Dearborn Engineer, Spring 2005 - University of Michigan

SPRING 2005
D E A R B O R N
Engineer
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICH I G A N - D E A R B O R N
DONOR
RECOGNITION
WALL:
PRESERVING A
PLACE IN HISTORY
SUPPORTING FUTURE
ENGINEERS
The Dearborn Engineer
Spring 2005
News from the College of
Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Michigan-Dearborn
www.engin.umd.umich.edu
3
DAUCH FAMILY FOUNDATION
4
DAIMLERCHRYSLER GIFT
Donor Recognition Wall—Brick Program
1
Dauch Family Foundation
3
DaimlerChrysler Gift
4
Ford Motor Company Fund
5
New Visiting Committee Members
6
Co-op Employer of the Year
7
Scholarship Awards
7
Alumna Profile: Deborah Black
8
New Faculty Members
10
Faculty Research Awards
11
R&D: Rapid Manufacturing System for U.S. Army 12
Donors
14
Annual Alumni Awards
16
Professional Development Update
17
Editorial Board
Subrata Sengupta, Ph.D., Dean
Keshav S. Varde, Ph.D., Associate Dean
Editor: Kathryn Tamborino
The Dearborn Engineer is published for the alumni
and friends of the University of Michigan-Dearborn
College of Engineering and Computer Science.
Send correspondence to the Editor, Dearborn Engineer,
4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128-1491.
5
FORD MOTOR COMPANY FUND
Regents of the University
David A. Brandon, Laurence B. Deitch,
Olivia P. Maynard, Rebecca McGowan,
Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner
S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White,
Mary Sue Coleman (ex officio)
Citizens Advisory Committee
Ismael Ahmed, Stephen T. Economy, Linda P. Kughn,
Patricia Mooradian, Timothy J. O’Brien, Jon Pepper,
Michael C. Porter, Maria Leonhauser Rosenau,
Shirley R. Stancato
COVER: RENDERING OF THE NEW ENGINEERING LABORATORY
BUILDING, SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 2006
14
DONORS
SECOND PHOTO: PART OF A GIFT FROM DAIMLERCHRYSLER
WILL BENEFIT COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS WITHIN THE
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED VEHICLE SYSTEMS
LEFT: LEAR’S DONATION OF A BATTERY-POWERED
VEHICLE TO THE COLLEGE
SPRING 2005
The Donor Recognition Wall:
Preserving a Place in History
RENDERING OF THE PLANNED DONOR RECOGNITION WALL
Scheduled for completion in the summer
of 2006, the new Engineering Laboratory Building will
house the Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems (IAVS),
the Henry W. Patton Center for Engineering Education
and Practice, and 44,000 square feet of state-of-the-art
engineering laboratories and classrooms. It will also house
the Donor Recognition Wall.
Standing inside the entrance of the new building’s
auditorium, the Donor Recognition Wall will serve a twofold purpose. “First and foremost,” says John Cole, alumni
affiliate chair for the College of Engineering and Computer
Science (CECS), “the brick donor program is aimed at
creating a significant endowment to provide a perpetual
source of scholarship awards to students of the CECS.
Secondly, it provides graduates an opportunity to
preserve their place in the history of this fine campus
and engineering college.”
Donors can purchase bricks of varying sizes and have
statements engraved on them, personalizing the wall and
adding lasting interest. The smallest bricks can hold up to
30 characters per line, while the largest hold up to 45 per
line. Proceeds from purchase of the bricks, which run from
$250 to $10,000 in sizes ranging from 2 by 5 inches to 8
by 10 inches, are expected to bring in $1 million to endow
CECS scholarships.
A mailing to introduce the new program was sent to
alumni and current students in early March. Interested
John Smith
1999 MSE-ASE
donors can collaborate with friends to purchase a
brick together and make a special statement about
their department, student group, campus club, or
graduating class. Several corporations will match
funds if their employees donate. A total of 2,000
bricks are available.
“We want to make sure that the donor wall, which is
initially focused on gifts from alumni, will be an
opportunity for our stakeholders to take ownership in
this new facility,” says Dean Subrata Sengupta, who
initiated the idea for the wall.
“The Donor Recognition Wall will offer an opportunity for
CECS graduates to bring their children and grandchildren
onto campus and show them in a very solid, graphic way
where they attended college,” says Cole, who graduated
in 1976 with a bachelor of science in industrial and
systems engineering.
In addition to IAVS and the Henry Patton Center, the
new building will house state-of-the-art research
laboratories for more expanded collaboration between
DEARBORN
Engineer
students, faculty, and industry partners; an integrated
classroom and laboratory for first-year engineering
students; dedicated space for student projects and
competitions; office space; and seminar rooms with
auditorium-style seating for audio-visual presentations
and invited lecturers. An open display area will
showcase student projects.
“The impressiveness of the new Engineering Laboratory
Building will lend itself to the significance of the
education each and every one of us received at
UM-Dearborn,” says Cole. “To me, the donor wall
symbolizes the true community we join when we
attend CECS. It represents alumni, students, and
faculty giving back to the college so that generations
to come can benefit from the incredible educational
experience it provides.”
Brick Program Donors
The following individuals are the first donors to the
college’s Donor Recognition Wall—Brick Program.
$5,000 LEVEL
$250 LEVEL
Subrata Sengupta
Malayappan Shridhar
Mahmoud Hani Bdeir
Sharon R. Cislo
Romildo DeOliveira
Jack M. Dickert
Julio Duronio
Andrew J. Flowerday
Jason T. Forton
Florian Frischmuth
William Grosky (3)
John William Harvey*
Thomas J. Helinski
Henry Hojnacki
Shinji Horibe
Robert N. Kramer
Donald Krcmarik
Douglas Kroll
Estate of Janet Kroll
Phillip D. Lavender
Robert Matsura
Maxwell B. Sanborn
Abdul Lateef Muhiuddin
Troy Mui
Joan F. Osinski (2)
Carl Osojnak
Kenneth K. Prochnau
Sriman Ramabhadran
David C. Swanson
Chris Westphal
$1,000 LEVEL
Richard Anderson*
Labib F. Cheaito
John Cole (2)
Dennis James Kirchoff*
Robert Lust
Richard M. McMahon*
Gregory Pochmara
Brian G. Stewart
Craig A. Whitt
$500 LEVEL
Diane L. McAskin Blankenship*
Robert D. Blankenship*
John Justin Correia*
Virgil W. Davis, Jr.
