DETROIT ? Mathematics Professor Robert Bruner and Mechanical Engineering Professor Evgeny Rivin will be presented with Faculty Recognition Awards Wednesday when Wayne State University?s Board of Governors gathers for its monthly meeting at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center.
Each awardee will receive a citation, an engraved plaque and an award of $2,500.
Bruner will be honored for his text Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society Number 785, The Connective K-Theory of Finite Groups, which forges a new link between distinct ways of measuring symmetry. He received his BA from Amherst College in 1972, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude; and his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1977. He has been a regular visitor to the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England; and The University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. He also spent time at The Centre de Recerca Matematica, Barcelona, Spain, The Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, and the Japan-American Mathematical Institute, Baltimore.
Rivin of West Bloomfield, is being recognized for his text entitled Passive Vibration Isolation. In 1961, he received his PhD. from the Moscow Machine Tool Institute, and over the years he has received many honors including: Charles Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, 1989-90; DeVlieg Awards for Research in Manufacturing 1984-85; 1985-86; 1986-87; 1987-88; Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing, 1991; Ford Powertrain Customer-Driven Quality Award, 1995; and an Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, 1996.
Other recipients are Ronald Aronson, distinguished professor of Humanities in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies; Richard Grusin, professor of English; and Dr. Stephen Krawetz, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
