51 Adaptive Structures and 2008, it was elevated to a Society is recognized for significant contri- instruments. Material Systems Award award and renamed. The award rec- butions to the theory of quasiballistic Hai Trong Nguyen, Ph.D., a lec- MARCELO J. DAPINO ognizes individuals who have made heat conduction, the experimental turer at Hanoi University of Science The Adaptive Struc- significant contributions to the safe realization of this regime using opti- and Technology in Vietnam; Hui tures and Material design of products through teaching, cal experiments, and the pioneering Wang, Ph.D., an assistant profes- Systems Award rec- research and professional accom- use of these tools to demonstrate sor of industrial and manufacturing ognizes significant plishments. measurements of the mean free path engineering at Florida State Univer- contributions to the Saeed D. Barbat, Ph.D., execu- distribution of phonons in solids. sity in Tallahassee and an adjunct sciences and tech- tive technical leader for safety at Dr. Minnich’s research focuses research scientist at the University of nologies associated Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, on understanding and engineering Michigan in Ann Arbor; Bruce L. Tai, with adaptive structures and/or ma- Mich., is recognized for pioneering heat flow for applications including Ph.D., an assistant professor at Texas terial systems. The award honors a contributions to the automotive in- heat dissipation in electronic de- A&M University in College Station; senior researcher for a lifetime of dustry including the development vices and energy conversion. He has Jie Ren, a graduate research assistant achievement and sustained impact in and implementation of industry-first received several awards including at Florida State University in Talla- the field. Established by the Aero- technologies, computer-aided en- a National Science Foundation CA- hassee; S. Jack Hu, Ph.D., professor space Division in 1993, it was elevat- gineering and test models, industry REER Award and an Office of Naval of mechanical engineering, profes- ed to a Society award in 2014. standards and research that has led Research Young Investigator Award. sor of industrial and operations en- Marcelo J. Dapino, Ph.D., the to safer vehicles and societal benefits. gineering, the J. Reid and Polly An- Honda R&D Americas designated Dr. Barbat holds the highest safe- derson professor of manufacturing, chair in engineering and a profes- ty technical position at Ford globally, and the vice president for research sor in the department of mechanical overseeing overall vehicle safety in at the University of Michigan in and aerospace engineering at The research, advanced product devel- Blackall Machine Tool Ann Arbor; and Albert J. Shih, P.E., Ohio State University in Columbus, opment and strategy companywide. and Gage Award Ph.D., professor of mechanical en- is honored for outstanding contribu- He is also a member of the Technical HAI TRONG NGUYEN gineering, biomedical engineering, tions to the field of adaptive struc- Advisory Board, the highest technical HUI WANG and Integrative Systems + Design at tures including undergraduate and board at Ford, serving as vehicle safe- BRUCE L. TAI the University of Michigan in Ann graduate education, fundamental ty technical advisor and consultant. JIE REN Arbor, are recognized for the paper scholarly research, and the success- S. JACK HU titled “High-Definition Metrology ful transition of academic research to ALBERT J. SHIH Enabled Surface Variation Control industry applications. by Cutting Load Balancing,” which Dr. Dapino serves as acting di- was published in the February 2016 rector of the Smart Vehicle Concepts Bergles-Rohsenow Young issue of ASME’s Journal of Manufac- Center, a National Science Founda- Investigator Award in Heat Transfer turing Science and Engineering. tion Industry-University Coopera- AUSTIN J. MINNICH Dr. Nguyen earned his Ph.D. in tive Research Center. He has been a The Bergles-Rohse- mechanical engineering from the member of the faculty at Ohio State now Young Investi- University of Michigan in Ann Arbor since 2001. gator Award in Heat in 2013. In addition to his position Transfer, estab- at Hanoi University of Science and lished in 2003, rec- Technology, Dr. Nguyen has been do- Barnett-Uzgiris Product ognizes a young en- ing research and development work Safety Design Award gineer who is through Bkapema R&D Co., Ltd. SAEED D. BARBAT committed to pursuing research in (bkapema.vn), a company he found- The Barnett-Uzgiris heat transfer and demonstrates the ed in 2015. Product Safety De- potential to make significant contri- The Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Dr. Wang’s research has been sign Award was es- butions in the field. Award was established in 1954 for focused on manufacturing system tablished as the Tri- Austin J. Minnich, Ph.D., a pro- the best paper or papers clearly con- design, automation, and process con- odyne Safety Award fessor of mechanical engineering cerned with, or related to, the de- trol by integrating applied statistics, by the Design Engi- and applied physics at the California sign or application of machine tools, image processing, optimization, and neering Division. In Institute of Technology in Pasadena, gages, or dimensional measuring control theory with manufactur-

52 NOVEMBER 2017 | ASME HONORS ing process modeling with broad Dr. Crocker joined Auburn in sor of mechanical engineering at the perience in fluids engineering. The applications including automotive, 1983 as head of the mechanical en- Massachusetts Institute of Technol- recipient is expected to review a co- semiconductor, and additive manu- gineering department. He was pro- ogy in Cambridge, is honored for herent topic in his or her specialty, facturing. moted to distinguished university seminal contributions to the formu- including a comprehensive state- Prior to joining the faculty at professor in 1990 and has been an lation of constitutive theories and ment of the state of the art, and sug- Texas A&M in 2014, Dr. Tai was a emeritus professor since 2011. Dr. computational procedures for large gest future research needs. research faculty member at the Uni- Crocker has made significant con- inelastic deformation and failure of S. Balachandar, Ph.D., distin- versity of Michigan in Ann Arbor. tributions in acoustical fields includ- metals and polymers. guished professor and the William F. His research interests include ma- ing finite element analysis, muffler Dr. Parks has been a member of Powers professor of mechanical and chining processes, machining me- design, statistical energy analysis, the faculty at MIT since 1979. His aerospace engineering at the Univer- chanics, surgical cutting tool design transmission loss of partitions and recent work has focused on the me- sity of Florida in Gainesville, is rec- and analysis, additive manufacturing sound intensity measurements. chanical behavior and failure of na- ognized for the paper titled “Com- of silicones, and additive manufac- noscale structural systems including pressible Multiphase Flows.” turing machines. multiwall carbon nanotubes and gra- Dr. Balachandar is also the inau- Mr. Ren earned his bachelor’s Edwin F. Church Medal phene sheets loaded to large elastic gural director of the College of Engi- degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong FRANCIS A. KULACKI deformation. neering Institute for Computational University in 2014. He expects to The Edwin F. Engineering and the director of the earn his Ph.D. from Florida State Church Medal, es- Department of Energy Center of Ex- University in 2018. tablished in 1972, is cellence in Predictive Science Aca- Dr. Hu’s teaching and research awarded to an indi- demic Alliance Program at UF. Prior interests include manufacturing sys- vidual who has ren- Fluids Engineering Award to joining UF, Dr. Balachandar was tems design and operations, assem- dered eminent ser- MICHAEL W. PLESNIAK with the University of Illinois at Ur- bly, and quality. He has published vice in increasing the The Fluids Engi- bana-Champaign from 1990 to 2005. more than 240 journal/conference value, importance and attractiveness neering Award was papers, and served as advisor/co-ad- of mechanical engineering education. established by the visor to more than 50 Ph.D. students Francis A. Kulacki, Ph.D., a pro- Fluids Engineering and a number of master’s students. fessor of mechanical engineering at Division in 1968. In In addition to his positions at the the University of Minnesota in Min- 1978 it was elevated Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award University of Michigan, Dr. Shih is as- neapolis, is honored for outstanding to an ASME award KRISTIN M. MYERS sistant director for technology at the service and continuous innovative recognizing outstanding contribu- The Y.C. Fung Young Advanced Manufacturing National contributions to mechanical engi- tions over a period of years to the en- Investigator Award, Program Office as an ASME Swan- neering education and research; gineering profession and, in particu- established in 1985, son Fellow. Dr. Shih’s research area is and for pioneering work that led to lar, to the field of fluids engineering recognizes a young design and manufacturing, and he is a the introduction and embedding of through research, practice and/or investigator who is pioneer in biomedical manufacturing. computer-aided engineering into the teaching. committed to pur- He holds 10 U.S. patents. undergraduate curriculum, which Michael W. Plesniak, Ph.D., pro- suing research in has had a worldwide impact. fessor and chair of the department of bioengineering and has demonstrat- Dr. Kulacki teaches courses in mechanical and aerospace engineer- ed significant potential to make sub- thermal engineering, fluid mechan- ing at The George Washington Uni- stantial contributions to the field. ics, and energy and environmental versity in Washington, D.C., is rec- Kristin M. Myers, Ph.D., an as- Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise policy. His research has been in the ognized for seminal contributions to sociate professor of mechanical Control and Acoustics areas of natural and mixed convec- fluids engineering research and edu- engineering at Columbia Univer- MALCOLM CROCKER tion heat transfer, thermal aspects cation, particularly turbulent flow sity in New York, is recognized for The Per Bruel Gold of high-level nuclear waste disposal, physics, gas turbine and biomedical pioneering efforts in maternal and Medal for Noise heat transfer in porous media, multi- applications; and for outstanding fetal health, resulting in a body of Control and Acous- loop refrigeration systems, heat service to ASME and the fluid dy- experimental and modeling work tics was established transfer in microsystems, freezing namics community. that drives the area of reproductive in 1987 in honor of and melting of frost, and boiling in Dr. Plesniak is also the direc- biomechanics and the larger field of Dr. Per Bruel, who dilute emulsions; as well as educa- tor of GW’s Center for Biomimetics soft tissues biomechanics. pioneered the devel- tion-related areas. and Bioinspired Engineering. He has Dr. Myers joined the faculty at opment of sophisticated noise and authored more than 250 refereed Columbia in 2010. Her research vibration measuring and processing archival publications, conference focuses on characterizing the me- equipment. The medal recognizes papers and presentations; and pre- chanical performance of the soft eminent achievement and extraordi- sented numerous invited seminars tissues that support the fetus dur- nary merit in the field. Daniel C. Drucker Medal and keynote addresses. ing pregnancy and elucidating the Malcolm Crocker, Ph.D., distin- DAVID M. PARKS causes of preterm birth related to guished university professor emeri- The Daniel C. premature tissue remodeling and tus at Auburn University in Alabama, Drucker Medal, es- tissue over-distension. In collabo- is recognized for promoting interna- tablished in 1997, is Freeman Scholar Award ration with the clinical research tional collaboration, education and conferred in recog- S. BALACHANDAR infrastructure of the department the dissemination of knowledge in nition of distin- The Freeman Schol- of obstetrics and gynecology at Co- noise control and acoustics through guished contribu- ar Award is given bi- lumbia University Medical Center, the formation of professional or- tions to the field of ennially in even- her lab aims to build a fast, flexible ganizations, the establishment of applied mechanics and mechanical numbered years. and reliable computational frame- journals and congress series, and the engineering through research, teach- Established in 1926, work to assess the patient-specific creation of reference volumes for ing and service to the community. it is bestowed upon biomechanical environment of practitioners. David M. Parks, Ph.D., a profes- a person of wide ex- pregnancy.

