Bloomberg Crowns Alum “Junk-Bond King”

In an article posted on its website November 18, financial news powerhouse Bloomberg focused on the accomplishments of College of Engineering alumnus Mark Notkin in a long article with the headline “Fidelity's Junk-Bond King Notkin Adds Stocks as Debt Rally Dies.” The high-yield mutual fund managed by Notkin, the $12.8 billion Fidelity Capital & Income Fund, beat all rivals over the past five years, but now he says the rally in junk bonds is over and stocks are a better buy. Read the article.

Washburn Wins Outstanding Senior Alumni Award

Hopedale, Massachusetts, resident Paul C. Washburn III was honored in October at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a College of Engineering 2010 Outstanding Senior Alumni Award for having brought recognition and honor to the college through his professional achievements, leadership, and service to his profession, university, and society. Washburn earned his B.S. degree from UMass Amherst in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research in 1981 and his M.B.A. there in 1984.

Malkin Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree

Stephen Malkin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, received an honorary doctorate degree (doctor honoris causa) from J. E. Purkyně University in the Czech Republic on November 11 in “recognition of his accomplishments in machining and particularly in grinding theory and the application of grinding methods.” Dr. Malkin has been a faculty member at UMass Amherst since 1986 and served as department head from 2000 to 2006.

Schmidt Gives Keynote Address at Munich Conference

Professor David Schmidt of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department was the keynote speaker at the Open Source CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) International 2010 conference, held in Munich, Germany, on November 4 and 5. The title of his talk was “Multi-scale Challenges in Multiphase CFD [Computational Fluid Dynamics].” As Dr. Schmidt explains, “The talk compared three methods used in my research group for simulating multiphase flow.

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