Wayne T. Davis, dean of the College of Engineering, has been elected vice chair and chair-elect of the American Society of Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Engineering Research Council for 2009-2010. Davis will serve a two-year term in the post.

Recognizing Jason Hayward for his $1.5 million award to develop Cherenkov glasses for detection of penetrating radiation.

Wes Hines, Interim Associate Dean for Research & Technology and professor of nuclear engineering, recently accepted a position on the Board of Directors of the Prognostics and Health Management Society. This group is dedicated to promoting the development, growth and recognition of prognostics and health management as an engineering discipline.

Recognizing Dr. Angie Bukley for receiving the 2008 Life Sciences Book Award from the International Academy of Astronautics.

Gary Flandro, professor at the UT Space Institute, was recently awarded the General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold Award by the Tennessee section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for his research in combustion instability. He is credited with creating the Universal Combustion Device Stability (UCDS) process — an engineering tool used by NASA to mitigate vibration loads produced by thrusting rocket motors.