Stories indexed under: Mechanical engineering

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• Probe seeking life on Saturn’s moon earns student team a spot at international space conference June 13, 2012 Somewhere beneath as much as 30 miles of ice on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, extraterrestrial life could be waiting to be discovered under a subglacial ocean. And a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering mechanics and astronautics students want to be the people who find it. For their senior design course, Alex Gonring, Capri Pearson, Samantha Robinson, Jake Rohrig and Tyler Van Fossen designed a mission that would take a probe from Earth to deep below Enceladus’ icy surface, where an array of science instruments would look for carbon-based life.
• Award supports study of internal-combustion diagnostic tool Jan. 10, 2012 For the past several decades, engineers have been investigating low-temperature combustion as a means of creating engines with diesel-like efficiency and no pollutant emissions. A UW-Madison mechanical engineering assistant professor has received a grant to study the process.
• University, private-sector collaboration brings Bucky Wagon back for Homecoming Oct. 7, 2011 Decades of rust, bent running boards and unreliable cable brakes and steering aren't suitable for a campus icon.
• Wisconsin engineer, entrepreneur move ‘green’ diesel engine closer to market Sept. 19, 2011 A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer is collaborating with a Wisconsin entrepreneur to produce a diesel engine that could be a quieter, more efficient power source for a variety of household and industrial applications, including lawn equipment and electric generators.
• Human gait could soon power portable electronics Aug. 23, 2011 If the vision of Tom Krupenkin and J. Ashley Taylor comes to fruition, one day soon your cellphone - or just about any other portable electronic device - could be powered by simply taking a walk.
• Engineers team up with Trek for cycling research Nov. 8, 2010 During a long bike ride, it's not unusual for cyclists to experience hand or finger numbness, a very common condition known as cyclist's palsy. The condition ranges from mild tingling to, sometimes, long-term nerve damage and hand muscle atrophy over time.
• UW-Madison undergrads to design a room that’s literally out of this world Sept. 15, 2010 Think of it as a high-tech screened porch for astronauts.
• Computers — and people — work in parallel at new center Sept. 13, 2010 A trio of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professors has launched a new high-performance computing center.
• Wisconsin cast-metals manufacturing benefits from $10 million federal grant Dec. 16, 2009 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a $10.1 million, five-year grant to an interdisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineering professor Xiaochun Li.
• Detroit rally launches UW-Madison vehicle team endowment Oct. 30, 2009 Hauling five vehicles and eight people more than 400 miles is no simple feat, but when it comes to all things automotive, University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and students will do whatever it takes.
• Five big ideas to fill out Wisconsin Institute for Discovery portfolio June 30, 2009 Capping an intensely competitive process, five proposals from University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been selected to form the intellectual heart of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID).
• Popular Science cites Wisconsin inventor among nation's best June 1, 2009 Madison-area entrepreneur Ben Hobbins is among the nation's top 10 inventors featured in the June issue of Popular Science magazine. The magazine cites Hobbins, CEO of Lake Resources Group, for the novel fiber-reinforced soft-bait fishing lures he developed in collaboration with Tim Osswald, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of mechanical engineering.
• Former provost takes Lehigh University post May 14, 2009 Patrick V. Farrell, former provost and a professor of mechanical engineering, was named Lehigh University provost and vice president of academic affairs. Lehigh is located in Bethlehem, Pa.
• NASA co-op pushes student to new frontier of vehicle design July 22, 2008 A UW-Madison mechanical engineering student is helping to develop the robotic equipment needed to clear lunar dust.
• Airless tire project may prove a lifesaver in military combat June 26, 2008 An ambitious startup company in Wausau is working on a project to develop tires that can withstand extreme punishment, even those meted out in military combat zones.
• Technology to predict strain gets a perfect model: Michelangelo’s ‘David’ March 19, 2008 For statues, stress injuries come from standing in place for hundreds of years. Using a novel technique, researchers have now developed a way to predict such fracturing, applying the procedure to Michelangelo's famous statue "David" in an analysis that proved simpler, faster and more accurate than previous methods.
• Engine industry master's program graduates its first class June 28, 2007 Back in 2003, Rick Geisheker, a design engineer for Briggs & Stratton in Milwaukee, didn't mind driving to the University of Wisconsin-Madison once or twice each year to attend seminars on the engine industry. But when Kevin Hoag, the director of continuing engineer education for the College of Engineering, told him about a new opportunity to earn a master's degree in engineering through his personal computer, he knew the university was onto something.
• Unique engine-centered master's program graduates first class May 18, 2007 A master of engineering program that began out of a lunch conversation between University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and industry professionals is graduating its first class of 10 students this week.
• Jay Martin: Harnessing technology to help the disabled March 1, 2007 Like most people, mechanical engineering professor Jay Martin never really understood the challenges of living with a severe physical disability until his teenaged son, Liam, was paralyzed in a diving accident.