ASME HONORS | NOVEMBER 2017 53 Gas Turbine Award neering at the University of Michi- ZAHID H. AYUB - ART of time to the advancement of the HO-ON TO gan in Ann Arbor, is honored for Zahid H. Ayub, P.E., science and engineering of tribolo- ROBERT J. MILLER lifelong achievements in structural Ph.D., technical di- gy. Distinguished contributions Established in 1963, dynamics and vibration; and for rector at Isotherm, may result from significant original the Gas Turbine outstanding work that has cross- Inc. in Arlington, research in one or more of the Award recognizes linked multiple fields to synthe- Texas, is recognized many scientific disciplines related outstanding contri- size novel adaptive structures with for pioneering work to lubrication. butions to the litera- piezoelectric circuitry networks, bi- on the effective use James R. Barber, CEng, Sc.D., ture of combustion stable and metastable elements, and of enhanced heat transfer concepts Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt profes- gas turbines or gas biologically-inspired or nanoscale in the field of industrial refrigeration, sor of engineering and Arthur F. turbines thermally composites for vibration and control and for putting innovative heat ex- Thurnau professor of mechanical combined with nu- enhancement. changer designs that use ammonia engineering and applied mechan- clear or steam pow- Dr. Wang began his academic and other environmentally friendly ics at the University of Michigan in er plants. The career in 1988 at The Pennsylvania fluids into use in various industries. Ann Arbor, is honored for the dis- award is sponsored State University in University Park. Dr. Ayub has over 30 years of covery and subsequent analysis of by the ASME Inter- He joined the University of Michi- industry experience. He is owner the potentially unstable interaction national Gas Tur- gan in 2008. Dr. Wang has published of the Texas heat transfer systems of frictional heating and thermoelas- bine Institute. more than 350 technical articles, has manufacturing facility, with offices tic distortion leading to nonuniform Ho-On To, Ph.D., postdoctoral given over 100 invited talks, and is in Peru and China. Dr. Ayub has contact pressure distributions and researcher at the Whittle Laboratory the holder of several patents. designed and fabricated several macroscopic hot spots in sliding; at the University of Cambridge, U.K.; thousand heat exchangers/pres- and for significant contributions to and Robert J. Miller, D.Phil., chair sure vessels and systems, which are contact mechanics and the contact of in aerothermal technology at the installed worldwide. rough surfaces. University of Cambridge, U.K., and Dr. Barber has been a member director of the Rolls-Royce Whittle Heat Transfer Memorial Awards MOHAMED S. EL-GENK - GENERAL of the faculty at U-M since 1981. He Laboratory University Technology The Heat Transfer Memorial Award Mohamed S. El- is the author of two books and more Centre, received the award for the was established in 1959 by the Heat Genk, Ph.D., re- than 200 articles in the fields of elas- paper titled “The Effect of Aspect Transfer Division. In 1974, it was gents’ professor of ticity, thermoelasticity, contact me- Ratio on Compressor Performance.” elevated to a Society award recog- nuclear, mechanical, chanics, tribology, heat conduction After completing his Ph.D. the- nizing outstanding contributions and chemical and and elastodynamics. sis (same title as recognized pa- to the field of heat transfer through biological engineer- per) at Cambridge in 2016, Dr. To teaching, research, practice and ing; and founding was awarded an Engineering and design, or a combination of such director of the Institute for Space Physical Sciences Research Council activities. and Nuclear Power Studies at the Patrick J. Higgins Medal knowledge transfer fellowship to University of New Mexico in Albu- THOMAS CHARLTON JR. work in his current position. He has CHRISTOPH BECKERMANN - SCIENCE querque, is recognized for outstand- The Patrick J. Hig- continued his research on compres- Christoph Becker- ing contributions to boiling enhance- gins Medal recog- sor technology with an emphasis on mann, Ph.D., Uni- ment; immersion cooling of nizes an individual transferring knowledge between the versity of Iowa electronics; forced, natural and com- who has contributed Whittle Laboratory and Rolls-Royce. Foundation distin- bined convection in rod bundles; to the enhancement Dr. Miller’s research at Cam- guished professor heat pipes and thermosyphons; im- of standardization bridge covers a wide range of flows in the department pinging and swirling jets heat trans- through contribu- in aero engines, gas turbines, tidal of mechanical and fer; thermal-hydraulics of nuclear tions to the development and promo- turbines and domestic appliances. industrial engineering at The Uni- reactors; and thermal management tion of ASME codes and standards or He works extensively with industry, versity of Iowa in Iowa City, is rec- of space nuclear power systems. Conformity Assessment Programs. It presently undertaking collaborative ognized for pioneering theoretical Dr. El-Genk is a recognized was established in 2007 in remem- research projects with Rolls-Royce, and experimental research on heat educator and technical expert, and brance of ASME’s past vice president Mitsubishi, Siemens and Dyson. and mass transfer in materials pro- a prolific author and researcher of the standardization department. cessing with applications in solidi- with a professional career spanning Thomas Charlton Jr. is recog- fication and casting of metals; for more than 45 years, His publications nized for exemplary service and mathematical models that are now include more than 600 refered ar- leadership in the development of nu- J.P. Den Hartog Award standard textbook material and in ticles, a book and six book chapters, merous ASME standards on dimen- KON-WELL WANG casting simulation software used 50 book volumes and more than 80 sional metrology, and tireless efforts The J.P. Den Hartog worldwide; and for research on technical reports. Dr. El-Genk holds to harmonize national and interna- Award, established dendritic growth and the phase- six U.S. patents. tional efforts. by the Design Engi- field method that has led to signifi- Mr. Charlton’s teams have devel- neering Division in cant advances in the understanding oped fundamental innovations in co- 1987 and elevated to of solidification microstructure Mayo D. Hersey Award ordinate metrology for over 35 years. a Society award in formation. JAMES R. BARBER Before his retirement in 2015, he was 2010, recognizes life- Dr. Beckermann joined the UI The Mayo D. Hersey a principal in Charlton Associates time contributions to the teaching faculty in 1987. An ASME Fellow, Award, established LLC in North Kingstown, R.I., which and practice of vibration engineering. he has been a member of the Heat in 1965, is bestowed he founded in 2002. Mr. Charlton Kon-Well Wang, PhD, the Ste- Transfer Division’s K-15 Commit- for distinguished continues his work on national en- phen P. Timoshenko professor and tee on HT in Transport Phenom- and continued con- gineering standards and coaching Tim Manganello/BorgWarner de- ena in Manufacturing and Material tributions over a competitive middle school FIRST partment chair of mechanical engi- since 1990. substantial period LEGO League teams.

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Soichiro Honda Medal for vision and leadership in defin- ucation and/or innovation. It was Frank Kreith Energy Award JOHN E. DEC ing and guiding U.S. Department established in 2007 by the Fluid GERSHON GROSSMAN The Soichiro Honda of Energy-funded engine research Power Systems and Technology Di- The Frank Kreith Medal recognizes an programs. vision to honor Mr. Koski’s contribu- Energy Award was individual for an out- Dr. Miles is also an adjunct pro- tions to the field of design engineer- established in 2005 standing achieve- fessor in the department of energy ing and dynamic systems and to honor an individ- ment or a series of sciences at Lund University in Swe- control. ual for significant significant engi- den, and he has a guest professor ap- Werner Dieter, chairman of contributions to a neering contribu- pointment at the School of Advanced the board at HYDAC International secure energy future tions in developing improvements Optical Technologies at Friedrich- GmbH in Sulzbach, Germany, is hon- with particular emphasis on innova- in the field of personal transporta- Alexander University in Erlangen, ored for pioneering efforts in Ger- tions in conservation and/or renew- tion. This medal was established in Germany. many that have advanced the fluid able energy. Contributions may be 1983 in recognition of Soichiro Hon- power industry worldwide; and for through research, education, prac- da’s exemplary achievements in the demonstrated leadership in growing tice, or significant service to society field of personal transportation. Warner T. Koiter Medal an engineering and manufacturing that will lead to a sustainable energy John E. Dec, Ph.D., a senior sci- WEI YANG enterprise. future. The award was established by entist at Sandia National Laborato- The Warner T. Koi- Together with the Rexroth fam- the Solar Energy and Advanced En- ries in Livermore, Calif., is recog- ter Medal was estab- ily, Dr. Dieter started HYDAC Com- ergy divisions to honor Dr. Frank nized for outstanding contributions lished in 1996 to rec- pany in 1963. The group has 9,000 Kreith’s contributions to solar ener- to automotive engineering through ognize distinguished employees, with approximately 900 gy and heat transfer, and was funded landmark research and publications contributions to the in North America, working in hy- by Holocaust Settlement Claim No. on diesel combustion and homoge- field of solid me- draulic control, filtration, cooling, 4931 for Nazi victims and by the neous charge compression ignition chanics with special electronics and accessories. Among Kreith family. combustion, which have advanced emphasis on the effective blending of his prior positions, Dr. Dieter was Gershon Grossman, Sc.D., pro- the understanding of combustion theoretical and applied elements, and CEO and chairman of the supervi- fessor emeritus at Technion – Israel processes and significantly influ- on a high degree of leadership in the sory board of Rexroth Company, and Institute of Technology in Haifa, is enced internal combustion engine international solid mechanics com- CEO of Mannesmann AG. honored for more than four decades education and engine design. munity. The medal honors the late of significant contributions to energy At Sandia’s Combustion Re- Dr. Warner T. Koiter, world-re- systems through teaching, research search Facility since 1989, Dr. Dec nowned authority in the field of solid and development; and for over 250 conducted numerous investigations mechanics, and it commemorates his refereed journal articles and con- of combustion processes in both vast contributions as research engi- Allan Kraus Thermal ference papers on topics including diesel and low-temperature gasoline neer and teacher. Management Medal absorption systems, solar heating, combustion engines. He went on Wei Yang, Ph.D., president of MASARU ISHIZUKA cooling and air conditioning. to establish an LTGC engine labo- the National Natural Science Foun- The Allan Kraus With Technion since 1973, Dr. ratory, where he and his research dation of China in Beijing, is recog- Thermal Manage- Grossman is head of the Solar En- team have worked to understand the nized for fundamental contributions ment Medal, estab- ergy Laboratory and the Rechler fundamentals of LTGC and develop in advancing the understanding of lished in 2009, rec- Cryogenic Cooling Laboratory. He methods of overcoming many of its crack-tip singularity fields, static ognizes individuals is also head of the Energy Forum at technical challenges. and fatigue failure mechanisms for who have demon- the Samuel Neaman Institute for Na- mechatronic reliability, and deforma- strated outstanding tional Policy Research. tion mechanisms of nanocrystalline achievements in thermal manage- Internal Combustion Engine Award metals; and for global leadership in ment of electronic systems and their PAUL MILES shaping scientific research policy and commitment to the field of thermal The Internal Com- fostering international collaboration. science and engineering. James N. Landis Medal bustion Engine Dr. Yang was president of Zhe- Masaru Ishizuka, Ph.D., presi- YASSIN A. HASSAN Award, established jiang University from August 2006 dent of Toyama Prefectural Univer- The James N. Landis in 1966, is given in until his appointment as president sity in Japan, is recognized for pio- Medal was estab- recognition of emi- of the NSFC in February 2013. He neering the thermal management of lished in 1977 in nent achievement or was elected a member of the Chinese electronic equipment, particularly honor of James N. distinguished con- Academy of Sciences in 2003; head consumer electronics subjected to Landis, who served tribution over a substantial period of of the Division of Technological Sci- natural convection; and for signifi- as president of time, which may result from re- ences from 2008 to 2012, Dr. Yang cant contributions through leader- ASME in 1958. It is search, innovation or education in has been serving in that position ship roles in academia and profes- presented for outstanding personal advancing the art of engineering in again since 2016. sional societies. performance related to designing, the field. Educated at the University of constructing, or managing the opera- Paul Miles, Ph.D., manager of Tokyo, Dr. Ishizuka began his career tion of major steam-powered electric engine combustion research at San- Robert E. Koski Medal at Toshiba Corporation in Kawasaki, stations using nuclear or fossil fuels, dia National Laboratories in Liver- WERNER DIETER Japan, in 1981. In 2000 he joined the coupled with personal leadership in more, Calif., is recognized for sus- The Robert E. Koski faculty at Toyama Prefectural Uni- some humanitarian pursuit related tained technical accomplishments Medal recognizes an versity as an associate professor. Dr. to a committee activity, section lead- in the development of optical di- individual who has Ishizuka was a professor of mechani- ership, or the broad nontechnical agnostics of in-cylinder processes, advanced the art cal systems engineering (2003-13) professional activity of the individu- for improving the understanding and practice of fluid and the dean of engineering faculty al’s engineering society. of engine fluid mechanics and power motion and (2013-15) before assuming his cur- Yassin A. Hassan, P.E., Ph.D., mixture formation processes, and control through ed- rent position. professor and head of the depart-

