CEE Faculty Profile

Biography

Dr. Winer served as Chair of the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering from 1988 through 2007. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1961 and a Ph.D. in Physics from Cambridge University in England in 1964. He served on the faculty of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan from 1963 to 1969 when he joined the faculty of mechanical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Winer has more than 200 publications and is a Fellow of ASME, STLE, AAAS, and ASEE. In addition, he is a member of the National Academy of Engineers and holds several honors and awards, including the 1995 ASEE Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, the ASME Melville Medal, and the Tribology Gold Medal of the British Tribology Trust. He is also a recipient of the STLE International Award in 1996. In 2006, he was named an Honorary Member of ASME. His fields of interest include tribology, rheology, fluid mechanics and condition monitoring of mechanical systems as well as engineering education.

Dr. Winer is or has been on advisory boards for mechanical engineering programs at the University of Michigan, the University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of California – Berkeley, Virginia Tech, and MIT. He is Chair of the ASME Foundation Board of Directors. He recently chaired a National Research Council Study to Benchmark the Competitiveness of the U.S. in Mechanical Engineering Basic Research. He served on the Steering Committee for the Committee on Recommendations for U.S. Army Basic Research (Member July 1982-June 1990; Chair June 1984-June 1987). Currently he chairs the Engineering, Applied Science and Math Panel of the National Research Council Associateship Programs of the National Academy.

Ward is married to Mary Jo Wielinga Winer. They have four grown children and eleven grandchildren.