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BYU researchers combining toys with technology

The back of Brigham Young University’s flow dynamics laboratory glows as mechanical engineering graduate student Kyle Bodily makes his way up a ladder, preparing for yet another experiment. Two sets of bright lights illuminate a tank of water while three high-speed digital cameras wait to capture the peak of Bodily’s experiment. With a grant from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Bodily, along with professor Tadd Truscott, is studying how different materials and different surface properties affect cavity dynamics. (Read Full Article)

BYU's formula hybrid car takes 1st place at international competition

A flash of blue is speeding by, a champion not for speed, but for how it is powered. BYU just brought home the first place trophy, at the international 2012 Formula Hybrid competition, at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. (Read Full Article)

Cracking the Egg Sprinkler Mystery

If you spin a hard-boiled egg in a pool of milk, the milk will wick up the sides of the egg and spray off at the egg’s equator. Mechanical Engineer Tadd Truscott, of Brigham Young University, launched an investigation to figure out why this happens -- complete with a custom-built spinning apparatus, billiard balls and high speed video cameras. (Read Full Article)

NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship goes to ME student

Shannon Zirbel, a PhD student in BYU’s Mechanical Engineering department, has been awarded a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF). (Read Full Article)

ME students place 2nd and 3rd in BYU Business Plan Competition

Two students from BYU’s Mechanical Engineering department were members of the teams that won 2nd and 3rd place in the BYU Business Plan Competition. Michael Sanders, a Master’s student, and Mark Roberts, a senior, were on the FlexLeg team that won 2nd place. Sanders was also a member of the ActiveAlarm team that took 3rd place. (Read Full Article)

National fellowships for ME students

Dustin Gerrard and Clif Mortensen, both graduates of BYU’s ME program, have been awarded the prestigious United States Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG). Gerrard also received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. (Read Full Article)

BYU engineer is vice president-elect of national aerospace association

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics announced that Steven E. Gorrell, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University, is the institute’s new vice president-elect for education. (Read Full Article)

BYU sweeps SAMPE bridge building competition

Students from BYU’s Mechanical Engineering department took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the Utah SAMPE Bridge Building Competition. The contest, sponsored by the Utah chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), was held at Salt Lake Community College on April 11, 2012. (Read Full Article)

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