Mechanical Engineering design Symposium

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The mission of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the New Mexico Tech is to provide a quality education, to conduct strong research programs, to foster a close partnership with industry and government, and to provide related service to the campus community and the community at large. The mission shall be guided by a commitment to continuous improvement in the overall quality of teaching, research and service.

A major focus of the Department's activities is to provide quality engineering education with sufficient scope to include the basic and specialized engineering training necessary for the current and emerging needs of society.

The Department has related responsibility to contribute to the advancement of knowledge by conducting research at the cutting edge of science and technology. Since science and technology are rapidly advancing, the Department also has a professional responsibility to provide continuing education so the practicing engineer can remain effective.

The Department faculty and administration also see as part of the mission, an obligation to serve the needs of the campus community and the community at large in the spirit of collegial cooperation.

The B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 - telephone: (410) 347-7700

Mechanical Engineering design Symposium

SOCORRO, N.M. May 03, 2013 – Join our Mechanical Engineering Juniors and Seniors as they present their final design clinic projects of the year!

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/images/news92.jpg Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Multiphysics Modeling of Structures Subjected to Terminal Ballistics and/or Blast

SOCORRO, N.M. April 09, 2013 - Shane C Schumacher from Sandia National Laboratories will talk about his research focusing on the history of how his research was formed and the current status.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_04_09_2013.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar

SOCORRO, N.M. March 28, 2013 - NMT Mechanical Engineering Department graduate students Kevin Heister, Ryan Grainger and Jon Schlavin will talk about their research.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_03_28_2013.pdf Research Symposium Features 68 Projects

SOCORRO, N.M. March 26, 2013 – The second annual Student Research Symposium at New Mexico Tech features a wide range of innovative projects, including 39 posters and 29 oral presentations.

http://www.nmt.edu/2013-news/4729-research-symposium-features-68-projects Grad Students Staging Three Minute Speech Competition

SOCORRO, N.M. March 19, 2013 – Mechanical engineering faculty Dr. Julie Ford started the project to give her students an opportunity to practice communicating. Students in this semester’s Communication 589 course are required to prepare for and participate in this event, which will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, in Cramer 124.

http://www.nmt.edu/2013-news/4723-grad-students-staging-three-minute-speech-competition New Mexico Senator Heinrich Tours Tech Campus

SOCORRO, N.M. March 6, 2013 – Sen. Martin Heinrich visited the campus of New Mexico Tech on Friday, Feb. 22, to tour various facilities and become acquainted with Tech's capabilities. Several student teams gave very brief descriptions of their Senior Design projects in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a tour of several labs and workshops.

http://www.nmt.edu/2013-news/4712-sen-heinrich-tours-tech-campus Dr. Nadir Yilmaz and Mechanical Engineering Students Miquela Trujillo, June Stanley Honored by Engineering Society

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. February 28, 2013 – Three New Mexico Tech students were honored by the Society of Professional Engineers on Friday, Feb. 22, in Albuquerque as the Engineering Student of the Year and two runners-up. Additionally, Mechanical Engineering Department associate professor Dr. Nadir Yilmaz won the NMSPE Young Engineer of the Year Award from the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers.

http://www.nmt.edu/2013-news/4709-3-students-1-prof-honored-by-engineering-society Dr. Zagrai and his team flies instrument to edge of space

MADRAS, Oregon, February 26, 2013 - Tech mechanical engineering professor Dr. Andrei Zagrai and a team of Tech students designed and built the monitoring system to determine structural integrity for space vehicles. The system was launched successfully on a high-altitude balloon and the experiment has successfully delivered data that validated both sensors and wireless communication electronics.

http://www.nmt.edu/2013-news/4707-techies-fly-instrument-to-edge-of-space Design Clinic Final Presentations

SOCORRO, N.M. December 06, 2012 - Design Clinic Class Junior/Senior/Advanced Design Midterm Presentations will be held on Dec 6th at Macey Cebter at 1:00PM. Come when you can and enjoy the presentations!

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/designclinic.xml Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Deformation and Damage Mechanisms in Double Wall Carbon Nanotube and Hybrid Composites

SOCORRO, N.M. December 04, 2012 - NMT Materials Engineering Professor Dr. Bhaskar S. Majumdar will be presenting his work in this week's seminar. His presentation will highlight our understanding of load transfer in double wall carbon nanotube (DWNT)/epoxy composites obtained by a combination of in situ FTIR and Raman measurements.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_12_04_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Deformation and Damage in Multilayer Thin Films: Perspective from Numerical Modeling and its Correlation with Experiment

SOCORRO, N.M. November 06, 2012 - Dr. Yu-Lin Shen from University of New Mexico will be talking about the mechanical characterization of aluminum-silicon carbide multilayers. .

