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Garrett Reisman, NASA Astronaut and Caltech Mechanical Engineering alum (PhD '97), returned home on June 14, 2008, on Space Shuttle Discovery after spending three months on the space station. Welcome back Garrett! 6-16-08

Congratulations to Eric Johnsen and Michael Wolf, winners of the Centennial Prize for the Best Thesis in Mechanical Engineering! This prize is awarded each year to a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering whose doctoral thesis is judged to be the most original and significant. 6-16-08

The winners of the Harry Leiter Memorial Mechanical Engineering Prize are Marc Grossman and Cedric Jeanty. This award is given to a candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering who has demonstrated extraordinary creativity. Congratulations to both Marc and Cedric!
6-16-08

Ling Zheng won the 2007-2008 Graduate Student Council Teaching Assistant Award for her work as a TA for Ae/AM/CE/ME 102, Mechanics and Structures of Solids. This award is given each year to a TA who has excelled in helping students with a class. 6-11-08

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