Save the Date: MEEN Industry Day March 20, 2026 Join us for MEEN Industry Day, a focused event designed to connect Mechanical Engineering faculty with key industry partners and highlight the department’s research strengths, capabilities, and collaborative potential. This full-day program will explore current challenges in the field, showcase innovative solutions, and foster meaningful engagement between faculty, industry representatives, and students. Attendees will participa

The MEEN BioLab  is now open to all Texas A&M users and external customers. Located in JCAIN 315, this shared BSL-2 facility supports cell culture, cell imaging, in vitro flow experiments, and particle functionalization. Access requires completion of biosafety and equipment training, and reservations must be made through the MEEN BioLab booking system . For training, collaboration, or project consultation, you can contact Ploy Charoenphol .

We're excited to share a new job board featuring opportunities for PhD and MS students in Mechanical Engineering. The board includes listings from academia, national laboratories, and research institutes. Please share this with your students, and keep an eye out for it on the JCAIN screens as well! MEEN Graduate Job Board

Dr. Ali Erdemir, Professor, Mechanical Engineering "Dr. Ali Erdemir was awarded the prestigious Tribology Gold Medal by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Known globally as an expert in tribology, he has dedicated over 35 years to advancing the industry. He started his journey in tribology with an undergraduate degree in metallurgy from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. Later, he earned his master’s and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Instit

Dr. Jaime Grunlan, Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dr. Jaime Grunlan has been elected Fellow of the 2024 cohort of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. Grunlan has been recognized for his research on thermal and transport properties of polymer nanocomposites. He is a world leader in gas barrier layers for food and electronics packaging and environmentally benig

Dr. Ya Wang, an associate professor for the Mechanical Engineering Department, accepted an exciting position as a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. Dr. Yang has done amazing work at Texas A&M for six years. She will be an outstanding addition to the Stanford University School of Medicine’s team!

Dr. Yuxaio Zhou, along with a team of 8 others, recently published a journal paper titled “Wirelessly Actuated Microfluidic Pump and Valve for Controlled Liquid Delivery in Dental Implants” in Advanced Healthcare Materials. The paper details their impressive improvements to the dental implant process. Minimally invasive and precise control of liquid release in dental implants is crucial for therapeutic functions but remains challenging due to the lack of miniaturized pumps an

In the recent election for The Combustion Institute (CI) Board of Directors, seven distinguished individuals were elected to serve for the 2024-2030 term. Among the newly elected members is Eric L. Petersen, a Mechanical Engineering professor here at Texas A&M University, who will contribute his extensive expertise in combustion and energy systems to the board. The following seven candidates were chosen to serve on the Board: Andres Fuentes Castillo, Universidad Técnica Feder

Mechanical Engineering faculty member, Dr. Vinayak Krishnamurthy was invited to the ASME Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering Celebration and Showcase at IMECE 2024 this Fall. This event will be an excellent opportunity for Dr. Krishnamurthy to highlight his research! More about the ASME Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering Celebration and Showcase: "This prestigious event is designed to honor early-career researchers who have received recognition through NSF CAREER, ONR

"From Salty to Sip-Worthy: Desalination Breakthroughs Seed Funding: Banerjee and Dhir Scaling Desalination for Disaster and Rural Applications To address critical water shortages in Texas, Dr. Debjyoti Banerjee, Mechanical Engineering Professor at Texas A&M University, James J. Cain '51 Faculty Fellow, and Texas A&M Energy Institute Faculty Affiliate; along with Dr. Vijay Dhir, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, former Dean of the University of California, Los Angeles Henry Sa

Drs. Shoufeng Lan (PI, MEEN) and Qingsheng Wang (co-PI, CHEN) have been awarded over $500k for their project, Collaborative Research: Additive Manufacturing of Optical Hybrid Materials under Extreme Gradients. The project is a collaboration between Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. “This NSF project will use a combinatorial printing technique to understand how compositional doping influences OHM hybrid structures and develop a spatially resolved optical analysis

Dr. Kiju Lee's latest work, titled “Terrain-Aware Path Planning via Semantic Segmentation and Uncertainty Rejection Filter with Adversarial Noise for Mobile Robots,” by Kangneoung Lee and Kiju Lee has been published in the Journal of Field Robotics! "This paper introduces the concept of an uncertainty rejection filter, which masks uncertain regions in classified images, reducing the risk of false terrain classifications during the field operations of mobile robots. This wor

The NIH Common Fund wants input about challenges and opportunities in biomedical/behavioral research that may be of interest, including: A) a challenge/opportunity in biomedical/behavioral research; B) Resources, tools, or knowledge needed to address it; and C) Scientific advancements or other factors that make addressing it timely. Responses must be received by 11:59:59 pm (ET) on August 10, 2024. Request for Information: NIH Common Fund is Soliciting Ideas for NIH-wide Chal

Robert Ambrose , Swaminathan Gopalswamy , and Lucas Krakow , The College of Engineering, were awarded a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for a project titled “TA 4 TO# 3: extreme terrain operation and recovery (extor) with physically cooperating robotic vehicles.”

The Industry Advisory Committee (IAC) has agreed to assist MEEN faculty in the search for equipment. This serves as a request or "wish list," and requests are subject to availability. Find our spreadsheet here .

Dr. Mohsen Taheri-Andani, an assistant professor at Texas A&M University, is co-leading a new Center for Scientific Machine Learning for Material Sciences, funded by a $2.25 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The center, a collaboration between Texas Southern University, the University of Michigan, and Prairie View A&M University, aims to utilize machine learning and additive manufacturing techniques to advance materials science. Dr. Andani's team

May 7-8, 2024, College Station, TX Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) leadership has identified robotics and automation as a strategic partnership area. This partnership opportunity and others like it have recently been identified to further LANL's mission. For mission related information, please visit mission.lanl.gov . To facilitate these possible partnerships, a workshop series has launched via the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) National Laboratories Office (NLO) t

Dr. Dale Cope had been awarded the CARE2 Fellowship for his plans to integrate lessons on engineering mechanics into middle and high school curriculum! Read more about Dr. Cope’s award here . The  CARE2 Fellowship Program  is a year-long faculty development program that provides an opportunity for faculty members to integrate Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning practices into their teaching, research, and public service. This Fellowship Program aims to elevate and suppor

Dr. Lavernia has just been named the awardee of the 2024 TMS Bruce Chalmers Award. This award, presented by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the science and/or technology of materials processing and includes a life-membership to TMS. Dr. Lavernia stated, “I am surprised and humbled by this recognition. I want to thank the many students and colleagues who have enriched my personal and profession

Douglas Allaire ,   Raymundo Arroyave ,   Alaa Mohamed Elwany  and   Ibrahim Karaman , College of Engineering, received a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support a project titled, “DMREF: Optimizing Problem formulation for printable refractory alloys via Integrated Materials and processing co-design (OPTIMA).” Dr. Allaire is a member of the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering with the following research interests: multidisciplina