Category: Awards
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Beers/Wood honored with 2024 Rosenblatt-Michigan award
Beers/Wood Honored with 2024 Rosenblatt-Michigan Award Gregory Beers, P.E. (MSE 95, BSE 94) and Cory Wood (BSE 93), esteemed alumni of the University of Michigan College of Engineering, have been awarded the 2024 Rosenblatt-Michigan Award. Cory Wood received his BS in NAME in 1993 and Greg. Beers was right behind a BS in 1994 and…
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Wilkinson named 2024 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department Merit Awardee
The Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering is proud to announce Kari Wilkinson as the 2024 recipient of the Alumni Merit Award. The award, presented at the Alumni Awards Dinner during Michigan Engineering Homecoming Weekend, honors alumni who exemplify the College’s tradition of excellence and have achieved remarkable professional accomplishments. Wilkinson, executive vice president…
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Student wins award for Innovative Design Paper at International Marine Design Conference
Connor Arrigan, a Ph.D. student under the mentorship of Professor Singer at the University of Michigan, recently won the inaugural Best Student Paper Award at the 15th International Marine Design Conference. His paper, titled “The Importance of Ontological Commitment and Linguistics in Relation to the Elucidation of Design Requirements,” explores how the role of linguistics…
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Professor Singer NAME faculty award recipient
Associate Professor David J. Singer is honored as the department’s 2024 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Faculty Award recipient. Singer is the director of the Advanced Naval Concepts Research (ANCR) Laboratory, director of the NAVSEA Ship Production Science Program, and was co-director of the Naval Engineering Education Center (NEEC). He conducts research in the areas…
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Professor Zuo named Herbert Sadler Collegiate Professor
Lei Zuo has been named the Herbert C. Sadler Collegiate Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in a ceremony on November 15th where he presented a lecture; Growth and Opportunities of Marine Enginery and the Blue Economy. Zuo joined the department in August 2022 from Virginia Tech where he was the Robert E. Hord…
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Fireman/Singer to participate in Navy’s new Science and Technology Board
Howard Fireman (NAME BSE ‘79, MSE ‘85) and Associate Professor David J. Singer (NAME BSE ‘95, MEng ‘97, IOE MSE ‘01, and NAME PHD ‘03) have been appointed to participate in the Department of the Navy’s newly established Science and Technology Board (DON STB). Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced recently the establishment…
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Richard McCreary named 2023 Rosenblatt-Michigan Awardee
Richard McCreary graduated from the University of Michigan College of Engineering with a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 1977, and completed his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago while working his first professional job at Lamont Shipbuilding and Repair. He is now president of Hendry Marine Industries Gulf Marine…
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Regents approve appointment of Professor David R. Dowling as ABS faculty chair
The Regents have approved the appointment of David R. Dowling as the ABS Professor of Marine and Offshore Design Performance, for a five-year renewable term, effective February 1, 2023, through January 31, 2028.
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Professor Dong appointed Collegiate Professor of Engineering
Pingsha Dong has been appointed as the Robert F. Beck Collegiate Professor of Engineering effective March 1st, 2022 through February 28th, 2027.
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David Dowling named interim chair of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department
Professor David Dowling assumes the role of interim chair of the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering department
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Yulin Pan recipient of 2020-2021 NAME Outstanding Faculty Award
Assistant Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering has been named the 2020-2021 NAME Department Outstanding Faculty recipient
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Five faculty honored for increasing women’s participation in computing
EXPERTS: A team of NAME and EECS faculty have been awarded with a Second Place Excellence in Promoting Women in Undergraduate Computing Award. The collaborative team at the University of Michigan includes Dr. Mary Lou Dorf, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Valeria Bertacco, Dr. Amir Kamil, Dr. Laura Alford, and Dr. William Arthur; the Team’s Extension…