Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Supported by Dr. Nima Lotfi and the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Ph.D. student Huan Phan-Van was congratulated by Jerry Weinberg for being selected by the Graduate Student Awards Committee at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as the recipient of the university’s 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at the doctoral level! He will be honored for his  achievement at this year’s virtual Graduate School Awards Reception. 

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The Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering is pleased to welcome Dr. Arman Dabiri! Dr. Dabiri received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Before joining SIUE, Dr. Dabiri was an Assistant Professor at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Dabiri’s specialty is robotics and control systems. He will be an especially valuable addition to the Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering program.

Mechanical Engineering faculty, students, and alumni were recognized at the 14th annual School of Engineering Awards Banquet held February 18th at the Morris University Center Meridian Ballroom.

Dr. Fengxia Wang received the School of Engineering's Outstanding Researcher award.

Dr. Mingshao Zhang received the Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Teacher award.

Siyu Guo received the ME Outstanding Graduate student award.

Charles Ferratto and Thomas Giacobbe received the ME Outstanding Junior&#1...

 SIUE Cougar Baja is a student chapter in the mechanical engineering department, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. The team is made up of about 30 ME/MRE students. The team designs and manufactures Baja cars and participates in various Baja and SAE Formula car competitions throughout the year. The Cougar Baja team participated in our first competition of the year at the University of Louisville. This competition, Midnight Mayhem, is the world’s largest exhibition race for Ba...

The Graduate Student Award Committee at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has selected Roya Mazrouei to receive an Honorable Mention for the master’s level Outstanding Thesis Award. Jerry Weinberg, Dean of the Graduate School will ecognize her success and present her with a certificate at the Graduate School Awards Reception on Tuesday, October 29^th, 2019.

A memo sent as part of the application process to the  SIUE Oustanding Thesis Evaluation Committee by the Chair of M...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is co-hosting the Southern Illinois University System Technology and Innovation Expo with its fellow campuses on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 1871 – Chicago Technology and Entrepreneurship Center. The Expo focuses upon health, wellness and innovation.

Kamran Shavezipur, PhD, has been showcased.  http://www.siue.edu/news/2019/10/SIUE-CoHosts-Technology-Innovation-Expo-Oct10.shtml

The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering departments hosted a picnic for faculty, staff, and students.

It was a great afternoon spent eating BBQ, playing games, networking, listening to music, as well as spending time with fellow students and professors. The highlight of the picnic was a Tug-of-War match between Mechanical and Industrial departments.This year Mechanical Engineering earned the rights to hold the championship trophy!

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School has selected Saeed Onsorynezhad as the University's 2019 Outstanding Teaching Assistant (TA). The award recognizes graduate students for outstanding performance in teaching and instruction.

Recently, Saeed Onsorynezhad's name was placed in nomination for the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award by Chair Keqin Gu, Nima Lotfi, Kamran Shavezipour, Serdar Celik, Fengxia Wang, and Mingshao Zhang. The Graduate Student Award C...

Dr. Nima Lotfi receives an award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education.

Integration of an Experiential Learning Paradigm into Mechatronics, Robotics, and Control Engineering Curricula in the School of Engineering

Engineers have played a major role in shaping the world since the industrial revolution and especially, in the past few decades, the field of engineering has experienced a tremendous and dynamic growth, mainly due to the advances in integrated circuits and elect...

USA Today highlighted the success of the third Ilgaz Energy Symposium held in May and organized by SIUE School of Engineering’s Serdar Celik, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Celik introduced the symposium in May 2017 at the urging of Turkey energy professionals, with a focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy politics.

Cougar Baja attended their final trip this year to their only SAE competition in Cookeville Tennessee. There are three SAE events a year, one in the Midwest, one on the west coast, and one on the east cost. These events are sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers and host 100 teams, and this year over 20% of those teams were international. The event was suppose to be four days long and include a sales presentation where you make your product (baja car) marketable, a design presenta...

Dr. Jeff Darabi is the recipient of the 2019 Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar award!

The Paul Simon Outstanding Teacher-Scholar award is presented to an SIUE faculty member in order to recognize the role of interdependence of research/scholarship and teaching. The Award confirms SIUE's belief that an individual must be a good scholar to be a good teacher.

Dr. Darabi’s research interests are in the areas of MEMS, Micro/Nanofluidics, Biomicrofluidics, Energy and thermal...

The following NSF-sponsored workshops are being offered and academic professionals in Mechatronics and Robotics are invited to participate:

Workshop #1. 2019 Robotics Summit and Expo, Boston MA Website: https://www.roboticssummit.com/  Time and Date: 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM, June 6, 2019  Location: Seaport World Trade Center

Workshop #2. 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa FL Website: https://www.asee.org/conferences-and-events/conferences/annual-conference/2019 ...

Dr. Serdar Celik and the ME department want to share the good news about the HVAC Certificate Training given for Nidec Engineers which was offered on March 11, 2019! The event went very well. During the 3 hour lecture series on HVAC systems and basics of heat transfer, of which there were 13 attendees, topics covered the basics of HVAC systems and heat transfer. The last lecture hour covered a case study where cooling of an electric motor was explained employing relevant heat transfer equations....

The departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering had its annual picnic for 2018.  There was BBQ, bean bag toss, tug-of-war, soccer and other fun activities, as well as getting to know your professors in a relaxing atmosphere!

Li-ion batteries have proven to be a reliable power source in various applications from consumer electronics to electrified transportation. A key factor to widespread adoption of Li-ion batteries is to increase their operational safety. The majority of commercial Li-ion battery management systems rely on sensor measurements and limit checking to detect faulty conditions. However, battery faults which can potentially lead to catastrophic failures are typically subtle and undetectable through only...