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The Department of Mechanical Engineering is an active research hub at the forefront of developments in human health, the environment, robotics, manufacturing, energy, and more. Our faculty, researchers, and students work on everything from designing clean engines to curing cancer. Read about what ME is doing to change the world right here in Minnesota.
Aerosol Research at the Center of Answering Questions About COVID-19 on Surfaces
Posted June 5, 2020
ME Associate Professor Jiarong Hong has been working to answer questions about how COVID-19 droplets survive on surfaces, finding that droplets do not disappear upon evaporation
ME Helps Design COVID-19 Testing Booth, Allowing for Twice as Many Tests Per Day
Posted May 8, 2020
The Hogan Group research team and ME staff built booths with positive pressure HEPA filtered air to allow healthcare workers to safely test COVID-19 patients without the need for PPE, which allows for twice as many tests per day.
New Protective Device for Healthcare Professionals
Posted April 29, 2020
ME Professor Chris Hogan is part of a research team that developed a respiratory procedure box that has been distributed to M Health Fairview hospitals.
"Coventor" Becomes First of Its Kind to Get FDA Approval
Posted April 29, 2020
The Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, directed by ME Professor Arthur Erdman, helped create a low-cost ventilator alternative for emergency use curing the COVID-19 outbreak.
ME Professor Wins Faculty Teaching Award
Posted April 29, 2020
Professor James Van de Ven received CSE's Bowers Teaching Award in recognition of his innovative and inspirational teaching.
Distinguished Research Award Goes to ME Professor
Posted April 29, 2020
Professor and Associate Department Head Peter Bruggeman won the George W. Taylor Award for Distinguished Research.
ME Assistant Professor Receives McKnight Presidential Fellow Award
Posted April 24, 2020
Timothy Kowalewski is the recipient of the University of Minnesota McKnight Presidential Fellow Award.
UMN Clean Snowmobile Team Takes 8th in SAE Challenge
Posted April 22, 2020
The ME student group designed a clean snowmobile from a Polaris Switchback.
Over 150 Engineering Undergraduates Volunteer on COVID-19 Projects
Posted April 9, 2020
The power of ME undergraduates helps push COVID-19 research forward at an unprecedented speed.
ME Faculty Receive Department of Defense MURI Awards
Posted April 3, 2020
Two Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Awards were given to ME faculty members' research projects.
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