Dr. Y. Charles Lu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UK’s Paducah campus, has been selected as a 2010 SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient. The SAE Teetor Program stimulates contacts between younger engineering educators and practicing engineers in industry and government.

Established in 1953, this award is administered by the Teetor Educational Award Committee and consists of a framed certificate, a trip to a major SAE meeting, and two years of SAE membership. The award is presented at either the Awards Ceremony during the SAE World Congress or at a major SAE aerospace meeting.