Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering

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Brett Stinson working in the Healthy Building Research Lab
February 17th 2022

Research on Portland's Harriet Tubman Middle School wins student paper competition

Brett Stinson, a research assistant at the Healthy Building Research...
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer
January 18th 2022

$500,000 grant will enhance research and education capabilities at Portland State University

Vancouver, Washington-based M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded...
Coriolis Platform
January 12th 2022

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, PSU researchers aim to give a powerful boost to wind energy production

Reducing the consumption of fossil fuels driving climate change requires...
Indoor air filter
November 16th 2021

Portland State team wins EPA's Cleaner Indoor Air During Wildfires Challenge

A team of current and former PSU engineering students was one of just...
Wildfire smoke lingering over downtown Portland
August 19th 2021

Improving Indoor Air Quality During Wildfire Smoke Events

Across the West, wildfires are increasing in frequency, intensity, and...
New microscope expands research infrastructure at Portland State
March 19th 2021

New microscope expands research infrastructure at Portland State

Portland State University's Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication...
Seal swimming in water
January 8th 2021

Nature-based engineering

Can seal whiskers help us design better wind and solar farms, suspension...
Alex hunt poses with two robots
October 16th 2020

The robot, reimagined

ALEXANDER HUNT doesn’t think robots are going to take over the world anytime...
Ehsan Aryafar, Alex Hunt, and Fang Song
October 16th 2020

Three Maseeh College faculty receive the 2020 CAREER award from NSF

Three Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science faculty receive...
IRPI: Developing systems to improve space exploration
October 8th 2020

IRPI: Developing Systems to Improve Space Exploration

"How does fluid move in space?" That is the question that guides the innovative...
International Space Station
September 29th 2020

Modeling software for microgravity fluid mechanics

We’ve all seen the images of astronauts aboard the International Space...
International Space Station
September 28th 2020

Improving fluids systems for spacecraft

Here on the surface of the planet, when we pull the plug on a sink, we know...