A Michigan State University engineering faculty member is one of only 10 professors worldwide to earn a prestigious Fulbright Global Flex Award.
Abraham Engeda, a professor of mechanical engineering, will use the award to support two years of power-generation research in remote parts of China and Ethiopia.
The Fulbright Global Flex Scholars Award is funded by the U.S. Department of State. It helps U.S. academic and professional experts engage in regional or trans-regional research and teaching through visits to multiple countries.
“This is a new, and I would say even more prestigious award than the traditional Fulbright program,” said Leo Kempel, dean of the MSU College of Engineering. “Professor Engeda is one of only about 10 Fulbright Global Flex Scholars selected in 2016 to visit multiple regions of the world. It is a tribute to his and MSU’s reputation for research excellence and international service.”
Engeda is an expert in turbomachinery, including power plant cooling, experimental thermo-fluids, turbomachinery flow analysis and design, gas turbine and biogas. He is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a recipient of the ASME Fluid Machinery Award.
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