Dongming Gan, an associate professor in the School of Engineering Technology of Purdue Polytechnic, has been elected to the status of fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
ASME grants fellow status to ASME members nationally and internationally who have made significant and distinguished contributions to the engineering profession.
Gan has made significant contributions to mechanisms and robotics theory, notably in reconfigurable parallel robotic mechanisms with unified kinematics and dynamics modeling. His work on discrete variable stiffness mechanisms has advanced human-robot interaction and flexible grasping.
Gan has also addressed complex challenges in analytical kinematics modeling for serial and parallel mechanisms. A dedicated member of ASME for over 15 years, Gan has played a key role in organizing major ASME conferences on mechanisms and robotics, contributing substantially to the advancement of the field.
"It’s a great honor after being a member for over 15 years and closely working with the design and engineering division, the mechanisms and robotics field, and the community,” Gan said. “Thanks for all your support and guidance since the start of my journey at Purdue."
"Dr. Gan’s election as an ASME Fellow is a testament to the quality of research and innovation happening within Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology,” said Ken Burbank, head of the School of Engineering Technology. “His work exemplifies the type of applied, forward-thinking scholarship that we encourage and celebrate.”
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was founded in 1880 and is respected around the world as an association that serves the art, science and practice of all types of engineering and allied sciences. ASME fellowship is one of the society’s top honors that a member may to receive, recognizing significant engineering accomplishments and contributions that benefit the engineering profession.