Grants and Funding Awards
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scott Dawson received a National Science Foundation award:
John G. and Jane E. Olin Endowed Department Chair in Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Louis N. Cattafesta III received a National Aeronautics and Space Administration University Leadership Initiative award: —
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Ankit Srivastava received a National Science Foundation award: “Collaborative Research: Consistent Treatment of Boundaries and Interfaces in Metamaterials”
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering David R. Williams received an Office of Naval Research award: “Finless UCAS Flight Control with Active Flow Control Effectors and Advanced Maneuver Development.”
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scott Dawson received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research award: “CIT—A Wavelet-Based Resolvent Analysis for Highly Unsteady Transient Flows.”
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Matthew Spenko is co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation award: “LEAP: Learning, Accelerating, and Empowering Embodied Robot Technology Use Within the Construction Industry.”
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Matthew Spenko received an Argonne National Laboratory award: “Testing and Evaluation of Cooperative Driving Automation Vehicle Systems.”
Professional Achievement Awards
July 26, 2024: Rowe Family Chair Professor in Sustainable Energy Leon Shaw has been invited to give a keynote presentation titled “Rational Design and Sustainable Synthesis of Co-free, Ni-rich Cathodes for Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries” at the , November 25 - 27, 2024, in Paris, France.
July 16, 2024: The MMAE Department is delighted to announce that Boris S. Pervan, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director of CARNATIONS, has been named the Frank Gunsaulus Faculty Fellow in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Illinois Tech. Provost Kenneth T. Christensen wrote: “Honorific titles like this are reserved for the top echelon of faculty at our institution, and we are proud to recognize your sustained professional excellence in all realms of your scholarly activities by bestowing this honorific title upon you.”
June 18, 2024: Rowe Family Chair Professor in Sustainable Energy Leon Shaw has been invited to give a plenary presentation titled “Recent Advancements in Solid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Solid-State Batteries” at the (ICERT 2024), August 25 – 27, 2024, Barcelona, Spain.
June 18, 2024: Rowe Family Chair Professor in Sustainable Energy Leon Shaw has been invited to give a presentation titled “Enhancing Cycle Life of Co-Free, Ni-Rich Cathodes for Next Generation Li-ion Batteries” at (EnergyResCon2024), August 23 – 24, 2024, Prague, Czech Republic.
December 11, 2023: Congratulations to MMAE Laboratory Manager, Russ Janota, for receiving an Illinois Institute of Technology 2023 . His award was in the category, “Developing innovative contributions to support excellence in teaching and research.” We are grateful to Russ for all the great work he has done for MMAE!
Professor of Mechanical Engineering Sumanta Acharya was selected as one of Illinois Science and Technology Coalition’s
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Boris Pervan received the 2022 Johannes Kepler Award from the Institute of Navigation.
John G. and Jane E. Olin Endowed Department Chair in Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Louis N. Cattafesta III became a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
John G. and Jane E. Olin Endowed Department Chair in Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Louis N. Cattafesta III became a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Student Accomplishments
April 29, 2024: Illinois Tech's branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has awarded Elizabeth A. Karagiannes the 2023-24 Scholastic Achievement Award. This monetary award is presented to the Illinois Tech aerospace engineering student with the highest GPA, contributions to undergraduate research, and leadership in university's student organizations.
October 19, 2023: Congratulations to King Ankobea-Ansah (M.S. MAE '22, Ph.D. MAE Candidate) for receiving the 2023/24 , which is given to one student annually. In addition to the $1,000 scholarship award, Ankobea-Ansah will receive a free one-year Society of Automotive Engineers student membership.
April 19, 2023: Illinois Tech’s Material Advantage chapter and the 鶹APP chapter of the American Society for Materials co-organized a student poster competition. Students from Illinois Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois 鶹APP, and Northwestern University participated in the competition. Congratulations to the following winners:
First place: Changlong Chen (Ph.D. MSE Candidate, Illinois Tech)
Second place: Lindsay Chaney (Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University)
Third place: Broderick Lewis (Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University)
May 19, 2023: Congratulations to Member Mohammad Jamalkhani for his recent publication in the Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, .