Gregory C. Garcia*
Jeanne Girard
Norman M. Haygood, Jr.*
Karen G. Pastula and
Charles J. Dubauskas*
Ron Modreski
Manoj Thomas*
2
*Matched by Employer
MALAYAPPAN SHRIDHAR, CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
AT UM-DEARBORN
Remarking on his $5,000 pledge to the
college’s brick program, Shridhar says, “I have
been wanting to acknowledge my parents’ role
in my education in a meaningful way. My mom
was particularly keen that I was well educated,
and she literally gave up a lot of her own wants
and needs (she wanted to own a house, which
she never did) in favor of an education for me.
“The idea of contributing to this scholarship
fund, establishing a ‘brick’ to honor my
parents, appealed to me. It also allows me to
show my gratitude to UM-Dearborn, a place
where I’ve been able to build a career for
myself and to help shape a good department.”
SPR ING 2005
Dauch Gift Reflects Priorities on
Engineering Education and Friendship
DEAN SUBRATA SENGUPTA, WORLD HERITAGE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT WALTRAUD PRECHTER, SANDRA J. DAUCH, CHANCELLOR DANIEL LITTLE, AND RICHARD E. DAUCH
It was friendship that ultimately led to
the donation of a $100,000 gift from the Richard E.
ribbon-cutting and remarks by the Dauchs, and the presenta-
and Sandra J. Dauch Family Foundation to the College
Daniel Little. The evening also included an overview of the
of Engineering and Computer Science and the renaming
rapid prototyping laboratory and a tour of the college’s new
of the rapid prototyping laboratory to the Richard E. and
thermal spray and rapid manufacturing laboratory.
Sandra J. Dauch Rapid Prototyping Laboratory.
tion of a memento to the Dauchs by UM-Dearborn Chancellor
After a career with General Motors, Volkswagen, and
“My wife and I are devoted to the concept of higher
Chrysler, Dauch branched out on his own in the early
education, and we believe in the beauty of applied
1990s to transform a former General Motors factory into
engineering,” said Richard Dauch, co-founder,
American Axle & Manufacturing, Detroit’s first major
chairman, and CEO of American Axle & Manufacturing,
corporate startup in 20 years. His desire to make a differ-
at a December 17, 2004, recognition event held in honor
ence in the community became immediately apparent as
of the Dauchs. “But probably one of the most compelling
American Axle fixed up the surrounding neighborhood
reasons for our involvement stems from our long-term
and helped reduce crime in the area by 50 percent.
relationship with the Prechter family. Wally Prechter
and her late husband, Heinz, very quietly contributed to
causes and entities that make our world a better place.
Their generosity is legendary in our community.”
The Dauch Family Foundation was established during
the spring of 2002 with a mission to provide monetary
assistance to those individuals and organizations
promoting education, youth, and moral values. Since
Heinz Prechter was a strong supporter of CECS and a friend
its inception, the foundation has made grants totaling
of its dean, Subrata Sengupta. They worked together on
over $6,050,000 to various organizations.
many ideas involving U.S. industrial competitiveness and
needed curriculum. “Heinz used his philanthropy and
influence, both in the private sector and government, to push
forward the school’s Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems,
building projects, and state funding,” says Sengupta.
“Mr. Dauch has been very strongly committed to
engineering education and technology for so many years
and has turned American Axle into a highly respected
leader in manufacturing,” says Sengupta. “We’re
extremely proud to have the support of such a promi-
A dinner in the Professional Engineering Center Atrium
nent leader in the community. This is the kind of gift that
followed the dedication ceremonies for the newly named
allows us to continue to serve students who ultimately go
laboratory, which included a welcome by Sengupta,
out into the world and keep our economy competitive.”
3
DEARBORN
Engineer
DaimlerChrysler Gift Supports Broad
Spectrum of CECS Initiatives
In keeping with its long
history of support for the College of
Engineering and Computer Science (CECS),
DaimlerChrysler has again donated a
generous gift to advance a broad spectrum
of initiatives within the school.
The DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund,
formerly known as the Chrysler Fund,
was established in 1953 to make a
“positive, lasting difference in the
communities and business environments
in which we do business.” It focuses on
four main areas: the future workforce,
community vitality, involved employees,
and public policy. As part of its effort to
target the first of these areas, developing
a skilled workforce, the DaimlerChrysler
Corporation Fund has regularly sponsored
programs at CECS through the years.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER FUNDS WILL HELP IAVS CONTINUE ITS COLLABORATION
WITH THE COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES
Working with Dean Subrata Sengupta to bring
about the $90,000 award were DaimlerChrysler’s
Eric Ridenour, executive vice president of product
development; Brian Glowiak, vice president and secretary
of the DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund; and Mark
Chernoby, vice president of advance vehicle engineering.
Part of the award will benefit the Institute for Advanced
Vehicle Systems (IAVS) and its interdisciplinary work with the
College for Creative Studies (CCS). Past projects have involved
teams of IAVS and CCS students designing automotive
components and systems such as roof modules, door
modules, and center consoles. These funds will support
graduate research assistants who participate on the teams.
The gift also provides for minority and women’s scholarships.
“Minority and women’s scholarships provide necessary
financial resources to attract women and underrepresented
minorities who meet established requirements into
engineering and help remove some of the financial burden
facing these students,” says Roger Shulze, director of IAVS.
“This is a high priority for DaimlerChrysler.” The grant will
also help finance efforts to improve retention and graduation
of minority students in engineering and computer science.
During the summer, CECS draws on this funding to conduct
its summer bridge program in math and to supply tutoring
and collaborative learning in freshman- and sophomore-level
engineering and computer science courses.
Two other beneficiaries of the grant, the on-campus
chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers and
4
the Society of Women Engineers, encourage minority and
women students to study engineering and offer peer
support. Both groups use their funds to bring in speakers,
provide support activities, and attend conferences.
The remainder of the award will serve a variety of
initiatives, including the Henry W. Patton Center for
Engineering Education and Practice (CEEP), senior design
projects, and Challenge X.
CEEP provides seed money to faculty to help secure
projects with industry. Faculty then incorporate aspects
of engineering practice back into the classroom as part
of CEEP’s ongoing goal to expose faculty and students to
the complexities of industrial engineering practice.
Challenge X, a major undertaking, with joint participation
of engineering students from UM-Dearborn and UM-Ann
Arbor, is the final beneficiary. “The project involves a
lively competition between 17 universities from across
North America,” says Keshav Varde, associate dean
of CECS and Challenge X coordinator. “Students plan,
design, develop, and implement a fuel-efficient vehicle
powertrain. The DaimlerChrysler award will be used to
support student activities in the competition.”
