TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Yuebin Guo, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, recently received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers 2003 Jiri Tlusty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.

SME presented Guo with the award at the North American Manufacturing Research Conference in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was one of eight academic recipients, and one of 12 overall, in recognition of significant achievements and leadership in manufacturing engineering.

“We’re very happy Yuebin has been recognized in this manner,” said Dr. William Sutton, head of the department of mechanical engineering. “He is a prime example of the quality faculty we have in UA’s College of Engineering.”

The SME is the world’s leading professional society supporting manufacturing education. Headquartered in Michigan, the society has members in 70 countries and hundreds of chapters worldwide.

In 1837, UA became the first university in the state to offer engineering classes and was one of the first five in the nation to do so. Today, the College of Engineering, with about 1,900 students and more than 90 faculty, is one of the three oldest continuously operating engineering programs in the country and has been fully accredited since accreditation standards were implemented in the 1930s.