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Sandu receives McFarland Award at ASME IDETC
Professor Corina Sandu received the 2019 Forest R. McFarland Award from
SAE International in November. The award recognizes sustained outstanding
contributions with SAE Engineering events or facilitating or enhancing the
interchanges of technical information. Also in attendance were Associate
Professor Costin Untaroiu, BEAM (Secretary, Vehicle Design Technical
Committee), L.S. Randolph Professor Robert Parker (Chair, Technical
Committee of Vibration and Sound), Sandu (who also received a certificate
of appreciation for serving as Chair of the Design Engineering Division),
Associate Professor Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, Assistant Professor Oumar Barry (Best
Paper Subcommittee), and John R. Jones III Faculty Fellow and Professor Lei
Zuo (Vice Chair, VDTC).
Ling Li receives AFYI Award
Assistant Professor Ling Li has
received the Air Force Young Investi-
gator award for his study of lightweight
cellular skeletons of deep sea sponges to
help design stronger and more dam-
age-tolerant engineering materials. The
award is for three years.
Parker named
Honorary IIAV
Fellow
L.S. Randolph
Professor Rob
Parker has
been named an
Honorary Fellow
of the Interna-
tional Institute
of Acoustics and Vibration; the institute's
highest honor. Parker is also a Fellow of
the ASME, and the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Lockheed Martin donates to Ware Lab
MOMENTUM
FALL 2018
Lockheed Martin's Sr. VP of Corporate En-
gineering, Technology and Operations, Rod
Makoske, presented a check for $18,000 to the
Ware Lab in November. The funds will be split
among the Formula SAE, Baja SAE, BOLT,
Astrobotics, Human Powered Submarine, and
Design, Build, Fly teams.
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