The first line of the song “Dancing Through Life” from the musical turned movie series “Wicked” claims that the trouble with schools is that they always try to […]
Shawn Koohy Receives Fall 2025 Outstanding TA Award
Shawn Koohy, a Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Ph.D. candidate, has been awarded the Fall 2025 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Mechanical Engineering in recognition of his contributions […]
Mateusz Jaszczuk Defends Master’s Thesis on Real-Time Adaptive Control in Robotics
Mateusz Jaszczuk, a master’s candidate in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), has completed his thesis, “Learning to Feel: Force-Aware Data-Driven Estimation and Control for Adaptive Physical Interactions,” […]
When Bone Behaves Like a Sponge: A New Platform for Observing How Cells Feel Force
Bone may look solid, but at the scale of the cells that live inside it, it behaves more like a sponge. Every step, jump or stretch compresses bone’s […]
Spencer Folk Defends Dissertation on Real Time Local Wind Inference for Robust Autonomous Navigation
Spencer Folk has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Real Time Local Wind Inference for Robust Autonomous Navigation,” completed under the guidance of Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean and […]
Li Yuan Defends Dissertation on Self-Assembly of 2D Materials
Li Yuan has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), marking the culmination of a journey that carried him from uncertainty during the […]
Yucong Hua Defends Dissertation on Pneumatic Actuation in Soft Robotic Systems
Yucong Hua has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, “Pneumatic Actuation in Soft Robotic Systems,” under the supervision of Jordan Raney, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics […]
STLE Scholarships Fuel Nanocoating and Nanogrease Innovations
Two Ph.D. students in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics working with Robert Carpick, John Henry Towne Professor, have been recognized with scholarships from the Tribology and Lubrication Engineering […]
Yasaman Moharrer Defends Dissertation on How YAP & TAZ Drive Load-Induced Bone Adaptation
Yasaman Moharrer has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “The Role of YAP and TAZ in Regulating Load-induced Bone Adaptation and Osteocyte Mechanosensing,” under the guidance of Joel Boerckel, […]
Gulzhan Aldan Awarded Spring 2025 Outstanding TA Award
Gulzhan Aldan, a MEAM Ph.D. Candidate in the Bargatin Group, was awarded the Spring 2025 Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA) Award in Mechanical Engineering in recognition of her contributions […]