MechE Student News - August 2020

Rising Engineering Plus senior Adrian Gutierrez successfully developed an automated bag valve mask, a device he hopes will help those with coronavirus in Mexico, his home for 18 years.

Mohammed Alwakeel, Jonathan Bosnich, Morgan Kauss, Luke Pagni, Gabe Rodriguez, Paul Salame and Sam Simons-Wellin received honors for their service, international engagement, research, and academic achievement.

Artimus Robotics, a spinout company of the mechanical engineering department, recently received $225,000 through the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program. 

Researchers are gradually and safely returning to campus to continue their work in the lab. Read about Assistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram and graduate student Parker McDonnell's return to research.

Researchers are gradually and safely returning to campus to continue their work in the lab. Read about Assistant Professor Nicole Labbe's return to research.

Researchers Philipp Rothemund and Christoph Keplinger in the mechanical engineering department recently uncovered new information that could revolutionize the design of electrohydraulic soft actuators to enable robots to perform at faster speeds.

The novel coronavirus may be able to travel from person to person through tiny particles floating in the air, according to a recent letter signed by 239 scientists from across the globe.

The challenges of COVID-19 have inspired innovation among staff, faculty and students, leading to the development of two summer programs for 38 participating students: the ME Summer Design Intensive and ME SPUR.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Greg Potts, Idea Forge machine shop coordinator, joined many others in pursuing a new hobby: mask-making. He has made over 250 masks and plans to sew at least 100 more.

Nathan McNeill, a mechanical engineering instructor in the program for the last eight years started his new position leading the CMU-CU Engineering Partnership Program on July 1.

Our students and faculty meet the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic as they provide accurate information for the public, take on and solve key research questions rapidly and collaborate with everyone at the table to solve problems.