“In general, the DaimlerChrysler grant will help many
of our student organizations and student teams in their
pursuit to achieve their goals,” adds Varde. “It will provide financial assistance to students, promote teamwork,
and strengthen the learning environment in the college.”
SPRING 2005
Ford Motor Company Fund
Awards $200,000 to UM-Dearborn
Ford Motor Company’s flagship
program for higher education, the Ford
It will also help provide much-needed laboratory equipment
Advanced Education Program (FAEP), recently donated
funds required for competitive proposals to the National
$200,000 to the College of Engineering and Computer
Science Foundation, professional organizations, and founda-
Science. A portion of the grant will also support
tions to secure additional funding to meet laboratory needs
scholarships for minority and women students in the
School of Management.
for research. Where possible, it will go toward matching
The grant will also be used to offset the cost of purchasing
materials and equip-
Formerly known as
ment required to
the College Relations
build and demonstrate
Sponsor Program, FAEP
senior student designs.
grants promote diversity
“The cost of projects
in education and help
is usually borne by the
students and faculty
students, which limits
reach their goals.
the types of senior
design projects they
“Ford has been a
can do without funds
strong supporter of the
provided by indus-
College of Engineering
try partners,” says
and Computer Science
Hildebrand. “Vehicle
for many years and of
and robot student
the Henry W. Patton
competitions in
Center for Engineering
particular can incur
Education and Practice
(CEEP) since its
significant costs that
inception in 1992,”
are often beyond
says Bob Hildebrand,
the means of the
CEEP director. “This
students.”
gift represents a continu-
Many of the college’s
ation of that support.”
The gift came about
PART OF THE FUNDS DONATED BY FORD WILL HELP PROVIDE LABORATORY
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THIS NEW FUEL CELL CONTROL SYSTEM.
industry partners
seek out students
through the efforts of a
who participate
committed team at Ford, including Roman Krygier,
in the design
group vice president of global manufacturing and
competition because the teamwork, planning, and
quality and an active member of the Visiting Committee,
cooperation with students of other disciplines mirror
and Douglas Szopo, executive director of manufacturing
the skills required of practicing engineers.
and business strategy.
“By supporting faculty and student applied research,
The award will allow CEEP to continue to support faculty
this gift will help UM-Dearborn provide an education
as they do applied research in collaboration with industry.
that is more relevant to the needs of our students and of
“By working closely with industry, our faculty learn more
the industry they’ll be entering when they leave,” says
about the complexities and constraints of engineering
Hildebrand. “It will also help provide the support we
practice and bring that to the classroom through
need to make sure our labs are up to date and meet our
examples from their work, case studies, modification
research and educational needs. And finally, Ford’s
to curriculum and in some case the introduction of new
generous gift helps us support minority and women
courses,” says Hildebrand.
students, many of whom have significant financial needs.”
5
DEARBORN
Engineer
Welcome, New Visiting Committee Members
LEONARD S. TEDESCO
Vice President, Electrical/Electronics Systems, Lear Corporation
In 2004, Leonard Tedesco retired from Ford Motor Company/Visteon and became vice president of
electrical/electronics systems at Lear Automotive Corporation. At Visteon, he served in a series of
executive-level positions from 1997 to 2004, including a four-year stint in the United Kingdom as
European powertrain systems SBU and managing director of Visteon’s UK operations.
Prior to working at Visteon, Tedesco held various positions within Ford and was promoted
to manager of Ford’s service bay diagnostic system, which assisted field mechanics
in resolving complex vehicle problems. Tedesco spearheaded this activity to national
implementation and received the Henry Ford Technological Award in 1991. In 1993 he
became manager of powertrain controls and technologies.
Tedesco began his career as a product engineer in 1973 at Chrysler Defense, where he
was responsible for the prototype electrical design of turret electronics on the initial
Abrams army tank.
He graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelor of science degree in electrical
engineering in 1973 and an MBA in 1976.
Tedesco serves on several boards, including the Convergence Transportation Electronics
Association, the Convergence Education Fund, and the Dearborn Federal Credit Union.
DAVID A. WOLFE
President and Chief Operating Officer, Acromag Incorporated
David A. Wolfe is the second president of Acromag Inc, where he also serves as chief
operating officer and sits on the board of directors. He has 20 years’ experience in the
process and embedded controls industries.
Prior to becoming Acromag’s president, Wolfe held several marketing and sales positions,
including marketing manager, sales manager, director, and vice president. He began
working at Acromag Inc. as an electronic design engineer and later became an
engineering group leader. As an engineer, he was responsible for many new product
designs for VME computer systems. He also contributed to the development of several
computer standards including the VME64 extensions.
Wolfe received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Oakland
University and his master of business administration from the University of Phoenix.
He takes time to act as a special director for the Central Scholarship Fund in Walled
Lake, Michigan. He also sits on the board of directors for the Measurement Controls and
Automation Association.
Wolfe lives in Southeastern Michigan with his wife and three boys and is very active in
the community, helping out at schools and with the Boy Scouts.
PAUL WILBUR
President and CEO, ASC Incorporated
Paul Wilbur, president and CEO of American Specialty Cars Incorporated since 2002, has a
21-year background in OEM product planning, marketing, and finance.
Before taking on his current position, Wilbur worked at Chrysler as director of its Jeep
and activity-vehicle marketing and product group. This was preceded by his appointment
to director of its Dodge marketing group where he was responsible for product planning
for all Dodge-branded minivans and passenger cars. Wilbur’s 17-year career with Chrysler
included positions as general product manager for Jeep; director of leasing, Chrysler
Financial Corporation; president of Mitsubishi import/export product planning; general
product manager of small and large car operations; manager of LH product planning,
which included the Dodge Intrepid and Chrysler 300M; and manager of long-range
product strategy and cycle planning.
From 1982 to 1986, Wilbur worked at Ford Motor Company in several financial positions,
including analyst for the original 1985 Ford Taurus program.
Wilbur’s first car was a 1970 Opel GT, and he lists his favorite cars as the 1974 Detomaso
Pantera, the 1969 Shelby Mustang convertible, the 1986 wide-body Porsche 930 Turbo,
the 1969 Corvette big-block convertible, the 2001 Viper GTS-ACR, the 1971 Lamborghini
Miura SV, the 1975 Bricklin SV-1, the new Ford GT, and the Saleen S7.
6
SPRING 2005
2004 Co-op Employer of the Year: DTE Energy
DTE Energy was named the
2004 Cooperative Education
Employer of the Year at
the college’s annual co-op
awards breakfast. DTE’s
Terri Alfafara, Betty Burdett,
Nick Pavlovics, Jag Takhar,
Laurie Washington, and
Yousef Qandeel accepted the
award. Greg Gagnon, a CECS
alumnus and vice president
of sales and engineering for
ST Microelectronics, was the
guest speaker for this event.