ASME HONORS | NOVEMBER 2017 55 ment of nuclear engineering at Texas H.R. Lissner Medal 130 technical articles and holds over ly, Kerala in India, in June 2017. He is A&M University in College Station, GERARD A. ATESHIAN 100 U.S. patents in the area of na- currently doing an internship in the is honored for outstanding contri- The H.R. Lissner noscale manufacturing. maintenance department at Thom- butions to the operation of nuclear Medal was estab- son Engineering Works, a manufac- power plants through long-term ef- lished in 1977 and is turing company that performs lathe forts to resolve Generic Safety Issue presented for out- operations and mold/die making 191–Assessment of Debris Accumu- standing accomplish- Charles T. Main Student operations. lation on Pressurized Water Reactor ments in the area of Leadership Awards Sump Performance; for tireless ef- bioengineering. The Charles T. Main Award was es- forts educating engineering students Gerard A. Ateshian, Ph.D., An- tablished in 1919 to recognize, at the Melville Medal and early career engineers; and for drew Walz professor of mechanical Societywide level, an undergradu- QIANG MA dedicated service to the engineering engineering at Columbia Univer- ate ASME student member whose YIHUI ZHANG profession. sity in New York, is honored for out- leadership and service qualities have The Melville Medal Dr. Hassan is also Sallie and Don standing contributions to theoretical contributed, for a period of more was first awarded in Davis ’61 professor of engineering, formulations and experimental in- than one year, to the programs and 1927 and is the high- and a professor in the department vestigations of cartilage mechanics operations of a Student Section. In est honor for the best of mechanical engineering. Prior to and tissue engineering, and for piv- 1983, the award was expanded to in- original technical pa- joining Texas A&M in 1986, he was otal contributions to the implemen- clude a second-place award. per published in the with Babcock & Wilcox Company’s tation and dissemination of open- ASME Transactions Nuclear Power Division in Lynch- source finite element computational GEMMA IRUEGAS - GOLD in the past two years. burg, Va., for seven years. tools for the biomechanical analysis Gemma Iruegas, a Qiang Ma, a of living tissues. Universidad Abierta Ph.D. candidate; and Dr. Ateshian completed his y a Distancia de Yihui Zhang, Ph.D., higher education at Columbia and México student, is an associate profes- joined the faculty of its department recognized for dedi- sor of engineering Bernard F. Langer Nuclear of mechanical engineering in 1991. cated service as mechanics, both at Codes and Standards Award His overall research focuses on founder and chair of Tsinghua University in Beijing, are KEVIN ENNIS understanding and treating osteo- the ASME Student Section at the recognized for the paper titled “Me- The Bernard F. arthritis, a degenerative disease of Aguascalientes campus of Universi- chanics of Fractal-Inspired Horse- Langer Nuclear the cartilage layers of diarthrodial dad Panamericana and as student shoe Microstructures for Applica- Codes and Stan- joints such as the knee, shoulder regional chair-Mexico, overseeing tions in Stretchable Electronics.” dards Award was and hip. more than 25 Student Sections; for Mr. Ma holds a bachelor’s degree established in 1977 supporting various ASME startup in engineering mechanics from Tsin- and is presented to sections; and for promoting ASME as ghua and expects to earn his Ph.D., an individual who well as SOMIM, the Mexican Society also in engineering mechanics, from has contributed to the nuclear of Mechanical Engineering. the university this year. His research power plant industry through the Machine Design Award Ms. Iruegas earned her bach- is mainly focused on bioinspired development and promotion of S.V. SREENIVASAN elor’s degree in mechatronics en- soft structural materials, and he has ASME nuclear codes and standards The Machine De- gineering with honors from UP in published five peer-reviewed journal or the ASME Nuclear Certification sign Award, estab- Mexico in June 2017. She is currently papers. Program. lished in 1958, rec- working on a design and manufac- Before joining the faculty at Ts- Kevin Ennis is recognized for ognizes eminent turing project, developing a device inghua, where he had earned his outstanding service as long-term di- achievement or dis- the team plans to patent. Since 2015 graduate degrees, Dr. Zhang was a rector of ASME Nuclear Codes and tinguished service Ms. Iruegas has been pursuing a postdoctoral fellow (2011-14) and Standards, particularly for promot- in the field of ma- bachelor’s degree in mathematics research assistant professor (2014- ing an environment that facilitated chine design. from UnADM. 15) at Northwestern University in new product development and ac- S.V. Sreenivasan, Ph.D., the Joe Evanston, Ill. His research interests ceptance worldwide. C. Walter Jr. endowed chair in engi- JITHU PAULOSE - SILVER include mechanically guided 3-D Mr. Ennis spent his career at neering, and a professor of mechani- Jithu Paulose, an in- assembly, bioinspired soft structural ASME and the National Board of cal engineering and of electrical and tern at Thomson materials and stretchable electron- Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspec- computer engineering at The Uni- Engineering Works ics. He has published more than 70 tors. Initially at the Society from versity of Texas at Austin, is honored in Kochi, Kerala in peer-reviewed journal papers. 1982 to 1989, Mr. Ennis was secre- for outstanding leadership in creat- India, is recognized tary of the BPV Subcommittee on ing new classes of machines that for contributions to Nuclear Power (III). While at the are revolutionizing practical nano- ASME ranging from National Board, he was operations technologies in electronics, memory service as secretary, convenor and M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing manager, secretary of the Inspec- and display devices, and energy and chair of the Student Section at the Medal of ASME/SME tion Committee, and a member of an healthcare industries; and for edu- Federal Institute of Science and MICHAEL F. MOLNAR ASME subcommittee and working cating and inspiring an entire gen- Technology; to assisting more than The M. Eugene group. In 2001 Mr. Ennis returned eration of machine designers. 25 university sections as zonal repre- Merchant Manufac- to ASME as director of Nuclear Dr. Sreenivasan is also the prin- sentative for the Student District Op- turing Medal was Codes and Standards and secretary cipal investigator and co-director erating Board, India, Asia-Pacific. established in 1986 of the Board on Nuclear Codes and of the NASCENT National Science Mr. Paulose earned his bache- by ASME and SME Standards, positions he held until Foundation Engineering Research lor’s degree in mechanical engineer- to honor an excep- his retirement in 2015. Center. He has published more than ing from FISAT, located in Angama- tional individual

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who has had significant influence ments in those with movement dis- crystalline materials and their role Old Guard Early Career Award and responsibility for improving the abilities; and seeks to improve the in next-generation nanostructured KATIE CORRELL productivity and efficiency of the performance of orthotic and pros- materials. The Old Guard Ear- manufacturing operation. thetic devices using advanced addi- Dr. Kulkarni joined the faculty at ly Career Award was Michael F. Molnar, P.E., direc- tive manufacturing techniques. UH in 2009. Her current research fo- established in 1994 tor of the Advanced Manufactur- cuses on studying the role of defects to help the young ing National Program Office at the and interfaces in nanostructured engineer bridge the National Institute of Standards and materials, drawing from statistical gap between college Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., mechanics, continuum mechanics and professional life. is recognized for vision and leader- Nadai Medal and multiscale modeling. Its intent is to bring that individual ship in establishing Manufactur- JOHN ASHLEY ROGERS closer to the activities of ASME by ing USA, the national network for The Nadai Medal providing encouragement for gradu- manufacturing innovation that is was established in ating student members to upgrade to dedicated to enhancing industrial 1975 to recognize member and actively become in- competitiveness and economic significant contribu- Edward F. Obert Award volved in the work of the Society. growth, and strengthening U.S. na- tions and outstand- LUCA RIVADOSSI Katie Correll, EIT, an associ- tional security. ing achievements GIAN PAOLO BERETTA ate engineer at Universal Creative Mr. Molnar has been with NIST which broaden the The Edward F. Ob- in Orlando, Fla., is recognized for since 2011. In addition to being field of materials engineering. ert Award was es- inspiring young people to explore founding director of the AMNPO, John Ashley Rogers, Ph.D., tablished in 1987 by engineering as a profession through an interagency team with core staff the Louis Simpson and Kimberly the Advanced Ener- ASME service at the local and enter- hosted at NIST, he is founding di- Querrey professor of materials sci- gy Systems Division prise levels, personal growth in the rector of the Office of Advanced ence and engineering, biomedical to recognize an out- entertainment industry, public advo- Manufacturing at NIST. Prior to engineering, mechanical engineer- standing paper on cacy and community service. federal service, Mr. Molnar had ing, electrical engineering and thermodynamics. It Bridging the gap between art a 30-year industry career in ad- computer science, chemistry and was elevated to a So- and engineering, Ms. Correll has vanced manufacturing. neurological surgery at Northwest- ciety award in 1996. built a career on designing mechani- ern University in Evanston, Ill., is Luca Rivadossi, cal equipment for entertainment ap- recognized for fundamental and ap- production man- plications including theatrical and plied contributions to semiconduc- ager at RVD S.r.l. televised productions and concert tor nanomaterials for high perfor- in Lumezzane in tours. She is currently developing Van C. Mow Medal mance electronics. Brescia, Italy; and Gian Paolo Be- animatronics for Universal Creative. RICHARD R. NEPTUNE At Northwestern University retta, Sc.D., professor of fluid and The Van C. Mow since 2016, Dr. Rogers is also the thermal sciences at the Università Medal was estab- founding director of the newly en- degli Studi di Brescia in Italy, are lished by the ASME dowed Center on Bio-Integrated recognized for the paper titled Bioengineering Di- Electronics. Prior to joining North- “Validation of the ASVDADD Con- Rufus Oldenburger Medal vision in 2004. It is western, Dr. Rogers spent 13 years straint Selection Algorithm for Ef- MIROSLAV KRSTIC presented for signif- on the faculty at the University of Il- fective RCCE Modeling of Natural The Rufus Olden- icant contributions linois at Urbana-Champaign. Gas Ignition in Air.” burger Medal was to the field of bioengineering through Mr. Rivadossi attended the established in 1968 research, education, professional de- Università degli Studi di Brescia and is given in rec- velopment, leadership in the devel- in Italy (2011-16), where he earned ognition of signifi- opment of the profession, mentoring two degrees in mechanical engi- cant contributions of young bioengineers, and service to Sia Nemat-Nasser neering. His bachelor’s thesis was and outstanding the bioengineering community. Early Career Award supervised by Dr. Gian Paolo Be- achievements in the field of auto- Richard R. Neptune, Ph.D., de- YASHASHREE KULKARNI retta, and his master’s thesis was matic control. partment chair and professor at The Sia Nemat- supervised by Dr. Beretta and Dr. Miroslav Krstic, Ph.D., distin- The University of Texas at Austin, is Nasser Early Career Hameed Metghalchi at Northeast- guished professor and senior asso- recognized for outstanding contri- Award recognizes ern University in Boston. In his ciate vice chancellor for research at butions to the field of bioengineer- research excellence current position at RVD, a small the University of California, San Di- ing through teaching, as a leading in experimental, brass ingot making company, Mr. ego, is honored for fundamental and researcher in developing methods to computational or Rivadossi is in charge of safety and continuing contributions to nonlin- help individuals with movement dis- theoretical aspects environmental issues. ear, adaptive and delay systems that abilities, and through service to the of mechanics of materials by a young Dr. Beretta has 36 years of aca- have led to new theories, methodolo- bioengineering community. investigator within 10 years follow- demic experience in mechanical gies and industrial impact. Dr. Neptune has served on the ing receipt of their Ph.D. degree. Es- engineering. He has been a member Dr. Krstic has been one of the department of mechanical engi- tablished by the Materials Division of the faculty at UniBS since 1987. most original and impactful control neering faculty at UT Austin since in 2008, it was elevated to a Society A full professor since 1994, Dr. Be- theorists and engineers in several 2001. His research integrates mus- award in 2012. retta served as elected coordinator decades. In addition to his research culoskeletal modeling, computer Yashashree Kulkarni, Ph.D., an of the mechanical engineering cur- and development accomplishments, simulation and experimental anal- associate professor of mechanical riculum to lead a major national he has made extensive contributions yses to identify the neuromotor and engineering at the University of reform (1999-2006) and headed the through educational and administra- biomechanical mechanisms that Houston, is honored for pioneer- doctoral program in mechanical and tive roles, refereed publications and contribute to locomotor impair- ing work on twin boundaries in industrial engineering (2012-16). keynote lectures, editorial activities

