Engineering's Rajurkar receives national award

Kamlakar Rajurkar, interim associate dean for research in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, received the 2005 Charles F. Carter Jr. Advancing Manufacturing Award from the Association for Manufacturing Technology.

The award is given by AMT's Technology Issues Committee to honor academic contributions to the advancement of manufacturing, especially as it relates to members of AMT and industry. Consideration for the award is based upon nominations from an AMT member. Rajurkar was nominated by the Ex One Co., an advanced manufacturing equipment and instrumentation company based in Pennsylvania.

Rajurkar, who also is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering and director of the Center for Nontraditional Manufacturing Research, said, "It is a great honor to be recognized by my peers in the U.S. industries. I am humbled by their selection of me for the Charles Carter Award." He will receive the award this month at the AMT/National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Manufacturing Technology Forum.

CONTACT:K.P. Rajurkar, Interim Assoc. Dean for Research, College of Engineering, (402) 472-1385; or

>Constance Walter, Communications Coordinator, College of Engineering, (402) 472-8309