Antoinette Maniatty ’87, professor of mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering at Rensselaer, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The highest elected grade of membership in ASME, fellowship is conferred upon a member with at least 10 years of active engineering practice and who has made significant contributions to the profession.

According to ASME, Maniatty is a recognized international leader in the field of computational mechanics research, a dedicated teacher in the field of mechanical engineering, a great role model for young girls and women in engineering, and a servant to the engineering community. She has been an active participant in ASME activities and holds a leadership position in the society.

Maniatty’s work in modeling polycrystalline metals links phenomena at the microstructural level to macroscopic behavior, and is relevant to areas as diverse as metal formation and the reliability of microelectronics. More generally, her research is based in the broad field of computational solid mechanics. She is currently using micromechanics to model large strain metal-forming problems, while also modeling stresses and defect-formation in thin metal films on semiconductor wafers. Another area of research involves inverse problems, which has applications in a number of realms, including determining the elastic stiffness of human tissue from ultrasonic measurements.

After graduating summa cum laude with a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer in 1987, Maniatty received an M.S. from the University of Minnesota and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University, all in mechanical engineering. She joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1992, and is currently the associate chair for graduate studies in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering.