Professor T. Shim received the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineering in March, 2008 for his outstanding achievements in teaching and research in the area of automotive engineering. Dr. Shim has a Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis. He joined the ME department at UM-Dearborn in 2001. His research and teaching interests center on vehicle control and dynamic systems modeling.

 

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Professor Hong Tae Kang was promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure effective September, 2009. Professor Kang received his doctoral degree from The University of Alabama in 1999 and joined the department as an assistant professor in September, 2003. His area of research includes Materials Fatigue, Fatigue of Welded Joints and Structures, Design of Lightweight Vehicle Structure, Battery Package Design, and Advanced High Strength Steels.

Professor Pravansu Mohanty, in collaboration with Dr. Armen Zakarian of the IMSE department, received a $2.9 million award from the U.S. Department of the Navy. This award will enable him to continue to design and develop new manufacturing techniques for fabricating medical implants and prostheses.

Professor Oleg Zikanov received a grant in the Oak Ridge Associated Universities/Oak Ridge National Laboratory High Performance Computing Grant competition. His proposal, "Effect of Liquid-Phase Turbulence of Microstructure Growth in Solidification," was chosen as one of the four winners out of 39 proposals received. The grant has a potential $75,000 monetary award over a three-year period.

Professor Oleg Zikanov received the 2009 Distinguished Research Award. Formally presented at the Twenty-seventh Annual Honor Scholars and Faculty Awards Dinner, the award included a plaque and a check for $3000.