College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Photo of Butt, Fredericks, Greene and Bafna at the 2017 IISE conference.

Industrial engineer named national fellow

May 31

Dr. Steven E. Butt has been named a fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. WMU now has one of the nation's highest percentages of industrial engineering faculty who have earned fellow status.

Administrator elected to national engineering board

May 16

Associate Dean Andrew A. Kline will begin a term on the American Society for Engineering Education Board of Directors in June.

Photo of the WMU and Aquinas College's presidents signing an agreement between the two schools.

Partnership will lead to WMU engineering degrees for Aquinas students

May 3

Academic officials at both institutions have been working for two years to put the program in place. Aquinas students may apply for acceptance in the engineering program at the end of their sophomore year.

Formula SAE team competes at Michigan International Speedway

May 25

WMU’s Formula SAE team recently returned from the SAE International Collegiate Design Series at Michigan International Speedway, where they competed with their new 2017 Bronco Racing vehicle against teams from all over the world.

Aerospace engineering students compete in annual Design Build Fly Competition

May 25

Six members of WMU’s Pegasus Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) went to new heights recently when they competed in the Design • Build • Fly competition in Tucson, Ariz., and came in 21^st of more than 95 teams.

$318,000 grant will support research efforts of Department of Defense

May 11

Dr. Kristina Lemmer and Dr. Claudia Fajardo recently were awarded a $318,000 grant to be used in research in labs in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department.

College to offer Ph.D. in civil engineering

May 1

The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees at its April meeting approved a new Ph.D. program in civil engineering. The program will be launched in fall 2017. This brings to seven the number of Ph.D. programs offered in WMU’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Outstanding students for 2017 honored at luncheon

April 20

The top students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences for 2017 were honored at a luncheon at the end of the spring semester.

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