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department of mechanical engineering texas tech university presentation to me industrial advisory committee and me acad

. ASME Design CompetitionTexas Tech University participated in its first ever design competition sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Corbett Schoenfelt, Eric Greenberg, Christie Farmer, Mike Farris, and Evan Shimek built a Human Powered Vehicle for judging. The model was judged and graded on several criteria including analysis, research conducted, a 60 kilometer endurance event, and a sprint event, originality, aesthetics, and design practicalit1142

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    1. Department of Mechanical EngineeringTexas Tech University

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    12. ASME Design Competition Texas Tech University participated in its first ever design competition sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Corbett Schoenfelt, Eric Greenberg, Christie Farmer, Mike Farris, and Evan Shimek built a Human Powered Vehicle for judging. The model was judged and graded on several criteria including analysis, research conducted, a 60 kilometer endurance event, and a sprint event, originality, aesthetics, and design practicality  

    14. Doyle Takes First Place in ASME Design Competition

    15. Anderson Receives Distinguished Teaching Award

    16. Mechanical Engineering Alumnus To Serve as Commander for Navy Aircraft Carrier Capt. John D. Alexander, a native of Port Neches and a 1982 mechanical engineering graduate, took over in January as commanding officer of the USS Abraham Lincoln during a ceremony on board the ship.

    17. Dr. Ming Chyu, professor of mechanical engineering, has initiated a new international peer-reviewed journal entitled the Journal of Healthcare Engineering.

    18. Lubbers Receives McAuley Distinguished Engineering Student Award

    21. Faculty Promotion   Dr. Darryl James was promoted to full professor   Dr. Jahan Rasty was promoted to full professor

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    23. Student Organizations Pi Tau Sigma hosted the 2010 International Convention. The chapter swept the awards winning both the Outstanding Chapter and Outstanding Service Awards. This is the fourth time in the last five years that we have swept these awards. 

    24. New Faculty and Staff Members Mechanical Engineering department welcomes Dr. Chang Dong Yeo, assistant Professor, Ms. Linda Whitebread, Business Supervisor, and Ms. Tayler Claudio, Senior Business Asst. Dr. Chang Dong Yeo was a Staff Development Engineer in Seagate Technology LLC, MN. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Yonsei University in South Korea, and earned his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008. Linda comes to Texas Tech from The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock where she worked as Assistant Director. She helped that organization grow from a small start-up art center to a beautiful facility that is now a landmark presence for the arts in the South Plains. Tayler comes to Texas Tech from Panhandle Plains Student Loan Center where she worked as a Student Loan Account Specialist.

    25. Faculty Development Leave Dr. Idesman is on a sabbatical leave to work at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base, Milton, FL. Dr. Anderson is on Leave of absence to teach at the Air force Academy for one year. He received a grant $192, 431 by the US Air Force. .

    26. Faculty Grants Dr. Ed Anderson was awarded $192,431 from U. S. Air Force Academy. Dr. Sukalyan Bhattacharya was awarded $100,000 by the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. Dr. Jordan M. Berg was awarded $4,511.65 by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Jordan M. Berg, Ayrton Bernussi, Zhaoyang Fan, Luis Grave de Peralta, Mark W. Holtz, Hongxing Jiang, Jingyu Lin, and Sergey A. Nikishin were awarded $1,358,460 by the U.S. Army. Drs. Jordan M. Berg, Ayrton Bernussi, Zhaoyang Fan, Mark W. Holtz, and Sergey A. Nikishin were awarded $646,520 by the National Science Foundation. The title of the proposal was "MRI: Acquisition of a Molecular Beam Epitaxy System for Nano-Engineered AlGaInN Optoelectronic Devices: Research, Training, and Education." Dr. Jharna Chaudhuri was awarded $533,500 from NSF. Dr. Alan F. Jankowski from the Mechanical Engineering Department, Dr. Jiangyu Lin from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Dr. Dominick Casadonte from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Dr. Moira Ridley from the Geosciences Department are Co-PIs for this project.  Dr. Ming-Chien Chyu was awarded $11,377.80 from the USDA and Texas Tech University Health and Sciences Center.    

