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The Highest Honor

Michigan Engineering counts 35 living NAE members among its ranks, and The Michigan Engineer has undertaken a multi-year mission to photograph them.

By:

Marcin Szczepanski

April 2, 2024

Standing on a walkway that spans a small hydroelectric dam, Glen Daigger smiles up toward an aerial camera as water cascades down the dam’s spillway. — Glen Daigger

Standing at a workbench in a lab full of equipment and cables, Shorya Awtar peers intently at a Rubiks Cube-sized mechanical component that he is assembling out of machined metal pieces. Behind him, a whiteboard is filled with mathematical equations. — Shorya Awtar

On a snowy winter day, Donald Winter stands next to the sign for the Naval Architecture and Engineering building on U-M’s North Campus. In front of him is a large ship’s anchor that’s on display, its iron crosspiece taller than he is. — Don Winter

Mark Daskin writes mathematical equations on a whiteboard in his office. He is mirrored by a reflection in a window next to the whiteboard. — Mark Daskin

Standing in a lab full of working students, Panos Papalambros smiles at the camera, his hands in the pockets of his khakis. A student in the foreground gives a thumbs-up while two others stand at a workbench with their backs to the camera. — Panos Papalambros

Kamal Sarabandi

Ronald Larson

Ralph Yang

Stephen Forrest

Prof. Dawn Tilbury poses for a portrait at the Ford Robotics Building at the University of Michigan. — Dawn Tilbury

Ellen Arruda

Lynn Conway

Alec Gallimore

Wallace Hopp

Pallab Bhattacharya

Ken Wise

John Allison

Daniel Atkins

Donald Chaffin

Lutgarde Raskin

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