Mechanical Engineering
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Students engineer hand-trike attachment for LDS Charities global wheelchair program
BYU engineering students are helping make LDS Charities wheelchairs even better for people in need around the globe.
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BYU-developed helmet smartfoam signals potential concussions in real time
Ph.D. student Jake Merrell and his mentors have developed a smartfoam that can be placed inside a football helmet to more accurately test the impact and power of hits. The nano composite foam can help diagnose concussions.
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Five years later, BYU's village drill project bringing clean water to hundreds of thousands
In 2011, a group of mechanical engineering students built a human-powered drill to dig water wells as part of a senior capstone course. The project seemed promising, but little did they know how life-changing it would become.
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BYU researchers helping connect fluid dynamics research to brain trauma
As many YouTube videos show, striking the top of a liquid-filled bottle can shatter the bottom. Researchers are hoping to use new knowledge of the party trick to help fill a gap in something much more serious: brain research.
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Training computers, helping humans
Three BYU professors recently received Career Awards: the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty.
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Students creating prosthetic sockets for thousands of amputees in Africa
BYU engineering students have teamed with non-profit Engage Now Africa to create a socket for above-knee amputees that fits neatly into prosthetics made available by the international Red Cross.
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Engineering students make biking possible for kids with leg-length discrepancies
Mechanical engineering students at BYU have created a special adapter to a bike pedal that allows people with leg-length discrepancies and knee flexibility issues ride smoothly and painlessly.
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Engineering students use virtual reality to develop aerospace and defense solutions
Students partner with Lockheed Martin to use video game VR for engineering training
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BYU engineers built a bulletproof origami shield to protect law enforcement
BYU engineering professors have created an origami-inspired, lightweight bulletproof shield that can protect law enforcement from gunfire.
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BYU Academic VP Receives Top Engineering Award
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has selected BYU Academic Vice President Brent Webb as a recipient of one of the highest honors given in mechanical engineering.
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Solar-panel picnic tables and bus stops? Students starting a 'solar-cell revolution'
A group of BYU engineering students hope to trigger energy change by installing solar cells in public locations you wouldn't think of.
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Tiny origami-inspired devices opening up new possibilities for minimally-invasive surgery
BYU mechanical engineers have made a name for themselves by applying the principles of origami to engineering. Now they're applying their origami skills to a new realm: the human body.
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Professors' super waterproof surfaces cause water to bounce like a ball
Julie Crockett and Dan Maynes have spent decades studying super-hydrophobic surfaces. Some of this research has resulted in commercial products, but the professors are finding characteristics aimed at large-scale solutions for society.
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BYU students develop innovative prosthetic hand for a young mom
BYU engineering students spent their senior year developing a custom prosthetic hand for a young mom who lost her fingers after being stricken with septicemia, a life-threatening blood infection.
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