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Faculty and Staff News In Memoriam: Clayton Crowe Professor Clayton Crowe, a favorite professor to a generation of students, passed away last winter at his Pullman home. Originally from Kelowana, British Columbia, Crowe received his bachelor of science in aerospace engineering Clayton Crowe from the University of Washington in 1956, a master’s degree from MIT in 1957, and a doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1962. He began teaching in the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1969 after spending seven years in the rocket industry in California. Over the years he taught many students in the areas of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and thermal-fluid systems. He co-authored an undergraduate fluid mechanics text, Engineering Fluid Mechanics. The book is one of the leading fluid mechanics textbooks in the United States, has been used in over 60 universities, and was translated into Spanish and Korean. Its success has been attributed to its exceptional readability and student-friendly approach. He received the outstanding faculty award in mechanical engineering five times and was well-known for his keen sense of humor. In 1980 he was selected as the Outstanding Engineering Educator of the Pacific Northwest by the American Society of Engineering Education. He was also a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He remained active in research at WSU after he retired, continuing to publish, work with graduate students and faculty on research projects, and mentor young faculty. He received WSU’s Sahlin Award for Research in 1998 and the Emeritus Society Excellence Award in 2010. Memorials can be made to the school’s Clayton T. Crowe Scholarship fund. For information, contact Don Shearer, associate director of advancement, at don.shearer@wsu.edu or 509-335-4733. Faculty Honors Amit Bandyopadhyay has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a fellow of the American Society for Materials (ASM International). Bandyopadhyay was recognized by the AAAS for distinguished contributions to the field of materials science and engineering, particularly for innovations in biomaterials and their manufacturing and Amit Bandyopadhyay applications in orthopedics. The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society. It publishes the journal Science as well as Science Translational Medicine and Science Signaling. The tradition of AAAS fellows began in 1874. ASM includes 36,000 members around the world in the field of materials science and engineering. Fellows are recognized by their colleagues for their distinguished contributions the field. A member of the WSU faculty since 1997, Bandyopadhyay conducts research in the processing of ceramics, metals, and composites using rapid prototyping technology. In particular, he is developing better implants for fracture management and bone disorders. Susmita Bose was named a 2013 fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. AIMBE fellows are “leaders in the field who have distinguished themselves through contributions in research, industrial practice and education.” Bose joined the School of MME in 1998 and her research interests are largely focused on medical Susmita Bose materials. This includes resorbable ceramics and composite for bone tissue engineering using 3D printing technology, and in vitro bone cell material interactions. She is also interested in nanoscale surface modification of medical devices and microwave and plasma processing of materials. In 2009 Bose received the American Ceramics Society Schwartzwalder Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering Award. She is also a Kavli Fellow at the National Academy of Sciences and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the National Science Foundation in 2004. Bose earned her doctorate in physical organic chemistry from Rutgers University in 1998. Uma Jayaram has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). According to ASME, those who are named as fellows are recognized for “significant engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession.” Jayaram, who has been with the school since 1994, was cited by ASME for her “contributions to Uma Jayaram 12 School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | Spring 2013
Faculty and Staff News the development of virtual reality techniques for design, in particular assembly. She also has done seminal work in integrating various CAD/ CAE systems by using advanced knowledge representation techniques, including ontologies and the evolving Semantic Web.” Jayaram’s other research interests include environments for retention of design and information skills, CAD/CAM and Design Automation, and integrated frameworks for engineering tools. She has published influential articles in several journals. The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering awarded Jayaram the Teaching Excellence Award in 2010. She also played a significant role in the development of academic excellence in the design/manufacturing curriculum within the department and college. In addition, she holds three patents and has co-founded several companies. Kelvin Lynn, director of the WSU Center for Materials Research, George and Diane Conniff Distinguished Professor, and Boeing Chair of Advanced Materials, is one of the five WSU scientists who has been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. The group, which includes 184 active members from around the state, provides expert scientific and engineering analysis to inform Kelvin Lynn public policy-making and works to increase the role and visibility of science in the State of Washington. Katie Zhong has been named as 2012 Composites Educator of the Year. Sponsored by Dow Chemical, the award is for someone in the educational field who has made a significant contribution to the training of students in the composites area, according to the Society of Plastics Engineers website. Katie Zhong Jacob Leachman received a Faculty Excellence Award from the Naval ROTC Battalion at the University of Idaho and Washington State University. He was nominated from the graduating seniors who said his excellence in teaching and mentoring demonstrated a high degree of dedication. Jacob Leachman New Faculty Join School of MME The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering recently hired two new faculty members, Jin Liu and Soumik Banerjee. Assistant Professor Jin Liu joined MME in 2012. Some of his research interests include multiscale modeling and simulation, fluid mechanics turbulent flow and computational fluid dynamics, and micro/ nano-fluidic and biofluidics. He co-wrote a Jin Liu chapter in Innovations in Biomolecular Modeling and Simulation that was published in 2012. His work has been published in several journals and he has been a reviewer for publications such as the Journal of Computational Physics. He received a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2008. Assistant Professor Soumik Banerjee joined MME in 2011. Currently his research focus is molecular modeling of transport phenomena relevant to energy conversion and storage devices. Other research interests include carbon nanostructures Soumik Banerjee and their synthesis and applications in hydrogen storage and selective adsorption processes. He received a doctorate in engineering mechanics from Virginia Tech in 2008 and then started a postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Germany. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Chemical Physics, the Journal of Applied Physics, and Applied Physics Letters. School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | Spring 2013 13
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