News: Department of Mechanical Engineering

Red event program for Senior Design Competition with electrical device in background
Business and Community |

Nearly 40 student-created engineering projects provide technological solutions to real-world problems; prototypes on display May 9 at Thomas & Mack Center.

Patrick Messimertesting a the strength of a 3d printed piece of material.
Research |

This Research & Creative Honors Program participant is as curious as he was in the third grade — only now he's an undergraduate researcher.

Collage of students
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s Research & Creative Honors Program provides undergraduates with unique opportunities that prepare them for graduate studies.

Greg Lull leans against a wall
People |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ grad brings an engineering mindset to his role as chief marketing officer for Credit Karma

An illustration of a drone
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ engineers developed a team of drones that detect radioactivity in areas where it’s unsafe or unfeasible for other trackers to go.

man in white lab coat
People |

Solar power is the future of energy, and this undergraduate engineering student is working on the future of solar cells.

Kwang Kim and his mentees.
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ engineer Kwang Kim was one of 155 academic inventors to be named a 2017 National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow.

Two students practice swordfighting
Campus News |

From magic and witchcraft to building robots using Legos, these wild courses can put swordfighters in training and future presidents ready to deal with environmental catastrophe.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ students in caps and gowns celebrating commencement
People |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ president will highlight exceptional students at commencement who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Michelle Quizon
People |

Commencement speaker Michelle Quizon is searching for the right materials to help build artificial organs that could help make diabetes a thing of the past.

Engineering students use a laptop and tools to fix two box-like robots
Campus News |

Rebel Robotics team wins out over more than a dozen schools in American Society of Mechanical Engineers competition; takes on world next.

Portrait of Mechanical Engineering Professor Kwang J. Kim, Ph.D.
People |

Kwang Kim, a 2018 Distinguished Professor, work in biomedical engineering is inspiring a new generation of researchers.