News Archive
Jacobi, Wang receive Department of Energy funding for solar desalination
June 20, 2018 - MechSE faculty members Anthony Jacobi and Xiaofei Wang will receive $1.6 million in funding from the Department of Energy.
Karimi awarded competitive CSE fellowship
June 13, 2018 - TAM doctoral student Pouyan Karimi earns a second year as a Computational Science and Engineering Fellow, for 2018-2019.
Lewis named consumer products president at Spectrum
June 12, 2018 - MechSE alumnus Randal D. Lewis (BSME ’88) has been named to the position of President of a new Consumer Products group at Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
Scholarship Impact: Mohamed Radwan
June 12, 2018 - Mohamed Radwan was the recipient of the 2017-2018 Helen McDonnell Memorial Scholarship.
Student-created museum exhibits first of their kind for Senior Capstone Design Program
June 8, 2018 - Champaign's Orpheum Children's Science Museum, along with the campus and community, celebrated the grand opening of two new MechSE undergraduate-designed-and-built interactive exhibits.
Rube Goldberg Society second in nation for pouring a bowl of cereal the hard way
June 5, 2018 - Illinois was one of six university teams to compete in the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, challenged with the task of pouring a bowl of cereal in the most complicated way possible.
Saif first Koiter Medal winner from Illinois
June 4, 2018 - MechSE professor Taher Saif has been named the 2018 recipient of the Warner T. Koiter Medal from ASME.
ME 370 robots race again
June 1, 2018 - In May, ME 370 students' robots competed in a race on the Bardeen Quad to determine which team had built the fastest robot.
Brewster returns to roots in new research
May 31, 2018 - MechSE professor M. Quinn Brewster is trying to answer environmental questions surrounding global warming and climate change.
Marshall named Earthway president, CEO
May 30, 2018 - MechSE alumnus John Marshall (BSME ’95) has been named President and CEO for Earthway Products Incorporated.
Grad student Subramaniam to present her research at Women in Aerospace Symposium
May 24, 2018 - PhD candidate Sharanya Subramaniam, a researcher in Kelly Stephani's Computational Kinetics Group, was chosen to present her work at the Women in Aerospace Symposium at the end of this month.
Miljkovic awarded ASME/PTS Gold Medal for work in phase change heat transfer
May 24, 2018 - Nenad Miljkovic was awarded the ASME/Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, a competitive honor among young investigators.
Scholarship Impact: Dylan Harmon
May 24, 2018 - Dylan Harmon was the recipient of the 2017-2018 LyondellBasell Futures in the Chemisphere Scholarship.
Sehitoglu honored by Finnish university
May 22, 2018 - Professor Huseyin Sehitoglu will receive an honorary doctorate from the Aalto University schools of technology.
Ostoja-Starzewski awarded ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal
May 17, 2018 - Professor Martin Ostoja-Starzewski was honored for his book, "Microstructural Randomness and Scaling in Mechanics of Materials."
Scholars in Ertekin’s IRISE program offer engineering design ideas for wheelchair users
May 16, 2018 - The IRISE outreach program, co-directed by Professor Elif Ertekin and assisted by Education Coordinator Joe Muskin, works with high school students in the community to challenge them with hands-on engineering projects.
Elastic microspheres expand understanding of embryonic development and cancer cells
May 14, 2018 - MechSE professor Ning Wang's team is using tiny elastic balls filled with fluorescent nanoparticles to understand the mechanical forces between cells.
Podgorny goes deep (into Europe), joins football start-up
May 10, 2018 - In his role as Director of Football Operations, alumnus D.J. Podgorny (BSME '15) helps startup The Growth of a Game create a community for football advocates across Europe.
Nam wins DURIP award to image corrugated 2D materials using nano-infrared technology
May 8, 2018 - SungWoo Nam was awarded a DURIP grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to acquire a dual mode nanoscale infrared spectroscopy/imaging platform. He will use the specialized equipment to image deformed 2D materials such as graphene.