Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering

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Research Week
May 2nd 2025

Honoring Innovation and Mentorship: PSU Recognizes the Impact of Maseeh College Faculty

At Portland State University, research is about more than academics: it is...
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...
Wildfire smoke
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...
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...
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...
Professor and students in chemistry lab
March 7th 2024

PSU researchers named to National Academy of Inventors

Three Portland State professors are being recognized by the National Academy...
Faculty and graduates at Portland State’s Commencement.
January 12th 2024

Sloan grant will help PSU graduate more diverse STEM doctorate students

Portland State is home to Oregon’s most diverse undergraduate student population...
A woman examines a glass container in a laboratory
November 16th 2023

25 PSU Faculty Members Ranked Among Most-Cited Science Researchers in 2022

25 PSU faculty members were ranked among the top 100,000 most-cited science...
Raúl Bayoán Cal
October 12th 2023

Centering Indigenous Knowledge Through Agroecological Energy Systems

Raúl Bayoán Cal, Mechanical Engineering Professor at Maseeh College, who...
Uncovering Transient Dynamics and Equilibrium States of Particle Aggregates with Raúl Bayoán Cal
June 12th 2023

Uncovering Transient Dynamics and Equilibrium States of Particle Aggregates with Raúl Bayoán Cal

In this episode of PDXPLORES, Raúl Bayoán Cal, Professor of Mechanical...
Elliott Gall shows student air quality data on a computer screen in his lab
September 22nd 2022

Ideas in Action: Keeping buildings healthy during wildfires

You already know to stay inside when wildfire smoke is in the air, but should...
Todd Ferry and students at tiny home village
March 25th 2022

Five PSU Researchers Featured on National Podcast

Portland State research is taking over The Academic Minute podcast next...