The following College of Engineering & Science faculty members were promoted and/or granted tenure, effective beginning the 2012-2013 academic year.

• Michelle Andrzejak, granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor
• Gregory Grabowski, promoted to Professor
• James Lynch, promoted to Associate Professor

Mark Benvenuto, professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Meghann Murray, Chemistry Storeroom manager, have co-authored with students two book chapters: "Chemical composition of a series of Siamese bullet coins: A search for contemporary counterfeits" (with students Danielle M. Garshott and Elizabeth MacDonald) and "Elemental composition of a series of medieval Korean coinage via energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry" (with Danielle M. Garshott, Elizabeth MacDonald, Stephanie Spohn, Hana Attar, Jennifer Shango and Irice Ellis). Both chapters are published by the American Chemical Society in Collaborative Endeavors in the Chemical Analysis of Art and Cultural Heritage Materials.

The American Society for Engineering Education has invited Professor of Mechanical Engineering Leo E. Hanifin to serve as a member of the Clement J. Freund Award Committee for the 2012-2013 Society year.  (Clement Freund was dean of the University of Detroit College of Engineering and Architecture from 1932 through 1962.)

Shulamith Schlick, professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, was the speaker at the Women Chemists Committee Luncheon, June 6 in Dearborn, Mich., which was part of the 43rd Central Regional Meeting of the Americal Chemical Society.  Schlick's lecture was entitled "Clean energy for portable, stationary, and automotive applications: From oxygen radicals to fuel cells."

Faculty in chemistry, biology, civil engineering and mechanical engineering incorporate service-learning experiences in their classes.  Projects include chemistry demonstrations in local schools, improving heating retention in homes, designing a homeless housing facility, evaluating environmental pollutants in a local school and many others.

Two Detroit Country Day high school students worked with two UDM Biology faculty and undergraduates on research projects in Summer 2012 with plans to expand this outreach to additional high school students in the near future.

As part of the Kern Family Foundation grant program studying intra-corporate innovation and entrepreneurship, UDM Professors of Mechanical Engineering Leo Hanifin and Jonathan Weaver (pictured below) visited the Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs facility near Los Angeles.  The facility, widely known as the Skunk Works, is famous for its development of a number of landmark aircraft such as the P-80, the first jet fighter used by the U.S. Air Force, and the F-117 Stealth Fighter.  Find out more about the Kern Family Foundation grant program.

Members of the Kern grant group at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, from left: Ross Lee, assistant professor of Engineering at Villanova University, and UDM Professors of Mechanical Engineering Jonathan Weaver and Leo Hanifin.