The UW Mechanical Engineering department fondly remembers faculty members who made meaningful teaching, research and service contributions to the department.

Professor Emeritus Philip Malte

Professor Emeritus Philip Malte is remembered by the ME community for his notable research on energy and environmental combustion. Highlights include designing and applying renewable energy systems for the National Parks and the Puget Sound region, as well as studies on wood combustion and thermo-chemical conversion. He was the founding director of what is now the Pacific Marine Energy Center at the UW. Malte was a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and led the Lab for Energy and Environmental Combustion, where he enjoyed mentoring and collaborating with his students.

Professor Emeritus Ashley Emery

In his 62-year career at the UW, Professor Ashley Emery had a significant impact on the ME department. During his prolific career, Emery was chair of the ME department, associate dean of the College of Engineering, president of the UW Faculty Senate, National Science Foundation program manager, Puget Sound Engineer of the Year and was elected American Society of Mechanical Engineers fellow and chief editor for the ASME Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification. He made numerous research contributions in the fields of heat transfer, scientific computing and many more mechanical engineering subdisciplines.