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ME students to compete in final round of DARPA RevCon Challenge
A team of Mechanical Engineering students advised by Dr. Scott Thompson has qualified as one of seven teams to compete in the final round of the 2014 International Field-Reversible Thermal Connector (RevCon) Challenge sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The team will travel to the University of Missouri in October to demonstrate…
ME Student featured in “Our People”
Jacquelyn Schodlbauer, a mechanical engineering junior from Mobile, AL, is featured in “Our People” on the MSU webpage. Click here to read the story
Dr. Horstemeyer featured on this month’s Infinite Impact video from the BCoE
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Horstemeyer, whose research on helmet construction and safety was featured on this month’s Infinite Impact video from the Bagley College of Engineering. Dr. Horstemeyer is working to redesign football helmets that better disseminate impact pulses in order to reduce concussions and the resulting brain damage that can occur from multiple concussions….
Four ME undergraduate students selected to participate in the Fall 2014 Bagley Undergraduate Research Program
Congratulations to Paritosh Muley, James Tobermann, Tanner Cauthen, and William Prater who were selected to participate in the Fall 2014 Bagley Undergraduate Research Program under the guidance of Dr. Krishnan, Dr. Knizley, Dr. Shamsaei, and Dr. Thompson. This program will provide financial support to all of them to actively participate in research projects. Congrats to all of…
Service-Learning projects begin in Intro to ME!
As this year’s Mechanical Engineering freshmen prepare for their Fall 2014 service-learning projects, let’s take a look at the highlights from last year’s projects. With the help of the Center for the Advancement of Service-Learning Excellence (CASLE), 160+ ME freshmen students worked with five different community partners to help enhance Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics…
Dr. Schneider received funding from NASA
Dr. Judy Schneider received funding for two projects expected to help NASA achieve its long-term space mission, as well as enhance commercial partnerships and technological innovation on Earth. The grants was awarded through the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center Cooperative Agreement program. Congratulations Dr. Schneider!! For more information please click here
ME undergraduate student presented a paper at international conference
James Tobermann, a senior undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering, presented a paper entitled “Optimization of a D-CHP System based on Monthly Power to Heat Ratio” at the ASME 2014 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability in Boston, MA. James has been working with Dr. Knizley, his undergraduate research advisor, and Dr. Mago on modeling and simulation of Combined…
Three ME freshman were selected to receive the 2014 Dow Summer Bridge Scholarship
Congratulations to Spencer Thompson, Phillip Alex Young, and Jeffrey Ehondor who were selected to receive the 2014 Dow Summer Bridge Scholarship. Six scholarships were awarded this year and ME students received three of them. Thanks to Dow Chemical for their continuous support! For more information about the BCoE Summer Bridge Program click here.
ME undergraduate student awarded the Shaw Industries Achievement Scholarship
Congratulations to Daron Chandler, a junior in mechanical engineering, who was awarded the Shaw Industries Achievement Scholarship.
Dr. Krishnan promoted to Associate Professor with tenure
Congratulations to Dr. Sundar Krishnan, who was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective Fall 2014. Dr. Krishnan’s research is focused on experimental and computational investigations of advanced low temperature combustion concepts and renewable alternative fuels for improving fuel conversion efficiencies and power densities of future internal combustion (IC) engines, while simultaneously reducing pollutant emissions. He…