Undergraduate student Thomas Hafner finalist in paper contest at ASME conference

Thomas Hafner, an undergraduate student in mechanical and materials engineering, has been selected as a finalist in the 2018 Young Engineers Paper (YEP) Contest in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) Fluids Engineering Division at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE).

Hafner's paper is entitled "The effect of a spanwise body force on skin-friction reduction and its connections to low-drag states in turbulent flow." 

As a finalist, Harner is invited to present his paper in the YEP session of the IMECE 2018. This is a special session where papers will be judged and awards given -- $500 for first place, $300 for second place, $200 for third place, and $100 each to those selected as finalists and presenting their papers in the YEP session. In addition, conference registration will be waived for the presenting author for each paper and travel expenses will be provided up to $750 per paper to help defray costs of attending the IMECE Conference.