Recent News

05/21/2019

Congratulations to the SEAS Class of 2019!

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Members of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science community celebrated the awarding of 225 undergraduate Engineering degrees on May 20, 2019.

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05/20/2019

Emily Chu '19 Takes Her Engineering Skills to Disney

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Growing up, Emily Chu ‘19 visited Walt Disney World many times (her grandmother lived nearby) and was amazed by it each time.

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05/13/2019

Speed, balance, and friendly competition: Finals for Mechatronics students

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Finals can be a stressful time, but for the students of Mechatronics (MENG 390), it was a day at the races.
Tasked with the assignment of designing and building self-balancing vehicles (the...

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05/01/2019

New Material Combines Best of Ceramics, Metals and Plastics

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Borrowing a method from the field of drug discovery, a team of researchers has developed a material that combines the best properties of ceramics, metals and plastics.

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04/16/2019

Brian Scassellati designated the Giamatti Professor of Computer Science

Department: Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Brian Scassellati, recently appointed as the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science, focuses his research on building embodied computational models of human social behavior, especially...

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04/10/2019

Student-Built Device Clears the Way For Surgeons

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Blood, fat, and anything else that gets in the way can make things tricky for surgeons. To clear the way, a vacuum tube is used to suck away the debris and give doctors a clear field of view. The...

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04/09/2019

Shape-Changing Robots Take on Changing Terrains

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Robots can change directions, speeds and even their colors. But what about changing their shapes? With help from a sculptor's intuition, Yale researchers are on it.

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04/08/2019

Concussion Treating Device Wins Rothberg Catalyzer Prize

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

OnTrack Rehab, a project that grew out of Medical Device Design and Innovation (MENG/BENG 404), won the Rothberg Catalyzer Prize @ Yale at StartUp Yale.

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03/13/2019

How to run on rough terrain — a guide for humans and robots

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Running on rough terrain is an incredibly complex process, yet animals from guinea fowl to cheetahs manage to do it. Among humans, even casual runners can navigate such surfaces fairly well.

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02/26/2019

Yale to host international conference on packing problems

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Researchers from around the world will gather at Yale this summer for the 4th International Conference on Packing Problems.

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02/22/2019

Liquid has structure, which may be key to understanding metallic glass

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Researchers have found that liquid has structure in certain circumstances, and that this structure significantly influences the mysterious and complex formation of metallic glasses.

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02/22/2019

Robotics has long tried to mimic the human hand. Aaron Dollar thinks there’s a better way.

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

As a kid, Aaron Dollar liked math and physics, but he fell harder for the arts—sculpture in particular, because it provided a formal outlet for his impulse to build things. He arrived as a...

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02/05/2019

Focused Ion Beam Arrives, Gives Researchers New Possibilities

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

To prepare their samples for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization, Judy Cha and her research team go to New York, where they use a focused ion beam (FIB), which essentially...

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01/31/2019

NFL Longevity: No Need to Act Your Age

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

There are many ways to frame the forces that shape this Sunday’s Super Bowl - East Coast vs. West Coast, dynasty (the New England Patriots) vs. upstarts (the Los Angeles Rams).

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01/22/2019

Researchers find the trick to molding metal at the nanoscale

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Numerous metals and alloys would be ideal for specific nanoscale applications — from solar energy to microelectronics — but accurately molding metals into such miniscule shapes has proved...

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