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ME Undergrads create "unbreakable" bridge
Devotional by Ryan Holmes: God's communication system far superior to man's technology
Supermileage Vehicle Presentation at ASME Conference
Student receives Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Prescription drug regulator aimed at curbing painkiller abuse

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It works! Human-powered drill strikes water in Tanzania (July 26, 2011)
	A human-powered drill built by a team of BYU engineering students was meant to be inexpensive, easy to operate and easy to move. Field tests in Tanzania have shown the drill does just what it's supposed to do.
Larry Howell gives University Devotional address (July 7, 2011)
	Larry Howell, professor of mechanical engineering, spoke to students on June 7, 2011 in a devotional address titled, “Faith: An Essential Principle of the Gospel.”
Prize-winning paper for ME graduate (June 15, 2011)
	Grant O. Cook III, a recent PhD graduate of BYU’s Mechanical Engineering program, has been selected as a finalist for the Journal of Materials Science Sapphire Prize for an outstanding paper. Cook co-authored the paper with Dr. Carl Sorensen, professor in the Mechanical Engineering...
Bamboo bridge wins second place (June 10, 2011)
	A team of Mechanical Engineering students attended the 14th Annual SAMPE Student Bridge Contest and brought home second place with a bridge made out of bamboo fibers and epoxy. Alex Stiles, a senior from Orem, Utah, Steve Gardner, a senior from South Jordan, Utah, and Roger Smith, a senior...
Noise control Medal of Excellence for two ME students (June 1, 2011)
	Two BYU Mechanical Engineering students have been awarded the Leo Beranek Student Medal for Excellence in the Study of Noise Control from the Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the United States of America (INCE-USA).
Brian Jensen wins top NSF award for young faculty (May 26, 2011)
	The National Science Foundation recently awarded Mechanical Engineering professor Brian Jensen the CAREER award, an honor given to the most promising junior faculty in the nation who are recognized as outstanding teachers, scholars and researchers.
BYU undergrads’ hybrid motorcycle shows range (May 26, 2011)
	A team of BYU students recently modified an electric motorcycle into a hybrid model to increase its range by nearly 40 percent.
BYU hybrid racecar 2nd in international race (May 12, 2011)
	A hybrid formula racecar designed and built by BYU engineering undergraduates in BYU’s two-semester Capstone course finished second in an international competition at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
ME grad student wins ASME Old Guard competition (May 11, 2011)
	BYU Mechanical Engineering student Ben Groen won first place in the Utah section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Old Guard competition. The competition was held in conjunction with ASME’s 34th annual Student-in-Industry day on February 5, 2011 at the University of...
SMART scholarship for ME grad student (May 10, 2011)
	Ken Langley, a Master’s student in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Brigham Young University, has been awarded a US Department of Defense Science, Mathematics And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship.