An award-winning professor at Michigan State University will receive a prestigious national medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for her ongoing and outstanding achievements in educating and mentoring current and next-generation leaders in engineering.

Michele J. Grimm, the Wielenga Creative Engineering Endowed Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, will be presented with the 2022 Robert M. Nerem Education and Mentorship Medal. The medal was established by the Bioengineering Division of ASME in 2017 under the guidance of Laurel Kuxhaus, an alumna of MSU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.  

ASME Executive Director and CEO Thomas Costabile said it was his honor to make the announcement.

“The medal is for leadership in mentoring hundreds of faculty members through stewardship at the National Science Foundation,” he said, “and for establishing a cutting-edge biomedical engineering department, including undergraduate and graduate programs, and for supporting high-quality biomedical engineering across the United States.”

Grimm will accept the medal and be a featured plenary speaker at the Summer 2022 Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference in Cambridge, Maryland, in June.

To read more about Michele Grimm, visit egr.msu.edu