A note from Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Roberto Horowitz: Dear Department of Mechanical Engineering Community, I am delighted to announce the first recipients of a set of newly instituted awards to promote excellence in teaching and mentoring in our Department. There are three awards, one for undergraduate teaching, one for teaching graduate-level …
Making Waves: Turning Ocean Power Into Electricity
Ocean waves have vast energy potential. The Electric Power Research Institute estimates the total wave energy resource along the United States coastline at 2,640 terawatt-hours per year (TWh/yr). One TWh/yr can supply more than 93,000 typical U.S. homes with power annually.
ME Professor Reza Alam’s “Rolling Rings” Featured by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
ME Professor Reza Alam’s precent manuscript collaboration, “Terminal retrograde turn of rolling rings,” was featured in the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Science Shot. The manuscript explains that “when a coin or disk spins, its edge circles in the same direction as its center, so it executes a wobbly spiral. A ring starts …
ME Professor Reza Alam and Team Among Finalists for Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development
Congratulations to ME Professor Reza Alam, along with team members Devin Bisconer, Victor Pucci and Marcus Lehmann, on becoming one of the three final teams in the running to win the Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development! The Odebrecht Award “invites university students nationwide to join us in the search for innovative technologies and methods to …
ME Professor M. Reza Alam Featured in American Scientist Cover Article on Ocean Cloaking
The September/October 2015 issue of American Scientist tackles the subject of Ocean Cloaking in the cover article “A Protective Cloak Against Earthquakes and Storms,” referencing the research of ME Professor M. Reza Alam. The article discusses a novel type of cloaking device proposed by Professor Alam back in 2012, which would help protect against damaging …