MechSE at Illinois
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The Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
https://mechse.illinois.edu/
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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
He’s team demonstrates carbon dioxide capture using fruit peels
Prof. Jiajun He and graduate student Sadman Sakib, along with other researchers, have demonstrated a universal production method for porous carbon from fruit peel waste as well as the performance of the final material for carbon dioxide capture. Their findings were published in Separation and Purification Technology.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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!
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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!
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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-...
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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
Lu to receive Grainger Engineering Hall of Fame honor
Lu MEB namesake Sidney Lu will be inducted into The Grainger College of Engineering Hall of Fame on November 14. He is being recognized
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October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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
Dentice wins DOE fellowship for nuclear materials research
MechSE graduate student Lucille Dentice has been awarded a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy to experimentally characterize creep in radiation-resistant alloys. Dentice is advised by Professor Janelle Wharry.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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
Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/78116
ARISE to the occasion: Ott-Monsivais helps bridge program reach MechSE
Stephanie Ott-Monsivais developed activities for students in the ARISE program's Motion section, which encompassed aerospace, industrial & enterprise systems, and mechanical science & engineering disciplines.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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
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
Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/78111
Jiajun He wins first prize for porous carbon research
Prof. Jiajun He's winning project proposal for the Microtrac Scientific Challenge focused on designing and fabricating functional porous carbon material from sustainable sources.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
MechSE Teaching Assistant Professor Jiajun He recently won first prize in the Microtrac Scientific Challenge 2025.
Read more: mechse.illinois.edu/news/78111
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
Read more: mrl.illinois.edu/news/77625
PPG-MRL Graduate Research Assistantship awardees announced
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.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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
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
Bradshaw brings international refrigeration summer course to MechSE
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted for the first time the 9th annual International Refrigeration and Compressor Course (IRCC). MechSE Prof. Craig Bradshaw brought the U.S.-and-Germany-based course here in coordination with his role as executive director of the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center (ACRC).
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October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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
Returning to MechSE as new faculty, Correa’s industry experience informs his teaching
After spending several years working in industry, alumnus Jorge Correa Panesso (MSME 2013, PhD ME 2017) is back as a new teaching assistant professor. He brings his expertise in manufacturing to enhance MechSE's courses in this area.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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
Chamorro, Kersh to serve in MechSE leadership roles
Chamorro, Kersh to serve in MechSE leadership roles
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October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
Cross-campus team to investigate how clay particles reshape flow
Cross-campus team to investigate how clay particles reshape flow
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September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
Photo credit: Heather Coit/ Illinois Grainger Engineering
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Boneyard Creek is giving peak autumn. 🍁 📘 ✏️ 🍂 🍎
Photo credit: Heather Coit/ Illinois Grainger Engineering
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...
Find out in the latest edition of MechSE Magazine: mechse.illinois.edu/news/magazin...
September 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How can engineering save coral reefs?
Find out in the latest edition of MechSE Magazine: mechse.illinois.edu/news/magazin...
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
Sehitoglu awarded NSF grant to investigate shape memory materials
Sehitoglu awarded NSF grant to investigate shape memory materials
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September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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!
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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
Three from MechSE to join system-wide entrepreneurial leadership program
Three from MechSE to join system-wide entrepreneurial leadership program
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August 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
Hovakimyan named IFAC Fellow for pioneering contributions to autonomous systems
Hovakimyan named IFAC Fellow for pioneering contributions to autonomous systems
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August 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
LEED Gold and WELL Platinum for Sidney Lu MEB
LEED Gold and WELL Platinum for Sidney Lu MEB
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August 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
Wagoner Johnson speaks on advocacy in engineering research
Wagoner Johnson speaks on advocacy in engineering research
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August 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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
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August 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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
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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
Precision drug delivery with magnetic steering and light-triggered release
Precision drug delivery with magnetic steering and light-triggered release
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August 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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