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People > Faculty > Affiliated Faculty > Steve Skerlos

Steve Skerlos

Portrait of Steve Skerlos

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering

3326 GG Brown

2350 Hayward, 3326 GG Brown Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2125

skerlos@umich.edu

(734) 615-5253

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Education Research Interests Awards Publications

Education:

  • Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2000
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1994

Research Interests: ^top

Environmental and sustainable technology systems; life cycle product design optimization; pollution prevention technologies for manufacturing; metalworking fluid formulation and performance; membrane filtration; supercritical fluid delivery of lubricants; biological detection and control in aqueous systems; technology policy analysis.

To watch a video of Dr. Skerlos discussing the impact of your lawn on the earth, please visit YouTube.

Awards: ^top

  • Mechanical Engineering Department Achievement Award, 2009.
  • Ralph Teetor Award, SAE, 2008.
  • Kuo K. Wang Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2007.
  • Education Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2006.
  • Outstanding Student Group Advisor for Engineers Without Borders, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004.
  • New Faces of Engineering, National Engineers Week, 2003.
  • Gilbert Whitaker Award for the Improvement of Teaching, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 2003-2004.
  • Robert Caddell Memorial Materials & Manufacturing Award (with Fu Zhao), 2002.
  • 1938E Class Excellence Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002-2003.
  • Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2002.
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001.
  • CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2000.

Publications: ^top

  • Skerlos, S.J., Morrow, W.R., Michalek, J.J.,2005, Sustainable Design Engineering and Science: Selected Challenges and Case Studies, Sustainability Science and Engineering, M. Abraham Ed., Elsevier, Pg. 477-525.
  • Clarens, A.F., Zimmerman, J.B., Keoleian, G.A., Hayes, K.F., Skerlos, S.J., 2008, “Comparison of Life Cycle Emissions and Energy Consumption of Environmentally Adapted Metalworking Fluid Systems”, Environmental Science and Technology, v42, n22, Dec 15, 2008, pp. 8534-8540.
  • Zhao, F ., Clarens, A.F., Hayes, K.F., Skerlos, S.J., 2006, “Optimization of Metalworking Fluid Microemulsion Surfactant Concentrations for Microfiltration Recycling”, Environmental Science and Technology, v41, n3, Feb 1, 2007, pp. 1016-1023.
  • Zimmerman, J., Clarens, A., Hayes, K., Skerlos, S.J., 2003, “Design of Hardwater Stable Emulsifier Systems for Petroleum- and Bio-Based Semi-Synthetic Metalworking Fluids”, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 37, No. 23, pp. 5278-5288.
  • Michalek, J., Papalambros, P.Y., Skerlos, S.J., 2005, “A Methodology for Studying the Effects of Emissions Policies on Optimal Vehicle Design Decisions”, Journal of Mechanical Design: Transactions of ASME, Vol. 126, pp. 1062-1070.
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