TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Two University of Alabama mechanical engineering professors have been elected as Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Dr. Yuebin Guo, professor of mechanical engineering, and Dr. Beth Todd, associate professor of mechanical engineering, recently received this prestigious distinction.
The election to the grade of Fellow is the highest honor awarded to ASME members. According to ASME, a Fellow is one who has attained a membership grade of distinction and, at the time of advancement, shall have been responsible for significant engineering achievements and shall not have less than 10 years of active practice.
Since he joined UA in 2001, Guo has been involved in several research projects including mulitscale manufacturing processes, surface integrity and functionality, process mechanics and simulations, medical devices and clean-energy components.
He has served as the principal investigator of more than 20 projects funded by the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Transportation, and numerous industry sectors. Guo has published more than 200 peer refereed journal and conference papers and given more than 100 presentations and invited seminars.
In addition to teaching and research, Guo is involved in numerous professional activities and organizations. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, the Materials Research Society, the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society for Engineering Education.
In 2004, he received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and, in 2003, he was named the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Guo received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Shandong Institute of Technology in Shandong, China. He continued his education at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, where he received his master’s degree in precision instruments. He earned a master’s in manufacturing engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and his doctorate from Purdue University.
Todd began working at The University of Alabama in 1992 as an assistant professor of engineering mechanics. She moved to mechanical engineering in 1996 and was promoted to associate professor in 2001.
Her research has focused on orthopedic biomechanics and design of devices for the disabled. More recently, she has transitioned to the study of engineering education.
Todd has been principal investigator of a dozen research projects funded by the Engineering Foundation, NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Halliburton Foundation. She has more than 50 refereed publications with one or more student co-authors.
She has served as the mechanical engineering’s undergraduate program coordinator since 1998 and as the faculty adviser for UA’s student sections of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers.
She has been named the national outstanding section faculty adviser for both ASME and SWE. In addition, Todd was named a SWE Fellow in 2004, and she served as the SWE National Conference co-chair in 2003.
She chairs the Student Sections Committee for ASME, a global committee working on student policies and practices. She is also a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and she has served as the past chair of the American Society of Engineering Education Southeast Section.
In 1981, Todd received her bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Pennsylvania State University. She went on to receive her master’s degree in applied mechanics and doctoral degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia in 1986 and 1992, respectively.
Founded in 1880, ASME promotes the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe.
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s fully accredited College of Engineering has nearly 3,100 students and more than 100 faculty. In the last eight years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater scholars, Hollings scholars and Portz scholars.
Contact
Mary Wymer, engineering public relations, 205/348-6444 or mwymer@eng.ua.edu