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Mechanical Engineering

DOE funds TU research to advance high-temperature carbon-based coatings

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a three-year grant of $629,263…

TU’s Hurricane Ventures announces first two startup investments

The University of Tulsa’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship is excited to…

Professor Keller selected for M.M. Frocht Award

Michael Keller, professor of mechanical engineering and associate dean for research in…

STEM students, faculty receive college accolades

The University of Tulsa’s College of Engineering & Natural Sciences (aka Engineering…

Outstanding Researchers 2023

The University of Tulsa is pleased to announce the recipients of the…

19 doctoral students receive prestigious TU Dissertation Completion Fellowships

The University of Tulsa’s Graduate School has awarded 19 Dissertation Completion Fellowships…

Vincent Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke, TU ME class of 2023, speaking to an audience during a presentation

Featured Student: Vincent Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke

Vincent Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke’s last name is hard for some of us to…

Allison Horner, CTO of Berd Spokes and TU ME class of 2011, repairing a machine that is used to measure and sort spokes.

Featured Alumna: Allison Horner, Class of 2011

Allison Horner graduated from the University of Tulsa in 2011 with a…

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TU researchers awarded grant to buy sophisticated robotic arm

A team from Mechanical Engineering and Anthropology received National Science Foundation funding…

What is soft robotics?

Mechanical engineering doctoral student Caroline Schell shares her expertise in the emerging…

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TU students design, build and test device to support outer space exploration

NASA recently invited a team of mechanical engineering students and alumni to…

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Soft robots on the move

New research by Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Joshua Schultz and his…

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Innovative solar power research selected for major government funding

Soroor Karimi, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is the PI on…

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Between a soft robot and a hard place

A team of researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering is leading…

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Outstanding Senior empowers others to excel

Now in her final year of mechanical engineering, first-generation student Candelaria Alayon…

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Educating consumers about maintaining lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are just about everywhere, but most people don’t know how…

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MADE at TU 2021: A trike, a slide, surfin’ tubes and more!

Despite the challenges of a strange pandemic year, students involved in the…

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Sunlight, batteries and flying machines

The ingenuity and skill of students in TU’s electrical and computer engineering…

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Mechanical engineering senior projects: Design-thinking, design-doing

Mechanical engineering students at TU devote a good portion of their senior…

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Back home: A journey from student to professor

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering William LePage received his undergraduate degree from…

Mechanical engineering graduate student Laura Waldman standing in a trench outdoors on top of a horizontally laid white pipe

Mechanical engineering research: The science of “smart pipes”

Ph.D. student Laura Waldman is installing antenna structures made from a conductive…