Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Good news for the MME department! Our student, Kimberly Roskamp received the 2nd place award at the ISPE Student Poster Contest with her URCA study. Kimberly has been enthusiastic about renewable energy since her freshmen year and  has completed her UG degree successfully.   Dr. Serdar Celik is happy to share that she has decided to continue with our accelerated program and will now be taking graduate courses. She also accepted an offer at Boeing and will start working there in a ...

The SIUE Student Chapter Mechanical Contractors Association (MCAA) received their official charter.

 As part of her work with MCAA, Macy Deck received a national scholarship of $5,000! Congratulations, Macy!

Macy Deck shared her experience “On March 28-29, Abin and I attended the MCAA 2023 Convention in Phoenix, Arizona to receive the chapter charter. The convention was a really neat experience. We got to see and learn from Dana Perino, Former White House Press Secretary, and J...

In the 2023 Provost's Celebration of Research Reception held on April 4, 2023, the graduate school announced two patents to the SIUE community, both of them has contributions by the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. The first patent is “Pathogen Transport Modelled Biomimetic Sensor, Sensing Method, and Fresh Produce Sanitization”, and the joint inventors are  MME faculty member Dr. Kamran Shavezipur, Dr. Mina Sumita of Chemistry Department, and ME graduate s...

At the School of Engineering reception held on April 6, the following individuals & organizations in the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering were honored by the School of Engineering for their outstanding performance in 2022:

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Outstanding Student Organization: SIUE Cougar Baja (1^st place)

Outstanding Researcher: Dr. Albert Luo

Outstanding Service: Dr. Kamran Shavezipur

 At the School of Engineering reception held on April 6, the following individuals were honored by the Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering for their outstanding performance in 2022:

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Outstanding Teaching: Dr. Terry Yan

Outstanding Alumnus: Wesley Schooley (BS in ME, 1997), Engineering Branch Chief and Command Chief Engineer at U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base

Outstanding Graduate Students: Negar Rafiee

Outstanding Se...

MRE student Ugo Eleonu participated in TheOther40 competition this year and won 2^nd Prize, with a $3,000 in prize money.

Ugo was part of an interdisciplinary team which consisted of LaRae Bigard in Finance, Hunter Mathews in Anthropology and Ugo Eleonu in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering. They formed their team in Honor 320B - Entrepreneurship and Innovation class.  Their company Stage...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) students received global recognition at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 2022 Design Competition. The group received the Rising Star Award in the applied engineering challenge, ranking fourth internationally.

Students Genevieve Bourgeois, Daeja Daniels, Megan Danielson, Macy Deck, Muna Okeke and Evan Yates represented SIUE’s ASHRAE Student Club at the compe...

Chris Couch received his mechanical engineering degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2019 and since then has seen great success in his career in the pumping industry. His hard work has not gone unnoticed as he was named to the “10 Pump Professionals to Watch” list by Pumps & Systems magazine.

https://www.siue.edu/news/2023/01/SchoolofEngineeringAlumnusRecognizedbyPumpsSystemsMagazine.shtml#SOE Alumnus Chris Couch

The Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering (MME) department and associate Industrial and Professional Advisory Committee (IPAC) initiated an Engineering Career Seminar series to bring insight to students about the work and technologies for engineers, particularly MME engineers in local industries and to develop relations between students and faculty with engineers in industry.  Several engineers from Boeing Defense and Space, St Louis, visited campus on November 4 for a panel presentation ...

The MME department's graduate students met with Dr. Celik, Graduate program director, at the MUC to chat.  Current graduate students were able to share their experiences.  Also in attendance was Dr. Terry Yan.  Best wishes for our MME graduate students and all students to our program!

ABET just informed the MME department that the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering program has received ABET accreditation.  All previous graduates from the MRE program will be retroactively recognized as graduating from the newly accredited program. 

Also, ABET has re-accredited the Mechanical Engineering program. This is a recognition of the quality of our programs, and all faculty members, students, and previous graduates are to be congratulated for this great news!

Students in the B.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering program are now eligible to enter the accelerated M.S. in Mechanical Engineering program. This program provides MRE B.S. students the same benefit of accelerated B.S. and M.S. program that ME B.S. students have already enjoyed. To apply, a student needs to have a GPA of at least 3.25, and no more than 32 credit hours remaining in the B.S. program of study. A student admitted in this program may simultaneously take B.S. and M.S. course...

Leanne Montgomery is a non-traditional student who will earn a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering during SIUE’s commencement exercises being held May 6-9. She will impart her wisdom as the student speaker for the SOE ceremony at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 9.

“Don’t be afraid to fail.” Montgomery's advice may sound clicheé and surely, it’s easier said than done, but it may be just the life lesson needed to keep someone motivated to turn their dreams into r...