2013 Conference Acknowledgements


Assanis

Dr. Dennis Assanis
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Stony Brook University

Dennis N. Assanis, the Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Professor of Engineering and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan, as well as Director of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, Founding Director of the US-China Clean Energy Research Center for Clean Vehicles and Director of the Walter E. Lay Automotive Laboratory, is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Stony Brook University. He also serves as Vice President for Brookhaven Affairs.


Dr. Assanis, received his B.Sc. degree in Marine Engineering from Newcastle University, England in 1980, and four graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: S.M. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (1983), S.M. in Mechanical Engineering (1983), Ph.D. in Power and Propulsion (1986) and S.M. in Management from MIT's Sloan School of Management (1986). Dr. Assanis is Founding Director of the interdisciplinary graduate program in Automotive Engineering (1996-2002), Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (2002-2007), Director of the Automotive Research Center (2002-2009), and Founding Co-Director of the General Motors-University of Michigan Collaborative Research Laboratory for Advanced Engine Systems (2002-2011).


Assanis started his academic career as an Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1985-1994) and joined The University of Michigan in fall 1994 as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is recognized internationally for his innovative development of modeling methodologies and experimental techniques to shed light into complex thermal, fluid and chemical processes in internal combustion engines so as to improve their fuel economy and reduce emissions. He has published with his students and collaborators over 300 articles in journals and conference proceedings. Among other accomplishments, his group’s work on homogeneous charge compression ignition contributes significantly to operating engines in low temperature combustion, ultra clean and fuel economical regimes that constitute a paradigm shift from today’s practices. He is the President of the consulting company Assanis & Associates, Inc.  He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He has served as editor or editorial board member of various journals.

Dr. Assanis has received a number of teaching and research awards which include the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Ralph Coats Roe Award (2011), the University of Michigan’s (UM) College of Engineering Stephen S. Attwood Award (2011), the UM Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award (2009), the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Award (2008), the ASEE Annual Distinguished Lecturer (2000), the UM College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award (2000), the UM Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Excellence in Teaching Award (1998), the ASME Meritorious Service Award (1997), the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Speaker Awards (1993 and 1994), the IBM Research Award (1991), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University Scholar Award (1991-1994), the SAE Award for Research (2002), the SAE Russell Springer Award (1991), the SAE Ralph Teetor Award (1987), the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1998-1993), and the ASME Pi/Tau Sigma Gold Medal Award (1990).