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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.
Atomic-Scale Imaging Reveals Secret to Thin Film Strength
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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
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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
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Watch Professor Michael McAlpine's TEDx talk, "Bionic humans aren't science fiction"
Professor Frank Kulacki Received the Donald Q. Kern Award
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Professor Frank Kulacki won the Donald Q. Kern Award for expertise in heat transfer research.
Materials Research Society Foundation Gold Award
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Congratulations to ME PhD student Zhijie Zhu for receiving the Materials Research Society Foundation Gold Award
Joachim and Yuko Heberlein Award
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ME PhD student Kedar Nawathe receives this year's Heberlein Award
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