Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

The SIUE ASHRAE Student Chapter attend the 2025 ASHRAE Winter Conference and AHR Expo in Orlando which took place during February 8-12, 2025. Student chapter President Iretomiwa Idowu, Vice President Yaphet Amo, student member Neaman Sohrabi, and the faculty advisor Serdar Celik attended the event, representing SIUE. The SIUE team was able to attend academic sessions as well as Young Engineers meeting and the AHR Expo which have been fruitful learning and networking experience for the team. SIUE...

On October 15 at 6pm, ASHRAE was honored to have Colin Hale from Cannon Design in Greater St. Louis as their guest speaker. Colin shared his insights on industry trends and design innovations. This was a great opportunity to connect with professionals and fellow students who are passionate about HVAC and building systems.

Alumni, faculty, staff, and students had the opportunity to reflect on the department’s achievements since its inception in 1989.  The event was held in the Enterprise Holdings Foundation Atrium in the Engineering Building on October 24, from 5 to 8 p.m.

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The event included a reception, guest speakers and displays from student-led organizations and competition teams.  Attendees also had an opportunity to tour the department’s state-of-the-art faci...

Three SIUE Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering students received ASHRAE Scholarships at the St. Louis ASHRAE Awards Night on Monday, April 15th. SIUE ASHRAE Student Chapter President Iretomiwa Idowu received the Charles E. Henck Scholarship. SIUE ASHRAE Student Chapter Vice President Athena Zamiri and another graduate student of the Department, Neaman Sohrabi, received the General ASHRAE Scholarship. We are proud of our student members of ASHRAE who have been making SIUE Engineering pro...

MME students Shuva Das, Fahad Rhisat, and Nathan Rarick presented papers at the International Mechanical Engineering Conress & Exposition held October 29 - November 2, 2023 in New Orleans, LA. Congratulations and great work!

Papers presented were:

"An Axisymmetric Computation of Thermal Field Around an Entry Vehicle Descending in the Martian Atmosphere" by Fahad Nizam Rhisat and Majid Molki

"Turbulent Heat Transfer From an Isothermal Half-Cylinder Positioned Parallel to Airflow" by Nathan A...

Rick Burns and Darrin Feather of the department's Industrial and Professional Advisor Committee (IPAC) invited engineering firm Burns and McDonnell employees Isaac Hausman and Matt Waters, MME alumni, to a present information to students about career fields available through their employer.  It was a sucessful seminar with valuable information and ideas for obtaining employment. 

Dr. Siyuan (Simon) Xing, alumnus of SIUE, received 2023 Lockheed Martin Endowed Professorship Award in the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Dr. Xing received M.S. in 2016 from SIUE, and PhD in 2019 from SIUE-SIUC cooperative program. See https://ceng.calpoly.edu/connection/2023/06/college-of-engineering-honors-faculty-staff-and-students for a picture.

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