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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.
2022 Joachim and Yuko Heberlein Award Winner
Posted February 23, 2022
ME PhD student Taaresh Sanjeev Taneja is this year's recipient of the Joachim and Yuko Heberlein Award.
2022 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award Goes to UMN ME's Suo Yang
Posted February 15, 2022
ME Assistant Professor Suo Yang received an ONR YIP award for his project, "Physics-Based Modeling of Multicomponent Transcritical Phase Change and Spray Breakup in High-Pressure Liquid-Fueled Combustors."
Rajesh Rajamani Elected IEEE Fellow
Posted February 15, 2022
ME Professor Rajesh Rajamani has been elected an IEEE fellow for his contributions to vehicle control in intelligent transportation systems.
ME Assistant Professor Ognjen Ilic Wins U.S. Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program Award
Posted January 26, 2022
ME Assistant Professor Ognjen Ilic is one of 36 scientists and engineers to be awarded the U.S. Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award.
McAlpine Group Develops First 3D-Printed, Flexible OLED Display
Posted January 18, 2022
ME Professor Michael McAlpine is the lead researcher on a groundbreaking new study that could result in a new way to produce low-cost organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.
Best Paper Award at International Conference on Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation Goes to UMN ME
Posted January 12, 2022
ME Postdoc Biswaranjan Mohanty and ME Professor Kim Stelson took home the best paper award at a recent international bond graph conference.
ME PhD Student Wins "Best Student Poster Award" at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
Posted January 7, 2022
Yingying Zhang, a PhD student working with associate professor Xiaojia Wang, won a competitive student poster award at the Materials Research Society fall 2021 meeting.
Cari Dutcher Receives the 2021 SERDP Project of the Year
Posted December 20, 2021
ME Associate Professor Cari Dutcher's research on shipboard emulsions was awarded the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Project of the Year award for Weapons Systems and Platforms.
Q&A with ME PhD Student Cara Herbers
Posted November 11, 2021
Learn about the former Gopher hockey player who is working to better diagnose and treat balance issues in Parkinson’s patients.
Graduate Students Shine in 2021 ME3MT Competition
Posted October 7, 2021
This year's ME Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition showcased the impactful, innovative research being done by our graduate students.
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