Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 2 No. 2 Summer 2017 | Page 5

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Six mechanical engineering faculty received College of Engineering
Awards May 3. Rui Qiao, College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award;
Warren Hardy, College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Research;
Steve Southward, College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Teach-
ing; Zhiting Tian, College of Engineering Outstanding New Assistant
Professor Award; Alan Asbeck, College of Engineering Outstanding
New Assistant Professor Award; and Mark Paul, received the College of
Engineering Certificate of Teaching Excellence.
Zuo
Roan
Tarazaga
Kochersberger
Several faculty members received promotion in June. Lei Zuo and Mike Roan were promoted to full Profes-
sor; Pablo Tarazaga was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure; and Kevin Kochersberger achieved tenure as an
Associate Professor.
Associate Professor John Ferris was
unanimously elected Vice President of the
Virginia Tech Faculty Senate April 25. He
joins new president Hans Robinson (Phys-
ics), and secretary-treasurer Bob Hicok
(English). The vice president is also the ex
officio Chair of the Commission on Faculty
Affairs.
Associa te Professors Alexander Leones-
sa (ME) and Raffaella De Vita (biomedical
engineering and mechanics), received the
2017 University Alumni Award for Outreach
Excellence.
The pair provides students with disabilities
an opportunity to be involved with STEM
education through STEMABILITY; and help-
ing students transition from high school to
college. Read the whole story.
Many thanks to Eric Camper (ME '98), who present-
ed the Senior Design Capstone program with a check for $4,000
BWXT, which also funded a Sr Design
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MOMENTUM SUMMER'17 in June. Camper
team to build a shooting table for paralympic athletes (see Page
17). With Camper is Kevin Harter (ME '11) of BWXT, left, and
Assistant Professor of Practice, Robin Ott, right.