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Raindrops on a glass surface

Understanding how droplets behave on different surfaces

David Staudacher | Posted on April 08, 2025

Order of Engineer Ring Ceremony

Order of Engineer Ring ceremony set for April 16

Posted on April 07, 2025

AI generated image of water droplets on a leaf

UIC Engineering leads international consortium on greener pesticide spray management

David Staudacher | Posted on April 01, 2025

UIC graduate Nandini Gupta with her team at Inch Two Inch in India.

IE grad becomes CEO of custom furniture business

David Staudacher | Posted on March 25, 2025

Assistant Professor Azadeh Haghighi recently presented “New Era of In-Space Manufacturing: When Artificial Intelligence Meets Physics” during the first SparkTalks of 2025.

Introducing in-space manufacturing at UIC

David Staudacher | Posted on March 17, 2025

UIC’s Hamed Hatami-Marbini, associate professor and director of graduate studies in mechanical and industrial engineering, talks about his research with Sara McKoy, partner relations director at Eversight

New grant supports cornea research

David Staudacher | Posted on March 10, 2025

Assistant Professor Hyungil Kim

Hyungil Kim named program vice chair of HFES technical group

David Staudacher | Posted on March 07, 2025

The NASA MIRO Center for In-Space Manufacturing (CISM-R2): Recycling and Regolith Processing

Internship opportunities at the Center for In-Space Manufacturing

David Staudacher | Posted on March 05, 2025

MIE engineering students working on a project

UIC Engineering: The right choice to build your future department sessions

Posted on February 20, 2025

Clinical Associate Professor Yeow Siow has been named a recipient of UIC’s 2024-2025 Teaching Recognition Program (TRP) Award

Yeow Siow receives UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award

David Staudacher | Posted on February 11, 2025

Professor Lin Li awarded two new grants

David Staudacher | Posted on February 07, 2025

UIC PhD student Mohammad Abu-Mualla

A new tool for designing mechanical objects

David Staudacher | Posted on February 03, 2025

MIE PhD student Abbas Moradi Bilondi in a lab at UIC

Understanding emulsions for everyday use

David Staudacher | Posted on January 23, 2025

MIE Assistant Professor Azadeh Haghighi

Haghighi to be featured at SparkTalks on Jan. 23

David Staudacher | Posted on January 09, 2025

UIC PHD student Chris Carducci wins Best Poster Award at ASME conference for ice adhesion research.JPG

PhD student wins Best Poster Award at ASME conference for ice adhesion research

David Staudacher | Posted on January 07, 2025

Valeria Ovalle Ocampo, an MIE master’s program alum at UIC

Master's program prepares industrial engineering graduate for working world

David Staudacher | Posted on December 20, 2024

Mechanical and industrial engineering students raced their mouse trap vehicles with autonomous braking systems for their ME 250 final projects this semester.

Students race autonomous vehicles for final project

David Staudacher | Posted on December 12, 2024

Elmira Taheri recently won the APS Student Poster Award during the 77th annual meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics.

PhD candidate wins APS Student Poster Award

David Staudacher | Posted on December 10, 2024

UIC graduate Jai Mehta is at the center of research and development at Furno Materials, Inc.

UIC graduate leading charge to reduce global emissions in cement

David Staudacher | Posted on December 09, 2024

UIC Industrial engineering student Nathan Batres

Research opportunity changes life trajectory for undergrad

David Staudacher | Posted on November 25, 2024

Debjit Pal (from left), Lucy Shi, Aritra Banerjee, Carmen Lilley and Igor Paprotny in the Nanotechnology Core Facility.

UIC joins semiconductor workforce development center meeting national demand

Rob Mitchum | Posted on November 19, 2024

MIE alumnus and advisory board member Brad Mueller

Industry experts bring real-life experience to the classroom

David Staudacher | Posted on November 14, 2024

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering faculty members Kenneth Brezinsky (from left), Constantine Megaridis, Alexander Yarin, and Reza Shahbazian-Yassar received endowed professorships during a recent investiture ceremony at UIC.

Four MIE faculty members receive professorships

David Staudacher | Posted on October 17, 2024

Yayue Pan, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering (MIE) at UIC

UIC researchers awarded $4.65 million NASA grant to open in-space manufacturing research center

David Staudacher | Posted on October 07, 2024

Hardik Miyani

MEE alum gives back to international students

David Staudacher | Posted on September 30, 2024

UIC Distinguished Professor Alexander Yarin

UIC engineers’ invention improves dental safety

David Staudacher | Posted on August 31, 2024

MIE associate professor Mohammad Ghashami

New faculty member brings nanoscience expertise to the classroom, lab

David Staudacher | Posted on August 01, 2024

Cleanups after oil spills usually focus on the oil slick on the water’s surface. But new research from UIC shows some oil may remain suspended in the water.

