Mohamed Trabia (Engineering) was a keynote speaker at the 5th International Conference on Mechatronics in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last month. His presentation, "Smart Finger-Wearable Assistive Display for the Well-Being of the Blind and Visually Impaired" covered his ongoing research in advancing portable "seeing" assistive devices for the blind…

Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) is coauthor of the book, Biomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles, which recently was published by World Scientific. This book presents a comprehensive overview of selected robotic artificial muscles. His coauthors are professor Xiaobo Tan of Michigan State University, professor Hyouk Ryeol Choi of Sungkyunkwan…

Darrell W. Pepper (Mechanical Engineering) won the 2012 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Energy Systems Award. He received the award at a luncheon that took place in conjunction with the 11th International Energy Conservations Engineering Conference in Atlanta. Pepper was honored for his sustained development of novel…

Kwang Kim (Mechanical Engineering) was named recently named an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow. “A fellow is one who has attained a membership grade of distinction, at the time of advancement shall be a corporate member of the Society, shall have been responsible for significant engineering achievements, and shall have not less…