Gagnon participated in the
College of Engineering and
Computer Science cooperative
education program while a
student at UM-Dearborn.
PROVOST ROBERT SIMPSON, DEAN SUBRATA SENGUPTA, TERRIE ALFAFARA, BETTY BURDETT, LAURIE WASHINGTON,
AND COOPERATIVE EDUCATION DIRECTOR TONY DELAROSA
2004-2005 Scholarship Awards
CECS/FORD FRESHMAN
MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP
Ricardo Castano
Bresheena Davis
Dekendrick Dix
Julian Edgar
Willie King
Richard Suarez Lopez
Donna Medrano
Rukayat Oyedele
Darius Peek
David Saenz
Ivan Vazquez
DAIMLERCHRYSLER
FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIP
Steven Medrano
Miguel Velazquez
DAIMLERCHRYSLER
MINORITY AND WOMEN
SCHOLARSHIP
Lina Bazzi
Rose Chambers
Adam Crumpler
Zainab Fardous
Salina George
Anna Lee
Lauren Marzolf
Tyra Sampson
Hyun-Jeong Seok
Susanne Sommer
DETROIT EDISON
MINORITY AND
WOMEN SCHOLARSHIP
Adekunle Adams
Stephanie Askew
Jignasa Patel
FREDERICK P. AND
VIOLET SHARPE
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Bilal Alasry
Hassan Al-Khatib
Lars Anderson
Winford Bishop
Hyunwook Cho
Charles Cinpinski
Jason Cipolletti
Zaher Elkhansa
Philip Gerrity
Omar Haddad
Samer Ibrahim
Yehia Muhsen
Hassan Nasrollahzadeh
Ebrahim Nasser
Paul Novak
Mohsin Panchbhaiya
Christopher Piechocki
Tirthesh Shah
David Sherman
Jonathan Swartz
Yuichi Watanabe
Joseph Wolford
GENERAL MOTORS
MINORITY/WOMEN
SCHOLARSHIP
Eric Benton
J’Mai Bishop
Yolanda Haynes
Olorunlotosin Ihimodu
HENRY W. PATTON
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Daniel Borener
Elizabeth Chatila
Bryan Fontenot
George Hatty
Phillip Justice
Daniel Kastner
Laura Lloyd
Michael Pearson
Daniel Reaume
James Roberts
Allison Ryan
Alexandr Satanovsky
James Styles
Aaron Terreault
Ryan Zachary
PROFESSOR A. ADNAN
ASWAD ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP
Eric Lammers
7
DEARBORN
Engineer
2004 Distinguished Alumna
of the Year Deborah Black
When Deborah Black decided to pursue
a degree in computer
science back in the late
1970s, her father worried that
fledgling Windows NT group, he
was impressed. And when as a
Microsoft senior executive she
“I still remember that very
worked directly with technol-
difficult conversation during my
ogy leaders such as Bill Gates, he
freshman year,” she says, “when
remarked that she was incredibly
I told him I wanted to switch
fortunate to be part of the
from mechanical engineering to
computer field during this
computers.” Her father worked at
remarkable period of innovation
Ford Motor Company as a mechan-
and growth. Her parents have
ical engineer and, after spotting
since moved to Washington State
his daughter’s aptitude in science
to be closer to Black and her
and math, encouraged her to
husband and two children.
The road to becoming corporate
led her to UM-Dearborn, where
vice president in the Windows
she quickly discovered a love for
group wasn’t without difficulties,
computer engineering. “I was
however. Black worked her way
17 at the time,” she says, “and
through her bachelor’s and
he wondered who would pay me
later her master’s degrees,
to work with computers and
stretching her hours to fit
worried that he’d be supporting
me for the rest of his life.”
DEBORAH BLACK
When she landed a job as a
ALUMNI UPDATE
Washington, to apply her research knowledge to their
she’d never make a good living.
follow in his footsteps. His support
everything in. “Every day I felt
as though I was barely hanging
on,” she says, taking jobs at
distributed operating systems researcher at Bell Northern
fast-food restaurants and clerical offices to pay her expenses.
Research, the research division of NorTel, immediately upon
Bell Northern Research paid for her master’s degree, which
graduating in 1981, her father was relieved. When in 1991
she received from UM-Dearborn in 1987.
’60s Alumni Recall the Power of Cooperative Education
Today when Bob Kramer (‘63 BSE-ME) looks back on his time
at UM-Dearborn, he can truly say that his experience shaped
the rest of his life. “I was lucky that UM-Dearborn allowed
me to co-op with Ford and live at home,” he says. “It made
my education affordable. And the camaraderie with other
students in similar circumstances was really special.”
Upon graduation, Kramer accepted a position with Ford Motor
Company as a development engineer in its glass division and
has been working in the glass industry ever since. “The main
benefit of my education,” he says, “was that through the
co-op program and through learning from excellent professors,
I knew I was being well prepared for my future.”
Ron Modreski (‘65 BSE-ME/EMATH) also has high praise
for his cooperative education training. “A co-op program,
whether for business or engineering, should be almost
mandatory,” he says. “It’s much more preferable than
8
Microsoft Corporation’s Jim Allchin wooed her to Redmond,
going to school, making a decision about lifetime work,
and then coming out with no experience.”
Modreski went on to get an MBA and held multiple
management positions at Vickers Incorporated, now part
of Eaton Corporation, until his retirement in 1999. He is
currently a member of the college’s Alumni Affiliate,
promoting UM-Dearborn in western Michigan.
“We’re delighted to catch up with graduates,” says
Dean Subrata Sengupta, “and to follow their careers and
personal lives after they leave the college. We’re always
interested in how their university experience and training
has played out for them over the years.” To share
updates with fellow CECS alumni or to identify graduates
in the pictures printed here, contact [email protected]
or call 313-436-9141.
SPR ING 2005
Black particularly appreciated the smaller classes at
her business acumen through lunchtime mentoring
UM-Dearborn during this time. “At that point, computing
sessions with Steve Ballmer, currently Microsoft’s CEO.
classes were very small,” she says, “so there was great
opportunity for dialog with instructors and for help and
clarification. Students helped each other; there was a sense
of camaraderie. I felt so excited about software, and having
the professors so accessible made it easy for me to follow
my newfound interest.”
She is also thankful for the diversity of course material
offered during her freshman year. “Looking back, I don’t
know why there was a computer science class in the
mechanical engineering program,” she says, “but there
was, along with a course in electrical engineering. Having
that breadth of discipline in that first year gives you the
opportunity to check out different types of engineering
“That was a challenge because I’m a technologist at heart;
my degree didn’t cover any business at all,” Black says.
