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Sandu elected SAE Fellow
Professor Corina Sandu was elected a Fellow of
the SAE in October, joining the highest grade of
membership recognizing a member's significant
impact on the society's mobility technology.
In twenty years with SAE, Sandu has been the
editor-in-chief of the SAE International Journal
of Commercial Vehicles for seven years, and
served as chair of the Chassis Design and Vehicle
Dynamics Committee. She has organized techni-
cal sessions and panels, and reviewed multiple
SAE papers. Sandu has also served on the SAE
Engineering Meetings, and Publications Boards,
had six peer-reviewed publications in SAE Trans-
actions/SAE International Journals, and presented
18 SAE technical papers at SAE events.
Corina Sandu was elected an SAE Fellow - a distinc-
tion bestowed on only about 20 people annually.
Sandu received the Rodica Baranescu Award
for Technical and Leadership Excellence in Com-
mercial Vehicles Engineering (2013), the Forest
R. McFarland Award (2013), the Ralph R. Teetor
Educational Award (2007), and Engineering Meet-
ings Board Outstanding Oral Presentation Awards,
both in 2007.
Giving season
The members of mechanical
engineering joined in with the
College Association for Staff in
Engineering (CASE) to donate
toys for the holidays through
the Salvation Army. Engineering
faculty, staff, and students from
across all departments joined
in the giving.
Donations through CASE
also helped provide gifts for
needy elderly members of
the community, as well as full
Thanksgiving meals to 32 local
senior citizens.
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