Check our news page often to keep up with the latest news, achievements, research and student successes here at Western Michigan University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Most recent news
- New John O. Hallquist Endowed Professorship
- Grad’s journey to success from Malaysia to WMU to Ford
- Technology creates new layer of safety for people with visual impairments
- Mechanical Engineering Alum named FEMA Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer
- Autonomous vehicle research rolling onto WMU campus
- College awarded $40,000 grant from DENSO for STEM education
- Experiences gained at WMU inspire grad to launch business
- Out-of-this-world internship launches alum toward astronaut goal
- High school students win impressive engineering competitions under WMU professor’s guidance
- WMU Aerospace Engineering students win poster competition at the Michigan Space Forum
- Alum over the moon after winning prize in NASA challenge
- WMU helps design driverless VA shuttle
- WMU included in $2.2 million state grant to enhance mobility for veterans
Student success stories
- Student soars high with aircraft demonstration
- Entrepreneurs head to pitch competition with Speed E-Box
- Mechanical engineering students pitch, place and take home awards
- SAE Baja vehicle shreds the track in the Blizzard Baja
- Formula SAE vehicle to hit the track at Fiat Chrysler before competition
- Two awarded Tau Beta Pi Scholarships
- Mechanical engineers take a spin in Kalamazoo's Holiday Parade
- Formula FSAE team off to a fast start
- Brower receives scholarship from gear industry organization
- Brueshaber awarded prestigious NASA fellowship
- Engineering students develop high-tech motorcycle safety device
- Entrepreneurial engineer wins $10,000 award for software program
- Matthew Baird receives NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship
- Student finalist in international innovation challenge
Department News Stories
- Shrestha receives Fulbright award
- Student receives scholarship from gear industry
- NSF grant allows important materials research
- Corporate and University Partnerships Better Equip Future Engineers
- Alexander Porter inducted into the Alumni Excellence Academy
- Welcome to new faculty
- New agreement helps Kellogg Community College graduates transfer to WMU's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering programs
- Kujawski receives ADVANCE grant
- Liou receives grant from Georgeau Construction Research Center
- Thannhauser receives WMU 2018 Distinguished Service Award
- Lee to present at Northwestern University
- Dr. Roger Veldman inducted into the Alumni Excellence Academy
- 2016-2017 graduate student award recipients
- Liou presents at Penn State
- Naghshineh named chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering department
- Liu develops innovative, efficient way to harness wind power
- DENSO North America Foundation awards $50,000 grant
- Lee authors Thermoelectrics: Design and Materials
- NSF $452,399 award to bring state-of-the-art instrument to WMU
- Auto lab upgrades make it a premier teaching and research facility
- Dr. Richard Meyer joins mechanical engineering department
- University nanoSatellite program p-spec mission
- Up, up and away
- WMU's 3D virtual labs provide hands-on learning around the world
- Dr. D. Kujawski's Research
- Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur's research
- Dr. William Liou's research
- News from Dr. Claudia Fajardo-Hansford
- Study of blind cane vibration
- Study of anthropogenic noise on songbird behavior