“So when I got to a position where I was actually leading both the engineering and marketing groups, and was
responsible for the Windows’ client business, I knew very
little about business leadership or financial leadership.
“At one point,” she continues, “Steve Ballmer showed me
something that he called a ‘P and L.’ I had no idea what a
profit and loss statement was. The company leaders always
encouraged me to take on larger roles, even when I felt like
I was over my head. When I was asked to lead the Windows
client group, which had grown to 2,000 people, I really
wondered if I was the right person for the job. We were
and find out where your interests really lie. I’ll always be
all in over our heads. You just had to jump in and move
so grateful for that. It changed my life dramatically from
forward. It was an exciting period to work at Microsoft.”
where I was headed.”
In 2004, Black retired from Microsoft to spend more time
On the day that Bell Northern Research closed its Ann
with her growing family. “I realized my children had only
Arbor laboratory in 1989, Black gave birth to her baby
so many more years left at home, and I wanted to share
daughter. One year later, she and her husband moved on
them together,” she says. Today she sits on the boards
to Washington and Microsoft, where she started out as
of a variety of nonprofit organizations and schools. They
an architect within the new Windows NT operating group.
include the Foundation for Early Learning, which helps
“At that time,” she says, “the entire Windows division
disadvantaged children get an educational head start, and
was maybe 200 people. We all fit easily into the lobby of
IslandWood, a hands-on learning center where children,
one of the smaller buildings for our weekly Friday
adults, and families are taught environmental science.
afternoon social gatherings.” As Microsoft grew, she took
on more responsibility and eventually became a director,
then a general manager, and finally a corporate vice
president and company officer, the only woman at that
time to hold a senior executive position in a technical
“I’ve realize that I have been very lucky,” she says. “Over
the past 25 years, I’ve developed technical, leadership,
and business skills, and I feel grateful that I have the
opportunity to put them to use in our community.”
division at the company. Along the way, she picked up
ENGINEERING GRADUATES--FALL 1963 FRONT ROW: JOHN A. MELIA
(FIRST), LEE J. OVENSHIRE (SECOND), STANLEY H. BOUR (FOURTH), AND
ROBERT N. KRAMER (FIFTH). BACK ROW: ERNEST F. FERNANDEZ (FIRST),
NORBERT W. ZOLTOWSKI (SIXTH), AND THOMAS L. CARPENTER (SEVENTH).
PHOTO AND IDENTIFICATIONS WERE PROVIDED BY ROBERT KRAMER.
ENGINEERING GRADUATES--SPRING 1965 FRONT ROW: JOHN
W. GESINK (THIRD), ROBERT F. RUSSELL (FOURTH), AND RONALD
MODRESKI (FIFTH). BACK ROW: DANIEL JOHN TOPIK (THIRD). PHOTO
AND IDENTIFICATIONS WERE PROVIDED BY RONALD MODRESKI.
9
DEARBORN
Engineer
NEW ENGINEERING FACULTY
CHEOL LEE
Assistant Professor,
Department of
Industrial and
Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Cheol Lee is
an assistant
professor of
industrial and
manufacturing
systems engineering. He earned his
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in
2002 from Purdue
University. Lee received a bachelor’s degree
in 1992 and a master’s degree in 1994 in precision
engineering and mechatronics from Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic
of Korea. His current research interests include
manufacturing processes and controls.
BRAHIM
MEDJAHED
Assistant Professor,
Department of
Computer and
Information Science
Brahim Medjahed,
assistant professor
of computer
and information
science, received
his Ph.D. degree
in computer
science from
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State
University in 2004. He earned his bachelor’s degree in
1991 and master’s degree in 1995, both in computer
science, from the University of Algiers, Algeria.
Medjahed was honored as the 2004 recipient of the
Outstanding Graduate Research Award in the
Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech
and was nominated for its Outstanding Dissertation
Award as well as the Association for Computing
Machinery’s Doctoral Dissertation Award. His research
interests include data integration, the Semantic Web,
Internet computing, web services, bioinformatics,
and digital government.
WEIDONG
XIANG
Assistant
Professor,
Department
of Electrical
and Computer
Engineering
Weidong Xiang,
assistant professor
of electrical
and computer
engineering,
received his
master’s and Ph.D.
degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China,
in 1996 and 1999, respectively. Xiang earned a bachelor’s
degree in microwave and electromagnetic theory in 1988
from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of
China, Chengdu, China. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as a
post-doctoral fellow and research engineer in the Software
Radio Laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology,
where he was responsible for the efforts to establish a highspeed, radio-based wireless link in an outdoor environment.
Xiang’s primary areas of interest are MIMO (Multiple Inputs,
Multiple Outputs), OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing), space timing, BLAST (Basic Local Alignment
Search Tool), software radio, and smart antenna.
FACULTY MEMBER PROMOTED
Pravansu Mohanty of the Department of Mechanical
Engineering was promoted from assistant professor to
associate professor, with tenure.
10
SPRING 2005
FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS
ALAN ARGENTO, professor of mechanical engineering,
has received $80,000 from Ford Motor Company to
develop an experimental laboratory on the high strain-rate
response of plastic materials and a $40,000 grant from
Ford to conduct tensile testing of thermoplastic olefins
at a high strain rate.
JIRACHAI BUDDHAKULSOMSIRI, assistant professor
of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, was
awarded $15,000 from the University of Michigan Office
of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) Faculty Grants
and Awards Program for his project “Parallel Replacement
Analysis for a Heterogeneous Fleet with Dependent Use.”
HONG-TAE KANG, assistant professor of mechanical
engineering, has been awarded $33,700 from Hyundai
Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation to support
a visiting scholar to conduct research on the structural
durability of automotive structures and components.
XIANGYANG LI, assistant professor of industrial and
manufacturing systems engineering, has been awarded
$15,000 from the OVPR Faculty Grants and Awards
Program to assess the emotional state of a driver, with
the goal of improving vehicle intelligent assistance
systems. Li has also received $15,000 from the University
of Michigan Rackham Grant and Fellowship Program
for support of integrated user-modeling research.
PANKAJ K. MALLICK, director of interdisciplinary
programs and professor of mechanical engineering,
and PRAVANSU MOHANTY, associate professor of
mechanical engineering, were awarded $80,000 from the
U.S. Council for Automotive Research to support the study
and detection of surface corrosion of experimental magnesium alloys exposed to automotive coolant formulations.
