University of New Orleans mechanical engineering professor Uttam Chakravarty has been selected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The Fellow grade of membership recognizes exceptional engineering achievements, contributions to the engineering profession, and to ASME.

Chakravarty is one of only 3,365 members selected as a Fellow out of ASME’s 70,680 members. A Fellow must be nominated and is then selected by a committee of past ASME presidents.

Chakravarty joined UNO in 2012 and is a campus advisor for UNO’s student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

While at UNO, Chakravarty has been recognized for his outstanding research and scholarship, including earning an Early Career Creativity, Research, and Scholarship Award from the University in 2017.