News
Mar 22, 2012
Mavroidis Receives Patent
MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis has been awarded a patent for his design of a Electro-Rheological Fluid device for use in brakes and actuators.
Mar 19, 2012
Self-Stable Bicycles
MIE Assistant Academic Specialist Jim Papadopoulos was featured in Discover Magazine’s 100 Top Stories of 2011 for his article in Science.
Mar 14, 2012
One Word: Engineering
"Whether you, your child, or both are financing college, to earn a decent return on that investment your student needs to base academic choices at least in part on employment trends…If your child has the aptitude, he/she should pursue an engineering degree… End of discussion." ~Ali Velshi, chief business correspondent, CNN©
Feb 29, 2012
Capstone Acts as a Real World Experience
A group of capstone students, under the direction of MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis, have designed a rehabilitation glove to increase fine motor control of the hands of patients post-stroke.
Feb 10, 2012
Metghalchi Receives ASME Dedicated Service Award
MIE Professor & Chair Hameed Metghalchi is the recipient of an ASME 2011 Dedicated Service Award for his years of loyal service to ASME.
Feb 02, 2012
Vaziri Awarded NSF CAREER Award
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri has been awarded a $400K NSF CAREER grant to study “Functional Biomimetric Materials with Extreme Topology”.
Jan 27, 2012
Jalili Selected as Fellow
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor Nader Jalili has been selected as a fellow of ASME.
Jan 05, 2012
Getting More Out of Exercise
A group of capstone students, under the direction of MIE Professor Constantinos Mavroidis, created the Android app SQUID that monitors exercise routines via a sensor-equipped shirt.