ASME HONORS | NOVEMBER 2017 57 and service to the control commu- and for service on various other PTC Santa Fe Springs, Calif., is recognized Mississauga, Ontario, is recognized nity. Dr. Krstic has been with UC San committees. for the paper titled “Guidelines and for outstanding leadership in the Diego since 1997. Dr. Kirkpatrick is a 23-year prac- Techniques for the Effective Control improvement of safety standards titioner of engineering focused in the of Condensate Dissolved Oxygen in within A17–Elevators and Escalators area of thermal performance testing, Steam Surface Condensers.” and in the development of revisions Outstanding Student Section improvement, monitoring and con- Mr. Nightingale joined TEi’s U.K. to the A17.1 Safety Code to include re- Advisor Award sulting within the power industry. office in 1994. He transferred to the quirements for occupant evacuation NADIR YILMAZ With McHale since 2004, Dr. Kirk- U.S. office in 2001 and was the direc- operation for elevators. The Outstanding patrick is currently charged with tor of engineering for condensers Mr. McColl has worked for Otis Student Section Ad- the continued growth and develop- until late 2016. In his current posi- for 38 years, the last 22 full time in visor Award, estab- ment of a 45-member company that tion, Mr. Nightingale oversees all codes and standards. He chairs the lished in 1990 as the specializes in providing professional new-build condensers as well as spe- Central Code Committee for Na- Faculty Advisor third-party engineering services to cial projects and condenser related tional Elevator Industry, Inc., the Award, is awarded the power, and oil and gas industries. consulting activities. leading trade association for the to an ASME mem- building transportation industry in ber who is a current or former Stu- North America. dent Section advisor whose leader- ship and service qualities have Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal Charles Russ Richards contributed, for at least three years, SHANNON K. YEE Memorial Award to the programs and operations of a The Pi Tau Sigma JIAN CAO R. Tom Sawyer Award Student Section of the Society. Gold Medal was es- The Charles Russ ALAN H. EPSTEIN Nadir Yilmaz, P.E., Ph.D., a pro- tablished in 1938 by Richards Memorial The R. Tom Sawyer fessor and the department chair of Pi Tau Sigma in co- Award, established Award, established mechanical engineering at Howard ordination with in 1944, was named in 1972, is bestowed University in Washington, D.C., and ASME to recognize in honor of a found- upon an individual a consultant, is recognized for out- outstanding er of Pi Tau Sigma. It who has made im- standing service as adviser for the achievements by a young engineer- is given to an engi- portant contribu- ASME Student Section at the New ing graduate in mechanical engi- neering graduate who has demon- tions toward the ad- Mexico Institute of Mining and neering within 10 years following strated outstanding achievement in vancement of the gas turbine Technology including promoting the receipt of the baccalaureate degree. mechanical engineering for 20 years industry, as well as the ASME Inter- Society among students and young Shannon K. Yee, Ph.D., an as- or more following graduation. national Gas Turbine Institute, over a engineers, which has led to drastic sistant professor in the George W. Jian Cao, Ph.D., Cardiss Collins substantial period of time. improvements in activities within Woodruff School of Mechanical En- professor and associate vice presi- Alan H. Epstein, Ph.D., vice the local ASME community. gineering at the Georgia Institute of dent for research at Northwestern president of technology and envi- Dr. Yilmaz concurrently served Technology in Atlanta, is recognized University in Evanston, Ill., is hon- ronment at Pratt & Whitney in East as ASME Student Section adviser at for outstanding achievements in me- ored for outstanding achievements Hartford, Conn., is honored for New Mexico Tech and vice chair/ chanical engineering. in mechanical engineering. outstanding and sustained contri- chair of the Society’s New Mexico Dr. Yee currently holds a dual Dr. Cao’s major research areas butions to gas turbine research, and Section from 2013 to 2017. An ASME appointment as a visiting scientist at include innovative manufacturing to technology implementation and Fellow, Dr. Yilmaz is now a member Lawrence Livermore National Labo- processes and systems. She is the strategy for a major engine manu- of the Washington, D.C., Section. ratory in California. His research fo- founding director of the North- facturer; for fostering excellence cuses on developing next generation western Initiative on Manufactur- in the ASME gas turbine commu- energy technologies by exploring ing Science and Innovation, and the nity; and for providing unique op- news ways of manipulating heat and founding technical editor of ASME’s portunities and guiding students to Performance Test Codes Medal creating energy conversion technol- Journal of Micro- and Nano-Manu- achieve success in the gas turbine THOMAS KEITH KIRKPATRICK ogies that have the potential to im- facturing. Dr. Cao has more than 300 industry and academia. The Performance pact electricity generation, heating publications and 10 patents. Prior to joining P&W, Dr. Ep- Test Codes Medal, and cooling, and energy efficiency. stein was the R.C. Maclaurin profes- established in 1981, sor of aeronautics and astronautics, is awarded to an in- and director of the Gas Turbine dividual or individu- Safety Codes and Standards Medal Laboratory at the Massachusetts In- als who have made Prime Movers Committee Award DAVID MCCOLL stitute of Technology in Cambridge; outstanding contri- DARREN M. NIGHTINGALE The Safety Codes he currently holds an appointment butions to the development and pro- The Prime Movers and Standards Med- there as professor emeritus. motion of ASME Performance Test Committee Award, al was established in Codes, including the Supplements established in 1954, 1986 to recognize on Instruments and Apparatus. recognizes out- contributions to the Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Thomas Keith Kirkpatrick, standing contribu- enhancement of Research Medal Ph.D., director of products and ser- tions to the litera- public safety SHAOCHEN CHEN vices at McHale & Associates, Inc. ture of thermal through the development and pro- The Milton C. Shaw in Knoxville, Tenn., is recognized electric station practice or equip- motion of ASME safety codes and Manufacturing Re- for outstanding leadership contri- ment which are available through standards or through ASME safety search Medal, estab- butions to performance test codes, public presentation and publication. accreditation activity. lished in 2009, rec- particularly testing programs for gas Darren M. Nightingale, vice pres- David McColl, P.Eng., senior ognizes significant turbine inlet air-conditioning equip- ident of engineering at Thermal En- manager of worldwide codes devel- fundamental contri- ment and overall plant performance; gineering International (USA) Inc. in opment at Otis Elevator Company in butions to the sci-

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ence and technology of manufactur- Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Dr. Farhat is also director of the tunity for a leader in pure and/or ap- ing processes. Design Educator Award Army High Performance Comput- plied science or engineering to pres- Shaochen Chen, Ph.D., professor GÜL E. OKUDAN KREMER ing Research Center at Stanford. ent to the Society a lecture that and vice chairman in the department The Ruth and Joel Among his extensive list of honors, encourages stimulating thinking on a of NanoEngineering at the Univer- Spira Outstanding Dr. Farhat is a member of the Na- subject of broad interest to engi- sity of California, San Diego, is hon- Design Educator tional Academy of Engineering and neers. The Robert Henry Thurston ored for seminal contributions to the Award was estab- the Royal Academy of Engineer- Lecture Award was elevated to a So- science and technology of manufac- lished as a division ing, a member of the U.S. Air Force ciety award in 2000. turing processes in the areas of 3-D award in 1998. Ele- Scientific Advisory Board, and a Mohammed A. Zikry, Ph.D., the printing, bioprinting and nanomanu- vated to a Society Fellow of six professional societies Zan Prevost Smith distinguished facturing. award in 2001, it recognizes a person including ASME. professor in the department of me- Prior to joining UC San Di- who exemplifies the best in further- chanical and aerospace engineering ego, Dr. Chen was a member of the ing engineering design education. at North Carolina State University faculty at the University of Texas Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Ph.D., a in Raleigh, is honored for pioneer- at Austin (2002-10) and served as professor and the C.G. “Turk” and J. Hall Taylor Medal ing contributions to mechanics of program director of the Nanomanu- Joyce A. Therkildsen department RONALD W. HAUPT materials, computational mechanics, facturing Program for the National chair in industrial and manufactur- The J. Hall Taylor multiscale modeling, materials sci- Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. ing systems engineering at Iowa Medal was estab- ence and fracture mechanics; and for (2008-10). Earlier he was an assistant State University in Ames, is recog- lished in 1965 by the significant and groundbreaking in- professor at Iowa State University in nized for outstanding achievements ASME Codes and terdisciplinary contributions related Ames (1999-2001). in design curriculum development; Standards Board as to metals, alloys, composites and bio- sustained contributions to workforce a gift from Taylor materials at physical scales ranging development through design educa- Forge and Pipe from nano to micro. tion and research; and exceptional Works to commemorate the pio- An ASME Fellow, Dr. Zikry is leadership within ASME’s Design neering work of J. Hall Taylor in the editor-in-chief of the Journal of En- Ben C. Sparks Medal Engineering Division, particularly standardization of industrial prod- gineering Materials and Technology. STEVEN W. BEYERLEIN in rebuilding the design education ucts and safety codes for their usage. He has received numerous honors The Ben C. Sparks community. It is awarded for distinguished ser- and awards throughout his career. Medal, established Prior to joining Iowa State, Dr. vice or eminent achievement in the in 1990, recognizes Kremer served in several leadership codes and standards area pertaining eminent service by roles within The Pennsylvania State to the broad fields of piping and an individual or col- University in University Park. She pressure vessels. laborative team in also served as a program director in Ronald W. Haupt, P.E., senior Timoshenko Medal promoting innova- the National Science Foundation’s consultant and president of Pressure VIGGO TVERGAARD tive, authentic, practice-based, engi- Division of Undergraduate Educa- Piping Engineering Associates, Inc. The Timoshenko neering design/build experiences in tion between August 2013 and Au- in Forest City, Calif., is honored for Medal was estab- undergraduate mechanical engi- gust 2016. leadership and distinguished service lished in 1957 and is neering or mechanical engineering in the advancement and recognition conferred in recog- technology education. of ASME codes and standards for nition of distin- Steven W. Beyerlein, Ph.D., pressure equipment, and for tech- guished contribu- professor and chairman of the me- nical contributions and eminent tions to the field of chanical engineering department at Spirit of St. Louis Medal achievements in the standardization applied mechanics. Instituted by the the University of Idaho, Moscow, is CHARBEL FARHAT of piping and pressure vessel design Applied Mechanics Division, it hon- recognized for outstanding service The Spirit of St. and construction. ors Stephen P. Timoshenko, world- leading the award-winning, multi- Louis Medal was es- Mr. Haupt is the founder of renowned authority in the field, and disciplinary senior capstone design tablished in 1929 by PPEA (founded as CAE Associates in it commemorates his contributions course at the University of Idaho; Philip D. Ball, ASME 1983). He has over 50 years of profes- as author and teacher. for dedicated work on the univer- members and citi- sional experience in civil/structural Viggo Tvergaard, Ph.D., dr. sity’s Engineering Expo, one of the zens of St. Louis. It is and mechanical engineering, princi- techn., professor emeritus at the largest design expositions in the Pa- awarded for merito- pally in the design and analysis of in- Technical University of Denmark in cific Northwest; and for research on rious service in the advancement of dustrial process and energy-related Lyngby, is honored for major con- engineering education and design aeronautics and astronautics. structures, equipment, piping, pipe- tributions to the development and pedagogy. Charbel Farhat, Ph.D., the Viv- lines and supports. application of models for porous A member of the faculty at UI ian Church Hoff professor of air- ductile solids through the transfor- since 1987, Dr. Beyerlein teaches craft structures, and chairman of mation of Gurson’s phenomenologi- courses in design, solid modeling, the department of aeronautics and cal framework into a powerful theo- lean manufacturing, thermody- astronautics at Stanford Univer- Robert Henry Thurston retical and numerical tool applicable namics, and combustion engine sity in California, is honored for Lecture Award to the study of full-size ductile rup- systems. He is involved in research sustained theoretical and compu- MOHAMMED A. ZIKRY ture problems. related to engine testing, combus- tational research contributions in The Robert Henry Dr. Tvergaard joined the faculty tion modeling, industrial energy the broad field of fluid-structure Thurston Lecture of the department of mechanical en- conservation, design pedagogy interaction that have been applied Award was estab- gineering, solid mechanics at DTU and educational assessment. Dr. to the solution of mission critical lished in 1925 in in 1971; since 2013 he has been pro- Beyerlein has served as coordina- problems in aeronautical, automo- honor of ASME’s fessor emeritus. He has been editor- tor of the capstone design program tive, marine, mechanical and naval first president. It in-chief of the European Journal of since 1996. engineering. provides an oppor- Mechanics – A/Solids since 1995. Dr.

