The Latest From Mechanical Engineering

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 details from transmission electron microscopy showing the porous structure of an MFI nanosheet, with MEL intergrown in it.

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.