Mechanical Engineering

ME student is helping an inventor refine his idea into a marketable product

ME senior, Teal Fenton, is helping Daryl Molliere refine his design of the “Dream Cart Hunting System”. Hoping to maximize its potential while minimizing production costs. Molliere is working with Mountain Lake Business Development Corp. to further develop the business into a larger scale operation. [Read More]

ME named finalist for the 2011 Innovision Awards

Mechanical Engineering was named a finalist in the Innovations in Education catagory for the 2011 Innovisions Awards. The nomination came for an ME 401 class project; where teams of engineering students designed, built and delivered functional wind tunnels as educational platforms for fourth-graders at Anderson’s Midway Elementary School. Dr. Joshua Summers associate professor and the College of Engineering […]

ME Students participate in Industrial Outreach Program

Mechanical Engineering students participated in a trip to Mexico this summer for the Industrial Outreach Program, 2010. Participants: Caleb Edwards, Colin Smith, Gregory Dasher, Jon Brown, Robert Akins, Robert Lester, Simone Neuhoff, Samantha Thoe, and Typler Garrett. Advisors: Dr. Joshua Summers and Beshoy Morkos.

Exceptional ME Students Recognized

Each spring the department, along with Pi Tau Sigma and ASME, host a dinner to recognize outstanding ME students. Some awards are based solely on academics, while other awards are a combination of academics, service, and contributions to the department, college, university or community. Each honoree is presented a plaque and a monetary award. Congratulations […]

Undergraduate Students give back to the Community

Mechanical Engineering students volunteered time to resolve a solution for the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center Children’s Hospital.  The Children’s Hospital has an entertainment room that is open 24hrs, and they had a need to permit patient’s to play videos and games without having to monitor or check out components. The first project was to design a novel entertainment […]