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Prof. Bilal receives the 2023 Phononics Young Investigator Award This year’s Phononics Young Investigator Award goes to our own ME Prof. Osama Bilal. “The Phononics Young Investigator Award (YIA) is presented by the International Phononics Society to an early-career researcher who demonstrates research excellence in the field of phononics (including phononic crystals, acoustic/elastic metamaterials, nanoscale phonon transport, wave propagation in periodic structures, coupled phenomena […] Categories: Faculty News, Uncategorized |
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Prof. Wilson Chiu Elected Fellow of the Electrochemical Society Prof. Wilson Chiu is a new member of the 2022 Class of the Electrochemical Society Fellows. For more information, read the ECS announcement by following the that follows below. Categories: Faculty and Staff Spotlights, Research Spotlights, Uncategorized |
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A quieter world through materials by design A new paper published in Applied Physics Letters co-authored by Prof. Osama Bilal and his PhD student introduces materials that can simultaneously block sound and vibrations at tunable frequencies by design. Categories: Research Spotlights, Uncategorized |
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Recharging Cartilage After Knee Damage Through Tissue Regeneration By studying rabbits, Prof. Thanh Nguyen‘s group is using biodegradable piezoelectric film to aid in growth of new cartilage. Read the whole science highlight on the NIH’s website here: https://www.nibib.nih.gov/news-events/newsroom/recharging-cartilage-after-knee-damage Categories: Faculty and Staff Spotlights, Research, Research Spotlights, Uncategorized |
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Three ME Faculty Members win NSF CAREER Awards in 2022 NSF Early Career Development (CAREER) Program awards are highly prestigious, offered to early-career faculty members who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. Three ME faculty members have received this prestigious award in 2022. Congratulations to all three recipients! Hongyi Xu Anna Tarakanova George Matheou Prof. Xu’s award will […] Categories: Department Achievements, Faculty News, Research, Uncategorized |
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UConn ME selected by NASA to Develop Moon to Mars Mission Design Ideas UCONN has been selected as one of six universities to participate in NASA’s 2022 Moon to Mars eXploration Systems and Habitation (M2M X-Hab) Challenge. NASA’s selection, in partnership with the National Space Grant Foundation, will develop innovative design ideas that will help NASA advance and execute its Moon to Mars exploration objectives. This year’s winning […] Categories: Faculty and Staff Spotlights, Faculty News, Uncategorized |
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Prof. Nguyen’s Injection-free Microneedle Technology for Single-Administration of Vaccines
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Prof. Norato joins the Editorial Board of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design Dr. Julián Norato, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been named Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. This archival journal publishes papers on and embraces broad, interdisciplinary aspects of engineering design research. His current research interests lie in incorporating failure, geometric, manufacturing and cost requirements in computational topology and shape optimization techniques […] Categories: Faculty News, Uncategorized |
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Prof. Nguyen to Develop Self-Administered Microneedle COVID-19 Vaccine Technology Prof. Thanh Nguyen has received funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA) to develop a single-use, self-administered microneedle vaccine technology for infectious diseases, including COVID-19. For more details, read the full story on UConn Today: Categories: Faculty News, News, Research Spotlights, Uncategorized |
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Two Faculty Searches for the 2019-2020 Academic Year For the 2019-202 academic year we have two open positions: one open rank and the second at the Assistant or Associate professor levels. The start date is August 2020. We are looking for exceptional candidates in advanced and digital manufacturing. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: intelligent robotics and automation, applied controls, […] Categories: Uncategorized |
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Fueling the Fire: Studying Flame Behavior to Improve Combustion Systems February 20, 2019 – Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research The power you feel underneath you when you’re on a plane as it takes off is tremendous. The physics that enable the remarkable feat of lifting a 175,000-pound midsize commercial aircraft into the sky and keeping it there are […] Categories: Faculty News, Research, Research Spotlights, Uncategorized |
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Chih-Jen (Jackie) Sung Named Combustion Institute Fellow By: Eli Freund, Editorial Communications Manager, UConn School of Engineering The UConn School of Engineering is proud to announce that Mechanical Engineering Professor Chih-Jen Sung has been recognized as one of the 2019 Class of Fellows for The Combustion Institute. Sung joins a class of 38 accomplished international scholars from industry, academia, and the public […] Categories: Faculty News, News, Research Spotlights, Uncategorized |
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A new, nature-inspired self-healing rubber developed by Prof. Li and his collaborators from USC. A new paper published by Prof. Ying Li and his collaborators from University of Southern California in NPG Asia Materials provide the details of a new class of self-healing rubber that is inspired by the healing of natural tissues. For more details, please see the news article from UConn Today. Categories: Faculty and Staff Spotlights, Faculty News, Research, Uncategorized |
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Jiong Tang to serve as the General Chair for ASME IDETC & CIE 2019 Prof. Jiong Tang will serve as the general conference chair for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ international annual design conference in Anaheim CA. The 2019 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE) will take place between August August 18 – 21, 2019 at the Anaheim Convention […] Categories: Faculty News, Uncategorized |
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The Challenge of Modeling and Simulation for Molten Salt Nuclear Reactors Abstract: The rapidly expanding interest in molten salt reactors (MSRs), particularly as small modular reactors, is resulting in the generation of multiple design concepts with efforts at a variety of early developmental stages. Various companies and organizations in a number of countries are looking at such systems to be safe, economical, and rapidly deployable power […] Categories: Uncategorized |
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Mechanics under the Fold: How Origami Creates Sophisticated Mechanical Properties Abstract: Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, is not only an inspiring technique to create sophisticated shapes, but also a surprisingly powerful method to induce nonlinear mechanical properties. Over the last decade, advances in crease design, mechanics modeling, and scalable fabrication have fostered the rapid emergence of architected origami structure and material systems. […] Categories: Events and Seminars, Past Seminars, Uncategorized |
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Active Thermosyphons to Condense Water from Power Plant Flue Gas, and an Overview of Energy Research at Stony Brook University The talk will focus on two themes. The first will be an overview of our current ARPA-E project to condense water from flue gas for dry-cooled power plants power plants. Water use by power plants is an increasing concern across the U.S., and is particularly problematic in arid regions, such as the southwest. In this […] Categories: Events and Seminars, Past Seminars, Uncategorized |
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Molecular simulations of mechanical properties for polymer materials The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) was activated 25 years ago with a mission to discover, innovate and transition science and technology to ensure dominant strategic land power. One of key research strategies at ARL is a development of superior protection systems for individual warfigter and vehicles. The protective systems often use polymers due to […] Categories: Events and Seminars, Past Seminars, Uncategorized |
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Profs. Chen and Norato win coveted 2018 NSF CAREER awards for their work on Additive Manufacturing and Topology Optimization Two ME professors received the 2018 National Science Foundation’s CAREER award, which is the Foundation’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty. Prof. Xu Chen’s award will support his research on thermal modeling, sensing, and controls to enable new generations of powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing. In contrast to conventional machining, where parts […] Categories: Department Achievements, Faculty and Staff Spotlights, Faculty News, Research, Research Spotlights, Uncategorized |
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New DoE Funded Advanced Manufacturing Program to Educate a New Generation of Engineering Leaders The new grant funded by the US Department of Energy supports new graduate programs in Mechanical Engineering to train the next generation of advanced manufacturing leaders. The UConn effort has been led by Prof. Ugur Pasaogullari. More details can be found on the School of Engineering website. Categories: Faculty News, Uncategorized |
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