UMN Mechanical Engineering

Congrats to Rudram Dushe, who has been awarded the Abplanalp-Sanders Memorial Fellowship! Guided by Professor Suo Yang, his research on aerosol spray breakup is advancing high-speed propulsion systems in aerospace. Learn more: z.umn.edu/alrq #Fellowship #Aerospace #UMN

🎉 Exciting news PhD student Michael Feldkamp has been awarded the @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Advised by Professor Rachel Gehlhar Humann, he’s advancing research to improve powered prosthetic legs. 🦿💡 Read more: z.umn.edu/ajz1 #NSFGRFP #GraduateResearch

Prof. Natasha Wright has received a 2025 @UMNIonE Impact Goal Grant!🌱Her project supports farmers in Kenya and Minnesota with greenhouse drying technology to reduce food loss. #UMNproud #FoodSovereignty #Sustainability Read more: z.umn.edu/ajb6

Shoutout to Yusra Farhat Ullah & Zak Kujala, winners of the 2024–25 Goldstein Teaching Award! Both have demonstrated remarkable dedication to student learning — through patience, innovation, and unwavering support. 📖 Read more: z.umn.edu/aia1 #UMNME #GoldsteinAward

Bold Ideas, Big Impact! Celebrating #UMN ME Ph.D. students funded by the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship—a program that gives top researchers the time + support to finish their work strong Read their stories: z.umn.edu/agxh #PhDLife #ResearchExcellence #Innovation

👏Big shoutout to Pauly, Shivangi & Nefertari — winners of the 2025 #CSEImpact Awards! They're not just students — they're changemakers helping shape a better ME for everyone. 👏Learn how they’re making an impact: z.umn.edu/agqs #UMNproud #FutureLeaders

Congrats to Prof. Daniel Escobar & Prof. Jeff Tithof for receiving the 2025 Nugent Family Faculty Teaching Award! 🏅 This award honors their outstanding dedication to student success in the classroom. 🌟 Read more: z.umn.edu/ag9x #MechanicalEngineering #NugentFamilyAward

Thrilled to share that Professor Ognjen Ilic has received the @NASA Early Career Faculty Award! 🚀 His lightsail research is propelling the future of space exploration. 👏 Congrats, Professor Ilic! 📖 z.umn.edu/ag17 #NASA #NASAECF #UMNproud #MechanicalEngineering

🎉 Big News! 🎉 We’re proud to share that Professor Xiaojia Wang has been elevated to @ASMEdotorg Fellow for her groundbreaking research in mechanical engineering, including heat transfer and energy efficiency! Read more: z.umn.edu/afrp #ASME #MechanicalEngineering #CSE

🚨 Major Achievement! 🚨 Taaresh Taneja, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, advised by Assistant Professor Suo Yang, wins the 2025 Pui Best Dissertation Award for his plasma-assisted combustion research! 🌍🔥 Read more: z.umn.edu/afgx #PuiBestDissertation #umnproud

Congrats to Prof. William Northrop on being named an SAE Fellow! @SAEIntl His work in emissions, EV optimization & more is fueling the future of engineering. 🔗 Read: z.umn.edu/af6h #SAEFellow #EngineeringExcellence #UMNproud #MechanicalEngineering #STEMleaders

Prof. Tianhong Cui (UMN) and Dr. Michael Crisp (Cambridge) lead the first joint project between UMN and Cambridge to develop portable tools for early lung cancer detection — backed by $1M from @NSF & @EPSRC . 🔗 z.umn.edu/aese #CancerResearch #UMN #Cambridge

🏆 Congrats to Matt Anderson on receiving the first-ever CSE Instructional Faculty Teaching Award! His passion for teaching and student success is truly inspiring. 🌟 Learn more: z.umn.edu/aei3 #CSE #TeachingExcellence #MechanicalEngineering #AwardWinner

@UMNME professor Rajesh Rajamani, has been studying challenges for autonomous vehicles on winter roads and using the technology on the U of M-owned autonomous vehicle. Check out his latest interview with @axios Twin Cities at axios.com/local/twin-cit… @UMNews @UMNresearch

👏 Congratulations to Professor Cari Dutcher for receiving the Charles E. Bowers Faculty Teaching Award! Her dedication to innovative teaching and student success is truly inspiring. Read more: z.umn.edu/ae8w #TeachingExcellence #FacultyAward #HigherEd

Professors Erin E. Carlson and Lian Shen were recently named University of Minnesota Distinguished McKnight University Professors. Congratulations! 👏 Read more at z.umn.edu/DistinguishedM… @UMNChemistry @UMNME @UMNews

🎉 Back-to-back wins for MEGSA! They’ve earned the 2024–2025 Tony Diggs Excellence Award for Officer Transition 👏 Read more: z.umn.edu/adsw #UMNME #MEGSA #TonyDiggsAward #GradLife #StudentLeadership

Big congrats to Prof. Julianna Abel on receiving the 2025 Morse–Alumni Award for outstanding contributions to undergrad education! Learn how her work bridges smart materials research + dynamic teaching: z.umn.edu/adcw #UMNproud #MechanicalEngineering #TeachingExcellence

Congrats to Assistant Professor Natasha Wright on being named a 2025 McKnight Land-Grant Professor! 🎉 Her impactful research in sustainable technologies is changing the world. Learn more about her work and the award here: z.umn.edu/ad2p #UMNProud #McKnightLandGrant

UMN ME researchers are transforming cryobiology with innovations in cryopreservation and rewarming. Their work in the Annual Review of Heat Transfer is shaping the future of biomedical thermal science. Read more: z.umn.edu/act8 #UMNME #Cryobiology #Innovation