2015 News
Mechanical Engineering students shine at conferences
November 18, 2015
Continue ReadingOne of the muddiest Mayhems ever for Baja team
October 30, 2015
Each year our Baja SAE team designs and builds an off-road vehicle to compete against other college teams. Recently, 27 members traveled to Bedford, Kentucky, to participate with teams from 48 other schools in the Midnight Mayhem endurance race and associated dynamic events, hosted by the University of Louisville Baja SAE.
Continue ReadingEmeritus Prof. James Li awarded Gold Medal by ASM International
October 12, 2015
James C.M. Li, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and of Materials Science, has been awarded the Gold Medal of ASM International, the world’s largest association of metals-centric materials scientists and engineers.
Continue ReadingWendy Snyder's endless summer: Ocean's away
September 21, 2015
"They kind of throw you in feet first on the first day. It was a lot of on-the-job training," says Wendy Snyder '17 of Mechanical Engineering about serving aboard Robert Ballard's seagoing exploration vessel Nautilus this summer.
Xerox Research Fellows: 'The best of what happens here'
August 10, 2015
The Xerox Research Fellows program allowed five Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students to explore these topics in depth this summer with department faculty members.
Prof. Nam's goal: a 'new integrative paradigm' of hearing research
July 10, 2015
Thirty-seven years ago, English researcher David Kemp discovered that the human inner ear not only receives but also generates sounds as part of its normal functioning. This finding led to the standard method now used to screen hearing in newborns.
Prof. Kelley's lab studies role of mixing in performance of liquid metal batteries
June 4, 2015
Fluid flow in a liquid metal electrode, measured with ultrasound. Reds indicate flow away from the probe, and blues indicate flow toward it. Adding electrical current causes a global rearrangement of the convection pattern and makes mixing more efficient.
Continue ReadingSolar Splash launches USEED crowdfunding platform
May 21, 2015
(Solar Splash team posing with awards won at last year's World Championship.)
Chris Muir is students' choice for engineering professor of the year
May 12, 2015
Continue ReadingBaja SAE team overcomes setbacks to finish in top 30 at Auburn
May 11, 2015
Continue ReadingNew faculty member applies computational techniques to study of Nanoscale Metallic Materials
April 27, 2015
In any engineered material, the interfaces where different components literally touch and stick together are critical to that material’s ability to withstand stress, to conduct a charge, or perform any number of functions.
Continue ReadingSeniors recreate school seal with 2-D sand printer
April 15, 2015
Continue ReadingBaja SAE unveils vehicle, eyes events in Alabama, Oregon
April 3, 2015
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Boubacar Diallo in Madrid: "I came back feeling like I can live anywhere in the world"
February 18, 2015
(Boubacar Diallo of MechE visited the famous Roman aqueduct at Segovia, Spain, when he studied abroad in Madrid during the Fall 2014 semester.)