Celebrating 2025-26 retirees
Please join us in congratulating the cohort of Michigan Engineering emeritus faculty who retired between March 2025 and February 2026. May your next chapter be as awe-inspiring as your last.
Mark S. Ackerman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science
Ackerman’s major research areas included human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work. His research addressed issues concerning social media, collaborative information access, pervasive environments, organizational memory, privacy, the design of technical systems and the sociology of information.
James A. Ashton-Miller, Albert Schultz Collegiate Research Professor, research professor of biomedical engineering and research professor of mechanical engineering
Ashton-Miller’s expertise is in biomechanics with specific interests in unintentional injury, including mobility impairments in the elderly, birth-related injury in women, spine biomechanics and athletic injuries.
Mark A. Burns, T.C. Chang Professor of Engineering, professor of chemical engineering and professor of biomedical engineering
Burns’ research focused on the design, fabrication and application of microfluidic systems to tackle critical challenges in healthcare and environmental monitoring. His work revolutionized point-of-care diagnostics.
David W. Eby, research professor, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Eby’s research focused on the behavioral aspects of transportation safety and mobility. His interests included older adult safety; advanced automotive technologies; traffic safety programs and policies; preventing distracted, drowsy and alcohol-impaired driving; employee driving safety; and occupant protection.
Richard E. Hughes (PhD IOE ‘91), associate professor of industrial and operations engineering
Hughes conducted shoulder biomechanics research and co-founded the Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative (MARCQI). MARCQI is a consortium of hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and orthopedic surgeons dedicated to improving the quality of care for elective total hip and knee replacement patients in the state of Michigan.
Stéphane Lafortune, N. Harris McClamroch Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Lafortune’s research focused on discrete event systems and included multiple problem domains such as modeling, diagnosis, control, optimization and applications to computer and software systems.
Eric Michielssen, Louise Ganiard Johnson Professor of Engineering, associate dean for research and professor of electrical engineering and computer science
Michielssen is a leader in computational electromagnetics, with foundational contributions to fast algorithms for solving large-scale electromagnetic problems arising in antenna design, radar, microelectronics and photonics.
Lutgarde Raskin, Vernon L. Snoeyink Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, Altarum/ERIM Russell D. O’Neal Professor of Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering
Raskin is a globally recognized expert in microbial aspects of anaerobic waste treatment and drinking water treatment technologies.
Perry J. Samson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and professor of climate and space sciences and engineering
Samson’s research has advanced both atmospheric science and educational technology. In atmospheric science, he studied the regional-scale transport of air pollutants, atmospheric ozone and acid rain. In educational technology, his research led to Weather Underground, one of the first internet-based weather services, and LectureTools, a classroom engagement platform used in learning management systems worldwide.
James R. Sayer, research scientist, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Sayer’s research focused on transportation safety and how humans interact with transportation systems. He oversaw some of the first modern-day tests of driver assistance systems including adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning and wireless vehicle-to-everything communication.
Kang G. Shin, Kevin and Nancy O’Connor Professor of Computer Science and professor of electrical engineering and computer science
Shin’s career has focused on the integration of real-time embedded applications with physical systems, with results applicable to autonomous vehicles and robots, smart phones and homes, smart connected communities, and human health and wellness.
David K. Wehe (BSE NERS ‘72, MSE ‘73, PhD ‘84), professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences
Wehe’s work has advanced applications in nuclear medicine, astrophysics, nonproliferation and treaty verification, nuclear forensics and industrial imaging.