May 5, 2025 - ME Faculty & Staff Newsletter
Department Highlights
Jayaram nabs prestigious grants to design insect-inspired, shapeshifting robots
Assistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram is the recipient of a $650,000 CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The funding will help Jayaram make advancements in robots by drawing from what might seem to be an unlikely source: insects and other small creatures.
Boulder’s Mana Battery is in race to perfect sodium-ion battery technology
Associate Professor Chunmei Ban is a co-founder of ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Boulder spinout Mana Battery. The company is at the forefront of a race to provide low-cost batteries with longer lifespans than the market offers today.
ME seniors design new fluid aliquoting device to help ease hospital workloads
A group of seniors in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering are working to increase access to life-saving therapies by developing an automated medical fluid aliquoting device during their senior capstone class that streamlines the fluid dosing process.
ME senior project aims to keep bomb squads out of harm's way
A group of seniors in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering are working to keep bomb squads safe by designing an automated X-ray device during their senior capstone class used to help explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians scan for hazardous materials.
Five mechanical engineering students, affiliates earn NSF recognition
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recognized five students and affiliates in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering with Graduate Research Fellowships. These top awards honor and support outstanding graduate students from across the country in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees.