Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 3 No. 3 Fall 2018 | Seite 7

ME welcomes 6 new faculty The Department of Mechanical Engineering welcomes six new faculty members for the Fall 2018 term, putting the total of full time faculty for the department at 63. Kaveh Akbari Hamed, assistant professor, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2011. Robotics, Autonomous and Dynamical Systems (RADS) graduate thrust area. Oumar Barry, assistant professor, Ph.D. Mechanical En- gineering, University of Toronto, Canada, 2014. RADS thrust area. Juliana Duarte, assistant professor, Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University of Wiscon- sin-Madison, 2018. Nuclear Engineering and Science thrust area. Erik Komendera, assistant professor, Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Colorado, 2014. RADS thrust area. Ry Long, assistant professor of practice, M.A. Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ryerson University, Canada, 2010. Design, Materi- als and Manufacturing thrust area. John Palmore Jr., assistant professor, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 2018. En- ergy Engineering and Science thrust area. Nominations for ME Society of Distinguished Alumni being accepted should be given to nominees who have The department is seeking nominations for the 2019 ME Society of Distinguished Alumni. achieved extraordinary accomplishments and/ or stature over the course of their professional Nominations can be submitted by any careers, as well as their longevity, consistency, Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering alumni and quality of professional contributions. and the Class of 2019 will be inducted in May. For more information, contact Brandy Mc- The only pre-requisite for nomination is Coy at [email protected]. Nominations will be that the person be a living alumnus or alumna accepted until Jan. 15. Click here to nominate. of the department. Special consideration MOMENTUM FALL 2018 PAGE 7