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Nicole PanyardSeptember 8, 2020

Former Chief Naval Architect of US Navy wins 2020 Alumni Medal

Distinguished Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering alumnus, Robin White, is honored by the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board.

Nicole PanyardJuly 8, 2020

Robin White receives Michigan Engineering’s highest honor as 2020 Alumni Medal awardee

Distinguished Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering alumnus, Robin White, is honored by the Michigan Engineering Alumni Board Each year, Michigan Engineering honors distinguished alumni as part of Homecoming Weekend. This year, Robin P. White (NAME BSE 1982) has been selected by a committee of alumni and faculty members as the recipient of the […]

Nicole PanyardOctober 8, 2019

NAME alumni awarded at 2019 SNAME Maritime Convention

Multiple prominent NAME alumni have been named awardees for this year’s SNAME Maritime Convention. NAME alumni, Jeffrey J. Hough, Richard D’Souza, and Robert G. Keane, Jr. will all receive medals and awards at the upcoming Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Maritime Convention in Tacoma, WA. Hough (NAME BSE ’78, MSE ’79) will receive […]

Nicole PanyardOctober 8, 2019

Keane receives Jimmie Hamilton/Frank Law Awards from American Society of Naval Engineers

Robert J Keane, Jr. (NAME MSE ’70) has received multiple awards from the American Society of Naval Engineers. For the second straight year, Bob Keane has received the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) Jimmie Hamilton Award for the best peer-reviewed paper “Rapid Warship Acquisition: A Case for Fundamental Change in Design and Acquisition Policy” […]

Nicole PanyardOctober 2, 2019

Visintainer of Ford Motor named 2019 NAME Alumni Merit Awardee

Randal (Randy) Visintainer has been named the 2019 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Alumni Department Merit Awardee. Randy Visintainer a 1986 NAME graduate and currently serves as Chief Technical Officer for Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC at Ford Motor Company where he leads a global team responsible for driving autonomous vehicle research and development. Visintainer was […]

Nicole PanyardSeptember 25, 2019

NAME student team takes 2nd place in ship design competition

EXPERTS: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering students to be honored at the 2019 SNAME Maritime Convection for their design of an Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Vessel. Team Blueship of Luke Brownlow, Jamie Demers, Ian Ferguson, Stein Housener, and Faculty Advisor, Prof. Matthew Collette have taken 2nd place in SNAME’s James A. Lisnyk Student Ship Design […]

Nicole PanyardApril 18, 2019

How donors are enabling research

With formidable challenges and the future changing fast, NAME aims to stay adaptable.

Nicole PanyardNovember 5, 2018

How UM Alumni helped salvage a Soviet submarine at the height of the Cold War

The true story of how the CIA stole a sunken Russian submarine from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean at the height of the Cold War without anybody finding out. And the NAME alumni who made it happen. Most people don’t know the tale of one of the largest covert operations in U.S. history. Only press […]

Nicole PanyardOctober 24, 2018

Steven Byle wins Rosenblatt Award

Steven Byle (NAME BSE ’91) was honored at the SNAME Annual Banquet as the 2018 Rosenblatt-Michigan Awardee for his transformative contributions to our department’s future. Fellow NAME alumnus and friend of Byles, Constance Savander, said it best when presenting the award. “This evening, Steven will receive the 2018 Rosenblatt-Michigan Award for outstanding professional achievements. This […]

Nicole PanyardOctober 18, 2018

Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers honors U-M Alums

SMC 2018 is where SNAME honors and recognizes those members who have made outstanding contributions to SNAME and the maritime industry. This year, two U-M Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering alums take home high honors. The David W. Taylor Medal is awarded by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineering Awards Committee annually for […]

Nicole PanyardApril 23, 2018

Historic Marine Hydrodynamic Lab gets makeover and new name

EXPERTS: The 112-year-old “tow tank” in West Hall recently got a fresh face and a new name through a renovation project ending this month. Renovations focused on making its workspaces more open, flexible and collaborative, and on creating a space that’s more engaged with the campus around it. The facility also has a new name: […]

Nicole PanyardJune 12, 2017

Longtime champion of NAME department, Stephen Kemp, passes away

Stephen Kemp (BSE 1969 NAME) has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on June 11, 2017 at his home in Whitemore Lake, Michigan. Steve was an accomplished Michigan NAME alumnus with 45 years of experience in the marine industry including working at Global Marine Inc., Chevron Shipping, and MTU Detroit Diesel. Steve has been an […]

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