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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.
HumanFIRST Lab Director Develops App for Older Drivers
Posted April 2, 2020
Nichole Morris — director of ME's HumanFIRST Laboratory — led a research project that resulted in RoadCoach, an app that gives senior drivers warnings when they engage in risky driving behaviors.
UMN Respirator Mask Design Projects Led by ME Professors
Posted March 31, 2020
ME Professors John Bischof and David Pui are each leading teams that designed two respirator mask prototypes from filter material donated by Cummins and bendable components from Bedford Industries.
ME PhD Candidate Wins Campus-Wide Graduate Teaching Award
Posted March 27, 2020
Gillian McDonald was given "Aaron and Anna Beek Graduate Student Teaching Award" to honor her excellent teaching.
Medical Devices Center Creates New Ventilator
Posted March 26, 2020
ME professor Arthur Erdman joins the fight against COVID-19 through the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center.
Atomic-Scale Imaging Reveals Secret to Thin Film Strength
Posted March 12, 2020
In a recent Nature Materials paper, ME Professor Traian Dumitrica and his collaborators report that one-dimensional intergrowths in two-dimensional zeolite nanosheets — as revealed by experiment and atomistic simulations — allow for world-beating xylene separation performance.
ME Professor Wins Minnesota Partnership Award
Posted February 20, 2020
Tianhong Cui will partner with Mayo Clinic to work on early detection of pancreatic cancer
"Bionic Humans Aren't Science Fiction" — TEDx Talk by Michael McAlpine
Posted February 4, 2020
Watch Professor Michael McAlpine's TEDx talk, "Bionic humans aren't science fiction"
Professor Frank Kulacki Received the Donald Q. Kern Award
Posted February 4, 2020
Professor Frank Kulacki won the Donald Q. Kern Award for expertise in heat transfer research.
Materials Research Society Foundation Gold Award
Posted February 3, 2020
Congratulations to ME PhD student Zhijie Zhu for receiving the Materials Research Society Foundation Gold Award
Joachim and Yuko Heberlein Award
Posted February 3, 2020
ME PhD student Kedar Nawathe receives this year's Heberlein Award
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