Down to the Last Drop
08/21/2023
08/21/2023
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.
News Article Tag: mechanics/materials
ME chair awarded prestigious Borelli Award from the American Society of Biomechanics
05/30/2023
05/30/2023
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.
ME assistant professor elected as Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
01/10/2023
01/10/2023
Bogdan Popa, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been elected “for contributions to active acoustic metamaterials.”
Engineering for a healthier Earth
04/22/2023
04/22/2023
A gathering of a few of the many efforts mechanical engineers are putting towards a greener future. Happy Earth Day!
Formations of frozen droplets deliver new insights on next-generation ice-repellent surfaces
01/23/2023
01/23/2023
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.
ME assistant professor awarded Young Investigator Research Program award
12/19/2022
12/19/2022
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.”
ME PhD student recognized with AVS Thin Film James Harper Award
11/22/2022
11/22/2022
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.”
ME assistant research scientist awarded Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program grant
09/27/2022
09/27/2022
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.
UM-ME lab working to create safer electric vehicle batteries featured on WXYZ Detroit
09/22/2022
09/22/2022
The UM Battery Lab, led by Mechanical Engineering Professor Jeff Sakamoto, is working to create safer electric vehicle batteries that last longer.
$11M DOE center for next-gen battery technology
08/30/2022
08/30/2022
Two mechanical engineering professors to lead effort to boost understanding of solid-state EV power cells.