The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University will be filling a faculty position during the coming year and is seeking outstanding faculty candidates who will challenge an exceptional student body and contribute to excellent research programs - details at yjobs.byu.edu. The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University is seeking outstanding faculty candidates who will challenge our talented student body and contribute to our excellent research programs. Candidates in all areas of expertise will be considered; candidates in the…

An estimated 50 million U.S. adults suffered from chronic pain in 2016; in 2018, an estimated 10.3 million people 12 years and older in the United States misused opioids, including heroin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that the total "economic burden" of prescription opioid misuse in the United States (including the costs of healthcare, lost productivity, addiction treatment, and criminal justice involvement) is $78.5 billion per year. To tackle the opioid crisis gripping the nation, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $2.3 million to researchers at…

Prof. José L. Lage, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Mechanical Engineering Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX. A brief overview of my professional background is followed by a description of sweeping convection, a new heat transfer effect discovered when studying alveolar capillary gas exchange. Then, my experiences directing, for the past four years, the Thermal Transport Processes (TTP) program at the National Science Foundation are discussed, including the research community, budget evolution, “open” submission window, and identification of main ingredients for strengthening the…