Mechanical Engineering

Faculty

Vijay Modi | Engineering in the Developing World

Vijay Modi is an engineer in search of problems. That is, he has changed the way he approaches engineering, and in the process, is helping address some seemingly minor challenges that, on further investigation, are extremely complex and can change the lives of a large portion of the world’s poor.

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Jung-Chi Liao | Seeing Proteins at Work

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Richard Longman | Making Robots Learn

During Professor Richard Longman’s sabbatical in 1984 he initiated research in three new fields, becoming one of the very early contributors to each.

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Jeffrey W. Kysar | Analyzing Materials Under Extreme Conditions

One of the researchers at the forefront of this work to make meaningful predictions of mechanical behavior is Jeffrey W. Kysar.

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Kristin Myers | Investigating the Mechanical Behavior of Soft Tissues

Kristin Myers investigates the mechanical behavior of soft tissues in order to understand how their tissue architecture influences constitutive behavior and disease development and to aid in early diagnosis and treatment.

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Department Seminars

Engineering scholars are invited on a weekly basis to present research to students and faculty. ME seminars typically take place on on Fridays at 11:00am in room 227 S.W. Mudd.

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Stanford's "d.school" Co-founder Delivers Freudenstein Lecture

Bernard “Bernie” Roth, Rodney H. Adams Professor of Engineering at Stanford University, spoke on Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.

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Graphene Study Confirms 40-Year-Old Physics Prediction

In collaboration with other CU groups, Prof. James Hone helps confirm the existence of the Hofstadter spectrum as part of an ongoing study on the properties of graphene.

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Researchers Pioneer Ultralow-Power Optical Information Processing

A study led by Prof.Chee Wei Wong, director of the Center for Integrated Science & Engineering, and Solid-State Science and Engineering.

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Modi Research Group Creates Map of Energy Use in NYC

The Modi Research Group's New York City Energy Mapping Project based on this study was jointly presented by Professor Vijay Modi and PhD student, Bianca Howard.

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Class Schedules

View past and present Mechanical Engineering course schedules.

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Academic Honor Code

The Department of Mechanical Engineering expects its students (both undergraduate and graduate) to follow and enforce the general university and school policies on academic honesty.

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Freudenstein Distinguished Lecture: "Influence of Kinematics and Mechanisms of Improved Health Care"

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VIDEO PROFILE: Angel Say, Mechanical Engineering Junior

What's it like to be a Columbia Engineering student? Angel Say, a mechanical engineering undergraduate, has much to say on the topic.

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VIDEO: Recent Research of James Hone, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

James Hone gives an overview of his research and his new research lab in the NW Corner Building.

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Bob Stark Mentors Morris HS "2Train" Robotics Team

ME Lab Manager Bob Stark, 2011 Woodie Flowers Mentorship Award recipient.

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