ME Seniors Win Awards:

On May 8^th 2008, the ME Department hosted a reception in honor of the graduating seniors in the Featheringill Atrium.  Close to two hundred people, including seniors, their parents and siblings, and the ME faculty, attended the gala reception.   Distinguished awards were handed out to seniors and design teams on that occasion.    

The ME Program Award for a member of the graduating class judged to have made the greatest progress in professional development went to Steven George Manuel.  The Mechanics and Control Award for an outstanding senior showing the most promise in the study and pursuit of Mechanics and Control Engineering went to Matthew Stephen Casavant.  The Thermal-Fluids Award for an outstanding senior showing the most promise in the study and pursuit of Thermal and Fluids Engineering went to Thomas Cashin Folk and Rachel Helen Shiveley. 

In addition, the faculty handed out special Appreciation Awards to William Glen Bartley, Kristina Elizabeth Kitko, and Alexander Richard Sobey, for their notable contributions to the Department’s Education and Outreach Mission.  The Leadership Award for graduating seniors showing outstanding leadership in leading a VUME team to success at a National Engineering Competition was given to Andrew Jay Gould and Walter Anthony Thorn.

Two Senior Design Teams were selected by the ME faculty to receive the Senior Design Team Award, for showing the most creativity and originality in their design.  The chosen teams were Rocket Deployed UAV and Bipedal Walker.  The Bipedal Walker team comprised of Jason Houston, Steven Kuehl, Zack Oakley, Nik Rahman, and Reed Williams.  The Rocket Deployed UAV team comprised of Glen Bartley, Thomas Folk, Andrew Gould, Thomas Grady, Brandon Reed, Chris McMenamin, Alex Sobey, and Gregory Todd