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Jun 25, 2024

Exploring the Potential of Frictional Mechanical Metamaterials

MIE Associate Professor Yaning Li was awarded a $531,056 NSF grant to explore a new category of mechanical metamaterials:  “Frictional Mechanical Metamaterial.”

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

aron-stubbuns

Jun 25, 2024

Scientists Sound Alarm Over Threat Altering Ocean’s Ability To Absorb Carbon: ‘A Threat to Global Scale Processes’

MES/COS/CEE Professor Aron Stubbins was featured in the Yahoo article “Scientists Sound Alarm Over Threat Altering Ocean’s Ability To Absorb Carbon: ‘A Threat to Global Scale Processes’.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mansoor Amiji

Jun 25, 2024

Will the New COVID FLiRT Variant Lead to a Summer Surge? Watch for These Symptoms, Experts Say

Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji was featured in the Medical Xpress article “Will the New COVID FLiRT Variant Lead to a Summer Surge? Watch for These Symptoms, Experts Say.”

Chemical Engineering

Ningfang Mi

Jun 24, 2024

$1M NSF Award for Enhancing Educational Research With AI and Cloud Infrastructure Training

ECE Associate Professor Ningfang Mi is leading a multi-institution, $1 million NSF grant to create tools, resources, and templates to enable educators to analyze student data and identify trends more effectively to better determine improvements to curriculum and testing.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Juner Zhu

Jun 24, 2024

Advancing EV Battery Technology

MIE Assistant Professor Juner Zhu has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Ford University Research Program (URP) designated for developing advanced EV battery cell models.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 20, 2024

Industrial Engineering Capstone Team Modernizes Parachute Inspection for U.S. Army

Four industrial engineering students received several awards, including the Capstone Day Judges Award, for their Parachute Quality Assurance Modernization Capstone Design project presented at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Conference in Montréal. The students, who worked with the U.S. Army Personnel Airdrop Systems team, digitized a paper-based system for recording parachute component measurements.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 20, 2024

Industrial Engineering Capstone Team Wins Fourth Place at International Conference for US Open Officiating Project

An undergraduate industrial engineering Capstone team was recognized for their US Open Tennis Championships Electronic Officiating Quality Control project at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers Conference. The team worked with the United States Tennis Association to help automate and standardize the electronic officiating process for the acclaimed tennis event.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jun 18, 2024

While Women Outnumber Men on Campus, Their Later Earnings Remain Stuck

Madeline Szoo, chemical engineering and biochemistry, E’25, was featured in the NPR article “While Women Outnumber Men on Campus, Their Later Earnings Remain Stuck.”

Chemical Engineering