CAROLE MEI, assistant professor of mechanical
engineering, has received $13,918 from the University
of Michigan Rackham Grant and Fellowship Program
toward monitoring inaccessible structural damages
using a wave vibration approach.
CHUNTING MI, assistant professor of electrical and
computer engineering, was awarded $7,500 from the
OVPR Faculty Grants and Awards Program to model
and simulate the starting performance of large
solid-pole synchronous motors.
PRAVANSU MOHANTY and TAEHYUN SHIM,
assistant professor of mechanical engineering, were awarded
$12,000 from the National Science Foundation to supplement
“Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education
(NUE) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.” Mohanty
has also received an additional $4,000 to host a workshop
for NUE project directors.
PRAVANSU MOHANTY; ROGER SHULZE,
director of the Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems;
ARMEN ZAKARIAN, associate professor of industrial and
manufacturing systems
engineering; DAVID
YOON, associate professor
of computer and information
science; and TARIQ
SHAMIM, associate
professor of mechanical
engineering, have received
second-year funding
of $1,109,200 from the
Department of Defense,
Department of the Army for
development of thermal spray
technology and tools for rapid
prototyping, part refurbishing,
and reengineering.
PANKAJ K. MALLICK
YI LU MURPHEY, professor of electrical and computer
engineering, has received a $21,840 contract from Wayne
State University to support research of biocomputing and
bioengineering tools to advance computer-assisted surgery.
The collaborative project is supported by the Michigan Life
Sciences Corridor initiative. Murphey has also received
an additional $50,000 from TRW Foundation to support
development of a low-cost stereo vision system.
ELSAYED ORADY, professor of industrial and
manufacturing systems engineering, has received
additional funding of $13,348 from TRW, Inc. for his
project “Assessment of Ball Joints Performance in
Relation to Design and Manufacturing Procedure.”
PAUL RICHARDSON, assistant professor of electrical
and computer engineering, has received an additional
$242,226 from the Department of Defense, Department of
the Army for his project “U.S. Army Vetronics Institute.”
SUBRATA SENGUPTA, dean of the College of
Engineering and Computer Science, has received $30,000
from Ford Motor Company to support continuation of the
Special American Business Internship Training Program.
TAEHYUN SHIM, assistant professor of mechanical
engineering, was awarded an $8,000 grant and full fellowship
from the University of Michigan Rackham Grant and
Fellowship Program to research vehicle handling enhancement.
DONGMING ZHAO, associate professor of electrical
and computer engineering, has received an additional
$100,000 from Ford Motor Company to support
development of time series prediction tools.
QIANG ZHU, associate professor of computer and
information science, has received a 2004 IBM Faculty
Award in the amount of $12,000 from IBM Corporation.
OLEG ZIKANOV, assistant professor of mechanical
engineering, was awarded an additional $157,513 from
the U.S. Department of Energy to support development
of a simulation model for molten metals.
11
DEARBORN
Engineer
The R&D Offensive: Army Contract
Buoys Professor’s Commitment
to Engineering Excellence
Recent Department of Defense contracts
from the U.S. Army’s Warren-based Tank
Automotive Research Development and
Engineering Center (TARDEC) are helping
elevate the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s engineering research capabilities into the ranks of the nation’s
elite, while supporting its core mission of
educating the next generation of engineers.
The contracts, received through a competitive
process, fund the research and development of a
“rapid manufacturing system” based on revolutionary thermal spray technology that can be deployed
in the field to replace broken military equipment
components. According to TARDEC officials, the
program could generate up to $6 million in contracts
for the university in coming years.
Under development by a research team led by
Pravansu Mohanty, associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and
Computer Science, the thermal-spray-based
manufacturing platform would enable field technicians
to manufacture broken parts on the spot, minimizing
costly parts replacement and cumbersome inventory
management. The system is in prototype development
in the college’s thermal spray and rapid manufacturing
laboratory. Once built, it could fit on a flatbed truck
to serve as a mobile factory for rapid deployment.
PRAVANSU MOHANTY
Here’s how it works: details of a damaged part are
computer analyzed on-site to identify specifications
required to execute the repairs. That component is then
recreated with thermal spray technology, which sprays
melted material through a precision jet nozzle, for rapid
replacement. The technology enables a tank, truck, or
other essential vehicle to be repaired and placed back in
operation within hours or days of a breakdown, versus the
weeks it could take to track down the missing part and
transport and install it.
“You identify the broken part, scan to recreate a CAD
diagram, and use that to search the database to compare
specs to see what’s there and what’s missing or damaged,”
Mohanty said. “You can then fill in what’s missing and
machine it back to specifications for immediate installation.”
The program is being shepherded by the National
Automotive Center (NAC), one of five TARDEC business
12
units, with the expectation that it will have military and
commercial capabilities. The technology would likely
complement an existing “Mobile Parts Hospital” program
initiated by NAC to reduce the high costs and long lead
times involved with procuring and inventorying spare
equipment parts. Commercial adoption of the UM-Dearborn
system is critical for the military because it would generate
essential economies of scale through the equipment’s
widespread use, making it more cost effective to acquire
than a system created exclusively for the armed forces.
“We’re looking for a dual-purpose application here,”
said Aaron Hart, a TARDEC mechanical engineer and
contracting officers’ technical representative. “That’s
part of our charge by the Department of Defense and the
Congress. We’re after applied research here that can be
deliverable within five years.”
SPRING 2005
The technology’s widespread private-sector uses could range from die-repair in
manufacturing plants to medical applications for human implants, Mohanty said.
“Our vision is to prove the value of this technology through the process of research and
development,” he said. “TARDEC is very supportive and encourages its eventual application
in the commercial arena.”
While the Mohanty team’s research offers promise in the realm of applied engineering,
TARDEC’s investment provides the university with real muscle in support of its ongoing
campaign to serve as a leading resource for technological innovation and education.
“This kind of funding gives us the capability to create the infrastructure required to put us
on par with other, larger universities working in this area of thermal spray technology,”
Mohanty said. “It provides us with a nucleus and the capabilities to compete as
world-class researchers and educators.”
The TARDEC contracts complement a growing list of grant-sponsored programs that feature
Mohanty as either a director or research partner. They include three National Science Foundation
(NSF) grants totaling approximately $550,000 for the establishment of an electron microscope
facility, research into high-damping materials development, and a nanotechnology initiative to
create a lab and course around nanoscience research. Mohanty, in partnership with other CECS
faculty, has also received a combined $500,000 in funding from the U.S Department of Energy,
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
for research into corrosion resistance for magnesium alloys, ultrasonic welding, and curriculum
development for manufacturing engineering, respectively.
