January 2007

Two Mechanical Engieering Professors receive "Distinguished Professor" title - The University bestows the Distinguished Professor title on select outstanding faculty in recognition of their outstanding teaching, research, and service at Penn State and in their profession. A professor who holds this prestigious title brings the highest distinction to the College and the University. The recipients are Chao-Yang Wang and Gary Settles. Read full story here. (1/07)

The Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering has established two distinguished lecture series, the Air Products Distinguished Lecture series and the newly established Dusinberre Lecture Series. The Air Products Distinguished lecture series has been in place since 2003, the George M. Dusinberre Distinguished Lecture in Thermal-Fluid Systems was just established in 2006 through donations provided by Frank Gabron (PSU-ME, 1955) in honor of his mentor and friend George Merrick Dusinberre. George Merrick Dusinberre (1899-1960) was a faculty member in Mechanical Engineering at Penn State from 1948 through 1960. Previously, he served as a naval officer. Dusinberre published three text books on heat transfer and gas turbines. Most notably, his posthumous text Heat-transfer Calculations by Finite Differences was a landmark in computational methods at the advent of digital computing. Dusinberre was one of the organizers for the First National Heat Transfer Conference, sponsored by ASME and AICHE. Read full story here. (1/07)