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_11_06_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Acceleration Profile of an Explosively Driven Flat Metallic Flyer during Projection

SOCORRO, N.M. October 30, 2012 - Dr. Bin Lim one of our faculty members will be presenting his work in this week's seminar.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_10_30_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Improving simulations of mechanical and aerospace systems

SOCORRO, N.M. October 23, 2012 - Dr. Laura Jacobs-O'Malley from Sandia National Labs will talk about increasing the accuracy of simulations to design mechanical and aerospace systems

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_10_23_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Focusing schlieren systems for high-speed, large field-of-view applications

SOCORRO, N.M. October 16, 2012 - Dr. Drew L’Esperance a Senior Scientist from MetroLaser will talk about the schlieren systems that captures the images of large, fast-moving objects. A demonstration of the system will also be performed in Dr. Hargather’s laboratory after the seminar.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_10_16_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: NMT Skeen Library’s engineering databases and electronic documents

SOCORRO, N.M. October 09, 2012 - Dr. Lisa Beinhoff NMT Skeen Library Director will talk about engineering databases and electronic documents capabilities of the Skeen Library.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_10_09_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Graphene properties and devices

SOCORRO, N.M. October 03, 2012 - This week's Seminar features one of NM Tech Materials Engineering Department faculty members Dr. Nikolai Kalugin. He will talk about Graphene properties and applications.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_10_03_2012.pdf Mathematica 8: Up Close and Personal @ New Mexico Tech

SOCORRO, N.M. September 29, 2012 - This seminar will highlight the latest directions in technical computing with Mathematica, and the impact of these new technologies on education and research.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/mathematica_talk.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Quadratic growth in single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability

SOCORRO, N.M. September 18, 2012 - This week's Seminar features one of our faculty members Dr. Tie Wei. He will talk about the computational investigation of the growth of the 2D single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) using Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS).

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_09_18_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineers Win ITEA Scholarships

SOCORRO, N.M. September 11, 2012– Two mechanical engineering students earned scholarships from the International Testing and Evaluation Association this year. Undergraduate Steven Bayley and graduate student Kevin Heister each earned the award.

http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-news/347-2012/4511-mechanical-engineers-win-itea-scholarships Seismology Intern Enjoyed Socorro And Greenland

Alan Shi, one of our undergrad students from Woodinville, Washington recently completed a summer internship at the IRIS/PASSCAL Instrument Center and he has some interesting stories to tell...

http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-news/347-2012/4504-seismology-intern-enjoyed-socorro-and-greenland Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar:Michael Faraday’s: The Chemical History of a Candle, Lecture 1

SOCORRO, N.M. September 11, 2012 - This week's Seminar features one of our faculty members Dr. Michael Hargather. He will present the first lecture of Faraday’s series including demonstrations and an addendum which will connect Faraday’s ideas and insights to current combustion research initiatives.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_09_11_2012.pdf MathWorks MATLAB and Simulink Seminar

SOCORRO, N.M. September 19, 2012 - Please join MathWorks for a complimentary MATLAB and Simulink seminar on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 in the Skeen Library, Room212. Presenter: Mehernaz Savai, Application Engineer. Register for this seminar at: www.mathworks.com/NMT2012

http://www.mathworks.com/NMT2012 Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Applications of science and engineering to musculoskeletal biomechanics and assistive device design

SOCORRO, N.M. September 04, 2012 - This week's Seminar features Dr. Jason Wheeler from Sandia National Labs. He will will present a brief overview of human movement biomechanics and discuss several specific applications of engineering to clinical settings including haptics, prosthetics, orthotics and rehabilitation devices.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_09_04_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Computational Solid Mechanics Research Using Dual Particle Dynamics

SOCORRO, N.M. August 28, 2012 - Dr. Jason Sanchez from Kirtland Air Force Base will talk about Computational Solid Mechanics research at Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Kirtland Air Force Base.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_08_28_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Dynamic Failure of Brittle Solids: Properties and Processes

SOCORRO, N.M. August 21, 2012 - Our new faculty member Dr. Jamie Kimberley will talk about dynamic failure of brittle solids.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_08_21_2012.pdf FE Exam Registration

FE Exam registration deadline is September 6. The exam is gonna take place at NMT East Gym on October 27th. Please see the pdf file below for further details about the registration.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/FE2012.pdf Tech Welcomes New Students: Convacation 2012 - Keynote Speaker is a recent NMT Mechanical Engineering Graduates, Fabian Vigil

SOCORRO, N.M. August 20, 2012 - New Mexico Tech welcomes new students. At this years convacation Fabian Vigil, one of mechanical engineering department recent graduates now working with Honda RD Center will be presenting.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/convacation2012.pdf Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics

SOCORRO, N.M. August 19, 2012 - Our new faculty member Dr. Tie Wei will be offering Introduction to CFD class this semester. Please find the course details in the pdf file below.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/intro_to_CFD.pdf June Stanley – Tau Beta Pi Award

SOCORRO, N.M. June 28, 2012 - June Stanley one of our undergraduates was selected for the The Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society 2012-2013 scholarship. Congratulations!

http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-news/347-2012/4463-june-stanley-of-mechanical-engineering-wins-scholarship New Faculty Members

SOCORRO, N.M. June 25, 2012 - We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jamie Kimberley and Dr. Tie Wei and will be joining to our faculty this semester as assistant professors. We look forward to them being here!