    27. Faculty Grants Dr. Darryl James was awarded $58,843 and $124,392 form Sandia National Laboratory.  Dr. Yangzhang Ma was awarded $109,568 by the Department of the Army and Iowa State University, and $75,000 by DOD, DTRA, and Iowa State University. Dr Michelle L. Pantoya was awarded $148,189 by the U. S. Army Research Office, $45,539 from the TX Emerging Technology Fund and Ironbridge Technology, $60,000 from the Office of Naval Research, $92,340 by DOD, DTRA, and The University of Texas , $140,110 by the National Science Foundation,$23,000 from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory . Dr. Jingzhou Yang received a grant ($25,085) from Caterpillar Inc., a grant ($99,999) from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and a grant ($174,867) from National Science Foundation (NSF) Dr. Jingzhou Yang was awarded $1,175 by Texas Space Grant Consortium.  

    28. Student Awards Birce Dikici received the following awards this year; The Golden Key Engineering & Technology Achievement Award (Spring 2009), A Boeing Engineering Scholarship (Summer 2009), and the Summer Dissertation/Thesis Research Award (Summer 2009). Jichang Dai, Dr. Yang’s MS student, received the James Douglas and Mary Hazlewood Memorial Fellowship for the academic year 2009-2010. Billy Clark, Adam Stroud, Ryan Breighner, Eric Collins, Chris Umstead and Luke Mayer received the Presidential Ph. D. Fellowship. Amanda Gordon, Haileyesus B. Endeshaw and Robyn Veraa received Presidential MS Fellowships.    

    29. Student Awards Luke Mayer also received AT&T Chancellor’s Fellowship. Luke Mayer, Senay Imam, Zhenyi Liu, Burak Ozsoy, Jianzhe Wu and Shi Li received College of Engineering Sybil Harrington Fellowship. Jared Gragg and Eric Nixon received 2010-2011 AT&T Chancellor’s Fellowship.

    30. Additional Faculty and Adjunct Positions Seon Han’s Replacement Mechanical Engineering department has received following new faculty positions Cash Chair in Nuclear Engineering Dr. Ray Derosiers’ Replacement Whitacre Chair in Energy Storage Adjuncts positions as needed due to enrollment growth (five in 2010-2011)

    31. Undergraduate Laboratory Development Getting about 60 new computers (open lab, ME lounge and labs). Spending about $60,000 for three undergraduate laboratories (Mat lab, metallographic equipment, updating control lab). $20,000 came from the donation.

    32. Recent Space Renovation Dr. Jankowski’s Lab (ME 133BB, almost complete) ME 119 (Dr. Ma’s Nanomaterials Lab, complete) Next to Dr. Jankowski’s Lab (under renovation) ME 133A (adjacent to wind tunnel, under construction) ME 138 (Dr. Chaudhuri’s TEM lab)

    33. The Mechanical Engineering Department students (1,000) faculty (28) and instructors (6 full time) are increasing in number. The ME undergraduate program is well reputed as indicated by enrollment and competition among industry to recruit our students. According to ASEE data our department was ranked 23rd in producing BSME graduates in 2008 (total of 274 schools reported). Average SAT score in 2008, 1226. Average GRE score in 2008, 1169 (Math 725). Honors program in ME is working well. Enrollment management plan is working well. New undergraduate curriculum has more technical electives. Set up a minor in nuclear engineering at the college level. General Comments

    34. Number of students in 150 hr. BS/MS is currently 31. Research in the department is growing. The department strives to achieve excellence in graduate program and research. The department is working on a new strategic planning The department is working towards 2011-2012 ABET visit. Space is very limited for further growth General Comments

    35. The ME Department should continue to improve the excellent undergraduate program and prepare for the next ABET visit in 2011. Work towards increasing the FE exam passing rate Aggressively seek more external funding to support more graduate students on external funds. The department should work with the college towards recruiting more women and underrepresented group students. Encourage more students to assume co-op/internship. Come up with a new strategic planning. Get more laboratory/research space. Work with College Development office to raise funding. Implementation Plan (Strategies)– 2010-2011

    36. Long Term Implementation Plan- Strategies Get more new faculty, instructor, staff positions (asked for 10 new faculty positions in next five years). Maintain an excellent undergraduate program by improving it continuously. Aggressively seek external funding; must support more graduate students on research grants. Try to retain students from women and underrepresented groups Improve graduate program Get more space

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