How pollution may remain in water after oil spill cleanups

Emily Stone | Posted on July 18, 2024

MIE Associate Professor Yayue Pan was recently awarded the Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division

Yayue Pan receives Chao and Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

David Staudacher | Posted on July 15, 2024

UIC Lunabotics team at NASA competition

UIC students impress judges at NASA Lunabotics competition

David Staudacher | Posted on July 09, 2024

Clinical Associate Professor Yeow Siow

Clinical Associate Professor Yeow Siow receives Excellence in Teaching award

David Staudacher | Posted on July 01, 2024

Professor Kenneth Brezinsky

Professor Brezinsky named a University Scholar

David Staudacher | Posted on July 01, 2024

UIC Distinguished Professor Alexander Yarin monograph

Professor Yarin releases 'Materials and Electro-mechanical and Biomedical Devices Based on Nanofibers' monograph

David Staudacher | Posted on June 21, 2024

UIC PhD candidate Michael Jacobson

PhD student named Illinois Student Veteran of the Year

David Staudacher | Posted on June 10, 2024

UIC Distinguished Professor Alexander Yarin recently co-organized the Drops, Jets and Films workshop at the International Centre for Mechanical Studies in Udine, Italy.

Yarin co-hosts international workshop

David Staudacher | Posted on June 05, 2024

Hadis Anahideh, assistant professor and director of the OPLEX Lab at UIC

Enhancing transparency and trust in predictive analytics for education

David Staudacher | Posted on May 17, 2024

Associate Professor Parisa Mirbod

Advancing elasto-inertial focusing for enhanced control in microfluidic devices

David Staudacher | Posted on May 13, 2024

Assistant Professor Azadeh Haghighi is one of only 12 university academics worldwide to be named a 2024 Susan Smyth Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Professor Haghighi receives 2024 Susan Smyth Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

Posted on May 13, 2024

A student wears a VR Headset his team made for $4 during the annual engineering expo

Students show off ingenuity at expo

David Staudacher | Posted on May 07, 2024

UIC College of Engineering Assistant Professor Pranav Bhounsule, left, and student Subramanian Ramasamy. (Photo: Jim Young/UIC Engineering)

UIC researchers advance technologies to power unmanned vehicles

Rob Mitchum | Posted on May 06, 2024

rendering of the gantry and crane

Undergrads set to display real-world laboratory research at expo

David Staudacher | Posted on April 16, 2024

Parisa Mirbod research image

A deeper understanding of flow dynamics in particle-laden fluids

David Staudacher | Posted on April 11, 2024

New program aimed at helping low-income, high-achieving students

David Staudacher | Posted on March 27, 2024

Srikar Raman, who earned his PhD in mechanical engineering from UIC in 2010, launched the healthcare company Tvaster Genkalp in 2021

Alumni Spotlight: New company aims for early cancer detection

David Staudacher | Posted on March 11, 2024

UIC Assistant Professor Hyungil Kim is investigating how people interact with urban robots.

New research focused on people interacting with urban robots

David Staudacher | Posted on March 04, 2024

Shokouh Pourarian, mechanical and industrial engineering clinical assistant professor

New faculty member brings deep commitment to students’ growth

David Staudacher | Posted on February 23, 2024

An AI-generated image of oil drops at water-air interface from MIE Associate Professor Sushant Anand's laboratory.

Paper demonstrates new method for nanoscale emulsions

David Staudacher | Posted on February 22, 2024

University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering BME Tolou Shokuhfar (L) and MIE Alex Yarin in the STEM (ARM) room.

