Kyle Sinding, undergraduate in Engineering Science, was notified that he has been selected to receive an American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Engineering Undergraduate Award based on his paper “The Past, Present and Future Contribution of NDE in My Life.” ESM Congratulates Kyle on his accomplishments!

Daniel Leonard, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has been notified by the Hydro Research Foundation that he has been selected to receive a Hydro Fellowship. The Steering Group members felt that Daniel has the ability to do high-quality graduate work and are pleased to offer this fellowship to him in recognition of Daniel’s great potential for success. The fellowship is based on successful academic research progress and with continued recommendation from Daniel’s academic advisor.

The Hydro Research Fellowship is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and is designed to provide opportunities and benefits to outstanding early career graduate students. The fellowship includes a possible opportunity to work with an industry partner, a tuition allowance of up to $16,900 and a living stipend of up to $26,000 annually.

Leonard’s research focuses on computation of cavitating flow in hydroturbines. His efforts in designing hydroturbines and machinery with reduced cavitation may reduce material loss, vibrations and repair costs. Leonard’s work may also increase operational efficiencies and provide cost savings to the hydroelectric power industry.

He is advised by Jules Lindau, head of the advanced fluid-thermal modeling department in the Applied Research Laboratory.

Dr. Judith A. Todd, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department Head has announced the winners of the spring 2013 ESM Today Graduate Research Symposium. ESM Today is a showcase for the research done by the graduate students of the Engineering Science and Mechanics department.

Poster Awards
1st prizes
Daniel Ahmed, “Probing Fast Biomolecular Process Using Time-Controlled Chemical Waveforms in Microfluidic Channels”
Maryam Neshastehriz, “Self-Lubricating Ni-Encapsulated Hexagonal Boron Nitride Coatings via Cold-Spray”

2nd prizes
Changjin Huang, "Coarse-grained Modeling of Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis of Nanoparticles"
Chandra Chindam, “Acoustic Scattering from Sculptured Thin Film Elements"

Paper Awards
1st prizes
Koray Sekeroglu, “Transport of Droplets and Gels on Nano-PPX Surface”
Jason Sheldon, "A Comparison of Fluid-Structure Interaction Coupling Algorithms”

2nd prizes
Joseph Mahoney, “Optimal Strategy Selection in Shuffleboard with Penalty”
Hitesh Basantani, “Through-film Conductivity of VOx Thin Films for IR Imaging"

Congratulations!