From a research perspective, such support is essential for conducting relevant experimentation,
particularly the acquisition and deployment of cutting-edge laboratory hardware.
“You just can’t conduct cutting-edge materials research without advanced equipment like our
new microscopes,” Mohanty said. “They are critical to our performance.”
Yet the value of advanced research tools can never surpass a university’s commitment to
fundamental education, said Mohanty, a native of India, who earned his doctorate from
McGill University and worked at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the
UM-Ann Arbor before joining the UM-Dearborn faculty.
“I continue to place a lot of my emphasis on teaching, and believe that we must engage
our students early on,” he said. “I strongly believe that research should not be perceived as
a deterrent to excellence in teaching. One cannot exist without the other in the university
framework. The two must be intermingled and jointly nourished.”
FORD
PROVIDES
$2 MILLION
SPRAY CELL
EQUIPMENT
Dr. Pravansu Mohanty’s
groundbreaking rapid
manufacturing work for
TARDEC is being made
possible through collaboration
with Ford Motor Company. In
October 2004, Ford gave to the
university enough equipment
to make an entire thermal
spray cell. With an estimated
value of approximately
2 million dollars, the equipment
is currently on loan.
“Ford wanted to be a partner
in the project,” says Mohanty.
“Its spray cell helped us to
convince TARDEC to give us
the grant to proceed. This is
a good example of partnership
among the federal government,
the university, and private
industry that mutually benefits
everybody. This relationship
has created a state-of-the art
laboratory comparable to any
major research university,
nationally or internationally.”
Mohanty currently teaches “Principles of Engineering Materials” and “Introduction to Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology.” In addition, he assists with the introduction of nanotechnology concepts
at a Dearborn magnet high school for gifted students, and has helped procure support from the
National Science Foundation for the “Research Experience for Undergraduates,” an initiative
designed to provide undergraduates with a bridge between academic principles and hands-on
research through paid, campus-based summer research jobs.
Last July, Mohanty capitalized on a program funded in part by the NSF, with participation
from such leading national universities as Penn State and Rutgers, to organize a conference
at the Dearborn campus dedicated to enhancing programs for the introduction of nanoscience
and technologies to younger, pre-college students.
“Contracts and research grants, like the ones obtained by Professor Mohanty, create new
labs for our students to learn in, develop faculty to teach the latest innovations, and support
research and development that directly benefit our local industry,” said Subrata Sengupta,
dean of CECS. “Overall, it helps make our community stronger by developing new technology
and better educated people for tomorrow’s workforce.”
13
DEARBORN
Engineer
DONOR LIST 2003-2004
INDIVIDUALS
Edward J. Abeska
Alan J. Amici
Richard C. Angelo, Sr.
Paresh A. Bhavsar
Philip L. Birch
Mark E. Boden
Norman V. Boeve
Lewis P. Bregni
Kristin M. Bussa
Melinda Rodriguez
Cardwell
Keith Bartlett Carle
Lee B. Corney
Christine R. Day
TIMOTHY MANGANELLO, CECS ALUMNUS AND
CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF BORGWARNER, INC.
Angelo Dimitriou
Stephen N. Donaldson
John J. Endredy
ABOVE: GHASSAN T. KRIDLI, ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL AND
Jeffrey R. Exell
MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Thomas A. Genise
ENGINEERING AT UM-DEARBORN
Faheem Gill
RIGHT: MICROSOFT GIFT TO AUTOMOBILE
M. Jeanne Girard
COMPUTING RESEARCH
Gregory Mark Giska
John M. Gladys
Donna J. Goddard
Maura P. O’Kennedy
Michael B. Goran
Gary R. Oshnock
Michael A. Hall
Henry W. Patton II
Brennan T. Hamilton
Henry Patton Estate
Eric K. Haupt
Howard Perkins III
Thomas J. Helinski
James M. Perrin
Robert W. Hildebrand
John C. Person
Dennis James Kirchoff
Jennifer L. Petrowski
Stephen J. Klonowski
Thomas M. Peurach
Ghassan T. Kridli
Dwight A. Phelps
Michael P. LaFleur
Daniel K. Phillips
Lisa M. Leahy
Alan D. Poole
Kevin R. Liske
Edward A. Popyk
Daniel E. Little
Paul M. Progar
Carolyn Longmire
Jeffrey D. Qualls
David Scott Loula
Ramakrishnan Rajappa
Robert Vernon Lust
Roy L. Rennolds
Pankaj K. Mallick
Richard C. Ronzi
M. Elizabeth Manganello
Thomas K. Rothermel
Timothy M. Manganello
Tushar Routh
Kim E. Marcus
Louis J. Sacco
Michael J. Mazowita
Darren T. Schindel
Walter F. McCoskey
Brad J. Schwartz
Julie T. Modrzejewski
Robert J. Scollard, Jr.
Kenneth A. Moore
Robin A. Scollard
Joan F. Mrofka
Sandra L. Scott
Narasimhamurthi Natarajan
Bardhyl R. Sejfulla
William K. Nickert
Ronald Shpakoff
14
Malayappan Shridhar
Roger C. Shulze
John P. Siko
Jay H. Sim
Ray E. Smith
Robert A. Smitt
John J. Sniezek
Phillip J. Snyder
Patrick R. Soter
Jamie Standring
Mark A. Steffka
Mark H. Swanson
Marlin U. Thomas
Manoj Thomas
Susan Thomas
Eric Thornton
Patricia H. Turner
Gerald B. Varani
Keshav S. Varde
Joanne C. Vasquez
Gerard J. Wideman
Carl A. Widmann
John Joseph Willyard
Terri S. Wrobel
Xiaoyu Yang
Maureen Rose Zack
Nicholas S. Zakhar
Danny Zdravkovski
SPRING 2005
VISTEON DONATED A LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE TRUCK AND
ONE-FIFTH SCALE MODEL FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING
FOUNDATIONS
ArvinMeritor Trust Fund
BorgWarner Foundation, Inc.
Council Michigan Foundations
DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund
DTE Energy Foundation
Ford Motor Company Fund
General Motors Foundation
Lewis & Judy Tann Philanthropic Fund;
United Jewish Foundation
Richard E. and Sandra J. Dauch
Family Foundation
State Farm Companies Foundation
TRW Automotive Fund
World Heritage Foundation
CORPORATIONS
Acromag Inc.
Altair Engineering, Inc.
American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
ATI Electronics, LLC
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Collins & Aikman
Denso International America, Inc.
