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Asst. Professor Wojciech Lipiński received the 2013 Elsevier / JQSRT Raymond Viskanta Award in Radiative Transfer at the 7th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer in Kusadasi, Turkey.

Vincent Wheeler, ME graduate student, has won a Fulbright grant to study at the Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU).  It is the technological university in Norway located in the city of Trondheim.  Wheeler and his wife leave in August and will be there for ten months.  While there, he will be working with two professors (one in Physics and one in Energy and Processes Engineering) on various aspects of modeling and simulations of small-scale thermal systems using kinetic theory.

Professor Kumar Tamma and Jason Har have authored a new textbook and reference book for graduate students, researchers, engineers and scientists working in the field of computational mechanics, and in the general areas of computational sciences and engineering. Available from Wiley.

Professor Kumar Tamma will give a plenary lecture titled, "Isochronous Integrators and Implicit/Explicit Framework for Computational Dynamics" at the 4th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering at COMPDYN June 12-14, 2013, in Kos Island, Greece.

Daniel Boman, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, has been named a 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. in his major field and a career in research and development in the energy sector. More...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has awarded the Einstein Professorship to Professor David Pui. The award goes to internationally recognized distinguished scientists who are actively working at the frontiers of science and technology. Professor Pui will spend two to three weeks giving lectures at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, the Institute of Earth Environment in Xi'an, and the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in Beijing.

 

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