Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering

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Natalie Frank works with elementary students to design an experiment
April 22nd 2025

PSU partners with elementary school to design experiment destined for space

Over the course of two months, students collaboratively designed a fluid...
Raul Bayoan Cal
April 17th 2025

2025 PSU Presidential Career Research Award Winner Raúl Bayoán Cal Is Building Science That Moves

Raúl Bayoán Cal doesn’t talk about science in abstracts. He talks about...
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October 10th 2024

Up in Smoke: PSU Explores DIY Tech to Combat Wildfires

As wildfires become a more frequent and dangerous part of life, especially...
Mike Hopkins and Alex Hunt
October 8th 2024

Stretching the Limits: PSU's Agile Robotics Lab and Liquid Wire Flex Their Muscles

In a nondescript laboratory tucked away on the fourth floor of Portland...
Zein Sadek and Natalie Frank are performing experiments in the wind-wave facility
August 14th 2024

PSU partnership seeks to unlock floating offshore wind potential

A collaboration between researchers from Johns Hopkins Whiting School of...
Headshot of Achyuth Ravilla
June 24th 2024

PhD Student Achyuth Ravilla Receives Honorable Mention for Renewable Energy Award

Achyuth Ravilla, a PhD student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering...
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May 28th 2024

Currently Accolades: People for June 3, 2024

Elliott Gall, Mechanical & Materials Engineering faculty, was interviewed...
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May 21st 2024

Currently Accolades: People for May 28, 2024

Elliott Gall, Mechanical & Materials Engineering faculty, was interviewed...
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May 3rd 2024

Currently Accolades: Grants for May 6, 2024

Antonie Jetter, Engineering & Technology Management faculty & Associate Dean...
Professor Bill Griesar faces camera, standing, laughing and throwing a model of the human brain in the air
April 22nd 2024

2024 PSU Research Award Winners Announced

Today, Portland State University announced its 2024 awards for excellence...
March 14th 2024

Maseeh College’s Daimler Truck Professorships Announced

Late last year, Portland State University’s (PSU) Maseeh College and School of Business were gifted 1.3 million by Daimler Truck North America. Angela Lentz, chief people officer for Daimler, notes the strong connection the company has with PSU and that “this philanthropic commitment...
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March 12th 2024

Currently Accolades: People for March 18, 2024

Alida Cantor, Geography faculty, was interviewed in an article titled “‘We...