Unveiling the secrets of plastic biodegradation

Posted on February 15, 2024

Myunghee Kim, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Chicago Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

Myunghee Kim receives NSF CAREER award to investigate robotic prosthetic technology

David Staudacher | Posted on February 13, 2024

Angela Mitevska and Citlally Santacruz in the Finan Lab in mechanical and industrial engineering

Undergraduates are first authors on neurotrauma paper from Finan's Lab

Meghan King | Posted on February 06, 2024

Skyla Rijos, a senior industrial engineering major at UIC

Undergrad set to study in Spain this summer

David Staudacher | Posted on January 25, 2024

New faculty member integrating research and education to make technology work for people

David Staudacher | Posted on January 19, 2024

Amin Salehi-Khojin, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at UIC

Department of Energy ‘Earthshot’ grants fund UIC research on green tech advances

Rob Mitchum | Posted on January 15, 2024

The computational domain with rising bubbles in homogeneous and isotropic turbulence

Research into flows gets supercomputing boost

David Staudacher | Posted on January 02, 2024

Assistant Professor Myunghee Kim

Myunghee Kim joins IEEE journal as an associate editor

David Staudacher | Posted on November 30, 2023

Impurities such as salt and alcohol affect how ice forms on surfaces, such as the hull of ships in arctic conditions.

Bidding adieu to sticky ice, but with a grain of salt

Rob Mitchum | Posted on November 28, 2023

UIC students from the organization Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) made school history by racing an electric Baja car during the recent Backwoods Baja 2023 hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

UIC students race the school’s first electric car

David Staudacher | Posted on November 15, 2023

The UIC student organization Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) recently designed, built, and installed a solar refrigerator for The Love Fridge Chicago at its Chicago Patchwork Farms location.

Students build solar refrigerator for Chicago nonprofit

David Staudacher | Posted on November 06, 2023

Professor Kenneth Brezinsky awarded $1.2 Million Air Force Research Operations grant

Professor Brezinsky awarded $1.2 million Air Force Research Operations grant

David Staudacher | Posted on October 30, 2023

Associate Professor Yayue Pan

A simpler e-textile manufacturing process

David Staudacher | Posted on October 20, 2023

UIC alumna Sneha Mandala presented a TEDx Talk called How to make work feel more effortless

Alumni Spotlight: Effortlessly forging her own path as a leadership coach

David Staudacher | Posted on October 13, 2023

Assistant Professor Myunghee Kim

Assistant Professor Myunghee Kim receives three grants for robotic research

David Staudacher | Posted on October 13, 2023

University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering EIEP Director Elsa Soto speaks to attendees about the PERSIST(E) program during the kick-off event.

New program will empower students of color, provide tools and resources

Meghan King | Posted on October 02, 2023

UIC’s student chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) were invited to Schaumburg, Illinois, to participate in SAE International’s COMVEC,

Career and opportunities with SAE

David Staudacher | Posted on September 27, 2023

Stacie Scott, MIE undergraduate coordinator

Undergraduate coordinator awarded for community service

David Staudacher | Posted on September 20, 2023

MIE Alum Alex Bulger at SpaceX in California

Alumni Spotlight: Achieving great heights at SpaceX

David Staudacher | Posted on September 05, 2023

Carla Tejada joined the mechanical and industrial engineering department as a Bridge-to-Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate

New faculty member brings fresh research line to MIE

Posted on August 24, 2023

Brynne Nicolsen joined mechanical and industrial engineering as a clinical assistant professor

New faculty member focusing on curriculum and networking

David Staudacher | Posted on August 23, 2023

Combustion Chemistry and the Carbon Neutral Future: What Will the Next 25 Years of Research Require?

Professor Kenneth Brezinsky releases ‘Combustion Chemistry and the Carbon Neutral Future’ textbook

David Staudacher | Posted on June 20, 2023

Alexander Yarin, a UIC distinguished professor of mechanical and industrial engineering

New research finds blood spatter moves in unexpected ways

David Staudacher | Posted on June 15, 2023

Teams of students designed, built, and tested marble moving machines for their final project in the Introduction to Engineering Design and Graphics (ME 250) course at UIC

ME 250 final puts learning in motion

David Staudacher | Posted on June 13, 2023

UIC Ph.D. candidate Partha Sarathi Dutta

Understanding the commercial potential of research

David Staudacher | Posted on May 31, 2023

60 young men and women from the College of Engineering participated in the Order of the Engineer ring ceremony on May 4 at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Graduating students inducted into Order of the Engineer at UIC

David Staudacher | Posted on May 19, 2023

Suvo Banik, a PhD candidate in mechanical and industrial engineering, has been selected for the Chicago Consular Corps Professional Development Award

PhD candidate rewarded for research and volunteering

David Staudacher | Posted on May 09, 2023

Seniors in the mechanical and industrial engineering department wrapped up two semesters of hard work as they showcased their capstone projects during the annual UIC Engineering Design Expo.

