 Professor Dale E. Calkins received an equipment grant from Hewlett-Packard for a new HP 735/125 high level graphics workstation and an associated software grant from the Concentra Corporation. The workstation will be used for a new graduate course in design methodology. Professor Calkins also received a NSF grant which unites UW, WSU and Tacoma Community College in a partnership to develop a consistent freshman design engineering curriculum.
Professor Creighton A. Depew was elevated to the grade of Fellow by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., on January 28, 1995. This honor recognizes Professor Depew for engineering excellence and professionalism.
Professors Joseph L. Garbini, William R. Murray, and Jens E. Jorgensen received an $133,000 grant from the Washington Technology Center (WTC) and ELDEC Corporation to determine the parasitic effects that presently limit performance in measuring the mass flow rate of aircraft fuel.
Professor Barry Hyman was honored as Academic Engineer of the Year by the Puget Sound Engineering Council.
Professors Michael Jenkins and Mamidala Ramulu received an $87,000 grant from the WTC and Flow International, to identify and characterize alternative wear-resistant materials for mixing tubes (nozzles) applications in abrasive waterjet systems.
Professor Albert S. Kobayashi received the American Society for Engineering Education General Electric Senior Research Award on June 28, 1995. The award recognizes him for significant contributions to engineering research in the fields of fracture mechanics and its application to fast crack growth and arrest and the safety of aging aircraft. Professor Kobayashi also received the M.M. Frocht Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) "for outstanding achievement as an experimental mechanics educator." He is past president ('89-'90) of SEM.
Professor William R. Murray received an $83,378 grant from WTC and the Vancouver Division of Hewlett-Packard to develop the technology for a sensor-based automated cell that fills part trays with injection-molded plastic parts that were shipped in bulk.
Professors Steve Shen, Brian C. Fabien, Per G. Reinhall, Fred K. Forster, and Mamidala Ramulu received a $32,000 grant from the College of Engineering to acquire a laser vibrometer.
Professor Steve Shen received a $39,000 award from Conner Peripherals to study nontraditional vibration phenomena encountered in modern disk drives.
Professors Minoru Taya, Albert S. Kobayashi and Michael G. Jenkins received a $310,000 AFOSR equipment grant to design a new environmental high temperature testing system for advanced materials. This is the largest equipment grant that ME has ever received.
Professor Minoru Taya received grants of $10,000 from NSI and $25,000 from NEDO in support of the First US-Japan Workshop on Smart Materials and Structures, to be held December 4-5, 1995, at UW. Professors K. Inoue and Steve Shen are co-organizers of the Workshop.
Professor Mark E. Tuttle was elected president of the SEM for 1995-'96. He was also promoted to Professor on September 16, 1995.
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