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 […]
Honors and Awards
August Sturm named to Inter-Collegiate All-American Sailing Team
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Professor Beck wins Linnard Prize at SNAME
EXPERTS: Professor Robert F. Beck of the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department and Arthur M. Reed of the U.S. Navy were awarded the American Bureau of Shipping Captain Joseph H. Linnard Prize at the SNAME Annual Meeting. The award is presented to the Best Paper Contributed to the Annual Meeting and Appearing in SNAME’s […]
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 […]
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?”
NAME Professor Collette awarded Excellence in Teaching Award
EXPERTS: The College of Engineering and Dean Gallimore have awarded NAME Professor Matthew Collette Excellence in Teaching Award. Through a generous donation, the College has established the Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award is presented annually to two faculty members to recognize outstanding teaching. The Michigan Engineering Executive Committee […]
NAME historian is Pulitzer finalist for American Revolution Book
NAME alumnus and historian, Larrie D. Ferreiro is a Pulitzer finalist for his book, “Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It.” Larrie D. Ferreiro is the author of “Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It” He teaches history and […]
NAME Doctoral student, Jifa Mei, receives SAE Henry O. Fuchs student award
Ph.D. student, Jifa Mei, has been awarded the SAE Henry O. Fuchs Student Award. Ph.D. student, Jifa Mei, has been awarded the SAE Henry O. Fuchs Student Award for his novel modeling method for quantifying multiaxial fatigue damage under non-proportional multiaxial loading conditions, as documented in his three publications in International Journal of Fatigue. The […]
Regents approve appointment of Professor Steven L. Ceccio as faculty chair
EXPERTS: The dean and the Executive Committee of the College of Engineering have named Steven L. Ceccio as the Vincent T. and Gloria M. Gorguze Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering, effective March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2022. This professorship was established by the Regents in November 2007 and is funded by a gift […]
Regents approve appointment of Professor Armin W. Troesch as ABS faculty chair
The dean and the Executive Committee of the College of Engineering are pleased to recommend the appointment of Armin W. Troesch as the ABS Professor of Marine and Offshore Design Performance, College of Engineering, for a five-year renewable term, effective March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2022. The ABS Professorship in Marine and Offshore Design […]
Jing Sun named chair of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
On the faculty since 2003, Jing Sun, Michael G. Parsons Collegiate Professor, has been named as Chair of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department. Esteemed educator and prolific researcher Jing Sun has been selected as the new chair of the Naval Architecture and Marine Science Department at the University of Michigan. Her appointment is effective […]
