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Liu selected to receive a SEC visiting faculty travel grant
Congratulations to Dr. Yucheng Liu who was selected to receive a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant. Dr. Liu will be visiting the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department and the Advanced Computational Mechanics Laboratory (ACML) at Texas A&M in October. During his visit, Dr. Liu will meet with faculty, researchers, and students in the ME department…
ME welcomes new faculty members
The Mechanical Engineering department welcomes Assistant Professors Like Li, Matthew Priddy, Christopher Barrett, and Wil Whittington, and Assistant Clinical Professor, Shane Brauer. Like Li received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Central South University and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in China, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Dr. Li received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering…
Bhushan’s paper received the Robert T. Knapp Award from the ASME Fluids and Engineering Division
Shanti Bhushan and his collaborators’ paper was selected to receive the Robert T. Knapp Award from the ASME Fluids and Engineering Division. The Robert T. Knapp award is presented for the most outstanding original papers pertaining to analytical or laboratory research in fluids engineering. Bhushan’s paper “Analysis of Turbulence Generation and Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Boundary Layer Transition Using Direct Numerical Simulation” focuses on understanding the turbulence generation and…
Dr. Tonya W. Stone promoted to associate professor with tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Tonya W. Stone, who was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective Fall 2017. Dr. Stone’s research is focused on combining theoretical, computational, and experimental investigations of the mechanical behavior of materials, including metals, polymers, cementitious materials and biomaterials, to establish relationships between the internal structure of a material and its mechanical…
Lei Chen received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
August 8, 2017 Contact: James Carskadon STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State University assistant professor of mechanical engineering is among 37 researchers selected to receive a prestigious junior faculty grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Lei Chen has received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from ORAU for his research on metallic additive manufacturing. The…
Cho named ICET Associate Director of Graduate Research
Dr. Heejin Cho, a mechanical engineering assistant professor, has been appointed Associate Director of Graduate Research in the Institute for Clean Energy Technology (ICET) at Mississippi State University. Dr. Cho will be responsible for directing graduate and undergraduate students to conduct research in the area of nuclear air ventilation and filtration at ICET. Students under his supervision at ICET…
ME Ph.D. student wins prestigious scholarship from ASTM International
Aref Yadollahi, a ME Ph.D. student, has been chosen as one of four recipients of the 2017 ASTM International scholarship. The scholarship rewards graduate students who have demonstrated high levels of interest and involvement with ASTM Standards. The awardees receive $10,000 to be used for their educational expenses. The ASTM announcement states that “Aref Yodallahi of Mississippi…
ME Faculty Received Funding from NSF
Congratulations to Dr. Yucheng Liu, Dr. Lei Chen, and Dr. Mark Horstemeyer, who have been awarded $386,689 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research on “Theoretical understanding of porosity-induced mechanisms during solidification of cast alloys and their influence on process-structure-property correlations.”