Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science: University of Pittsburgh

Research Spotlight

Wiezorek Awarded DOE BES Grant
Jörg Wiezorek, associate professor, was awarded funding from the Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science ($450,000 over 36 months) to conduct a research project entitled “Electron Density Determination, Bonding and Properties of Tetragonal Ferromagnetic Intermetallics”. more

Weiland Awarded NSF Grant
Lisa Mauck Weiland, assistant professor, was awarded a National Science Foundation grant to carry out a reseach project entitled "Enabling Miniature Ionomeric Sensors." more

Yang Awarded NSF Grant
Judith C. Yang, associate professor, was awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to carry out a research project entitled "Fundamental In Situ Nano-Oxidation Mechanisms of Metals and Metallic Alloys." more

Wang Awarded IREE Grant
Qing-Ming Wang, associate professor, was awarded an IREE (International Research and Education in Engineering) supplemental grant from NSF to support two students to have summer research experience at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China for about three months in the summer, 2007. more

Cho Awarded Three Year, $234,179 Grant
Sung Kwon Cho, assistant professor, received a National Science Foundation unsolicited grant ($234,179 for three years) for the development of micro bubble tweezers for individual cell manipulation and ultrasonic cell therapy. more

Wang Awarded Research Grant
Qing-Ming Wang, associate professor, was awarded a three-year research grant from the U.S. Army Research Office for the development of thin film bulk acoustic wave resonators for RF and microwave frequency control applications. more

Upcoming Events

The 2008-2009 Graduate Seminar series will be held in room 823 Benedum Hall at 3:00pm. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome to attend!

September 18, 2008
Dr. Lin-wen Hu, Associate Director, Research Development and Utilization MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

October 7, 2008
Dr. B. B. Nayak
Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT)
Advanced Materials Technology

October 9, 2008
Dr. Robert Hull, Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering and Department Head
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Rennsselaer Polytechinic Institute

October 24, 2008
Westinghouse Distinguished Lecture
Concordia Club, Main Dining Room
Dr. Ted Belytschko, Walter P. Murphy Professor and McCormick Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University

November 6, 2008
Dr. Todd C. Hufnagel, Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

November 13, 2008
Dr. Kevin J. Hamker, Professor and Department Chair
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

November 20, 2008
Dr. Mair Zamir, Professor Emertius
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Western Ontario

News

The Thinkers: Pitt Professor looking for power in polymers
07/28/08 The research of Lisa Mauck Weiland, assistant professor, was featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read the full article.

Weiland Earns NSF Award
05/15/08 Lisa Mauck Weiland, assistant professor, has been awarded a 2008 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. The one-year continuning grant of $64,458 provides funding for her project, "High Performance, Mechanical Robust Ionomeric Sensors."

ME Senior Awarded NASA Scholarship
04/28/08 Congratualtions to mechanical engineering senior, Collin Otis, who received one of five two-year graduate scholarhips awarded by the NASA Aeronautics Scholarship Program.

Graduating Senior Profiles: Going Weightless for NASA
04/27/08 Congratulations to engineering seniors John Bennewitz (ME), José Bernardo (ME), Michael Chrin (EE), and Adam Wick (ME) who have successfully competed in NASA's Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program (RGSFOP). Microgravity team website
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Pitt Launches Center for Energy to Develop Better Fuel Sources
04/15/08 The Center for Energy, housed in the Swanson School of Engineering, comprises more than 40 world-class faculty members and their research teams, who will apply deep and diverse expertise across a broad spectrum of energy-related projects as well as education and outreach activities.
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Fulay Appointed EPDT Program Director
04/14/08 Pradeep P. Fulay, professor, has been appointed program director for the Electronic, Photonic, and Devices Technology Program (EPDT) at the National Science Foundation (NSF). As a program director at NSF, Fulay will have primary areas of responsibility, including micro/nanoelectronics, molecular electronics, spin electronics, organic electronics, power electronics, and micromagnetics.

DeArdo Selected by the Finland Distinguished Professor Program
Anthony J. DeArdo, William Kepler Whiteford Professor, received a three-year appointment as a distinguished professor to the University of Oulu in Finland. He was one of four professors from around the world selected by the Finland Distinguished Professor Program (FiDiPro) to lead and advise a research project at a Finnish university. more

Students Participate in National Engineers Week
The Carnegie Science Center celebrated National Engineers February 15 - 16, 2008. ASM International represented one of over 50 event tables that featured presentations and hands-on activities to inspire young people to explore engineering. Materials Science and Engineering Seniors, Jason McCullough, Patricia Nichols, and Gregory Scheuring, demonstrated the unexpected and fascinating capabilities of shape-memory alloys to local high school students.

ME Graduate Student Honored With Inaugural George Washington Prize
02/21/08 University of Pittsburgh engineering graduate student and 2007 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Benjamin Gordon received the inaugural George Washington Prize, a $5,000 award to be presented annually to a Pitt engineering senior to help further that student's engineering education. Pitt and the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania recognized Gordon at ESWP's 124th Annual Banquet Feb. 20 at Heinz Field.
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Announcement: Department Faculty Search
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for six tenure-track and tenured positions. more

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