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Ph.D. candidate Frank L.Hammond III was nominated for the “Best Paper in Automation” award at the IEEE 2009 International Confer- ence onMechatronics andAutomation. The paper, co-authored with Professor Kenji Shimada, is entitled“Improvement


ofManufacturingWorkcell Layout Design UsingWeighted Isotropy Metrics.”The paper was selected as one of only four nominees for this award, from among 1,800 submissions.


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Two doctoral students were awarded Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation:Casey Kute and Elizabeth Traut.These fellowships provide three years of support for graduate students working toward research-basedM.S.or Ph.D.degrees.


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InMay,Carnegie Mellon’s Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) RaceTeam dedi- cated its FormulaOne style race car to three Pittsburgh police officers killed in the line of duty inApril.SAE team members, including


MechE’s Rob Keelan,used the dedication ceremony to kick off a student campaign to raise money for the fallen officers’ families. The SAE racecar was dedicated to officers Eric G.Kelly, Stephen J.Mayhle, and Paul J. Sciullo II.


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Ph.D. candidate Jueun Lee is one of four recipients of the 2009-10 Dowd-ICES Fellowship.Established in 2001 by CIT alum Philip Dowd and wifeMarsha, this fellowship supports graduate students working on cutting-edge research projects.Lee will present her research at the Dowd Fellowship Symposium this fall.


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Four students received awards from theMechE StudyAbroad Fellowship Program to help with their study-abroad expenses. Lauren Cuan and TemaYarawitz studied in Spain,Laura Gurwitz traveled toAustralia, and Chalita Maneetham visited France.Applications to the program are accepted twice a year, inOctober andApril.


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Sophomore Charles Munoz received the 2009-10 Boeing Scholarship.Last year, threeMechE undergraduates received Boeing Scholarships:Eric Blood,Sean Lubner, and Patrick Rosas. These scholarships are awarded annually to students interested in a career in the aerospace industry.


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Scott Moreland, a Ph.D. candidate, received a Postgraduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.


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TwoMaster’s students were awarded the Nick G.Vlahakis Graduate Fellowship from the College of Engineering this year:Tushar Porwal and Pearce Stanek-Johnson.Vlahakis (M.S.1974) created the fund to support CarnegieMellon students in selected engineering and technical disciplines.


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CarnegieMellon’s Cricket ClubTeam, includingMechE senior Atishe Chordia, traveled to Florida inMarch for the first-ever American College Cricket Championship.Four other collegiate teams joined CarnegieMellon for the four-day event,which was featured in national media, including the NewYorkTimes.


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First-year CIT student Samuel Pace Nalborne was selected as a 2009ASME Foundation—ASMEAuxiliary FIRST Clarke Schol- arship winner.TheASME Foundation andASMEAuxiliary grant these prestigious scholorships to 10 high school seniors each year. Nalborne plans to join theMechE Department next year.


Fall 2009Teaching FellowsNamed


The Department ofMechanical Engineering has named seven students as UndergraduateTeaching Fellows for the Fall 2009 semester.This program, launched in 2007,offers outstanding undergraduates the chance to serve as student mentors for core undergraduate classes.Teaching Fellows also assist faculty members with projects, run labs,hold office hours, and administer help sessions.Shown left to right are the Fall Teaching Fellows.Front row:Shaun Swanson, Sean Lubner, Matt Kuhn.Second row:SaraWhitby, Michael Barako,Steven Stecker. Back row: Prof.Metin Sitti, Prof.Nadine Aubry. Missing from photo: Patrick Rosas.


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