Mechanical Engineering

ME Ph.D. student, Tianqi Hang, wins best poster

Tianqi Hang received a best poster award in the Ph.D. student division at the Fourth International Conference on Engineering Frontiers in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease 2014. The conference was held May 20-22 in Versailles, France. His poster was titled In Vitro Multi-domain patient specific coarctation study of Norwood patients. The object of this study is […]

Dr. Sherrill Biggers elected ASME Fellow

Congratulations to Dr. Sherrill Biggers, who was elected a Fellow of the ASME. Biggers was recognized for his exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. ASME Fellow Qualifications “A Fellow, one who has attained a membership grade of distinction, at the time of advancement shall be a corporate member of the Society, shall […]

Dr. Georges Fadel’s Spring 2014 sabbatical at EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland

I am teaching a doctoral class on design methods and am working with students and faculty on several interesting projects. I am also helping two junior faculty decide on what to include in a design curriculum at the EPFL One project focuses on the design of an exoskeleton for a rat. The project aims at […]

Byars Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2014

Congratulations to Dr. Jean-Marc Delhaye! He was awarded the Byars Prize for Excellence in Teaching during the spring 2014 CES faculty awards. The award recognizes outstanding instruction in engineering fundamentals.

Dr. Zumbrunnen’s ME 4260/6260 class visited Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station

  Students in ME 4260/6260 (Nuclear Energy) class visited Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station located in adjacent Oconee County on May 2nd. Plant personnel met with the students and led an informative tour. The photo (above) was taken in front of a control room simulator that is nearly identical to the actual control room. After […]