Graduate Student Research
- 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.
- 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.
- Studying emergent behavior has long fascinated engineers, and researchers at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ just uncovered a distinct behavior in colonies of fire ants cooperating in flood situations.
- Professor Corey Neu and Benjamin Seelbinder's (PhDMech’19) work, now published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, looks at how cells adapt to their environment and how a mechanical environment influences a cell. Their research has the potential to tackle major health obstacles.
- The Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering has awarded PhD candidate Ryan Cole this year’s Outstanding Dissertation Award. Read his Q&A to learn more about his engineering education, dissertation and goals for the future.
- Mechanical engineering student Mitchell Fulton won 'Best Performing Method' for a paper detailing his novel approach to autonomously identify regions of the heart using MRI scan images at the M&Ms-2 Challenge.
- The National Science Foundation has awarded six prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships to ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ mechanical engineering students, a signal of the innovative and impactful research they will perform in the years ahead.
- The prestigious fellowship, offered through the U.S. Department of Defense, promotes education in science and engineering disciplines relevant to national defense.
- Shankar Lalitha Sridhar is being awarded an Outstanding Dissertation Award from the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Check out his Q&A to learn more.
- Rene Nsanzineza is a 5th year PhD candidate in Professor Jana Milford’s group. This research group specializes in regional and local air quality modeling with focus on the environmental impacts of energy systems. Rene’s