Professor Marcelo Dapino Named ASME Fellow

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Professor Marcelo Dapino named ASME Fellow
Professor Marcelo Dapino named ASME Fellow
Marcelo Dapino, professor of Mechanical Engineering, was recently elected as Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Of the 117,503 ASME members, Dapino is among the select group that comprises the 2.7% of ASME members who have been elected to Fellow grade membership. The citation included with the nomination for Dapino’s ascension to Fellow grade reads:

Dapino is an international leader in smart materials with a focus on magnetostrictive materials, dynamic smart systems, and additive manufacturing of adaptive structures. As the first Honda R&D Americas Designated Chair in Engineering and as Associate Director of the NSF I/UCRC on Smart Vehicle Concepts, he has made extensive contributions to research and education in collaboration with industry and government agencies. Dapino is recipient of the ASME Gary Anderson Early Career Award and, along with his students, is recipient of two ASME best paper awards. He serves on the Executive Committee of the ASME Aerospace Division and has served as chair of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Branch. He earned his PhD from Iowa State University in 1999.
 
In addition to his ASME designation, Dapino was recently appointed to a three-year term as associate editor for the Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. He has served since 2008 as Associate Editor for ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, and since 2012, has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Actuators.

 

The complete list of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering faculty who are ASME Fellows can be found on our Academy and Fellow Grade Memberships web page.

About ASME Fellow Membership
The ASME Board of Governors confers the distinction of Fellow grade membership to candidates who have been nominated by their peers, and selected by the Fellow Review Committee with final approval of the Committee of Past Presidents. These individuals are recognized for their distinguished career and engineering achievements.

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