In the Lead

Richard Cassady and Manuel Rossetti, both professors of industrial engineering, have been named fellows by the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Cassady has taught at the University of Arkansas since 2000, and his teaching and research focus on reliability and maintainability engineering, statistical quality control, operations research and probability and statistics. Rossetti is the holder of the John L. Imhoff Chair in Industrial Engineering. He teaches courses in the areas of probability modeling, discrete event simulation, object-oriented and database systems, transportation/logistics modeling, and inventory modeling..

 

Brady Cox, assistant professor of civil engineering, has been named by President Barack Obama as one of 96 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

 

 

 

Ajay Malshe, Distinguished Professor and Twenty-First Century Endowed Chair in Materials, Manufacturing and Integrated Systems, has been selected as a fellow of ASM International, formerly known as the American Society for Materials. Malshe is recognized worldwide for his fundamental and applied contributions to the fields of nanotechnology, electronics packaging and materials surface engineering.

 

 

Kim Needy, head of the department of industrial engineering and holder of the Twenty-First Century Professorship in Engineering, was recently voted president-elect of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Needy is recognized for her passion as a professor and her dedication to the Institute of Industrial Engineers, a professional society that helps advance and promote the industrial engineering profession. Needy also received the Distinguished Service Award for the Industrial Engineering Division at the conference of the American Society for Engineering Education.

 

 

Roy Penney and Tom Spicer, both professors of chemical engineering, have been named fellows by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Penney’s work at the university focuses on industrial mixing research and development, and he recently received the Award for Excellence and Sustained Contributions to Mixing Research and Practice from the North American Mixing Forum. Spicer holds the Ralph E. Martin Endowed Leadership Chair in Chemical Engineering, and served as head of the Ralph E. Martin department of chemical engineering from 2001-2012. Spicer’s research interests include the assessment of hazards from airborne contaminants, as well as hazards from fire and explosion phenomena.

Ronald L. Rardin, Distinguished Professor of industrial engineering, is the 2012 recipient of the David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Rardin is the holder of the John and Mary Lib White Endowed Systems Integration Chair in Industrial Engineering. He also heads the Center on Innovation in Healthcare Logistics.

 

 

 

Fisher Yu has been awarded the Faculty Early Career Development award, also known as the CAREER award, by the National Science Foundation. Yu is an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering. This grant will provide $400,000 over five years, to fund Yu’s research of bismuth, a relatively unexplored material system.