News Archive
Mold oscillator control research impacts steel industry, transitions to academia
January 22, 2019 - Research and development on a mold oscillator control, from Joseph Bentsman and Brian Thomas, is providing real-time results for Nucor Steel Decator and other companies in the steel industry.
Wise presents inaugural Distinguished Alumnus Seminar
January 21, 2019 - Kevin Wise presented the department's first MechSE Distinguished Alumnus Seminar on January 15, 2019.
AIAA features Hovakimyan as plenary lecturer
January 18, 2019 - MechSE professor Naira Hovakimyan was honored at the AIAA's 2019 Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Conference on January 10.
Alumnus Najjar named ASME Fellow
January 15, 2019 - ME alumnus Fady Najjar was named a 2018 ASME Fellow.
Elhebeary wins MRS graduate student award
January 11, 2019 - PhD candidate Mohamed Elhebeary was one of just 24 students internationally to win the Silver Award from the Materials Research Society in the fall.
Ostoja-Starzewski features work on mechanics of helically wound cables
January 10, 2019 - "Three-dimensional vibrations of a helically wound cable modeled as a Timoshenko rod" was the work featured on the site Advances in Engineering in November 2018.
Hrnjak named Stoecker Faculty Fellow
December 21, 2018 - ACRC Director Pega Hrnjak becomes the first Research Professor in MechSE to receive this distinction.
van der Zande wins CAREER Award to explore mechanics of 2D material heterostructures
December 21, 2018 - The driving vision in Assistant Professor Arend van der Zande’s work is to push mechanics to its ultimate limits in size to bring the unique capabilities of soft materials to electronic systems.
Bentsman, Thomas win 2018 AIST award for work on continuous caster control
December 19, 2018 - Professors Joseph Bentsman and Brian Thomas, along with MechSE PhD candidate Zhelin Chen, won the 2018 Best Paper Award from the Association for Iron and Steel Technology.
More researchers support outreach with Paper 2 Tree
December 18, 2018 - Professors Katie Matlack and Alison Dunn, donated trees to be planted during this fall's Paper 2 Tree event. Chenhui Shao, Aimy Wissa, and Mattia Gazzola also led outreach activities at area schools.
Bahl research selected as top development of 2018
December 17, 2018 - Gaurav Bahl's research on "time-reversal symmetry breaking with acoustic pumping of nanophotonic circuits" was named a top 30 development in 2018 in the field of optical science.
MechSE faculty lead new Center for Autonomy
December 5, 2018 - Professor Geir Dullerud to direct new group developing research, education in emerging field.
van der Zande named Highly Cited Researcher
December 5, 2018 - The list is based on papers indexed in the Web of Science. Highly cited papers are defined as those that rank in the top 1 percent by citations for field and publication year.
Matlack wins grant to improve lab instrumentation
December 4, 2018 - Professor Katie Matlack was awarded the Haythornthwaite Foundation Research Initiation Grant to fund an expansion of her laser vibrometer measurement system to operate at higher frequencies.
Aluru named AAAS Fellow
December 3, 2018 - Professor Nayaran Aluru was elected as a 2018 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Vakakis receives Willett Professorship
November 30, 2018 - The College of Engineering has invested Alex Vakakis as a Donald Biggar Willett Professor.
Chicago Blackhawks physician credits success to foundation in ME
November 29, 2018 - Dr. Michael Terry: "I went to medical school with an engineer's mind and orthopedics was a very clear draw for me because of all the mechanics involved."
Lattice materials approach production readiness
November 29, 2018 - MechSE professor William King and graduate student Davis McGregor report on the possibilities for additively manufactured lattice components in consumer products, industrial equipment, automotive, and aerospace.
Tawfick learns from hair to develop reconfigurable, self-healing surfaces
November 21, 2018 - Professor Sam Tawfick has won a competitive grant from the Young Investigator Program of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study the mechanics of hair as a novel way to develop transformable surfaces.