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Graduate Seminar April 4th: Dr. David Go

March 24, 2022 12:51 PM
A Future Enabled by Electricity? Non-Thermal Plasmas as the Next Frontier
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Graduate Seminar March 21st: Nathan Keilbart

March 21, 2022 03:07 PM
Understanding hydride formation in titanium
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Graduate Seminar March 14th: Dr. Cristian Clavijo

March 03, 2022 09:39 AM
Innovating Healthcare as an Engineer
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Graduate Seminar March 7th: Dr. Taylor Sparks

February 28, 2022 03:34 PM
Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models
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Why Go to Graduate School? The Benefits of the BYU Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program

December 15, 2021 12:04 PM
The decision to go to graduate school is an important one. Brigham Young University’s mechanical engineering graduate program provides invaluable opportunities for individualized research and further preparation for advancement in the workforce.
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Rocketry Club Holds Student Launch Competition

December 10, 2021 08:55 AM
On Saturday Nov. 13, over 100 students from the Brigham Young University Rocketry Club had the opportunity to launch rockets they’ve been working on for months at the Frank Hunt Field.
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Meet Sarah, the New Department Secretary

December 02, 2021 01:12 PM
In October 2021, the mechanical engineering department at Brigham Young University welcomed Sarah Hamilton as the new head secretary.
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Two Female Undergraduates Win Award with Social Impact Paper

November 19, 2021 08:16 AM
The social impact of engineered products is sometimes overlooked. A groundbreaking paper examining and bringing attention to the topic of social impact by Gabrielle Johnson and Marin Fisher, two undergraduate mechanical engineering students, received the best paper award at the 2021 DFMLC (Design for Life Manufacturing and Life Cycle) Conference.
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Graduate Seminar - September 13, 2021

September 13, 2021 02:16 PM
Dr. Jeff Hill is the newest member of the ME faculty. He received his BS and MS from BYU and his PhD from Penn State. He has been working at Sandia National Laboratories for the past 10 years, designing and testing various electromechanical systems. Prior to that he was a visiting research investigator at the University of Michigan. His area of research is in impact and shock testing, with a focus on protecting electronics in harsh environments. In this talk, Dr Hill will explain current research on surviving harsh mechanical shock environments and how to test to these environments.
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Scholarship Awards 2021

August 17, 2021 12:23 PM
Every year the Mechanical Engineering department has a variety of scholarships that they award. To receive the scholarship, each student has to apply, and based on a variety of factors, whoever is the best fit will receive the scholarship.
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ME’s Outstanding TAs: Winter Semester

June 29, 2021 02:02 PM
At the end of every semester, the Mechanical Engineering department asks both the undergraduate and graduate students to give us ratings of their teaching assistant’s. The two TAs selected for Winter Semester 2021 outstanding TA award were Sam McKinnon (the undergraduate TA) and John Morrell (the graduate TA).
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Daniel Maynes

June 16, 2021 02:44 PM
Dr. Daniel Maynes decided to major in Mechanical Engineering through what he called “a process of elimination,” because he liked Chemistry, Math, Physics and did not like subjects like history. Maynes had narrowed down his focus to Engineering, Physics or Math before he left for his mission.
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New Faculty Position Available

December 06, 2019 04:50 PM
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University is seeking up to two Professorial faculty candidates who will challenge our talented student body and contribute to our teaching and research initiatives.
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