Jared Kuker – Cramer Award

SOCORRO, N.M. May 15, 2012 - Jared Kuker, one of mechanical engineering department undergraduate students completed his BSc degree this year winning the Cramer Award with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Congratulations!

http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-news/336-2011/4435-top-student-awards-announced-at-graduation Space Test Experiment Gets Federal Grants For 2 Launches

SOCORRO, N.M. May 10, 2012 - Dr. Andrei Zagrai and Dr. Anders Jorgensen will be flying another experiment into space in coming months – twice actually.

http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-news/336-2011/4429-space-test-experiment-gets-federal-grants-for-2-launches Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: An investigation of magneto-elastic active sensors used in fatigue damage detection, The development of a finite element model to predict global system behavior from substructure modal test data

SOCORRO, N.M. April 24, 2012 - NMT Mechanical Engineering Department graduate students Dan Meisner and Joshua Mendoza will talk about their research.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_04_17_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: A Defense of Computational Physics: Popper’s Non-Verifiability versus Computational Validation

SOCORRO, N.M. April 17, 2012 - Dr. Patrick J. Roache will present his defense on Computational Physics.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_04_17_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Investigation of Magneto-Elastic Active Sensors for Ultrasonic Damage Detection in Aerospace Structures

SOCORRO, N.M. April 10, 2012 - David Conrad, NMT Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student will present an experimental investigation into the capability of MEAS in detecting fatigue damage in aerospace materials.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_04_10_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Mars Science Laboratory Mission: Challenges and Lessons Learned

SOCORRO, N.M. April 03, 2012 - Dr. Sayavur Bakhtiyarov, DOD INSRP Coordinator, US Air Force Safety Center, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico Tech will talk about the special sources of risk that are inherent to the launch of radioactive materials, and provide insights into the analysis of these risks given the complex combined-phenomenology environments that could exist during a launch accident or destruct event.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_04_03_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Mitigating Renewable Energy Intermittency with Energy Storage.

SOCORRO, N.M. March 27, 2012 - Steve Willard, P.E. Project Manager, PNM Resources will talk about Mitigating Renewable Energy Intermittency with Energy Storage.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_03_27_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar:Image Analysis for Experimentation using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Safety Analysis Considerations for the Overpressurization of a Solid

SOCORRO, N.M. March 20, 2012 - NMT mechanical engineering graduate students Richard Nelson and Jason Rogers will talk about their research projects.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_03_20_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: The wise choice of dynamic system inputs

SOCORRO, N.M. March 6, 2012 - Dr. Victor Beazel, Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, will talk about how to apply command shaping technique for dynamic system inputs to nonlinear systems with geometry-dependent resonances.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_03_06_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Structural Health Monitoring: Overview and Challenges Ahead

SOCORRO, N.M. Feb 21, 2012 - Dr. Thomas J. Baca, Baca Consulting Group Albuquerque, NM will describes recent trends in structural health monitoring (SHM) at Sandia National Laboratories.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_02_21_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: A review of satellite attitude determination without gyroscopes

SOCORRO, N.M. Feb 7, 2012 - Arthur Weber, an NMT Graduate Student, Lockheed Martin will speak on the techniques used for attitude determination without the use of gyros including all-stellar approach, QWEST methods, and pseudo gyro on Tuesday, Feb 07, 2 p.m. in Cramer 124.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_02_07_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: An empirical relationship for the prompt initiation of bulk Comp-B by Linear Shaped Charges

SOCORRO, N.M. Jan 31, 2012 - David Peterson, a NMT Graduate Student, Sandia National Laboratories will speak on the behavior of covered bulk explosive to represent attack upon burster charges in chemical munitions. Tuesday, January 31, 2 p.m. in Cramer 124.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_01_31_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: What Does the VLA Do, and How Does it Work? A Primer on Imaging Radio Interferferometry for Mechanical Engineers

SOCORRO, N.M. Jan 24, 2012 - Rick Perley, EVLA Project Scientist at NRAO will speak on the elements of radio interferometry as they are applied to the VLA and other instruments of its class. He also will give examples of what radio astronomers do with the VLA.2 p.m. in Cramer 124.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/graduate_seminar_01_24_2012.pdf Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: Large-Scale Acoustic and Elastic Wave Propagation Simulations

SOCORRO, N.M. Nov 22, 2011 - Dr. Greg Tipton of Sandia National Labs speaks on "Large-Scale Acoustic and Elastic Wave Propagation Simulations." 2 p.m. in Cramer 124.

http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-calendar/cal Mechanical Engineering Graduate-Faculty Seminar: What you really need to know to be a successful engineer but won't learn in college?

SOCORRO, N.M. Nov 8, 2011 - Mr. Chris Kutac, Director of Configuration Management and Data Services for Honeywell Aerospace Engineering Operations, will speak on "What you really need to know to be a successful engineer but won't learn in college." 2 p.m. in Cramer 124.

http://www.nmt.edu/nmt-news Design Clinic Midterm Presentations

Design Clinic Class Junior/Senior/Advanced Design Midterm Presentations will be held on Thursday, Oct 27th and Nov 3rd, Workman 101 at 4:00PM.

http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mecheng/design_clinic_midterm_presentations_fall_2011.pptx