Machines come in many sizes, from the massive to the nano-sized. And mechanical engineers are the folks who design, build and maintain them all.

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Like father, like son. That’s true of a number of engineers, and David Wormley, the dean of engineering at Penn State and the president of ASEE, is no exception. His father was a mechanical engineer and a factory manager for John Deere when David was growing up in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Sheppard, a full professor and member of Stanford’s Design Group, is known for her ability to understand the student perspective, perhaps because she still hasn’t forgotten what it’s like to be one.

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Noel Sharkey’s academic career path has crisscrossed an impressive range of disciplines: engineering, computer science, philosophy, and psychology, among them. But it’s for his work in robotics that he’s best known. Indeed, the University of Sheffield computer science professor is arguably the United Kingdom’s most famous robotics expert.

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What do you do for an encore when, as a mechanical engineering grad student, you helped develop a system that reduced Ford Navigator emissions by 80 percent?

Well Marcus D. Ashford accepted an appointment as an assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. He’s been teaching since only last fall—initially a graduate course in thermodynamics—but is thoroughly enjoying the experience.

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