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Dr. Chad Korach, Chandan Swet (right) and Jian Yao attend

the ME Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Rosakis on Friday, January 26th

 

 

FIRST Robotics Kick-Off Comes to Stony Brook

by Dr. Michelle Nearon

 

Stony Brook University's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences hosted the "2007 FIRST Robotics Kickoff Ceremony" on Saturday, January 6, 2007. Approximately 500 students and teachers from NYC and Long Island high schools were in attendance. The kickoff ceremony involved an overview of the competition which is scheduled to be held at Hofstra University in March, a live satellite downlink from NASA, and the distribution of the competition robotics kits. The ceremony took place in the Javits Center from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

 

	Dr. Rosakis presents his Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Lecture "Laboratory Earthquakes" to a standing room only crowd on Friday, January 26th in the Engineering building. Pictured at left is Dr. Rosakis and Dr. Chiang.
	Ares J. Rosakis Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories (GALCIT) California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd. , Mail Code 105-50 Pasadena , CA 91125 , Tel:  (626) 395-4523 - Fax: (626) 578-1848 Email: rosakis@aero.caltech.edu click here for abstract Dr. Rosakis to present a Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Lecture, Friday, January 26th 11:00AM in Room 301 of Engineering.  For more information, call Ann at 631 6328300
	Dr. Imin Kao, Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor. Dr. Kao is the popular instructor of MEC 410, Design of Machine Elements and MEC 326, Manufacturing  Processes and Machining.  View Dr. Kao's Manufacturing and Automation laboratory in the complete ME Graduate Student Slide Show.Click here
	Welcome Visiting Assistant Professor, Dr. Ani Ural! Dr. Ural received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.  She is the instructor of MEC 300 (Writing for Engineers), MEC 262 (Engineering Dynamics) and MEC 363 (The Mechanics of Solids). Look at this website for more about Dr. Ural in the future

Snow greets Mechanical Engineering Students' Return

Ann Berrios caught this shot of the snow outside Light Engineering before it melted. Photo taken at 9:54AM January 23rd. So far, we are in the mildest winter since the 19th Century. 

 

Stony Brook Motor Sports Team grows to 76 members!

photo taken in December, 2006

 

MEC 514 NEW ADDITION TO SPRING 2007

The turbulence course has been scheduled for Mondays, 5:20 - 8:10 PM in Physics P128. Please encourage your friends and students to enroll for this important, useful course on turbulence. (All flows of engineering interest are turbulent.)

Knowledge of viscous flow and MEC 507 is assumed for the turbulence course. Classes begin next Monday, 1/22/2007. Note that no textbooks have been ordered, but the book "A First Course in Turbulence" by Tennekes and Lumley (MIT Press) will contain at least fifty percent what we will cover in the course. The more recent book by Stephen B. Pope, "Turbulent Flows," Cambridge University Press, is also relevant.

 

Dr. Chad Korach to Offer ME's first ever Tribology course

MEC 470/570, Tribology in Engineering, focuses on the fundamentals of engineering tribology, the science of surfaces in relative motion with a focus on friction, lubrication and wear. The root of the word tribology comes from the Green (tribos) which means to rub. Tribology has applications in Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Senors, Biological Systems, Automative Engines and Transmissions, Machine Elements, Manufacturing Processes, Robotics and Mechatronics, Lbrican Chemistry and Surface Coatings, just to name a few! The basics of tribology science: engineernig surfaces, contact mechanics, lubrication theory, wear processes and modeling, wear properties of materials, and tribology test methods will be covered in this course as will the analysis of tribological aspects of machine components and bearings and industrial case students will be presented to place the topics in context to industry and society. Register by calling Ann at 631 632 8300 if Solar does not let you in! Click here for the Tribology Poster designed by Dr. Korach

Read Dr. Goldie Nejat's abstract on the DARPA CHALLENGE

Rockwell International Trust donates $10,000 (11/06/2006)

Rockwell International Trust has donated donates $10,000 for our Senior Design program. Our Senior Design experience offers students opportunities for solving real-world problems in a multi-disciplinary setting. Recently Stony Brook University’s Mechanical Engineering Department has been selected to be one of the five US teams invited to compete as finalists in the Second International Student Capstone Design Fair in Taegue, South Korea.

MEC to Represent the US in Korea for International Capstone Design Fair

left, Mohammed, Ayman and Warren at URECA Fair, April 28, 2006 - Center and Right - Ayman and Jeff at Fair

Stony Brook University’s Mechanical Engineering Department has been selected to be one of the five US teams invited to compete as finalists in the Second International Student Capstone Design Fair. The Design Fair will be held November 30th through December 2nd at the EXCO Convention Center in Taegue, South Korea. It is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Energy of Korea, Korea Technology and Engineering Foundation and Capstone Design Education Center of Seoul National University of Technology. More info on the design fair can be found at http://www.prodic.org/asia/about.html.

Professor Jeff Ge and Mr. Ayman Sawas, a mechanical engineering student graduated in May 2006, will represent SBU at the Design Fair. They will showcase a senior design project titled Accessible Medication Dispensing Device. It is a timed automatic medication dispenser designed for residential use to help a patient manage multiple prescription medicines. The device was developed by a team of three students, Ayman Sawas, Warren Halbig and Mohammad Yusuf under the guidance of Professor Raman Singh, the faculty advisor, and Professor Jeff Ge, the instructor of the capstone senior design course. The design project was part of the senior design program for developing assistive devices to aid people with disabilities. The program was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation from 2000 to 2006 with Professor Jeff Ge and Fu-pen Chiang as the Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator. The senior design program has also been partially supported by generous donations from Rockwell International Trust.