Seniors showcase capstone projects at annual expo

David Staudacher | Posted on May 08, 2023

Professor Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, of mechanical and industrial engineering at UIC, and his team of researchers who are developing lithium batteries that will make electric vehicles safer, more efficient, and able to travel for longer distances between charges.

Building a better battery

David Staudacher | Posted on April 25, 2023

Jon Komperda, a clinical assistant professor and the director of undergraduate studies in mechanical and industrial engineering, has been named a winner of the Silver Circle Award for 2023

Jon Komperda awarded for excellence in teaching by outgoing seniors

David Staudacher | Posted on April 20, 2023

Associate Professor Yayue Pan

Yayue Pan named Researcher of the Year

David Staudacher | Posted on April 06, 2023

CAD drawing of a new throttle body for UIC’s SAE Formula team

Seniors set to display research projects at Engineering Design Expo

David Staudacher | Posted on March 23, 2023

Helping incoming students choose a major

Helping incoming students choose a major

David Staudacher | Posted on February 20, 2023

UIC Professor Lin Li named ASME fellow

Lin Li named ASME fellow

David Staudacher | Posted on February 02, 2023

SAE @ UIC is returning to the Chicago Auto Show from February 11 to 20 at McCormick Place

SAE @ UIC returns to the Chicago Auto Show

David Staudacher | Posted on January 20, 2023

UIC researchers Associate Professor Sushant Anand Rukmava Chatterjee, Umesh Chaudhari, and Vishek Masalia and Louie Zuniga

Developing guidelines for identifying bio-friendly materials to combat the cold

Posted on December 19, 2022

Laboratory glovebox

Developing a robotic system for waste cleanup missions in nuclear reactor sites

David Staudacher | Posted on November 21, 2022

The Order of Engineer Ring Ceremony will be held on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, at noon

Order of Engineer Ring ceremony set for Dec. 8

Posted on November 10, 2022

UIC’s chapter of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Formula team captured first place at the annual autumn Grand Prix in Southfield, Michigan.

UIC Formula team races to victory

David Staudacher | Posted on November 03, 2022

Professor Sabri Cetin

Developing smarter and super-efficient HVAC systems

David Staudacher | Posted on October 27, 2022

Amin Salehi-Khojin Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Amin Salehi-Khojin named university scholar

UIC News staff | Posted on October 24, 2022

UIC is presenting an online workshop to help small- and medium-sized Illinois manufacturers learn how machine learning and artificial intelligence can support a manufacturing business.

UIC hosting smart manufacturing workshop for Illinois manufacturers

David Staudacher | Posted on October 17, 2022

Fluid flows containing particles, UIC, Associate Professor Parisa Mirbod, NSF EAGER grant

Researching fluid flows containing particles with NSF EAGER grant

David Staudacher | Posted on September 27, 2022

Michael Jacobson, a PhD candidate in mechanical and industrial engineering at UIC, took a break from school to help save animals and provide humanitarian aid in war-torn Ukraine

Saving animals and helping people in Ukraine

David Staudacher | Posted on September 19, 2022

Clinical Associate Professor William Ryan has been made a fellow of ASHRAE

William Ryan named ASHRAE Fellow

David Staudacher | Posted on September 12, 2022

Research Assistant Professor Azadeh Haghighi, of mechanical and industrial engineering at UIC

UIC faculty member named Future of Illinois Manufacturing awardee

David Staudacher | Posted on September 07, 2022

Vincent Gonzalez, UIC in mechanical engineering student

Gearing up for the future as an engineer

David Staudacher | Posted on August 29, 2022

Clinical Assistant Professor Jonathan Komperda has been named the new director of undergraduate studies for mechanical and industrial engineering at UIC

MIE names new director of undergraduate studies

David Staudacher | Posted on August 19, 2022

Alexander Yarin hosts successful workshop at International Centre for Mechanical Sciences in Italy

Yarin hosts successful nanofiber workshop at International Centre for Mechanical Sciences in Italy

David Staudacher | Posted on August 15, 2022

Reza Shahbazian-Yassar with microscope

Understanding how rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries work

Jacqueline Carey | Posted on August 09, 2022

Professor Houshang Darabi takes the helm of MIE

Posted on July 21, 2022

Suvo Banik, a PhD candidate in mechanical and industrial engineering

Using deep learning to discover materials with exotic properties

David Staudacher | Posted on June 06, 2022

MIE students showcased their research, creativity, and skills during the annual UIC Engineering Design Expo

MIE seniors display innovation at design expo

David Staudacher | Posted on May 27, 2022