| The Alaska Microgravity Team has been selected to participate in NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Program, and the team has released a student video showing their experiences on the mission. Full Story... |
Dr. Jing Zhang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering received the 2008 Alaska EPSCoR Early Career Award. |
| ME Undergraduate Students Win Flint Hills Resources Undergraduate Research Competition with projects that study power generation from waste heat, as well as the the effects of electric cars and pollution. Full Story. |
Mechanical Engineering professor Zhang and Colleagues Receive Major Research Instrumentation Grant from NSF. Full Story. |
| ME professor, Doug Goering, applies thermosyphons to keep roadways chilled in permafrost areas. Devices are designed to transfer thermal energy away from ground and into air. Full story. |
ME professor, Doug Goering, helps keep Thompson drive cool. Engineers install technology into roadbed to prevent damage from permafrost. Full story. |
| The Mechanical Engineering department has received a new Haas SL-20 Turning center for its machine shop. Students are already gaining knowledge learning how to operate it to machine materials. Full Story. |
ME Department Faculty is involved in Natural Gas based Diesel Fuel Research. Dr. Dennis Witmer and Dr. Chuen-Sen Lin carry out natural gas based diesel fuel research at the Arctic Energy Technology Development Lab, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Full Story. |
| ME faculty and students participate in the Engineering Week Open
House. Full story. |
ME department technician, Eric Johansen, helps create a Miniature Antique 1911 Simplex Engine which helped propel an early era automobile. Full story. |
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Mechanical Engineering graduate designs drag chutes for the record breaking Global Flyer aircraft. Aircraft flies around the world without refueling. Full Story. |
