James Holloway
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Engineering
James Paul Holloway has been a member of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan since January 1990. His research focuses on numerical and mathematical analysis of problems in physics and engineering. He has worked on numerical plasma kinetic theory, and on the fundamental theory of nonlinear waves in collisionless plasmas. He has developed solutions to inverse problems in neutron spectroscopy, in process plasma diagnostics, in large sample composition determination using prompt gamma ray analysis, and most recently studied problems that arise in analyzing the presence of water on Mars. Currently he is working on problems in nonlinear and time-dependent radiative transfer, and on nonlinear dynamics and control in nuclear power plants. Dr. Holloway was honored as a National Science Foundation Young Investigator and has received numerous awards for teaching excellence, as well as the American Nuclear Society’s National Young Member Engineering Achievement Award (back when he was young).
Gary Herrin
Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Professor Gary Herrin has been on the Michigan faculty for 36 years. He teaches a variety of undergraduate courses (including IOE 265, IOE 366, IOE 465, and IOE 466). He served as both Assistant and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education (1998-2007) and is active in recruiting and advising students. He serves as faculty advisor for Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) and Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor Society).
Nancy G. Love, Ph.D.,
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Nancy Love is a professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University Michigan. Prior to 2008, Dr. Love was an Assistant, Associate and Full Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech. Her research covers a broad range of interdisciplinary topics in the general area of environmental biotechnology and water quality with an emphasis on wastewater treatment systems.
Dr. Love has served or serves as major advisor for 32 M.S. students, 13 Ph.D. students, 5 post-doctoral research associates and 21 undergraduate research assistants. She has been involved with projects totaling $12 million in funding as a faculty member, and was responsible for 45% of that funding. She has published 55 journal articles, 2 book chapters, 3 peer-reviewed research reports, and approximately 200 conference papers, abstracts, presentations and research editorials.
In her first two years as Department Chair, Dr. Love has lead her department through a strategic planning process that is coming to a conclusion this year, and is designed to launch the department’s vision and direction for the next several years in the areas of sustainable civil infrastructure and environmental systems. She has reorganized the department’s staff structure and financial management process. As alumni relations are important, Dr. Love is helping to reorganize the Civil and Environmental Engineering Friends Association, the department’s alumni organization, so that alumni can find ways to be more involved with the department. She initiated a Student Advisory Council composed of undergraduate and graduate students to engage their participation in department matters, and has participated in a range of college and university activities, including a committee evaluating changes to ensure graduate student excellence and a committee of the Provost’s office focused on campus safety.
Elliot Soloway
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Professor of EECS
Professor of the School of Education
Professor of the School of Information
For the past 10 years, Elliot Soloway has been exploring how mobile computing technologies can be effectively used in K-12 classrooms. In 2001, the undergraduates at the University of Michigan selected him to receive the “Golden Apple Award” as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year. In 2004, the EECS College of Engineering HKN Honor Society awarded Elliot the “Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award.” Elliot is a co-founder and CEO of GoKnow Learning, Inc.
George T. Wynarsky
Lecturer, Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. George Wynarsky is one of the College’s most devoted, conscientious and talented teachers. He has been influential in shaping the lives and engineering careers of countless first- and second-year students. Colleagues say his excitement about his work is contagious to students and provides a creative and productive environment within which they discover, learn and excel.
Dr. Wynarsky designed a special section of ENG 100, Engineering Aspects of Orthopedic Implant Design, which combines concepts in materials science, biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering. Also, Dr. Wynarsky teaches Principles of Engineering Materials (MSE 250), Solid Mechanics (ME 211) and Materials and Manufacturing (MSE 220).
Dr. Wynarsky became an adjunct lecturer in 1996 after earning his doctoral degree from and completing post-doctoral work at the University of Michigan.