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MTU Professor Named Top ASME Advisor
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(May 13, 2003)--Professor Ghatu Subhash (MEEM) has been selected to receive the 2003 Student Section Advisor Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The award, established in 1990, is given to a member of ASME who has contributed, through leadership and service, to the program and operations of a student section of ASME. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium, a silver medal, a certificate and a travel supplement. The award will be presented at the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, to be held Nov. 16-21 in Washington, D.C.
The award letter cites Subhash "for initiating numerous activities at Michigan Technological University to promote ASME, enhance the art and science of mechanical engineering, and strengthen the camaraderie and professionalism between students and faculty."
Subhash has been teaching at Michigan Tech for 10 years. He has served as the advisor for the student chapter of ASME for over four years. ASME is one of the largest professional organizations in the country. In Subhash's time as advisor, Michigan Tech student membership has grown from about 50 members to almost 200.
Michigan Tech has participated in several of the student design competitions run by ASME, including their flagship competition, the Human Powered Vehicle. Under Subhash's guidance, the Michigan Tech team placed sixth nationally in the 2001 Sip and Puff competition, a competition to design a fishing pole for a quadriplegic, and has placed in the top three multiple times in the HPV competition.
"The students are very enthusiastic," Subhash said. "Without them I couldn't have done any of this." He also credits the ASME officers, especially the past presidents, for the success of the society.
Subhash admires Tech students for their hands-on ability and capacity to build anything. "The students here . . . can build anything we need or want . . . [Michigan Tech] students in that sense are great."
Subhash has already planned what to do with his award when he receives it in November. "I am not keeping even a penny of the prize money," he said. "I am giving away all the prize money to the ASME student chapter [at Tech]."
--by Jana Jones, student writer |
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