Past Murray Lecturers:

2008 R.J. Pryputniewicz 2007 D.L. Brown 2006 D.A. Shockey 2005 A.J. Rosakis 2004 K. Ravi -Chandar 2003 C.P. Burger 2002 W.N. Sharpe, Jr. 2001 C.A. Sciammarella 2000 G.E. Maddux 1999 Karl A. Stetson 1998 I.M. Daniel 1997 R.J. Clifton 1996 J.F. Kalthoff 1995 W.G. Knauss 1994 K.G. McConnell 1993 C.W. Smith 1992 H.F. Brinson 1991 H. Fessler 1990 M.E. Fourney 1989 J.F. Bell 1988 M. Nisida 1987 D.R. Harting 1986 E.P. Popov 1985 E. Somer 1984 C.C. Perry 1983 A.S. Kobayashi 1982 R. Mark 1981 L.J. Broutman 1980 A. Bray

1979 J.W. Dally 1978 R.K. Muller 1977 W.E. Cooper 1976 J.E. Starr 1975 N.M. Newmark 1974 C.E. Taylor 1973 G.R. Irwin 1972 M.M. Leven 1971 D. Post 1970 B.F. Langer 1969 T.J. Dolan 1968 C. Lipson 1967 D.C. Drucker 1966 E. Wenk, Jr. 1965 A.J. Durelli 1964 S.S. Manson 1963 H.L. Dryden 1962 R.D. Mindlin 1961 E. Orowan 1960 R.E. Peterson 1959 M.M. Frocht 1958 N. J. Hoff 1957 C.E. Crede 1956 B.J. Lazan 1955 A.C. Ruge 1954 M. Hetényi 1953 S. Timoshenko 1952 William M. Murray

2008 William M. Murray Lecture: Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz

Ryszard J. (Rich) Pryputniewicz, educated both in Poland and the United States, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and founding Director of the Center for Holographic Studies and Laser micro-mechaTronics (CHSLT) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1978; previously, a faculty member and Director of the Laser Research Laboratory at the School of Engineering and the Health Center of the University of Connecticut (6 years); member of the Aerospace technical staff (4 years).  He has also founded NanoEngineering, Science, and Technology (NEST) Program at WPI, addressing undergraduate and graduate education and research in the field of lasers, photonics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and nanotechnology.  He is Fellow of SEM, Fellow of SPIE, vice-chair of the ASME Committee on Photonics Systems, Co-chair of the ASME Symposia on Education in Mechatronics and MEMS, Co-chair of the SEM Symposium Series on MEMS and Nanotechnology, Director of MEMS and Nanotechnology Division of SEM, and chairman of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Education Committee.  He has over 250 publications and has chaired, co-chaired, and organized over 100 conferences, symposia, and workshops on the state-of-the-art and emerging technologies for various sponsors and professional societies.

 

Rich joined SEM/SESA in 1970, as a student member.  He is a third-of-a-century member of the Society.