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Tvergaard served as president of the U.K., is honored for novel research Through International Regulation.” Yu-Tai Lee, P.E., Ph.D., is hon- International Union of Theoretical contributions to the fundamental Mr. Austin earned his bachelor’s ored for seminal contributions to and Applied Mechanics from 2012 to understanding of the formation degree in mechanical engineering, the development of computational 2016, and is currently vice president. and reduction of pollutants in fossil honors program, from the University methods for the analysis and innova- fuel flames, which has resulted in of Evansville in Indiana in May 2017. tive design of U.S. Navy submarine cleaner burning with enhanced ef- He is currently pursuing a master’s propulsion pumps and shipboard ficiency; and for providing en- degree in homeland security: law turbomachinery; and for distin- riched training and education to and policy, which is offered through guished service to ASME including Worcester Reed Warner Medal engineers, and outstanding service the KU Edwards Campus in Over- the mentoring of future naval engi- MICHAEL P. PAIDOUSSIS to industry and government. land Park. neers and conference newcomers. The Worcester Reed Prior to his current position at Throughout his 42-year career, Warner Medal was Leeds, Dr. Williams was the Livesey Dr. Lee has focused his research established in 1930 professor in the department of fuel and development efforts on the and is awarded for and energy from 1973 to 2000. His Savio L-Y. Woo Translational flow analyses and designs of tur- outstanding contri- research into the fundamental as- Biomechanics Medal bomachinery and pumping systems. butions to the per- pects of combustion of gases, liquid ARTHUR ERDMAN He recently retired from the Naval manent literature of and solid fuels has resulted in 650 The Savio L-Y. Woo Surface Warfare Center, Carderock engineering. Contributions may be journal and conference papers, and Translational Bio- Division in West Bethesda, Md., and single papers, treatises or books, or a three co-authored books. mechanics Medal, is focusing on his ASME volunteer series of papers. established in 2015, work, which includes serving as an Michael P. Paidoussis, Eng., Ph.D., FREDERIC VILLENEUVE – SILVER recognizes an indi- associate editor for the Journal of Thomas Workman emeritus profes- Frederic Villeneuve, vidual who has Mechanical Design. sor at McGill University in Montreal, Ph.D., a manager at translated meritori- is honored for seminal contributions Siemens in Orlando, ous bioengineering science to clini- to the permanent literature of en- Fla., is recognized cal practice through research, educa- gineering research through highly for outstanding con- tion, professional development, and praised books on fluid-structure in- tributions to the de- with service to the bioengineering S.Y. Zamrik PVP Medal teraction in axial and cross flows, and velopment and ap- community. MAHENDRA D. RANA numerous breakthrough papers over plication of advanced design Arthur Erdman, P.E., Ph.D., the The Pressure Vessel the past 50 years. methods for gas turbines. Richard C. Jordan professor and a and Piping Medal Dr. Paidoussis joined the de- With Siemens since 2007, Dr. Vil- Morse alumni distinguished teach- was established in partment of mechanical engineer- leneuve is currently leading the de- ing professor of mechanical engi- 1980. Renamed the ing at McGill in 1967, was promoted velopment of a global team aimed neering, and director of the Medical S.Y. Zamrik PVP to professor in 1976 and served as at improving gas turbine efficiency Devices Center at the University of Medal in 2010, it is chairman from 1977 to 1986. He is and design cycle time via the devel- Minnesota in Minneapolis, is recog- bestowed for out- the founding editor of the Journal opment of system gas turbine de- nized for four decades of leadership standing contributions in the field of Fluids and Structures and is on sign environments. He also serves in medical device design, translat- of pressure vessel and piping tech- the editorial board of the Journal of as the liaison between the Georgia ing biomechanical engineering nology including, but not limited to, Sound and Vibration. Institute of Technology in Atlanta concepts to devices that improve research, development, teaching, and Siemens Power and Gas, where the lives of patients in a wide range and significant advancements of the he strives to develop the power of medical fields; and for outstand- state of the art. generation technologies and engi- ing service to the bioengineering Mahendra D. Rana, P.E., emeri- neers of tomorrow. community through the training tus Praxair engineering fellow, is of students, through the initiation honored for significant contributions George Westinghouse Medals and chairing of meetings, and as to the state of the art of cryogenic The George Westinghouse Medals a founding editor of the Journal of storage vessels and fracture control were established to recognize emi- Arthur L. Williston Medal Medical Devices. for pressure vessels; and for substan- nent achievement or distinguished AUSTIN PATRICK KRAUS Dr. Erdman has published over tial service to ASME’s Pressure Ves- service in the power field of me- The Arthur L. Wil- 370 technical papers and three books; sels and Piping Division as session chanical engineering to perpetuate liston Medal, estab- and shares nine Best Paper awards developer, technical program repre- the value of the rich contribution to lished in 1954, rec- with his former students. He is co- sentative, and vice chair and chair of power development made by George ognizes the best inventor of more than 45 patents. the Codes and Standards Technical Westinghouse, honorary member paper submitted on Committee. and 29th president of the Society. a subject chosen to Mr. Rana retired from Praxair, The Gold Medal was established in challenge the abili- Inc. in Tonawanda, N.Y., after 42 1952 and the Silver Medal in 1971. ties of engineering students. The an- years of service in the research and nual competition is open to any Henry R. Worthington Medal development, and engineering de- ALAN WILLIAMS – GOLD ASME student member or member YU-TAI LEE partments. He is involved in the Alan Williams, who received a baccalaureate de- The Henry R. areas of fracture mechanics, pres- CEng, Ph.D., re- gree within two years of the submis- Worthington Medal, sure vessel design and development, search professor in sion deadline. established in 1980, and materials testing as well as the the School of Chem- Austin Patrick Kraus, a graduate is bestowed for emi- structural integrity assessment and ical and Process En- student at The University of Kansas, nent achievement in fracture control programs of pres- gineering at the Uni- is recognized for the paper titled “Safe the field of pumping sure vessels. Mr. Rana has his own versity of Leeds, Growth of Autonomous Systems machinery. consulting business.

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DATA ANALYTICS future events and issues. For expanding customer deployments, it has interactive tools for batch SEEQ, SEATTLE, WASH. analytics with reference lines, boundaries, and cleansing data. Other features include Pattern Search eeq R17 supports visual analytics on data for leverage innovations in cognitive computing through Sindustrial Internet and process manufacturing in multivariate regression and reference signals for any time reference, providing improved correlation “golden batch” analytics; and continuous monitoring analysis of historical data sets, monitoring support of support for analytics on incoming data and predictive incoming data, and predictive analytics to anticipate analytics for calculations on future outcomes.

3-D PRINTING MANAGEMENT

MAKEROS, DETROIT, MICH. New Version!

The MakerOS cloud business management tool for 3-D printing also assists manufacturers with design and light fabrication services. Allowing professional service provid- ers to complete projects 10 times faster, save thousands on third-party software, and maintain a workable pipeline of client projects for increased revenue, the white-label platform offers these capabilities by combining typically segmented systems, such as payment processing and inventory. It boasts a user-friendly interface and can be used on any device for employees and clients of the ser- vice provider to interact and complete projects together. Companies can share work using the MakerOS Overflow supply-chain service option.

AUTOMATED DRIVING TOOLS

MATHWORKS, NATICK, MASS.

Release 2017a from MathWorks features a range of capabilities in MATLAB and Simulink. It includes a new automated driving system toolbox, which helps design, simulate, and test ADAS and autonomous driving systems. R2017a has updates and bug fixes to 86 other products, including interactive figure updates in the Live Editor, heat map chart functions for visualizing data, and more functions for operating on tall arrays, including ismember, sort, conv, and moving statistics functions. Improvements have also been made to the production Over 75 New Features & Apps in Origin 2018! server, as well as the neural network, statistics and For a FREE 60-day machine learning, and computer vision system toolboxes. Over 500,000 registered users worldwide in: evaluation, go to ◾ 6,000+ Companies including 20+ Fortune Global 500 OriginLab.Com/demo ◾ 6,500+ Colleges & Universities and enter code: 6951 SUBMISSIONS ◾ 3,000+ Government Agencies & Research Labs Submit electronic files of new products and images by e-mail to memag@ 25+ years serving the scientific & engineering community asme.org. Use subject line “New Products.” ME does not test or endorse the products described here. TOOLS//HARDWARE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.62 SUBMISSIONS Submit electronic files of new products and images by e-mail to [email protected]. Use subject line “New Products.” ME does not test or endorse the products described here. AUTOMATION

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iemens set out to reduce wiring and save space with the Simatic S7-1212 modular controller, which performs standard and safety-related S automation tasks in a single device. Using Siemens TIA Portal V14 engineering software and firmware V4.2, safety-related devices, including Siemens Sinamics drives, are easily networked with Profinet and Profisafe, reducing hardware and wiring requirements. It has 100 KB integrated program/ data memory and a 2 MB load memory. It features integrated standard I/O, eight digital inputs, six digital outputs, and two analog inputs. The controller is expandable, with up to three communication modules, two signal modules, and one signal board.

CONE AND PLATE VISCOMETER SLIP RINGS

PAUL N. GARDNER COMPANY, POMPANO BEACH, FLA. HEIDENHAIN, SCHAUMBURG, ILL.

This viscometer is designed to provide stringent testing conditions that LTN Servotechnik has developed the SR/SH085 family of slip rings, specifically tailored to the allow high-accuracy viscosity measurement of non-Newtonian paints needs within the packaging industry and engineered to run reliably for a long time. Slip rings, and coatings as the viscosity changes according to the shear stress that used to enable the transmission of electrical signals and power from a stationary to a rotary is applied. High-stability motor system in many manufacturing machines, are often placed in harsh environments with high speed control ensures accuracy amounts of vibration and shock. The SR/SH085 has been engineered to handle these challeng- and repeatability during each ing conditions. The slip rings are available with up to 16 poles, transmitting both data signals test. Real-time high-resolution and power across the rotary axis, and provide options for high-speed applications. graphing allows monitoring of changes during measure- ment, providing identification of inconsistencies between samples. The viscometer utilizes an integrated high-stability temperature-controlled plate onto which the samples are ap- plied to test. A preheat function allows rapid stabilization of the sample temperature, which is accurately controlled throughout the measurement process. Results are displayed on the screen immediately after tests. University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Industrial Engineering Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Michigan The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the The Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the University of University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) invites applications for a tenure- track faculty position in Industrial Engineering. Individuals will also be Michigan (U-M) seeks applicants and nominations for the position of considered at associate or full professor rank if they possess outstanding Department Chair. The University of Michigan Mechanical Engineering qualifications commensurate with the rank. Successful applicants Department is home to 68 tenured/tenure-track faculty, 21 research are required to have an earned PhD in Industrial Engineering or a faculty, 56 staff, over 450 graduate students (including over 250 Ph.D. related field, and are expected to develop and maintain an active, externally-funded research program as well as teach courses at both the students) and 800 undergraduate students. U-M ME is well known undergraduate and graduate levels. for its outstanding strengths in major mechanical engineering core disciplines, as well as in interdisciplinary and emerging thematic areas. The Department offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical The Department is consistently ranked among the top nationwide and Engineering, and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, and currently has an undergraduate enrollment of about 770 and a graduate worldwide by various ranking systems, such as the QS World rankings, enrollment of about 500. More information about the Department can be U.S. News and World Report, and the National Research Council Ph.D. found at http://www.mie.uic.edu. Applicants are required to send a letter Program Assessments. More information about the Department can of application indicating their qualifications, an up-to-date CV including be found at: http://me.engin.umich.edu/. the names and contact information of three references, and separate one-page statements outlining their future teaching and research plans. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar with an earned doctorate in a research field related to Mechanical Engineering and For fullest consideration, applications must be submitted online at http:// jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=82505 by December 1, 2017. will have an exemplary record of achievement in research, teaching Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Expected starting and service at a level commensurate with appointment as a tenured date is August 2018. full professor. The person must also possess visionary leadership UIC is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and diversity and welcomes abilities, a broad appreciation for the diverse perspectives within applications from women, underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, sexual minority Mechanical Engineering, and a strong interest in promoting groups, and other candidates who will contribute sponsored research programs and mentoring faculty. The qualified to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and candidate should be able to lead and support the faculty to ensure perspectives. An AA/EO employer. that learning of the highest quality flourishes at all levels, from The University of Illinois conducts background undergraduate education to graduate and post-doctoral research. checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of contingent offer of employment. Background checks The candidate must be able to work with a diverse group of faculty, will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit staff, students, and administrators to achieve common goals, to build Reporting Act. upon a supportive and inclusive climate and to maintain and enhance rapport with alumni and industry representatives. Michigan Engineering’s vision is to be the world’s preeminent college of engineering serving the common good. This global outlook, leadership focus, and service commitment permeate our culture. Our DRIVE INNOVATION AND vision is supported by a mission and values that, together, provide the framework for all that we do. Information about our vision, mission and values can be found at: http://strategicvision.engin.umich.edu/. ADVANCE YOUR CAREER The University of Michigan has a storied legacy of commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). The Michigan Engineering component of the University’s comprehensive, five-year, DEI strategic plan—with updates on our programs and resources dedicated to ensuring a welcoming, fair, and inclusive environment—can be found at: http://www.engin.umich.edu/college/about/diversity. The University of Michigan is a non-discriminatory/affirmative action employer. Underrepresented minorities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. The College of Engineering is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, service and administrative leadership activities to the diversity and excellence of the academic community and who will build collaborative ties with other departments within the College of Engineering and the University. The University of Michigan is responsive to the needs of dual-career families. Through The University of Alabama you can earn an Applicants should electronically submit a detailed curriculum vitae engineering degree that matches your innovative spirit — and cover letter describing professional background, qualifications, all while working full time. and leadership experience, as well as a two-page synopsis of their Available distance learning degree programs include: views on the current challenges and opportunities facing mechanical engineering education and research. The deadline for ensuring full • MS in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (online) consideration of an application is December 1, 2017. The search will • PhD in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (primarily online) be conducted in confidence until finalists are invited for campus visits at which time professional references will be contacted. 800-467-0227 Please submit your application to the following: BamaByDistance.ua.edu/asme https://apply.interfolio.com/44562

