Mechanical Engineering

ME Hall of Fame

2008 Award Winner | 2006 Award Winners | Submit a Nomination

Welcome to Mechanical Engineering's Hall of Fame, inaugurated in the centennial year of the department (2006). Election to the ME Hall of Fame is intended as a lifetime achievement award to honor ME alumni, former students, faculty, and staff who have made major contributions to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and/or to the Mechanical Engineering discipline. New inductees to the Hall of Fame are recommended by a committee consisting of current Hall of Fame members, faculty, and staff. Committee recommendations must then be approved by a vote of active ME faculty.

The primary criterion to be considered is that the nominee must have made major and lasting contributions to:

New inductees to the ME Hall of Fame are honored during spring graduation ceremonies, held in early June of each year.

Nominating a New Member

Nominations for new ME Hall of Fame members are welcomed from all interested parties. Nominations received by March 1 of every year will be considered for induction that year.

Instructions on nominating a new member are available HERE.

The 2008 inductee into the Mechanical Engineering Hall of Fame was Dr. Savio Woo, who was honored also as a College of Engineering Diamond Award winner that same year.