Category: Awards
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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…
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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”…
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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…
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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…
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Jing Sun Elected IFAC Fellow
EXPERTS: Jing Sun, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department Chair, has been elected a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). The IFAC is a scholarly society devoted to the theory and application of automatic control and systems engineering in diverse fields, including engineering, biological, social and economic systems. The IFAC Fellow Award…
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Professor Dong wins 2019 Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award
EXPERTS: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Professor Pingsha Dong has received the 2019 Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award by the American Welding Society. The American Welding Society awards the Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award annually in honor of their Founder and First President to an outstanding scientist or engineering whose lecture presents some new and…
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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…
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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…
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August Sturm named to Inter-Collegiate All-American Sailing Team
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has named August Sturm (San Diego, Calif.), Junior, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering to its 2017-18 All-Academic Sailing Team. The All-Academic Sailing Team recognizes, “collegiate sailors who have achieved excellence in national and inter-conference competition as well as excelling at the highest academic level for the 2017-18 academic year. The…
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Assistant Professor Matthew Johnson-Roberson receives Henry Russel Award
EXPERTS: Johnson-Roberson is one of four UM faculty members selected to receive a Henry Russel Award for 2019. The Award is one of the university’s highest honors for junior faculty members. Johnson-Roberson, considered the top underwater roboticist of his generation of researchers, joined the university in 2013. He is a world leader in the development…
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NAME students commissioned as officers in the U.S. Navy
EXPERTS: Four naval architecture and marine engineering students and ROTC Midshipmen were commissioned as Officers in the United States Navy on Friday, April 27th in Ann Arbor. Honoring the long and proud tradition of service within the department, five ROTC Midshipmen and NAME students were commissioned as Ensigns in the United States Navy. Ensign Samuel…
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Team Dingo wins 2018 Ackles Design Prize in NA 475
EXPERTS: Student team Dingo (Joseph Carraway, Samuel Fuchs, Caleb Irvin, Kristina Satullo, Joseph Van Houten) has been awarded the Ackles Design Prize in their NA 475 Senior Capstone Course for their design of a high-speed military insertion vessel. Dingo is a stealth marine insertion vessel. It has dimensions small enough to fit into the cargo…
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2018 Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award goes to Matthew Johnson-Roberson
EXPERTS: Assistant Professor, Matthew Johnson-Roberson has received the 2017-2018 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department Outstanding Faculty Award. This annual award is presented in recognition for excellence in teaching, research, and service. Matthew Johnson-Roberson also has a Joint Appointment with the Computer Science and Engineering Department. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Sydney…
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Students shine at international ship design competition
EXPERTS: Claiming 1st place prize four times in the past seven years in the Dr. James A. Lisnyk Student Ship Design Competition, University of Michigan students prove they are the ones to beat. Since 2011, when Associate Professor Matthew Collette revamped his Marine Design Team Project course (NA 475), NAME students have consistently earned high…
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NAME professor and students awarded Royal Institution of Naval Architects prize
EXPERTS: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects have presented the David Goodrich Prize to Associate Professor Dave Singer and Ph.D. students, Austin Kana & Colin Shields for presenting the best paper at the 2016 Warships Conference, “Why is Naval Design Decision-Making So Difficult?”
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NAME Chair, Jing Sun, awarded $1.5M grant for NEXTCAR automated vehicle project
EXPERTS: Jing Sun has been awarded a $1.5M grant from ARPA-E’s NEXTCAR program for her project, Integrated Power and Thermal Management for Connected and Automated Vehicles Through Real-Time Adaption and Optimization. Jing Sun has been awarded a $1.5M grant from ARPA-E’s NEXTCAR program for her project, “Integrated Power and Thermal Management for Connected and Automated…