If you have any questions regarding the web application submittal process or other inquiries, please contact Professor André L. Boehman, Chair, ME Search Committee, at [email protected]. DISTANCE LEARNING  University of Illinois at Chicago   Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering   Assistant/Associate/Full Professor dŚĞĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚŽĨDĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐŝŶǀŝƚĞƐĂƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐĨŽƌĂ Mechanical Engineering ĨƵůůͲƚŝŵĞ͕ ƚĞŶƵƌĞͲƚƌĂĐŬ ĨĂĐƵůƚLJ ƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌŝŶƚŚĞĂƌĞĂŽĨŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐĂŶĚŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ͕ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐŝŶŐĨĂůů The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the ϮϬϭϴ͘  dŚĞ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ Ă ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ǁŝƚŚ Ă University of Illinois at Chicago invites applications for several tenure-track ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐĂŶĚŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ͘/ŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐǁŝƚŚĞdžƉĞƌƚŝƐĞ faculty positions in various areas of Mechanical Engineering. Individuals ŝŶĐŽŵƉƵƚĂƚŝŽŶĂůŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕ŵƵůƚŝƐĐĂůĞŵŽĚĞůŝŶŐ͕ďŝŽŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐ͕ will also be considered at associate or full professor rank if they possess outstanding qualifications commensurate with the rank. Successful ĞdžƚƌĂĐƚŝǀĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ͕ ŵĞƐŽŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ͕ ĂĚĚŝƚŝǀĞ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ͕ applicants are required to have an earned PhD in Mechanical Engineering ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵƐ͕ ŶĂŶŽƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŐƌĞĞŶ ŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ or a related field, and are expected to develop and maintain an active, ĂƌĞ ĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůLJ͘  ƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĂůƐŽ ŚĂǀĞ ůĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌLJ externally-funded research program as well as teach courses at both the ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞŝŶŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐƚĞƐƚŝŶŐ͕ǁĞƚĐŚĞŵŝƐƚƌLJĂŶĚŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ͘ undergraduate and graduate levels. ZĞƋƵŝƌĞĚƋƵĂůŝĨŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ͗WŚ͘͘ŝŶDĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐ͕ŽƌŝŶĂĐůŽƐĞůLJ The Department offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical ƌĞůĂƚĞĚƚĞĐŚŶŝĐĂůĨŝĞůĚ͕ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝnjŝŶŐŝŶŵĂƚĞƌŝĂůƐĂŶĚͬŽƌŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ͘ Engineering, and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; and ĞƐŝƌĞĚ ƋƵĂůŝĨŝĐĂƚŝŽŶƐ͗  W͘͘ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ͖ ƌĞůĞǀĂŶƚ ƚĞĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͖ currently has an undergraduate enrollment of about 770 and a graduate enrollment of about 500. More information about the Department can be ůĂďŽƌĂƚŽƌLJĞdžƉĞƌƚŝƐĞ͖ĂŶĚĞŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞŝŶĂŵĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ found at http://www.mie.uic.edu. Applicants are required to send a letter ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ͘ of application indicating their qualifications, an up-to-date CV including  the names and contact information of three references, and separate dŽ ĂƉƉůLJ Žƌ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƚŝŽŶ͕ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŽƵƌ one-page statements outlining their future teaching and research plans. ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ŐŽŶnjĂŐĂ͘ĞĚƵͬũŽďƐ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ ƚŽ For fullest consideration, applications must be submitted online at ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞĂŶŽŶůŝŶĞĂƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ͘YƵĞƐƚŝŽŶƐĂďŽƵƚƚŚŝƐƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶŵĂLJďĞ http://jobs.uic.edu/job-board/job-details?jobID=82503 by December 1, 2017. ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚǀŝĂĞŵĂŝůƚŽƌ͘DĂƐƐŝŵŽ͞DĂdž͟ĂƉŽďŝĂŶĐŚŝ͕ Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Expected starting date is August 2018. ĐĂƉŽďŝĂŶĐŚŝΛŐŽŶnjĂŐĂ͘ĞĚƵ͘dŚĞƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶĐůŽƐĞƐĞĐĞŵďĞƌϭƐƚ͕ϮϬϭϳ͕Ăƚ ŵŝĚŶŝŐŚƚ͕W^d͘&ŽƌĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞǁŝƚŚLJŽƵƌŽŶůŝŶĞĂƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ͕ĐĂůů The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed ϱϬϵͲϯϭϯͲϱϵϵϲ͘ to teaching and working in a multicultural  environment. We strongly encourage applications 'ŽŶnjĂŐĂhŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJŝƐĂ:ĞƐƵŝƚ͕ĂƚŚŽůŝĐ͕ŚƵŵĂŶŝƐƚŝĐŝŶƐƚŝƚƵƚŝŽŶ͕ĂŶĚŝƐ from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans. ƚŚĞƌĞĨŽƌĞŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚĞĚŝŶĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐǁŚŽǁŝůůĐŽŶƚƌŝďƵƚĞƚŽŝƚƐĚŝƐƚŝŶĐƚŝǀĞ ŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ 'ŽŶnjĂŐĂ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽŵŵŝƚƚĞĚ Kͬ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞƌ ĂŶĚ The University of Illinois conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of contingent ĚŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐĂƌĞĞŶĐŽƵƌĂŐĞĚƚŽĂƉƉůLJ͘ůůƋƵĂůŝĨŝĞĚĂƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ offer of employment. Background checks will be ǁŝůů ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĞŵƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ performed in compliance with the Fair Credit ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƚLJƐƚĂƚƵƐĂŶĚͬŽƌƉƌŽƚĞĐƚĞĚǀĞƚĞƌĂŶƐƚĂƚƵƐ͘ Reporting Act.

