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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.
ME Partners with Medtronic to Develop 3D-Printed Aortic Valve
Posted August 31, 2020
Professor Michael McAlpine's team developed a groundbreaking process to 3D print multi-material lifelike models of aortic roots.
NSF Awards $26M for New Engineering Research Center, Led by ME Professor John Bischof
Posted August 5, 2020
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Minnesota Institute for Engineering in Medicine, directed by ME Professor John Bischof, $26 million over five years to create the Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Advanced Technologies for the Preservation of Biological Systems (ATP-Bio). The center aims to stop biological time by designing methods to cryogenically cool, hold and re-warm living materials without harm, extending our ability to bank and transport them.
ME Faculty Study How COVID-19 Spreads Indoors
Posted July 29, 2020
ME faculty members Jiarong Hong and Suo Yang are researching how COVID-19 particles float in indoor settings, hoping to answer questions about how the virus spreads in different spaces.
New Publication on Isolation of Chemoresistant Cancer Cell Populations
Posted July 16, 2020
ME Professor Alptekin Aksan has a new paper on isolation of chemoresistant cancer cell populations using physical inhibition of proliferation.
ME Professor and Postdoc 3D Print Functioning Human Heart Pump
Posted July 15, 2020
ME Professor Michael McAlpine and postdoc Kaiyan Qiu are part of a team that 3D printed a functioning human heart pump.
MSME Graduate Leads Volunteer Mask-Kit Assembly
Posted June 26, 2020
Laura Bartels earned her master's degree in engineering and helped assemble 500 kits for the MNMask project.
Groundbreaking New Research Allows 3D Printing Directly on Organs
Posted June 22, 2020
ME Professor Michael McAlpine is serving as senior researcher on a team that has developed a groundbreaking 3D printing technique to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and contracting.
ME Assistant Professor Leads Research Team on Virus Transport in Respiratory Systems
Posted June 17, 2020
Suo Yang's team will investigate the transport of virus aerosols and nasal medicinal droplets in order to help develop effective treatments for COVID-19.
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.
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