MS&E Faculty News
MSE researcher receives FEF-Ray Witt gift
The $10,000 tax free gift recognizes faculty at the assistant or associate professor level for past contributions and potential for future contribution to the metal casting industry. |
Milligan receives Research Award Professor Walter Milligan of the Materials Science and Engineering department recently received the 2001 Research Award. "It's a great honor to be selected. There are a lot of deserving people on this campus," Milligan said, who is currently on sabbatical at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology with the support of Norsk Hydro. Milligan, who has been at Michigan Tech since 1989, researches the fundamental structure of alloys and how that structure affects their behavior. He leads a team taking part in a multi-million-dollar collaboration among leading universities to improve the alloys used in jet engines. The five-year project, which is winding down this year, was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and included $1.2 million for Milligan's team. " Walt has done a fantastic job of building an interdisciplinary, multi-university program," said Professor Calvin White. "He's teamed with people at UC Berkeley, MIT, and Harvard to attack some very difficult engineering problems." The Research Award, which includes a $2,500 cash prize, was presented at President's Convocation on Sept. 19, 2001. |
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Courtney to receive ASM Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award Professor Thomas H. Courtney will be presented with the ASM Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award at the ASM Awards Dinner in October 2003. Courtney's citation reads, "for a sustained, productive academic career in teaching, research and administration throughout which he inspired students to achieve the highest levels of academic and, subsequently, professional career accomplishments." The presentation will be part of ASM's annual event scheduled for Oct.13-16, 2003, in Pittsburgh. Pa. Courtney received his B.S. degree in metallurgy from Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. in engineering physics from Cornell University, and Sc.D. in physical metallurgy from MIT. |
Rundman receives AFS Gold Medal
The award is the highest recognition given by the AFS for service to the metal-casting industry. Rundman's citation reads, in part: " . . . for dedication to the metalcasting industry . . . and your pioneering research in the field of austempered ductile iron." The honor was presented at the 105th AFS Casting Congress held last spring in Dallas/Fort Worth . An Ishpeming native, Rundman received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Tech in 1961 and 1962, then earned a Ph.D in materials science from Northwestern University in 1967. He joined the MTU faculty after receiving his doctorate. |
Karl B. Rundman, professor of
metallurgical engineering in the
Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, has received the
prestigious Thomas W. Pangborn
Gold Medal from the American
Foundry Society. |
MSE dept. gets new professor
Dr. Miguel Levy joined the Materials Science and Engineering
department and Physics department in spring 2000, and so far, he seems
to love working at his new university. Just ask him what he does in
his spare time. "My work is my hobby," he says. Levy was previously
employed as a senior research scientist at Columbia University. His
areas of expertise include optoelectronics and integrated photonics,
magnetooptics, novel materials technologies, nanofabrication, electronic
transport, and laser spectroscopy in semiconductors. Levy received
a B.S. in physics from Duke University, a M.S. in physics from Cornell
University, a Master of Philosophy in physics from The City University
of New York , and a Ph.D in physics from The City University of New
York. Levy said there are two things he likes best about working at
Michigan Tech. "I like the students and faculty," he said. He has
authored or coauthored over 40 publications and holds several patents.
Levy resides in Portage Township with his wife Anita and daughter
Tania, 11. Levy's son, Diego is a sophomore at Amherst College.
A retired Michigan Tech
University professor has received
the Fellow Award from APMI
International, the professional
society for powder metallurgists.
The award recognizes Darrell
W. Smith of Chassell, for significant
contributions to the society
and a high level of expertise in
powder metallurg y.
Smith retired from MTU in 1999.
A 25-year member of APMI, he
founded the student chapter at
Michigan Tech .
Smith also has serves on the
APMI Board of Directors and was
chairman of the PMT Certification
Commission. He received the
Distinguished Service to Powder
Metallurgy Award in 1997.
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Moran joins MSE, physics faculties The Materials Science and Engineering department and Physics department welcomed a new assistant professor into their o ffices in August 2001. Dr. Peter Moran comes to MTU from the University of Wisconsin where he worked as a scientist and as a postdoctoral research associate. Moran received his Ph.D and M.S. degree in materials science, and his B.S. in physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison . He visited the Michigan Tech community during Winter Carnival 2001 and fell in love with the area and people. "I was very excited to get an opportunity to come here, and I like what's going on here," he said. "The people are the biggest asset." At Michigan Tech, Moran teaches advanced diffraction and leads a senior design project. "I work in the MSE department two-thirds of the time, and the Physics department one-third of the time. I particularly like how easy it is to work with people across departments," he said. Besides teaching, Moran says he's acquiring equipment to build a wafer bonding laboratory." We've got some interesting pieces of equipment coming here for a new micro lab. We'll be able to make electronic and optical heterostructures by bonding semi-conductors and dialectic wafers," he said.
Prior to arriving at Tech, Moran worked as a scientist for Siemens
and Lunar Radiation, both in Madison, and as a lecturer and teaching
assistant at the University of Wisconsin. His numerous professional
activities include serving as session chair at the Electronics Conference,
the Denver X-ray Conference and the International Conference of
Compliant and Alternative Substrate Technology. Moran was a guest
editor of the Journal of Electronics and was a member of the organizing
committee of the Electronics Conference. Moran has coauthored several
articles that have appeared in such publications as the Journal
of Electronics, the Review of Scientific Instruments and the Journal
of the Electrochemical Society. Moran resides in Houghton with his
wife Janet and daughters Megan and Hannah. For fun, he enjoys cross-country
skiing on the Tech trails. |