Enerflex Solutions, LLC
Ford Motor Company
AT TOP:
ACROMAG’S KURT LIPSKY,
DAVID WOLFE, JOHN VENIOUS,
AND KEN GREYWALL ON BEHALF
OF ACROMAG FOUNDER
HENRY W. PATTON
ABOVE: JUDY AND LEWIS TANN
General Dynamics Land Systems
General Motors Corporation
InfoGation Corporation
IBM Corporation
Lear Corporation
Metaldyne
Microsoft Corporation
MSX International, Inc.
Visteon Corporation
15
DEARBORN
Engineer
2004 Annual Alumni Awards
JOHN COLE, CHAIR OF THE CECS ALUMNI AFFILIATE, AND
CECS ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT MARK STEFFKA
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA
OF THE
YEAR
DEBORAH A. BLACK
’81, ’87 Engineering and Computer Science
Deborah Black (Black is profiled on pages 8 and 9 of this
issue) was employed at Microsoft Corporation from 1992 to
March 2004, holding a number of executive positions. She
most recently served as corporate vice president of the
management business group in the Windows division. Prior
to Microsoft, Black worked on operating system research and
development at Bell Northern Research from 1981 to 1990.
She now volunteers in several community-based organizations. She is a board member for Islandwood, an outdoor
learning center that provides children with hands-on learning experiences that combine science, technology, and the
arts. Black also serves on the board at Kindering Center, a
neurodevelopment center that provides services for disabled
children, and is vice president of Seattle Children’s Hospital
Mary M. Gates Guild.
ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD
MARK A. STEFFKA
’81 Engineering and Computer Science
Mark Steffka is a technical specialist at General Motors
Powertrain and has been an adjunct lecturer for the
electrical and computer engineering and engineering
professional development departments at UM-Dearborn
since 2000. Steffka has volunteered a great deal of time
to the college, providing expertise to faculty and students
(including many students not enrolled in his classes).
He has coordinated several key equipment donations,
16
FACULTY MEMBER OF THE YEAR SWATANTRA K. KACHHAL
AND REBECCA TAKACS, VICE CHAIR OF THE ALUMNI SOCIETY
including an electromagnetic compatibility chamber from
General Motors and Eaton receivers from Underwriters
Laboratories. Steffka is also an active member of the
Society for Automotive Engineers. He recently served
as chairperson of technical sessions conducted at the
society’s annual congress and is a member of
various committees.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN
ALUMNI SOCIETY FACULTY MEMBER OF
SWATANTRA K. KACHHAL
THE
YEAR
Professor and Chair of Industrial and
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Swatantra Kachhal has been an outstanding teacher,
researcher, and leader since he joined the University of
Michigan-Dearborn in 1973. He has been instrumental in
developing and launching new degree programs at the
university. During his tenure, the industrial and systems
engineering program became accredited and is now one of
the top undergraduate-level programs in a non-doctoral
institution in the United States. Kachhal, a prolific
researcher, won the Society for Health Systems Annual
Conference Best Paper Award in 2000. He has received
numerous honors and awards, including the Distinguished
Service Award from the Detroit Chapter of the Institute
of Industrial Engineers in 2002, the Distinguished Faculty
Award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards
for Higher Education in 1984, and the Distinguished Teaching
Award, non-tenured, from UM-Dearborn in 1977. He is a
fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and a fellow of
the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society.
SPRING 2005
Engineering Professional Development
Offers Graduate Courses Online
To meet the needs of today’s global learning community,
the UM-Dearborn College of Engineering and Computer
Science now offers internet-based graduate programs in
software engineering and automotive systems engineering,
as well as individual courses in other CECS discipline
areas. CECS also plans to begin offering the engineering
management graduate program as a full internet-based
program beginning in the fall 2005 semester. Not limited
by geographic location, internet-based courses let students
complete an entire graduate degree, earn a 12-credit hour
graduate certificate, or just complete a class at their
convenience. Courses are internet-based and utilize video
with audio, text, and graphics. Students can interact with
instructors and with other students synchronously and
asynchronously from personal computers through
chatrooms and threaded discussions using Virtual
Learning Tool software. For more information about
these convenient, quality programs please contact
Engineering Professional Development at 313-593-4000,
email Susan Guinn at [email protected], or visit our
website at http://dln.engin.umd.umich.edu.
Earn a Specialized Graduate
Certificate in Just 12 Credit Hours
Many courses in these certificate
areas are also available online
Automotive Systems Engineering
Computer Aided Design
and Manufacturing
Control Systems
Digital Signal Processing
Engineering Management
Game Design
Intelligent Control
Internal Combustion Engines
Noise, Vibration and Harshness
Plastic and Composite Materials
Quality Engineering
Software Engineering
Structural Analysis and Design
Vehicle Electronics
Enroll in a
Technical Course Seminar
Industry-relevant topics including NVH and EMC
Come to UM-Dearborn or hold a seminar at your corporate location!!
For more information about these quality programs,
visit our website at http://epd.engin.umd.umich.edu
or call us at 313-593-4000.
FALL 2005 GRADUATE
COURSE ONLINE OFFERINGS
Automotive Powertrains II
Professor Yi Zhang
Engine Emissions
Professor Tariq Shamim
Internal Combustion Engines I
Professor Keshav Varde
Materials Selection in
Automotive Design
Professor P. K. Mallick
Vehicle Electronics
Professor Chris Mi
Vehicle Ergonomics
Professor Vivek Bhise
Algorithm Analysis and Design
Professor Bruce Elenbogen
Computer Networks
Professor Paul Richardson
Data Mining
Professor Yi Lu Murphey
Database Systems
Professor William Grosky
Software Engineering
Professor Tom Steiner
Software Quality Assurance
Professor Kiumi Akingbehin
Web Technology
Professor Yuqing Song
Information Systems for
Engineering Management
Professor Chia-Hao Chang
2005 ALUMNI RECEPTION
ALUMNI FROM A RANGE OF GRADUATING
CLASSES GATHERED ON APRIL 13 FOR THE
COLLEGE’S ANNUAL ALUMNI RECEPTION AT
THE HOTEL PONTCHARTRAIN IN DETROIT, MI.
HOSTED EACH YEAR BY THE SCHOOL’S
ALUMNI AFFILIATE, THE EVENT COINCIDES
WITH THE ANNUAL SAE WORLD CONGRESS
HELD AT THE COBO CONVENTION CENTER.
Keep in touch
What have you been doing since graduation?
Share your news by using the form online to let
us know about your professional successes.
Professional news is posted in the Dearborn Engineer.
Visit www.engin.umd.umich.edu/alumni
The University of Michigan-Dearborn
College of Engineering and Computer Science
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48128–1491
(313) 593-5290
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
Nonprofit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit No. 684
Dearborn, MI