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Awards

IDETC/CIE/AM3D

In addition to her technical work, she has significant contributions to for structural and multibody dynamics, rotorcraft comprehensive analysis,
research efforts that are directed toward improving engineering education and experimental mechanics and dynamics. He is a Fellow of the
amidst the challenges and opportunities we face as engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the American Helicop-
educators For example, two NSF-funded projects entitled “Prototype to ter Society, and a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics
Production: Processes and Conditions for Preparing the Engineer of and Astronautics. He has authored a book entitled Flexible Multibody
2020,” and “Prototyping the Engineer 2020: A 360-degree Study of Dynamics, which has won the 2012 Textbook Excellence Award from the
Effective Education.” The first project prepared several research instru- Text and Academic Authors Association.
ments based on qualitative and quantitative research to identify the
processes and conditions for preparing the engineer amid future demands
on our engineering programs, and assessed the preparedness levels of C. D. MOTE, JR. EARLY CAREER AWARD
institutions to meet these demands. The second project employed a Design Engineering Division
stratified sample of engineering programs with the aim of assessing our
national preparedness. Her more recent research in this domain concen- Mohammed Daqaq
trates on developing a framework to assess four professional skills in
STEM students (teamwork, ethical decision making, creative problem Clemson University
solving and global awareness).

Biography: Dr. Mohammed F. Daqaq is the D. W. Reynolds Associate
DESIGN THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. He received
AWARD his BSc in mechanical engineering from the Jordan University of Science
Design Engineering Division and Technology in 2001, and his M.Sc. and PhD in engineering mechanics
from Virginia Tech in 2003, and 2006, respectively. In 2006, he joined the
Jonathan Cagan Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University as an
Assistant Professor and went through the ranks to become a tenured
Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor in 2012. Dr. Daqaq’s research focuses on the
application of various nonlinear phenomena to improve the performance
of micro-power generation systems, micro-electromechanical systems,
Biography: Jonathan Cagan is the George Tallman and Florence Barrett and vibration assisted manufacturing processes. Dr. Daqaq’s research is
Ladd Professor in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at funded through several grants from the National Science Foundation
Carnegie Mellon University, with an appointment in the School of Design. including the prestigious 2010 CAREER award. His research has also been
Dr. Cagan serves as Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives for the College recognized at the national level through several awards including the 2016
of Engineering at CMU. He co-founded and co-directs the Integrated C. D. Mote Jr. Early Career Award, the 2014 Gary Anderson Early Achieve-
Innovation Institute and Master of Integrated Innovation for Products and ment Award, the 2014 Eastman Chemical Award for research excellence,
Services, and serves as the Head for the MS in Software Management and and the 2012 Clemson University Board of Trustees Award for Faculty
MS in Technology Ventures programs. Prof. Cagan is an expert in product Excellence. He currently serves as the chair of the ASME Aerospace
development and innovation methods for early stage product develop- Division, Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Branch (ASMS) and an
ment. His research focuses on design cognition, computation and Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.
practice. Both his design methods and computer-based design research
have been applied in a variety of industries. He is the co-author of three
books: Creating Breakthrough Products, Built to Love and The Design of DESIGN AUTOMATION YOUNG
Things to Come. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed research INVESTIGATOR AWARD
publications and won eight Best Paper Awards. Cagan is a Fellow of Design Engineering Division
ASME, and is a licensed Professional Engineer.
Pingfeng Wang

Wichita State University
D’ALEMBERT AWARD
Design Engineering Division

Olivier Bauchau Biography: Dr. Pingfeng Wang joined Wichita State University (WSU) in
August 2010, and he is currently an associate professor in the Department
University of Maryland, College Park
of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at WSU. He got his BS in 2001
in mechanical engineering from University of Science and Technology in
Beijing, his MS in 2006 in applied mathematics from Tsinghua University
Biography: Dr. Olivier Bauchau is the Igor Sikorsky Professor of Rotorcraft and his PhD in 2010 in mechanical engineering from the University of
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at the Department of Aerospace Engineering of the University of Mary- Maryland. Dr. Wang is a member of American Society of Mechanical
land, College Park. His fields of expertise include finite element methods Engineers (ASME), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics