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Raising the Bar in Sports Technology

The latest issue of MechE Connects, our departmental newsletter, explores the sports technology research conducted by students and faculty.

Raising the Bar in Sports Technology

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- Professor Emeritus Woodie Flowers (SM ’68, MEng ’71, PhD 73)

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Kripa Varanasi develops new way of driving fluid droplets across surfaces using temperature.

Kripa Varanasi develops new way of driving fluid droplets across surfaces using temperature.

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Evelyn Wang discovers new way to harvest fresh water from air, including driest regions on earth.

Evelyn Wang discovers new way to harvest fresh water from air, including driest regions on earth.

MechE students seek to solve major food and water security problems.

MechE students seek to solve major food and water security problems.

PhD candidate Maher Damak recognized for advances in environmental engineering at World Technology Awards

Julien Barber studies methods of preventing superconducting magnets used in fusion research from overheating.

Julien Barber studies methods of preventing superconducting magnets used in fusion research from overheating.

PHOTO GALLERY: 2017 SM and PhD Graduates

PHOTO GALLERY: 2017 SM and PhD Graduates

Nicholas M. Patrikalakis fights harmful algal blooms with autonomous vehicles roaming the Strait of Johor in Singapore.

“Solar vapor generator” uses low-tech materials to capture ambient sunlight, concentrate it as heat, and produce steam.

“Solar vapor generator” uses low-tech materials to capture ambient sunlight, concentrate it as heat, and produce steam.

Roger Kamm

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Ming Guo

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Jeehwan Kim use graphene as a “copy machine” to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.

Jeehwan Kim use graphene as a “copy machine” to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.

Xuanhe Zhao is the 2017 recipient of the Young Investigator Medal from the Society of Engineering Science.

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