ASME honors new ME faculty member

Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Melih Eriten, who joined UW-Madison in August 2012, received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2012 Marshall B. Peterson Award. The biennial award recognizes early-career achievement in research, usually in the area of wear, friction materials,and solid lubricants. Eriten's research includes significant contributions in pre-sliding partial slip behavior of frictional contacts, with publications in Tribology International, the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering and Wear.

Christie Taylor
12/3/2012