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Assistant Professor Enoch Yeung's Early CAREER Award will allow him to further study how the phenomena of DNA supercoiling and writhing affect gene transcription. Photograph by Lilli McKinney

An NSF Early CAREER Award to Study DNA Dynamics and Gene Transcription

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

We often think of DNA as the classic double-helix structure we learned about in high school, consisting of two twisting chains made up of various sequences of four nucleotides: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.

Elliot Hawkes and Tyler Susko NIH Recipients

Congratulations Elliot Hawkes & Tyler Susko- NIH Recipients

Friday, September 29, 2023

Congratulations Elliot Hawkes and Tyler Susko for receiving a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for their research on the characterization and clinical trial of a Variable Friction Shoe

Congratulations Yangying Zhu- 2024 Young Investigator Award Recipient

Friday, September 29, 2023

Congratulations Professor Yangying Zhu on being selected for a 2024 Young Investigator Award. The title of her project is "Suppressing Flow Boiling Instabilities Using Surface Structures".

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Seven for Seven

Friday, June 30, 2023

The Materials Research Laboratory received a six-year,$18 million grant from NSF.

Breaking Through Advancing Medicine by Way of Research

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Breaking Through Advancing Medicine by Way of Research

Robert McMeeking Receives Prestigious International Medal

Thursday, June 22, 2023

ME Class of 2023 Selects Aleksei Dillon for Teaching Assistant of the Year

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

A first-year graduate student through the Mechanical Engineering Department’s BS/MS program, Aleksei Dillon made quite an impression working with undergraduate students, receiving the 2023 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for the Mechanical Engineering Department.

ME Class of 2023 Selects Elliot Hawkes for Faculty of the Year

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

The work of Elliot Hawkes, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, sits at the intersection of design, mechanics, and materials. His group develops innovative design concepts and applies non-traditional materials to solve challenging problems in robotics, medicine, and biomechanics. The group soared into the global spotlight last year by creating a device capable of jumping 32.9 meters, three times the previous record for a jumping robot. The Hawkes lab also develops soft robots that grow from the tip, similar to vines and fungi, for use in the medical and search and rescue fields.

In Recognition of Excellence

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Maddie Baalman, Kian Ahmadzadeh-Heravi, and Steven Nguyen are co-recipients of the Outstanding Senior Award in Mechanical Engineering. The three have the highest cumulative grade point average in their degree program at 4.0, and they are graduating with highest honors. They will help lead the procession of graduates into the College of Engineering’s Undergraduate Commencement.

Robert McMeeking Awarded the Platinum Medal of the UK Institute for Materials, Minerals and Mining

Monday, June 12, 2023