Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering

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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...
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...
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...
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...
Two hands are shown adjusting buttons and knobs on a technological tool.
January 12th 2022

Verizon Innovative Learning

Portland State University (PSU), in partnership with Verizon Innovative Learning...
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...
A drone detects vehicles from above crisscrossing freeways
April 30th 2021

SightLine Applications: Optimizing Visual Systems

​When unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and drones were first commissioned...
Leslie Baker Lyon and Catherine “Catie” Spivey
February 5th 2021

Two Mechanical Engineering Students Receive Brooke Owens Fellowship, Aimed to increase Diversity in Aerospace Industry

Two Mechanical Engineering students, Leslie Baker Lyon and Catherine “Catie”...
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...
Green roof graphic
April 29th 2019

PSU study shows green roofs have minimal effect in improving indoor ozone pollution

Despite popular belief that green roofs – roofs that are planted with...