University of Colorado Boulder Faculty Positions in Thermal and Fluid Sciences The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for two tenure-line faculty positions beginning fall 2018. We are Faculty Position in Engineering Design Department of Mechanical Engineering particularly interested in candidates with Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated strong research experience in thermal and fluid sciences. Examples The Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks an individual for a tenure-track faculty position in engineering design to ideally begin July 1, 2018 or on a mutually agreeable date thereafter. Appointment would be at the assistant include: high temperature materials, or untenured associate professor level. In exceptional cases, a senior faculty appointment may be possible. thermal management and control for space systems, energy management, solar thermal Design is a critical, forward thinking approach to addressing grand societal challenges. Applicants should have a strong foundation in engineering design, product development, and methods for realizing hardware at both applications, water desalination, multi-phase the prototype and production stage. Applicants should possess a broad understanding of the complete design flow, high speed aerodynamics, biological flow process, from conceptual through detailed design. Application areas include, but are not limited to, consumer, processes, microfluidics, and combustion and medical, transportation and industrial products. Candidates will be expected to work with colleagues and develop propulsion. One position is at the assistant internationally recognized research, product development, and educational advances in engineering design. professor level, and the other position is at the Experience working with industry is a must. Candidates are expected to teach both lecture and project-based classes associate or full professor level. in design at the undergraduate and graduate level. By January 15, 2018, interested persons In addition to searching specifically for design, the department has positions available broadly in mechanical should apply through the web site engineering: http://meche.mit.edu/faculty-positions. http://www.cu.edu/cu-careers (Requisition Applicants must hold an earned Ph.D. in mechanical engineering or a closely related field by the beginning of ID: 11156) and submit electronic files (pdf employment. Applicants should submit: (1) a curriculum vita that optionally includes a link to the applicant’s online format) containing a cover letter, curriculum portfolio of design, research, and/or teaching work, (2) a research statement, (3) a teaching statement, (4) copies of not more than three publications, and (5) they should also arrange for four individuals to submit letters of recommendation vita, two-page statements of research and on their behalf. This information must be entered electronically at the following site: http://search-meche.mit.edu. teaching interests, respectively, and the Submissions should be received by December 1, 2017, when review of applications will begin. names, addresses, and telephone numbers MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment of at least three references. The University of and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin. committed to building a diverse workforce. Multiple Tenure Track Faculty Positions Chair of the Department of The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University invites applications for multiple tenure- Mechanical Engineering track and tenured faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate and Full Professor level. Areas of immediate interest include flight dynamics & control; orbital mechanics and space sciences; remote sensing; guidance, The College of Engineering and Informa- navigation and control; aerospace design and manufacturing; aerospace systems; unmanned aerial systems; tion Technology (COEIT) at the University of and experimental fluid dynamics. Candidates with strong backgrounds in other areas relevant to aerospace Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), invites engineering are also welcome to apply and will be fully considered as part of the current search. applications for Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The successful Senior level candidates with a strong interest in providing mentorship and leadership to a young, enthusiastic candidate will be a dynamic and accomplished and rapidly growing department are particularly encouraged to apply. Senior level candidates are also leader who can bring a vision for invigorating eligible for a Walt and Virginia Woltosz Professorship. All candidates will be expected to fully contribute to the and expanding the educational, research, and department’s mission through the development of a strong, nationally recognized, funded research program, service efforts of the department, striving to teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and professional service. Successful candidates substantially expand the external funding, will have a demonstrated track record of scholarship, a creative vision for research, an active interest in publication rate, and national visibility of the engineering education and strong communication skills. Candidates must have an earned doctorate in department’s research activities. Candidates aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering or a closely related field. must have an earned PhD in Mechanical Candidates can login and submit a cover letter, CV, research vision, teaching philosophy, and three Engineering or a closely related discipline references at: https://aufacultypositions.peopleadmin.com/postings/2454 Cover letters may be from an accredited university, and a record addressed to: Dr. Brian Thurow, Search Committee Chair, 211 Davis Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849. of scholarship and educational accomplish- To ensure full consideration, candidates are encouraged to apply before December 1, 2017 although ments commensurate with an appointment as applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. The successful candidate must meet eligibility full professor with tenure in a public research requirements to work in the U.S. at the time the appointment begins and continue working legally for the university. The final candidate must have proposed term of employment. Additional information about the department may be found at: demonstrated administrative experience, http://www.eng.auburn.edu/aero/ strong interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to mentor and support faculty and In support of our strategic plan, Auburn University will maintain its strong commitment to diversity with staff, and a strong commitment to diversity, standards to help ensure faculty, staff, and student diversity through recruitment and retention efforts. equity, and inclusive excellence. Auburn University is an EEO/Vet/Disability Employer Our ABET accredited Mechanical Engineer- ing undergraduate program links hands-on experiences and design with theoretical, experimental and numerical analyses. Building on our existing foundation, the new chair will ensure continued investment in and emphasis on a strong academic foundation coupled with hands-on practical experiences to best prepare our undergraduate students for either profes- sional practice or graduate study. Founded in 1966, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is a mid-sized public re- search university in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. UMBC is particularly known for its commitment to diversity, the quality of its un- dergraduate education, and its rapidly increas- ing prominence as a cutting-edge research university. The Center for Women in Technol- Faculty Positions in Thermal-Fluid Sciences and Aerospace Engineering ogy, housed within the College of Engineering The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Case Western Reserve University is pleased to invite and Information Technology, provides a range applications for tenure-track positions in the areas of thermal-fluid sciences and aerospace engineering, with an of programs and services designed to increase anticipated starting date of August 1, 2018 or thereafter. The positions will be at the Assistant or Associate Professor gender diversity in computing and engineering. levels, although appointment to Full Professor may be considered for candidate with an excellent track record in UMBC’s Meyerhoff Program is a national model scholarship and education, recognition from the research community, and the promise of continued distinction. for preparing students from underrepresented Founded in 1826, Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio. The groups for graduate programs in STEM. UMBC Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has a renowned history of scholarly activities that have pushed has been in the top five U.S. News & World the frontiers of mechanical and aerospace engineering, from space exploration to robotics. In recent years, the faculty Report “Most Innovative Schools” both years have successfully engaged in cutting-edge research across a broad spectrum of classical and emerging fields, that the list was published, and has been in the including biologically inspired robotics, biomechanics, big data analytics, additive and sustainable manufacturing, top 20 for their “Best Undergraduate Teaching” nanomaterials, high rate material deformation and failure, multifunctional material systems, energy storage, for the last eight years. The Chronicle of Higher microgravity fluids, thermal management, fire engineering, etc. Education has recognized UMBC as a “great college to work for” for seven consecutive We seek outstanding scholars who demonstrate a clear vision and plan to successfully establish fundamental years. and competitively-funded research programs in areas including but not limited to fluid mechanics, thermal system management, multifunctional and adaptive aero-structures, aero- and space-propulsion, electric-machines and energy For a complete job description, application pro- storage, unmanned aerial systems design, and other emerging areas of aerospace engineering with high scholarly cedures, and more information about the Me- impact. A doctorate in Mechanical, Aerospace or a closely related Science/Engineering field is required. In addition, the chanical Engineering Department and UMBC, successful candidate is expected to actively contribute to the core undergraduate and graduate teaching missions of please visit http://me.umbc.edu/Chairsearch. the department, and to engage in departmental, institutional, and professional service activities. To receive full consideration, please submit your application by November 15, 2017. A Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements on teaching and research, copy of three start date of January 2018 is anticipated, but representative journal papers, and the names and contact information of at least four professional referees. Please a later start date, up to August 2018, may be send these documents electronically in one PDF file to [email protected]. Evaluation of applications will negotiated. UMBC is an Affirmative Action/EEO begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. Employer and highly encourages applica- Case Western Reserve University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing tions from veterans, minorities, women, and employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regards to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual individuals with disabilities. orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. FACULTY POSITION IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING University of Colorado Boulder The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware Faculty Positions in Robotics, Dynamics and Control (UD) invites applications for a faculty position focused at an associate or The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado full professor level, in the area of robotics systems including but not limited Boulder invites applications for three tenure-track faculty positions beginning to bio-inspired design, mobile manipulation, machine learning, human- fall 2018. We are interested in candidates with demonstrated strong theoretical machine interaction. The Department consists of 26 full-time faculty mem- or applied research experience in robotics, dynamics and control. We are especially interested in the following areas: control and dynamical systems, bers actively engaged in the core research areas of biomechanics, clean autonomous systems, field robotics, advanced manufacturing, human-robot energy and environment, composite and advanced materials, nanotechnol- systems, cyber-physical systems, security and verification, multifunctional/ ogy, and robotics and controls. The Department has also demonstrated robotic materials, and precision medicine. Candidates must clearly indicate their areas of relevant research expertise in their cover letters. interest and institutional commitment in autonomous systems, and is look- Candidates are expected to complement and strengthen existing college ing for an individual who will lead campus-wide initiatives in the area. More research or develop new high-impact research directions. Candidates are information can be found at www.me.udel.edu. also expected to demonstrate an ability or record of excellence working with and contributing to a climate that attracts and supports students of all races, Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, or a closely relat- nationalities and genders. The College’s vision of successful candidates ed field from an accredited university and be a dynamic leader with inter- includes an earned doctorate in Engineering or a closely related science field, a significant commitment to scholarship, the potential to develop an externally national visibility, who has demonstrated excellence in innovative research, funded research program, and ability to teach at the undergraduate and a track record of substantially expanding external funding, and an ability to graduate levels in engineering. Positions are available at all career levels. lead large interdisciplinary, multi-institutional research initiatives. To apply By January 1, 2018, interested persons should apply through the web visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/45169 . Applications received by site http://www.cu.edu/cu-careers (Requisition ID: 11154) and submit electronic files (pdf format) containing a cover letter, curriculum vita, two-page December 15, 2017, will be given full consideration. However, the search statements of research and teaching interests, respectively, and the names, will continue until the position is filled. addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three references. Review of applications will begin as they are received, and will continue The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which until the positions are filled. Additional information regarding the College of encourages applications from Minority Group Members, Women, Engineering search process as well as our research and academic programs Individuals with Disabilities and Veterans. can be found at http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/. The University of The University's Notice of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse Non-Discrimination can be seen at: workforce. www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html

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ENGINEERING LEAD • Previous responsibility for supervision The Engineering Lead provides technical, project of internal technical teams and external and Engineering organizational leadership, technical consultants including systems, mechanical and electrical • Excellent systems engineering skills, with engineering, with the aim to deliver first-of-a- demonstrated ability to clarify and resolve kind prototypes and new products. He/she will complex technical issues that cross multiple Tenure-Track or be capable of managing complex technology disciplines. Tenured Faculty Candidates development projects with a “hands on” approach. He/She will accelerate development • Excellent communication skills with ability to The Department of Aerospace and and deployment of technology by leveraging lead and influence technical teams and clearly Mechanical Engineering at USC is seeking external companies and academics in addition explain tradeoff options and decisions to Company R&D resources. Opportunity for applications for tenure-track or tenured • Technical background in several of the promotion. faculty candidates. We seek outstanding following areas: candidates for a position at any rank. Responsibilities: o System Engineering The Viterbi School of Engineering at USC Responsible that all new product development o Electromechanical Engineering is committed to increasing the diversity goals are achieved on time, on budget and meet Hardware/Software Design and of its faculty and welcomes applications the product performance requirements. Develop Development from women, underrepresented groups, system tradeoffs and technical content for the o Sensor/Controls Development a veterans, and individuals with disabilities. SunCell product/technology roadmap. Includes nd Integration deep understanding of imbedded technologies o Rapid Prototyping and Product We invite applications from candidates within the SunCell subsystems. Deployment knowledgeable in all fields of aerospace and mechanical engineering, with Qualifications: For consideration email your resume’ to particular interest in advanced • 10+ Years experience in leadership roles for [email protected], or via fax manufacturing and robotics, aerospace new product development (609) 490-1066. structures, energy engineering/propulsion, • Experience fulfilling a key technical leadership For addition information please visit and physics-based computational role on large scale technical projects, being Brilliant Light Power, Inc. website engineering. Applications are also directly responsible for managing projects http://www.brilliantlightpower.com larger than $10 million dollars. He/she should encouraged from more senior applicants have a proven record in bringing those projects whose accomplishments may be Brilliant Light Power, Inc. is an Equal to full completion as a deployed technology considered transformative. Outstanding Opportunity Employer senior applicants who have demonstrated solution/product academic excellence and leadership, • Demonstrated eperience in all phases from and whose past activities document early concept to post-launch product support. For all recruitment advertising opportunities a commitment to issues involving the • Previous responsibility for overall product Contact: James Pero advancement of women in science and performance and/or program management (212) 591-7783 engineering may also be considered for the including ability to balance usability, reliability, [email protected] Lloyd Armstrong, Jr. Endowed Chair, which cost, performance and schedule. is supported by the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Program endowment. Applicants must have earned a Ph.D. or the equivalent in a relevant field by the beginning of the appointment and have a strong research and publication record. Applications must include a letter clearly indicating area(s) of specialization, a detailed curriculum vitae, a concise statement of current and future research directions, a teaching statement, and contact information for at least four professional references. Applicants are encouraged to include a succinct statement on fostering an environment of diversity and inclusion. This material Faculty Positions in Mechanical Engineering should be submitted electronically at Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://ame.usc.edu/facultypositions/. Applications should be submitted by Cambridge, MA December 15, 2017; any received after The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Mechanical Engineering seeks candidates for this date may not be considered. faculty positions starting July 2018 or on a mutually agreed date thereafter. Appointments will be at the assistant or untenured associate professor level. In special cases, a senior faculty appointment will be considered. Our department is committed to fostering interdisciplinary research that can address grand challenges facing our society. We seek candidates who will provide inspiration and leadership in research, contribute proactively to both undergraduate and graduate level teaching in the Mechanical Engineering department and add to the diversity of the academic community. Faculty duties include teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, advising students and conducting research. Candidates must hold an earned Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or a related field by the beginning of USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative employment. Candidates in all areas related to Mechanical Engineering will be considered, including, but not limited action employer. All qualified applicants to: (1) mechanics: modeling, experimentation and computation, (2) design, manufacturing, and product development, will receive consideration for employment (3) control, instrumentation, and robotics, (4) energy science and engineering, (5) ocean science and engineering, (6) without regard to race, color, religion, sex, bioengineering, and (7) micro/nanoengineering. sexual orientation, gender identity, national In addition to searching broadly in mechanical engineering, the department has dedicated positions available in design. origin, protected veteran status, disability, Please refer to the special advertisements on our website (http://meche.mit.edu/faculty-positions) for details. or any other characteristic protected by Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, and copies of no more than law or USC policy. USC will consider for three publications. They should also arrange for four individuals to submit letters of recommendation on their behalf. employment all qualified applicants with This information must be entered electronically at the following site: https://school-of-engineering-faculty-search. criminal histories in a manner consistent mit.edu/meche/register.tcl by December 1, 2017 when review of applications will begin. with the requirements of the Los Angeles MIT is an equal-opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance. encouraged to apply. Live Streaming Classes – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Explore S&T’s Graduate MS/PHD Distance Programs Department of Mechanical Engineering Multiple Tenure-Track Faculty Positions Graduate Certificate Programs: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions to begin in August • Composite Materials & Structures 2018. Candidates with expertise in all areas related to mechanical engineering are invited to apply. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in • Control Systems Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field. Candidates will be considered at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels. Applicants • Energy Conversion & Transport at the Associate and Full Professor levels must have active nationally or internationally recognized research programs. • Engineering Mechanics The ME Department currently has 40 full-time faculty members and • Manufacturing Automation supports strong graduate and undergraduate programs in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering. Enrollments during the Fall Semester 2017 include 860 undergraduate students in major and 220 graduate students. Current departmental areas of research strength include unmanned and robotic systems, electronic packaging and reliability, solid mechanics and advanced materials, electronics cooling and thermal GET STARTED TODAY management, tribology, advanced powertrains, additive manufacturing, biomechanics, MEMS, and energy systems. The Auburn University distance.mst.edu College of Engineering has several unique opportunities to enable faculty success including (1) strong connection with the defense industry, (2) local automotive and aerospace companies including production additive manufacturing, (3) a class 10 clean room for electronics manufacturing and packaging, (4) MRI center, (5) automotive test track, and (6) collaborations with faculty in veterinary medicine and a new medical school. Additional information can be found at http://www.eng.auburn.edu/mech/. The individuals selected for these positions will be expected to contribute to the growth of the department by developing a strong externally-funded research program, collaborating on interdisciplinary research projects, publishing research results in appropriate scholarly outlets, directing graduate students, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, and Mechanical Engineering Faculty Position being involved in service to the department and profession. Excellent TENURE TRACK position at the assistant professor level in the Department of communication skills and a high level of personal motivation are required. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering starting August 15, 2018. Qualified The candidates selected for these positions must be able to meet eligibility candidates must have earned a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, requirements to work in the United States at the time appointment is aerospace engineering or a related discipline. Evidence of degree completion scheduled to begin and continue working legally for the proposed term of by May 31, 2018 must be provided. The successful candidate is expected to employment. teach undergraduate and graduate courses in mechanical and/or aerospace Applicants should submit a cover letter, current CV, statements of engineering, advise undergraduate and graduate students, conduct cutting- research vision and teaching philosophy, and three references at: edge research, supervise graduate theses, and serve on university, college, and http://aufacultypositions.peopleadmin.com/postings/2473. Review of department committees. The candidate is also expected to develop new courses applications will begin on November 1, 2017 and continue until successful and the associated laboratory facilities as necessary. candidates have been identified. Qualified candidates with demonstrated expertise in the areas of ground or space Auburn University is one of the nation’s premier public land-grant vehicle structures and systems, next-generation sensing and/or biomedical institutions. In 2018, it was ranked 46th among public universities by engineering are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to candidates with U.S. News and World Report. Auburn maintains high levels of research a proven research and publication record, with potential to secure externally activity and high standards for teaching excellence, offering Bachelor’s, funded research grants, and post-doctoral experience. Master’s, Educational Specialist, and Doctor’s degrees in agriculture and The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department offers Bachelor’s engineering, the professions, and the arts and sciences. Its 2017 enrollment and Master’s degree programs in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace of 29,776 students includes 23,964 undergraduates and 5,812 graduate Engineering, and a Ph.D. program in Mechanical Engineering. The department’s and professional students. Organized into twelve academic colleges and faculty is engaged in federally funded research projects from agencies such schools, Auburn’s 1,450 faculty members offer more than 200 educational as NSF, NIH, NASA, DOD, DARPA, and DOT. The MAE department is the largest programs. The University is nationally recognized for its commitment department in the college with a current enrollment of 120 M.S. and Ph.D. to academic excellence, its positive work environment, its student students and 800 undergraduate students. The undergraduate mechanical engagement, and its beautiful campus. Auburn residents enjoy a thriving engineering and aerospace engineering programs are both accredited community, recognized as one of the “best small towns in America,” with by EAC/ABET. More information can be found at: moderate climate and easy access to major cities or to beach and mountain https://wmich.edu/mechanical-aerospace/. recreational facilities. Situated along the rapidly developing I-85 corridor Submit a single PDF file that includes the following: a cover letter, a curriculum between Atlanta, Georgia, and Montgomery, Alabama, the combined vita, a statement of research interests and teaching interests, and contact Auburn-Opelika-Columbus statistical area has a population of over 500,000, information for three references. The file should be submitted online at with excellent public school systems and regional medical centers. wmich.edu/hr/jobs (posting 0604123). 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pace may be the final frontier, but as for actual space intended to be 3-D printed by astronauts in orbit. Son the International Space Station, it’s a luxury. The Through this design and creative problem-solving recently launched Future Engineers challenge poses challenge, students will learn about the advantages of in-space a simple question: “Why use two things when one would be manufacturing, including customization. In short, astronauts better?” can print what they need, when they need it, and can make Enter “Two for the Crew,” the sixth in a series of space very specific parts for the unique environment on the station. innovation challenges developed by Future Engineers along Participants will explore concepts of mass and volume, with the ASME Foundation with technical assistance from while learning engineering and 3-D design skills. Submissions NASA. This national 3-D design challenge asks K-12 students from K-12 students in the United States will be accepted across the United States to combine two objects into one through December 19, 2017, and the winners will be for astronauts on the ISS. The end product will be a model announced on March 14, 2018. ME ASME LAUNCHES CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ON LATEST Y14.5 STANDARD As part of its effort to provide multinational sential language for mechanical engineering to obtain a widely respected credential for manufacturers with the means to reinforce drawings. understanding the complexities of Y14.5. exact engineering drawing and documentation The standard, used today in global indus- Technologist-level certification measures an interpretation throughout their supply chain, tries ranging from aerospace to construction, individual’s ability to understand, or “read,” ASME expanded its geometric dimensioning provides definitions, symbols, rules, and drawings that have been prepared using the and tolerancing (GDTP) personnel certifica- guidelines pertaining to the numerous geomet- language of GD&T as defined in the Y14.5– tion program this summer to align with its ric characteristics essential for drafting and 2009 standard. latest 2009 Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and designing products and systems. Senior-level certification indicates an indi- Tolerancing standard. Available at two levels, the certification vidual’s ability to select and apply, or “write,” Among ASME’s most widely applied program is offered for a fee to engineers, geometric controls to drawings as defined in technical standards, Y14.5 provides the es- drafters, and other professionals wishing the 2009 standard. ME MECHANICALMECHANICAL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER | MONTH 2017 | P.71

