MechE News - April 2022 | Paul M. Rady Mechanical Engineering

MechE News - April 2022

Alumni, industry partners &听friends,

As the year comes to an end, I am happy to reflect on all the success that the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering has accomplished. From our听graduate students鈥� outreach efforts听to continued听groundbreaking research听from faculty, I am proud of everything we have achieved this year.

I am thrilled that we will be able to celebrate these successes with each other at the听spring in-person graduation ceremonies, with alumnus Craig Sampson, the founder of TBD Innovation, as our keynote speaker. It will be a joy to watch our students walk across the graduation stage after the challenges of the past two years.

Our department felt that same pride at the听2022 Engineering Projects Expo,听the first time the event was held in person since 2019. If you have not already, I invite you to learn more about the students'听designs and how their听projects will impact society. Thank you for supporting our students.

Sincerely,

Michael Hannigan
Department Chair

Celebrate Our Graduates

Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Projects 2022

Undergraduate Students Education Entrepreneurship

Since August 2021, more than 200 mechanical engineering students have been working through the design process from start to finish and have engineered solutions to real-world problems.

Senior Design Feature Stories

Five teams were featured leading up to the Engineering Projects Expo. Read about the students' work and how each of their designs could make a positive impact on the world.

Mechanical engineering graduates earn CU Engineering and Departmental Awards

Undergraduate Students Honors & Awards Outstanding Student Award Education

Four graduating undergraduate students won college awards, while three undergraduate students were honored with Department of Mechanical Engineering Awards.

MechE Spring 2022 Graduate Yearbook

With just over a week until graduation, we are celebrating our graduates!听We are proud of each of our graduates and听excited听to see how each of you will听impact the world.听The Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering thanks everyone who plans to celebrate our graduates with our in-person听Graduation Recognition Ceremony.

Date: Saturday, May 7
Time:听2:00 - 3:30 p.m. with a reception to follow on the Business Lawn
Doors Open:听1:00 p.m.
Location:听CU Event Center

Department Highlights

Massimo Ruzzene named acting vice chancellor, dean of institutes

Provost Russell Moore announced he has appointed Professor Massimo Ruzzene to the post of acting vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes, effective June 1. As associate dean for research in CEAS, he heads the college鈥檚 Research Support Office and is also the Slade Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Virginia Ferguson elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

Honors & Awards

The American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering's College of Fellows is a prestigious group comprised of the most accomplished and distinguished engineering and medical school professors, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs.

Longji Cui and Gregory Whiting awarded 2022 Research & Innovation Seed Grants

The 2022 Research & Innovation Seed Grants are funding 25 new projects in all for up to $50,000 each. The seed grant program is designed to stimulate new and exciting areas of research and creative work on campus.

NSF honors mechanical engineering students with Graduate Research Fellowships

Graduate Students Graduate Student Research Honors & Awards Education

The National Science Foundation has awarded two Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering students with Graduate Research Fellowships and two students with honorable mentions.

Alumni Stories

Alumni Spotlight: Sreyas Krishnan - Helping launch ULA rockets into space

Mechanical engineering alumnus Sreyas Krishnan has played a critical role in United Launch Alliance鈥檚 (ULA) latest Atlas V rocket launch, which carried another weather satellite into space on Tuesday, March 1.

Meet Graduation Recognition Ceremony Keynote Speaker Craig Sampson

Education

Alumnus Craig Sampson (MechEngr鈥�82) is the founder and leader of the Chicago consulting firm TBD Innovation. He will be delivering the Department of Mechanical Engineering鈥檚 keynote speech during the Graduation Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, May 7.

Research News

How to print a robot from scratch: Combining liquids, solids could lead to faster, more flexible 3D creations

Professor Robert MacCurdy has developed a new way to 3D-print liquid and solid materials together, potentially leading to more dynamic and useful products鈥攆rom robots to wearable electronic devices.

Computer-simulated heart flow model could help treat pediatric heart disease patients

Biomedical

Research from Professor Debanjan Mukherjee and a collaborative team of biomedical engineers, physicians and researchers could enable significant advances for the 40,000 pediatric congenital heart disease patients (CHD) born each year.

Research collaboration explores multiple methods for brain imaging

Researchers at the 麻豆影院 and Anschutz Medical Campus are exploring several imaging techniques aimed at creating miniature microscopes that are lightweight enough to be worn by freely moving mice as they navigate a maze or socialize with other mice.

The physics of fire ant rafts could help engineers design swarming robots

A new study led by Professor Franck Vernerey lays out the simple physics-based rules that govern how these ant rafts morph over time: shrinking, expanding or growing long protrusions like an elephant鈥檚 trunk. The team鈥檚 findings could one day help researchers design robots that work together in swarms or next-generation materials in which molecules migrate to fix damaged spots.

Student Features

PhD student Jaylene Martinez wins Best Poster Award at American Chemical Society Meeting

Graduate Student Research Graduate Students Honors & Awards Education

The Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering recognized Martinez's research on membrane technologies that can ensure more scientifically reliable water treatment filtration systems.