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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.
Three ME PhDs Awarded 2024 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships
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ME PhD students Arun Cherkkil, Ibrahim Oladepo, and Reza Yousofvand are recipients of 2024 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships, given to outstanding mid-career Ph.D. students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research to support their work at one of the University’s centers or institutes.
ME PhD Student and Postdoc Win Poster Award at International Conference
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A poster by ME PhD student Yingming Xu and postdoc Peng Zhou has been selected as one of the fifteen finalists (among top 2.5% papers) for the Outstanding Student Poster Presentation Award at the 37th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems.
ME Professor Tianhong Cui to Co-Lead Great Lakes Water Innovation Engine
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Tianhong Cui will co-lead a University of Minnesota team that is part of an NSF-funded Regional Innovation Engine award, with a potential $160 million in support to grow a water-focused collective of more than 200 water experts in the Great Lakes region.
2024 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Goes to Suo Yang
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ME Assistant Professor Suo Yang is one of 48 scientists and engineers to receive an award through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (ASOFR) Young Investigator Program (YIP).
Novel Process for More Sustainable Mining Methods
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ME Professor Al Aksan is co-PI on an NSF-funded project to investigate designing a bacterial system to extract critical minerals from mining for valuable metals, making conventional mining methods more sustainable.
2024 Heberlein Travel Award Winners
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Congratulations to Kimberly Gustafson and Jeremy Simmons, the 2024 Joachim and Yuko Heberlein Travel Grant Award winners! The awards support ME PhD students by providing funding to attend an international conference in their field.
2023 Pui Best Dissertation Award Winner: Tianyi Li
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UMN ME PhD Tianyi Li ('21) is the winner of the 2023 Pui Best Dissertation Award, created by Professor David Pui to recognize the time and effort required to pursue a doctorate of the highest caliber.
Tianhong Cui Elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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ME Professor Tianhong Cui has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, a non-governmental, European association committed to promoting scientific and societal progress.
ME Ambassadors Win Outstanding Unit Award
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The ME Ambassadors Program received the 2023 Outstanding Unit Award for Equity and Diversity, an award given by the Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) recognizing outstanding leadership in diversity and equity work. The award highlights units working to bring transformational and sustainable change to the University of Minnesota.
Innovative “OpenSky” Midterm Takes Flight: UMN ME Students Pave the Way for Sustainable Aviation
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is soaring into the future of aviation, and at UMN ME, students are at the forefront of this exciting transition. In a groundbreaking hands-on midterm experience, seniors in the ME4431w Energy Conversion Systems lab course, led by Assistant Professor Sayan Biswas, took to the skies to test SAF blends in a gas turbine-powered RC airplane. This is no traditional "open book" test — it's an open sky test!
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