Professor Emeritus and registered professional engineer James W. Phillips was a staple in MechSE long before it had its name. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/stories...

Join us today for MechSE's Graduation Open House! 4:00-5:00 pm near Starbucks in Lu MEB!

Illinois alumni and students are leading the AI revolution following their success in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 cohort. The cohort included MechSE alum Peter Chien (BSME 2022), co-founder of KaigoHealth. Read more: tec.illinois.edu/news/80223

The MechSE Makerworks Club is proud to present their new makerspace: the Snow Maker Studio! Several club members blew off steam on Reading Day by taking their talents to the snowy outdoors. Good luck with finals, and stay warm out there! ☃️

Teaching Assistant Professor Jiajun He and several members of his research team recently published work from their ongoing porous carbon study in Separation and Purification Technology: mechse.illinois.edu/news/79463

Hey MechSE students! Do you have comments or burning questions about our department? Come to the MechSE Forum! Wednesday, 12/3 @ 5-6:30 PM, JDP-MEL view.page/p/s5wcNS

From electric boats to educational trebuchets, the ME 470 Trade Show is happening now in Sidney Lu MEB! Come see our student teams show off their Senior Capstone Design projects!

Two great workshops this weekend hosted by @asmeillinois, @wece.uiuc, @iris.uiuc, and MathWorks! Make it a learning weekend and improve your skills in Matlab and Printed Circuit Board design!

MechSE Professor Amy Wagoner Johnson was recently featured on NPR's The Academic Minute podcast, produced by WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Listen in as she discusses how engineering can be used to further our understanding of pregnancy and fertility: academicminute.org/amy-wagoner-...

Next month, distinguished MechSE alumnus Sidney Lu (BSME 1981) will be inducted into The Grainger College of Engineering Hall of Fame. mechse.illinois.edu/news/78803

Mechanical engineering doctoral student Lucille Dentice was recently awarded a three-year graduate fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy to experimentally characterize creep in radiation-resistant alloys. mechse.illinois.edu/news/78323

This past August, MechSE participated for the first time in the Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering (ARISE) summer bridge program. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/78116

MechSE Teaching Assistant Professor Jiajun He recently won first prize in the Microtrac Scientific Challenge 2025. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/78111

Five MRL Ph.D. students from materials science and engineering and mechanical science and engineering were selected to receive PPG-MRL awards that provide one year of support. Read more: mrl.illinois.edu/news/77625

This past summer, MechSE Associate Professor Craig Bradshaw hosted the 9th annual International Refrigeration and Compressor Course (IRCC). The course was supported by the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center, for which Bradshaw is the Executive Director: mechse.illinois.edu/news/77726

Teaching Assistant Professor Jorge E. Correa Panesso (MSME 2013, PhD ME 2017) joined MechSE’s faculty this semester: mechse.illinois.edu/news/77725

Professor Leo Chamorro has started as the new Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs. Additionally, Professor Mariana Kersh has agreed to serve as MechSE Diversity Advocate & Director of Community, Opportunity and Engagement (COE): mechse.illinois.edu/news/77581

MechSE Professor Leonardo Chamorro & Professor James Best from the School of Earth, Society & Environment at Illinois have been awarded a grant from NSF to investigate the behavior of clay-laden flows under intense, unsteady shear: mechse.illinois.edu/news/77579

Boneyard Creek is giving peak autumn. 🍁 📘 ✏️ 🍂 🍎 Photo credit: Heather Coit/ Illinois Grainger Engineering

How can engineering save coral reefs? Find out in the latest edition of MechSE Magazine: mechse.illinois.edu/news/magazin...

MechSE Professor Huseyin Sehitoglu has won a four-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Materials Research to analyze shear-related failure of shape memory materials: mechse.illinois.edu/news/77369

Are you a current MechSE senior who is interested in pursuing an MS or PhD? Join us on Monday, September 8th at 12pm in 3100 Lu MEB!

