Researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering used a drone equipped with an infrared camera to help Facilities Management identify energy inefficiencies in campus buildings and heating systems.
Mechanical Engineering Prof. and Dept. Chair Christopher Niezrecki has been named the 2020 Distinguished University Professor for exemplary teaching, research and service to the university.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a two-year, $1.4 million grant to Mechanical Engineering Asst. Prof. Murat Inalpolat to develop and test a new, sound-based sensor system for monitoring the structural health and integrity of wind turbine blades.
The American Gear Manufacturers Association Foundation awarded one of its scholarships to UMass Lowell mechanical engineering student Bahadir Sarikaya for the second time in a row based upon his successful investigations on gear and power transmission dynamics.
Last month two students from the Structural Dynamics and Acoustic Systems Laboratory represented UML as they presented their research at the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Members of the SDASL attended the 37th International Modal Analysis Conference at the end of January 2019. At the conference, nine students presented papers along with other papers and presentations by faculty.
Mechanical engineering senior Deborah Fowler and chemical engineering senior Erin Shaughnessey have each won a 2018 Graduate Research Fellowship Program award from the National Science Foundation.
The SDASL Lab attended the 35th International Modal Analysis Conference where nine students presented papers along with other papers and presentations by faculty.
UMass Lowell has presented its highest honor to Nobel laureate and former U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu for his contributions to the pursuits of clean energy and solutions to climate change.
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Tina Dardeno ’14, who was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award, is developing a non-contact, non-invasive method for monitoring the insertion and seating of cementless femoral implants in real-time.
Mechanical engineering Prof. Christopher Niezrecki and Asst. Prof. Murat Inalpolat are among the researchers from eight academic and research institutions across the state who have received grants from the Commonwealth totaling nearly $700,000 to advance offshore wind energy research and development.
Peter Avitabile was invited to participate in the committee for the doctoral defense for the thesis entitled “Experimental Dynamic Substructuring Analysis and Design Strategies for Vehicle Development” by Maarten Vincent van der Seijs at the TU Delft in the Netherlands.
A team of researchers led by Prof. Peter Avitabile recently received more than $425,000 in funding from Eglin Air Force Base to help improve the efficiency of the bunker buster’s conventional fuze.
The SDASL Lab attended the 33rd International Modal Analysis Conference where seven students presented papers along with other papers and presentations by faculty.
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