Sutherland Named SME Fellow

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers has named Professor John Sutherland (MEEM) to its College of Fellows.

He is among eight new SME Fellows, who were chosen worldwide based on their outstanding contributions to manufacturing. These recipients are recognized by SME, their peers and the manufacturing community as key contributors to the social, technical and educational progress of manufacturing.

Sutherland, the Richard and Elizabeth Henes Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was recognized as a driving force for improving the environmental performance of manufacturing. He also pioneered the introduction of courses in environmentally responsible design and manufacture at Michigan Tech. He co-chairs the university's Sustainable Futures Institute, which is committed to education and research aimed at ensuring that human activities such as manufacturing do not lead to diminished quality of life due either to losses in future economic opportunities or to adverse impacts on social conditions, health and the environment.

Sutherland was a recipient of SME's Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award and received Michigan Tech's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he received the National Science Foundation Career Development Award. He was chosen for a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 1996, for a 1999 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award and the university's 2000 Research Award.

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world's leading professional society supporting manufacturing education.

Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to more than 7,000 students from 55 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.