Estrada will work to most fully characterize new samples and develop informed testing procedures that will bring mechanically graded soft materials closer to their many possible industry applications.
The Energy Transport Laboratory has published a new study about droplet coalescence, an important process that affects droplet shedding on state-of-the-art oil-impregnated surfaces.
The Borelli Award, the most prestigious honor given by the ASB, recognizes outstanding career accomplishment and is awarded annually to an investigator who has conducted exemplary research in any area of biomechanics.
Bogdan Popa, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been elected “for contributions to active acoustic metamaterials.”
A gathering of a few of the many efforts mechanical engineers are putting towards a greener future. Happy Earth Day!
Through careful analysis of lumpy ice dendrite formations, the Energy Transport Laboratory team gained new insights into the effects of oil viscosity, oil chemistry, and other contributing factors on new oil-impregnated materials.
Ashley Bucsek is one of just 58 engineers selected for this honor by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The award is in recognition of her research on “Supercritical Phase Transformations for Multiferroic Materials.”
Andrew Gayle, PhD candidate in U-M Mechanical Engineering, received the AVS Thin Film James Harper Award at the American Vacuum Society’s (AVS) 68th International Symposium for his talk, “Tunable ALD Infiltration into High-Aspect-Ratio Aerogels Enabled by Process Modeling for Solar Thermal Applications.”
Alauddin Ahmed, Assistant Research Scientist in Mechanical Engineering, was awarded a Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program grant by the Graham Sustainability Institute at U-M for his project on pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The UM Battery Lab, led by Mechanical Engineering Professor Jeff Sakamoto, is working to create safer electric vehicle batteries that last longer.