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Three professors in the College of Engineering are among the 10 newest University Distinguished Professors at Michigan State University. The recognition - which honors achievements in the classroom, laboratory, and community -- is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a faculty member at MSU.

Michigan State University in East Lansing is working with two other universities to develop a freshwater recovery system to extract clean irrigation water from hydraulic fracking wastewater. The reclaimed water could help western states that need it for crops and livestock. Investigators are Andre Benard, working with James Klausner, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Thomas Bieler, a professor of chemical engineering and materials science at Michigan State University, has been named a Fellow of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). The honor is presented to less than 1 percent of the 13,000 members. There are currently less than 100 active fellows in the society.

Media offered memorial tributes to two faculty members in February

MSU Engineering hosted a Tech Talk on Feb. 7 in New York City, adjacent to the One World Trade Center.

The MSUMobility exhibit at the 2019 North American International Auto Show AutoMobili-D demonstrated how MSU is transforming its 5,200-acre campus into a connected ecosystem for new mobility solutions. MSU and the University of Michigan shared a booth in Detroit's Cobo Center from Jan. 14-17.

The Road to Lightweighting features Ray Boeman, professor of composite materials and manufacturing and associate director for IACMI, and University Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Lawrence Drzal, talking about carbon fibers.

Lawrence Drzal of Michigan State University has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Class of 2018. Drzal is a University Distinguished Professor of chemical engineering and materials science and the director of the MSU Composite Materials and Structures Center.