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Staff Spotlight: External Relations Manager Lisa Barrager

By Larissa Beatty
May 26, 2022 04:01 PM
Lisa Barrager has experience managing a wide variety of projects — from the Super Duty truck program at Ford, to water park attraction development. This prepared her for her unique position as the External Relations Manager for the Brigham Young University Mechanical Engineering department.
3 Min Read
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Alumni Spotlight: Cory Tholl

By Larissa Beatty
February 25, 2022 03:44 PM
Thinking outside the box — and outside in general — is what took Cory Tholl from a mechanical engineering graduate at Brigham Young University in 2004, to the president of Klymit, a multimillion-dollar camping gear company 15 years later.
2 Min Read
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Dillon

By Larissa Beatty
February 11, 2022 03:26 PM
Coming straight out of the fire (or rather the study of objects in fire) at Sandia National Laboratories, assistant professor Dr. Christopher Dillon is bringing his heat transfer expertise to the Brigham Young University Mechanical Engineering department.
3 Min Read
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Student Spotlight: Andres Peña

By Larissa Beatty
January 24, 2022 04:39 PM
Brigham Young University student Andres Peña has had a unique education involving three universities, three languages, two countries and a salvage car. As a junior studying aerospace in mechanical engineering, he is working toward a career that will take his studies out of this world.
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Alumni Spotlight: Boise Pearson

By Larissa Beatty
January 07, 2022 03:31 PM
In 1991, an internship working on thermal analysis for NASA launched Brigham Young University alumnus Boise Pearson into a 30-year career with the agency.
3 Min Read
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Alumni Spotlight: Jenny Pate

By Larissa Beatty
October 26, 2021 12:27 PM
A Decade of Energy Improvement and Advocacy
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jeff Hill

By Larissa Beatty
October 18, 2021 03:28 PM
Dr. Jeff Hill was half a mile away when he helped set off a half a pound of high explosive for a work experiment that bent the grass waves as the shock rolled toward him. This kind of high impact in both engineering and people is Dr. Hill’s focus as the newest faculty member in the Brigham Young University Mechanical Engineering Department.
2 Min Read
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Faculty Spotlight: Meet Dr. Matt Allen

September 20, 2021 03:31 PM
When rockets take off or airplanes fly, all of their internal parts move, shake and bend because of various forces. How do you design those parts so they don’t break? Dr. Matt Allen’s structural dynamics research group is working on solutions to these types of problems.
3 Min Read
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Daniel Maynes

By Lauren 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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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Brian Jensen

By Larissa Beatty
April 26, 2021 09:24 AM
When Dr. Brian Jensen was in first grade, his favorite subjects were math and science, so his mom told him he should become an engineer. That early introduction led to the Brigham Young University professors major focus in the field of microsystems.
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Thomas Utley Alumni Spotlight

By Larissa Beatty
April 08, 2021 02:58 PM
Experiments in the basement of the Clyde building on Brigham Young University campus was the beginning of an over two-decade career in mechanical engineering for BYU Alum Thomas Utley.
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Student Spotlight: David Calabuig Jr.

By Larissa Beatty
March 25, 2021 01:59 PM
Cars have always captivated Brigham Young University student David Calabuig Jr. When he found a similar fascination with physics in high school, he set his sights on working as an engineer in the automotive industry.
2 Min Read
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Mark Colton

By Larissa Beatty
March 12, 2021 10:01 AM
Where Engineering, Entertainment, and Education Collide
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Student Spotlight: Alex Wonnacott

By Larissa Beatty
February 24, 2021 04:40 PM
Walking with Wonnacott: Pipsqueak engine malfunctions, contributions to work on a mars rover are just a few things that make life as a mechanical engineering major exciting for Alex Wonnacott.
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Dale Tree

By Larissa Beatty
February 02, 2021 12:03 PM
Combustion and Commitment
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Michael Tonks: Alumni Spotlight

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