Professor Klod Kokini has been notified that he has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The Fellow Grade is the highest elected grade of membership within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession.

In addition to his responsibilities as a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Klod serves the university as an Assistant Dean of Engineering. His research interests lie in the area of thermal stresses, thermal fracture and fatigue of advanced materials (in particular high temperature materials), ceramic coatings, mechanical behavior, design and remodeling of biological tissues, the effect of stresses on remodeling, and tissue engineering.