News Archive
Mehta receives NSF funding for feedback particle filter research
August 9, 2018 - MechSE associate professor Prashant Mehta has been awarded funding for a research project titled, “Theory and Algorithms for the Feedback Particle Filter.”
Alumnus Mann joins The Chartis Group
August 2, 2018 - Alumnus Loren Mann (BSME '91) has joined The Chartis Group on its Performance Practice Leadership team.
Formula teams see improvements, challenges in competition
August 1, 2018 - This summer, the Illini Motorsports and Illini Formula Electric teams competed in Nebraska and Michigan.
Shao named among SME 30 Under 30
July 27, 2018 - Chenhui Shao was recognized by SME for his work and promising future in manufacturing.
Koe family doubles their impact through Grainger Matching Challenge
July 26, 2018 - MechSE alumnus Bruce Koe (BSME '66) and his wife Linda have made their long-time Kirkwood Scholarship for Women in Engineering even more impactful now, thanks to a matching gift through the Grainger Engineering Visionary Scholarship Matching Challenge.
Scholarship Impact: Abby Pucek
July 25, 2018 - Abby Pucek was the recipient of a 2017-18 Ford Foundation Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship.
Wilhelm named VC at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
July 24, 2018 - Alumnus Bob Wilhelm is the new Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Bashar named T32 Scholar of Cancer Center at Illinois
July 23, 2018 - Grad student Emon Bashar was one of just 12 selected as a T32 Scholar in the Tissue Microenvironment Training Program, part of the Cancer Center at Illinois.
Alumnus discusses fire safety engineering on podcast
July 19, 2018 - Alumnus Kyle Chandler discusses the engineering behind modern fire equipment.
Wissa to create new UAV wings inspired by birds’ covert feathers
July 18, 2018 - Aimy Wissa has won a Young Investigator award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for her team to create a full wing system equipped with covert feathers.
Fischer receives DOE grant to improve nuclear reactor models
July 17, 2018 - MechSE professor Paul Fischer's $800K Department of Energy grant will help engineers testing the fluid flow that is key to reactor operation.
Smith wins award for battery-based desalination work
July 16, 2018 - Kyle Smith was awarded the ISE-Elsevier Prize for Applied Electrochemistry for his significant work on saltwater desalination.
Wang captures startling cancer cell image
July 11, 2018 - An image captured by MechSE professor Ning Wang was recently featured as the Biomedical Picture of the Day (BPoD) by the BPoD biomedical science website.
Dunn wins CAREER award to improve mechanics of hydrogels
July 10, 2018 - Alison Dunn has won a competitive five-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
Jin wins international travel award
July 9, 2018 - MechSE PhD candidate Yaqing Jin received the highly-competitive 2018 Fluids Travel Award from the journal Fluids.
Design overhaul shows promising results for Off-Road Illini
July 6, 2018 - The Off-Road Illini - the Baja SAE team - keeps their car moving forward with a major redesign debuted at several recent competitions.
Alleyne wins prestigious AACC award for advancement of control practice
July 6, 2018 - Andrew Alleyne is honored with the highest "practitioner" award, from AACC, given to the U.S. to researchers in the controls field.
Salapaka gives plenary lecture at world congress on aerospace, mathematics
July 3, 2018 - Professor Srinivasa Salapaka presented on "“Combinatorial Optimization Problems on Networks: A Maximum-Entropy-Principle Based Framework" at the ICNPAA Congress in Armenia.
Young alumnus to study in UAE under prestigious Fulbright grant
July 2, 2018 - May 2018 graduate Edgar Mejia was one of just 11 Illinois students and alumni to be offered a Fulbright grant.