SME Installs 2017 Officers of its Board of Directors
January 1, 2017
(l-r) Jeffrey Krause, SME Executive Director and CEO; Michael Packer, FSME, 2017 SME Secretary; Susan Smyth, PhD, FSME, 2017 SME Treasurer; Mark Michalski, 2017 SME Vice President; Sandra Bouckley, FSME, 2017 SME President; Thomas Kurfess, PhD, FSME, 2017 SME President-Elect; and Matthew Hilgendorf, 2017-18 SME International Director
SME has recognized several professionals who will assume new leadership roles in the organization for 2017. These manufacturing professionals were recognized at the annual SME banquet on November 12, 2016.
Officers of SME are chosen by a nominating committee and selected by the SME Board of Directors. These directors are elected annually by the entire voting membership of the organization.
The 2017 officers installed are:
- President: Sandra L. Bouckley, FSME, 2017 SME President
- President-Elect: Thomas R. Kurfess, PhD, FSME, PE, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Vice President: Mark L. Michalski, MKS Instruments
- Treasurer: Susan M. Smyth, PhD, FSME, General Motors
- Secretary: Michael D. Packer, FSME, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.
SME also recognized its 2016 Class of Fellows, who are selected once a year from among the highest achievers of industry, academia and government, and nominated only by honorary, fellow, life or professional members of SME. Those selected as fellows have 20 years or more of manufacturing experience and expertise. They have contributed notably to the social, technological and educational benefit of manufacturing and the engineering profession.
The 2016 SME College of Fellows are:
- Joseph J. Beaman, ScD, FSME, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
- Sandra L. Bouckley, FSME, 2017 SME President, Oxford, MI
- Hitomi Yamaguchi Greenslet, Dr. Eng., FSME, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD, FSME, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Brad L. Kinsey, PhD, FSME, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- Ashok Kumar, PhD, FSME, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
- Lonnie Love, PhD, FSME, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
- ZJ Pei, PhD, FSME, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Tony Schmitz, PhD, FSME, University of North at Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
- Hong-Chao Zhang, PhD, FSME, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
For more information contact:
SME
One SME Drive
Dearborn, MI 48128
800-733-4763
www.sme.org
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