ASME PARTICIPATES IN REMEMBERING ASME PAST PRESIDENT SUMMER STREETS FESTIVAL RICHARD ROSENBERG IN NEW YORK ichard Rosenberg, RP.E., a longtime mem- n August 19, representatives from tent, located at Lexington Avenue and berb of ASME and former OASME took part in the NYC 52nd St., was one of a number of booths presidentp of the Society, Summer Streets program, which and exhibits in the Summer Streets passedp away on Aug. 26. is an annual celebration that each Au- “Environmental Zone,” where visitors A resident of San Diego, gust provides residents and visitors to could learn more about sustainable Calif.,C Rosenberg was 90 the Big Apple with a space for healthy energy solutions by participating in yearsy old. recreation and encourages New York- workshops and demonstrations led by a Rosenberg, who served ers to use more sustainable forms of variety of nonprofit organizations. asa the 106th president of transportation. Mark Archibald, professor of me- ASMEASME ffromrom 19198787 ttoo 191988,88 was an active member of Nearly seven miles of New York’s chanical engineering at Grove City ASME for nearly 60 years. A member of the Board roadways from Central Park to City College in Pennsylvania and the author of Governors from 1982 to 1984, Rosenberg was Hall were open to the public to view of the ASME Press book, Design of a member of the Alexander Holley Society and a exhibits, play, run, walk, and bike. NYC Human-Powered Vehicles, presented representative to the Archimedes Club at the time Summer Streets, which this year cel- a short workshop and demonstration of his passing. ebrated its 10th anniversary, is a project that gave visitors an overview of the Previously, he had served the Society in a of the New York City Department of design and use of human-powered number of leadership roles, including director Transportation. vehicles. Visitors were even given the of the ASME Foundation board of directors from Approximately 400 people stopped chance to sit in and drive the vehicle 1995-2001, chair of the Committee on Legal by ASME’s booth, which promoted the that Archibald brought from his school. Society’s new Engineering Festivals ASME staff members joined Ar- Affairs from 1999-2001, chair of the Committee on (E-Fest) program for engineering stu- chibald at the booth, where they dis- Staff from 1992-1997, chair of the Committee of dents as well as ASME’s long-running cussed the HPVC and E-Fest programs Past Presidents from 1991-1992, member of the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge and spread the word about ASME and Committee on Honors from 2006-2012, and adviser (HPVC) competitions, which are now engineering to NYC Summer Streets to the Nominating Committee from 1989-1992. An held during the E-Fests. The ASME participants. ME ASME Fellow, Rosenberg was named an Honorary Member of ASME in 2003 and received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 1992. ME

NEW STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION IN 2018 Taking inspiration from FIFA, the new ASME Student Design Competition challenge will bring together the finest teams in foot- ball—or soccer, as it’s known in the U.S.—to compete. In SDC, however, it won’t be teams of people on the playing field, but teams of Visitors were robots competing. The competition for 2018, given the “Robot Football,” will include a series of opportunity to matches conducted round-robin style, with ride a human- powered vehicle. a semi-final and final round determining the Images: ASME.org winning teams. The challenges will be held during the 2018 ASME E-Fest events. ME INPUT OUTPUT MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | NOVEMBER 2017 | P.72

Jonathan Tippett at the helm of Furrion’s Prosthesis. Photo: Furrion

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umbering across the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, the ver, B.C., the team launched a feverish grassroots money- L 8,500-pound machine called Prosthesis made quite an raising campaign through crowdfunding website Indiegogo. impression at this summer’s Burning Man festival. As The team invited lithium-ion battery suppliers and local the 14-foot-tall contraption stomped along like a giant skel- industry to contribute goods and services and created etal gorilla, it might have been easy to lose track of the man for-credit projects for engineering and design students. in the cockpit who must have been grinning ear to ear. Progress could be tracked via regular uploads of videos to “It’s a blending of my childhood fascinations with excava- YouTube. tors, off-road racing trucks, and dinosaurs,” said Jonathan The crew applied knowledge of leg design, hydraulics, Tippett, the founder, president, and CTO of Furrion Robot- electric power systems, and human controls to the fabrica- ics. With Tippett at the controls for thatat first test drivedrive,, tion of a two-thirds-scale prototype, Alpha Leg, the four-legged giant endured the harrowingrowing desert fforor uuses as a training platform for future Pros- terrain, an environment that seemed too threatenthreaten ththesis pilots. mechanical failure at every step. The venture was less a futuristic mech- Prosthesis is designed to run at up too 20 susuit program than it was a scrappy art mph, gobbling up terrain in 10-foot leaps.aps. pprojectroj until 2016, when it was discovered by But the machine is decidedly unautono-o- Furrion,Furrio the Elkhart, Ind., maker of technology mous. Prosthesis is designed to accentuateuate for tthe luxury market. CEO Aaron Fidler had human skill and physical mastery, not rre-e- beenbeen eying the project as just crazy enough place it. The massive battery packs powerwer toto bankroll.b Fidler partnered with Tip- large actuators, but the control system is pettpe and vowed to turn the “fictional back tied to the arms and legs of the driver, story” Tippett used to guide the art proj- who must pump his limbs to move ect—making a competitor in a mech the machine’s. sports racing league—into reality. Image: Jonathan Tippett Tippett said the goal is “to save the future for Off-road racing across deserts and over the humans,” where machines don’t take care of everything, hills may be the ultimate destination, but for now Tippett but dare and challenge us. pictures noncombative stadium racing on a dirt track, with Before Prosthesis, Tippett and his colleagues had built jumps and hurdles—and rules and penalties. Think Summer Mondo Spider, a 1,600-pound, eight-legged electromechani- Olympics crossed with motorsports, but with machine-am- cal walking vehicle for display at Burning Man in 2006. plified humans in the center of the competition. ME After that success, they decided they needed a bigger bot. Under the auspices of the eatArt Foundation in Vancou- MEREDITH NELSON is a writer based in New York City. 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Madrid, Spain, June 17–22, 2018 www.omae2018.com

Over 900 technical papers expected to be presented in the following symposia:

SYMP 1 - Offshore Technology SYMP 9 - Ocean Renewable Energy SYMP 2 - Structures, Safety and Reliability SYMP 10 - Offshore Geotechnics SYMP 3 - Materials Technology SYMP 11 - Petroleum Technology SYMP 4 - Pipelines, Risers, and Subsea Systems SYMP 12 - Honoring Symposium for Professor Carlos SYMP 5 - Ocean Space Utilization Guedes Soares on Marine Technology and Ocean SYMP 6 - Ocean Engineering Engineering SYMP 7 - Polar and Arctic Sciences and Technology SYMP 13 - Honoring Symposium for Professor Bernard SYMP 8 - Computational Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Structure Interaction Molin on Marine and Offshore Hydrodynamics Full-Length Draft Paper Submission Closes January 12, 2018* *Abstract deadline October 3, 2017. Authors may request special consideration for late abstract submission, as long as a draft paper is submitted with the abstract prior to January 12, 2018. omae2018.com #OMAE2018