DETROIT (April 30, 2013) - Twenty-nine Wayne State University College of Engineering faculty and staff were among those honored at Wayne State's 2013 Employee Recognition Program April 23 in the university's Community Arts Auditorium.
Retirees Dinu Taraza, professor of mechanical engineering, Derrick White, computer science academic advisor, and Seymour Wolfson, associate professor and former interim chair of Computer Science, were recognized for their years of service.
Honorees were:
55 Years of Service
Albert King, distinguished professor of biomedical engineering
30 Years of Service
Robert Reynolds, professor of computer science
Derrick White, computer science academic advisor
25 Years of Service
Farshad Fotouhi, dean of the College of Engineering and professor of computer science
Feng Lin, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Syed Mahmud, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Charles Manke, professor and department chair of chemical engineering and materials science
Olugbenga Mejabi, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering
Marvin Santure, instrument designer
Gary Wasserman, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering
Sean Wu, distinguished professor of mechanical engineering
King-Hay Yang, professor of biomedical engineering
20 Years of Service
Angela Childrey, biomedical engineering program coordinator
Yinlun Huang, professor of chemical engineering and materials science
Gina Shreve, associate professor of chemical engineering and materials science
Mukasa Ssemakula, professor of engineering technology
Ece Yaprak, professor of engineering technology and electric-drive vehicle engineering
15 Years of Service
Ivan Avrutsky, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Cynthia Bir, professor of biomedical engineering
Timothy Jones, multimedia specialist
Michelle Matthews, administrative assistant II
Hwai-Chung Wu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
Xin Wu, associate professor of mechanical engineering
10 Years of Service
Michelle Brusatori, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Daniel Grosu, associate professor of computer science
Andrian Marcus, associate professor of computer science
Nabil Sarhan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
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