Professors Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, Shelby Hutchens, and Kyle Smith have been selected as members of the newest cohort of faculty to join the Faculty Entrepreneurial Leadership Program (FELP) at the University of Illinois: mechse.illinois.edu/news/77263

MechSE Professor Naira Hovakimyan has been elected as a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), one of the most prestigious honors in the field of control theory and systems engineering. mechse.illinois.edu/news/77098

We are proud to announce that the Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building renovation and expansion project has been awarded LEED Gold certification! mechse.illinois.edu/news/77106

As an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Professor Amy Wagoner Johnson was invited by the organization to serve on a workshop panel focused on the importance of advocacy in bioengineering and medical research: mechse.illinois.edu/news/76927

MechSE professor Mickey Clemon is part of an interdisciplinary research team investigating cooling methods for heat sinks by performing experiments onboard a satellite currently orbiting the earth. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/76332 @uofigrainger.bsky.social

By encapsulating magnetic particles in lipid vesicles, researchers have created microscopic drug delivery containers which magnetic fields can steer to precise locations in the body. The result has promise for precision medicine and cancer treatment: mrl.illinois.edu/news/76869

Check out this awesome article from @uofigrainger about the 10th anniversary of POETS (Center for Power of Optimization of Electro–Thermal Systems): grainger.illinois.edu/news/stories... Photo credit: Heather Coit

Improving wool harvesting is a global effort. MechSE Professor Mickey Clemon has been working with University of Technology Sydney researchers to develop a safer, more efficient alternative to traditional shearing methods. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/76928

WE WON!!! The Illini Solar Car Team won the 2025 Formula Sun Grand Prix single-occupant vehicle category! Our heartfelt congratulations to the brilliant team. You made your school proud. Photo credit: American Solar Challenge

The Grainger College of Engineering’s interdisciplinary undergrad team was awarded Best Technical Presentation at the NASA Human Lander Challenge forum last month! Congratulations to them and to their faculty advisor, MechSE postdoctoral researcher Vishwanath Ganesan.

MechSE Assistant Professor Justin Yim aims to develop legged robots that can emulate the speed and efficiency of their wheeled counterparts, and he has won a prestigious CAREER Award from the NSF to pursue this evolution of walking robot capability: mechse.illinois.edu/news/stories...

MechSE’s director of undergraduate programs, Stephanie Ott-Monsivais, was received the Outstanding Advisor Award from the Engineering Council: mechse.illinois.edu/news/76300

MechSE’s Electric Boat Competition Team made waves this past semester with their capstone design, the USS Illini: mechse.illinois.edu/news/stories...

MechSE Professor Naira Hovakimyan has won the 2025 Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring from The Grainger College of Engineering. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/75785 @uofigrainger.bsky.social

Randy Ewoldt has been named to the 2025 class of Fellows of the Society of Rheology. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/75745

This past weekend, MechSE’s Mariana Kersh was recognized with the Golden Apple Award for Engineering and Entrepreneurship at the convocation event for the Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CIMED): mechse.illinois.edu/news/75743

A new artificial intelligence system pinpoints the origin of 3D printed parts down to the specific machine that made them: grainger.illinois.edu/news/stories...

The MechSE Alumni Board has surpassed their goal of raising $100K towards scholarships and other efforts that support first-generation MechSE students: mechse.illinois.edu/news/75523...

Congratulations to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) @ Illinois for its recent award from the Engineering Council! The chapter was awarded Outstanding Society of the Year.

This summer, MechSE alumnus Lorenzo Smith (BSME 1990) will become the new Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/stories... @ewueagles.bsky.social

Check out this awesome feature from The Grainger College of Engineering about MechSE sophomore Landon Lindsay and his brother, Grant Lindsay (B.S. ’25, Civil Engineering)! grainger.illinois.edu/news/stories...

For the second year running, Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building has won an Energy Conservation Incentive Program (ECIP) award from the university’s Facilities and Services unit: htmechse.illinois.edu/news/75473...

An interdisciplinary team of Grainger College of Engineering undergraduate students has been selected as a finalist in NASA’s 2025 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC). Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/stories...

Associate attorney James Delacenserie (BSME 2017) is among this year’s recipients of a MechSE Outstanding Young Alumni Award: mechse.illinois.edu/news/74938

Check out this episode of the SIIP and Share featuring two MechSE faculty. Teaching Associate Professor Blake Johnson interviews Emeritus Professor Chuck Tucker on the origins of SIIP: publish.illinois.edu/siipandshare/

Ruthie Lubkeman and Samridh Singh have been awarded the MechSE Staff Award for Exemplary Service for 2025. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/74890

Software engineer Dr. Shantanu Shahane (PhD ME 2019) is one of this year’s recipients of a MechSE Outstanding Young Alumni Award in recognition of his prolific research and modeling efforts. Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/74839