Michael Sleeman Receives the 2026 Centennial Prize for Best Thesis in MCE

Michael Sleeman, a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, receives the award for his thesis, "Nonlinear disturbance evolution in boundary layers using the one-way Navier-Stokes equations." He is advised by Tim Colonius.

Centennial Prize for the Best Thesis in Mechanical and Civil Engineering

Awarded each year to a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in applied mechanics, civil engineering, or mechanical engineering whose doctoral thesis is judged to be the most original and significant by a faculty committee appointed annually by the Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering.