Faculty Distinctions--Fellows

College of Engineering faculty who are Fellows of professional societies

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

  • Richard Barnwell (also ESM): Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
  • Alan Brown: Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).
  • Eugene Cliff (Emeritus): Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Bernard Grossman: Fellow of AIAA.
  • Zafer Gurdal (Emeritus, also ESM): Associate Fellow and Lifetime Member of AIAA.
  • Christopher Hall: Associate Fellow of AIAA; Fellow of American Astronautical Society (AAS)
  • Rakesh Kapania: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • James Marchman: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • William Mason: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Joseph Schetz: Fellow of AIAA; Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Roger Simpson: Fellow of AIAA, ASME and the Institute of Diagnostic Engineers (IDE).
  • Robert Walters: Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Joseph Wang: Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Biological and Systems Engineering

  • John Cundiff: Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
  • Saied Mostaghimi: Fellow of ASABE.
  • Mary Leigh Wolfe: Fellow of ASABE.

Chemical Engineering

  • Donald Baird: Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers.
  • Y.A. Liu: Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
  • Garth Wilkes (Emeritus): Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Greg Boardman: Fellow of ASCE.
  • Finley Charney: Fellow of ASCE.
  • Tom Dingus: Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
  • Michael Duncan: Honorary Member of ASCE.
  • George Filz: Fellow of ASCE.
  • James Mitchell (Emeritus): Honorary Member of ASCE.
  • Thomas Murray: Fellow of ASCE.
  • Raymond Plaut: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Academy of Mechanics.
  • Dusan Teodorovic: Fellow of the Serbian Scientific Society.
  • Michael Vorster: Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers.
  • Richard Walker (Emeritus): Fellow of ASCE.
  • Richard Weyers: Fellow of the American Concrete Institute.

Computer Science

  • J.A.N. Lee (Emeritus): Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
  • Richard Nance (Emeritus): Fellow of ACM.
  • Layne Watson: Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Ioannis Besieris (Emeritus): Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
  • William Blackwell (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE.
  • Charles Bostian: Fellow of IEEE and the Radio Club of America.
  • Gary Brown: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Dan Chen (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE.
  • Richard Claus (also MSE): Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) and the Institute of Physics.
  • David de Wolf (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE and the Optical Society of America (OSA).
  • Robert Hendricks (also MSE): Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Physical Society (APS).
  • Ira Jacobs: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Fred Lee: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Yilu Liu: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Arun Phadke (Emeritus): Fellow of IEEE.
  • T.C. Poon: Fellow of OSA and SPIE.
  • Saifur Rahman: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Krishnan Ramu: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Jeffrey Reed: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Sedki Riad: Fellow of IEEE.
  • F. William Stephenson (Emeritus): Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and IEEE.
  • Rogers Stolen: Fellow of APS and OSA.
  • Warren Stutzman: Fellow of IEEE.
  • William Tranter: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Daan van Wyk: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Yue ("Joseph") Wang: Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
  • Amir Zaghloul: Fellow of IEEE.

Engineering Science and Mechanics

  • Hassan Aref: Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), the Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, and the World Innovation Foundation.
  • Richard Barnwell (also AOE): Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
  • Richard Benson, Dean (also ME): Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Romesh Batra: Fellow of ASME, American Society of Mechanics, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Society of Engineering Science.
  • David Dillard: Robert L. Patrick Fellow of The Adhesion Society.
  • Norman Dowling (also MSE): Fellow of the American Society for Testing and Materials International.
  • J. C. Duke: Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) and of ASME.
  • Zafer Gurdal (Emeritus, also AOE): Associate Fellow and Lifetime Member of AIAA.
  • Robert Heller (Emeritus): Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • E. G. Henneke: Fellow of ASNT.
  • Michael Hyer: Fellow of AIAA, the American Society for Composites, ASME, and AAM.
  • Robert Jones (Emeritus): Fellow of AIAA.
  • Glenn Kraige: Fellow of ASEE.
  • Ali Nayfeh: Fellow of AIAA, AAM, APS, ASME, and the Society for Design and Process Science.
  • Ishwar Puri (ESM Dept. Head): Fellow of ASME and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
  • Daniel Schneck (Emeritus): Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; inaugural Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
  • M. P. Singh: Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • Demetri Telionis: Fellow of the American Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Fellow of AIAA.

Industrial and Systems Engineering

  • John Casali: Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).
  • Joel Nachlas: Fellow of the American Society for Quality.
  • Subhash Sarin: Fellow of IIE.
  • Hanif Sherali: Fellow of IIE and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
  • Don Taylor (Dept. Head): Fellow of IIE.
  • Paul Torgersen: Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and IIE.
  • Eileen Van Aken: Fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Sciences.

Materials Science and Engineering

  • David Clark: Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.
  • Richard Claus (also ECE): Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering and the Institute of Physics.
  • Norman Dowling (also ESM): Fellow of the American Society for Testing and Materials International.
  • Diana Farkas: Fellow of the American Society for Materials International.
  • Diane Folz: Fellow of ACerS and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.
  • Robert Hendricks (also ECE): Fellow of the AAAS and the American Physical Society (APS).

Mechanical Engineering

  • Mehdi Ahmadian: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
  • Kenneth S Ball: Fellow of ASME
  • Richard Benson, Dean (also ESM): Fellow of ASME.
  • Eugene Brown: Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
  • Thomas Diller: Fellow of ASME.
  • Daniel Inman: Fellow of AIAA, the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, the American Academy of Mechanics, and ASME.
  • Gordon Kirk: Fellow of ASME.
  • Wing Ng: Fellow of ASME and Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • Walter O'Brien: Life Fellow of ASME and Associate Fellow of AIAA.
  • John Pohl (Research Professor at ARI): Fellow of the Australian Energy Institute.
  • Charles Reinholtz: Fellow of ASME.
  • Michael von Spakovsky: Fellow of ASME.

Mining and Minerals Engineering

  • Michael Karmis: Distinguished Member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME).
  • Thomas Novak: Fellow of IEEE.
  • Roe-Hoan Yoon: Distinguished Member of SME.
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