Professor Brian Lattimer received the Sjölin Award for lifetime contributions to the science of fire engineering in December 2019 .
Medhi Ahmadian was named J . Bernard Jones Professor .
Professor Rolf Mueller was elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America in December 2019 .
Corina Sandu was named Robert E . Hord , Jr . Professor .
Assistant Professor Ling Li received the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty award .
Chris Williams was named L . S . Randolph Professor .
Associate Professor Jiangtao Cheng gave the keynote talk in 2020 ASME Fluids Engineering Division ’ s Summer Meeting .
Lei Zou was named Robert E . Hord , Jr . Professor .
Alumni Distinguished Professor and Christopher K . Kraft Professor Wing Ng was honored by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia with a 2020 Outstanding Faculty Award .
Department Awards : Students
Thomas Gilmore
David R . Shorb Memorial Honor Award
Associate Professor of Practice Robin Ott and ME undergraduate student Andrew Bolkhovitinov were awarded a patent for a folding wheelchair lift device operable by a wheelchair user without the user exiting their wheelchair .
Charlie Lertlumprasert
Jeffrey Nolte
Lindsay Pierle
Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Scholar
David R . Shorb Memorial Honor Award
Carroll F . Hartlove Service Award
Special thanks to alum and advisory board member John R . Jones for adding a new scholarship fund to the department this year .
Staff Awards
Sarah Deisher
Johnny Underwood
Jenny Frank Award , College Association of Staff in Engineering
Technical Award , College Association of Staff in Engineering
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