mechanics/materials – Page 2 – Mechanical Engineering

Female research leans over testing equipment verifying the charge of lithium metal

$11M DOE center for next-gen battery technology
08/30/2022

Two mechanical engineering professors to lead effort to boost understanding of solid-state EV power cells.

Special issue of IJSS published in honor of U-M ME professor’s 80th birthday
08/05/2022

Jim Barber is held with the utmost esteem by his colleagues across the world. The quality of his work, his collegiality, and his earnest devotion to his field are among the many praises sung by the contributors to a special issue of the International Journal of Solids and Structures (IJSS).

Ashley Bucsek receives NSF CAREER Award for work on martensitic phase transformations
06/13/2022

Dr. Bucsek’s proposal, titled “Understanding the Origins of Mechanical Hysteresis and Functional Fatigue in Martensitic Phase Transforming Materials,” seeks to understand why and how materials degrade, after repeated martensitic phase transformations.

On the path to better understanding metallic glass
01/18/2022

Amorphous materials have a broad use from bone implants to golf clubs but to make them more functional U-M researchers are figuring out what really holds them together.

New path to increasing heavy-truck efficiency with state-of-the-art research engine
12/13/2021

U-M researchers collaborating with Volvo Technology of America are contributing to the demonstration of an engine with 55% peak brake thermal efficiency.

New path to increasing heavy-truck efficiency with state-of-the-art research engine
04/17/2025

University of Michigan researchers have contributed to Volvo’s demonstration engine that will achieve a peak of 55% brake thermal efficiency, meaning high fuel efficiency. U-M studies showed a 35% reduction […]

Yue Fan published in Physical Review Materials
03/10/2020

Yue Fan’s paper entitled, “Atomistic Mechanism and Probability Determination of the Cutting of GP Zones by Edge
Dislocations in Dilute Al-Cu Alloys,” published in the Physical Review Materials.

Jeff Sakamoto is the 2019 Ulsoy Citation Leader Award Winner
01/16/2020

This endowment gift is awarded annually by the Mechanical Engineering Department Chair.

ME Department Chair Receives ASME Nadai Medal
09/06/2019

Tim Manganello/BorgWarner Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering, Ellen Arruda, has received the 2019 ASME Nadai Medal.

Ice-proofing big structures with a “beautiful demonstration of mechanics”
05/21/2019

‘You’re missing a trick,’ mechanical engineer tells materials scientist.