Sheng Dong received the Presidential fellowship, the most prestigious award given by The Ohio State University Graduate School. His research focused on ultrasonic lubrication, which utilizes ultrasonic vibrations to reduce friction and wear between sliding surfaces. His work has elucidated key principles that enable ultrasonic lubrication, and through innovative experiments and modeling, has quantified the phenomenon for a range of material combinations, speeds and forces, making it possible to design systems that take advantage of ultrasonic lubrication in industrial applications.

The Presidential fellowship recognizes the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research or terminal degree project.