Dr. Cliff Lissenden, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is to receive $1,000,000 from the Nuclear Energy University Programs for his proposal Monitoring Microstructural Evolution of Alloy 617 with Nonlinear Acoustics for Remaining Useful Life Prediction; Multiaxial Creep-Fatigue and Creep-Ratcheting.

Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is presenting a Keynote Lecture on "Micromechanical Model of Filament Wound Composites Considering Fiber Undulation" at the XVI International Conference on Mechanics of Composite Materials to be held in Riga, Latvia on May 24-28, 2010. Prof. Bakis obtained NSF funding for eight delegates from the United States to attend the conference. He also serves on the Scientific Program Committee of the conference. For more information about the conference, please visit their website.

Dr. Eduard Ventsel, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, was recognized by journal Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, that his paper entitled “Approximate method for evaluating hypersingluar integrals,” was among the Top 25 Hottest Articles in Mathematics.

Dr. Bernhard Tittmann, Schell Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has accepted an invitation to become a member of the editorial committee of the Internet Journal of Nanotechnology. This publication is a new international journal created by Dr.Olivier Wenker, Professor of Anesthesiology, Director of Technology Discovery Office of Translational Research, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, along with Dr. Robert Shaler, Director of the Forensic Science program and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are researching the use of fingerprints as key pieces of evidence with an experimental thermal evaporator at the Materials Research Institute. This new technology will change the way crime scenes are investigated by using a vacuum and composite film to capture a better physical development of the fingerprint to have chemical evidence still left. To learn more, click here for a short video from WJACTV.

Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will be presenting five seminars at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The topics he will be presenting are Multiplasmonics, Nanoengineered Metamaterials: Sculptured Thin Films, Coping with and celebrating nanotechnology, Negatively Refracting Chiral Metamaterials, and Copycat technology.

Al Segall, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, has been names fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ASME helps the global engineering community develop solutions to real world challenges. Founded in 1880 as the ASME enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. ASME codes and standards, publications, conferences, continuing education and professional development programs provide a foundation for advancing technical knowledge and a safer world.

Dr. Al Segall, Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is scheduled to attend and chair a session, Tribotesting (II), of the Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) meeting in Las Vegas, NV from May 16 – 20, 2010.