Engineering News

USU is once again being recognized as a national leader in nuclear engineering research.

Faculty and staff at the College of Engineering extend a heartfelt thanks and best wishes to retiring faculty Gilberto Urroz who retired this summer.

A team of researchers at Utah State University is tackling one of the newest questions in cancer research: Is cellular blebbing associated with the development of tumors?

Faculty at Utah State University are developing the latest educational tools to train the next generation of engineers in Egypt and the Middle East.

Wynn Walker, a USU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus and former associate dean for the College of Engineering, died Saturday, June 29.

Utah State University faculty Judy Sims received the Calvin K. Sudweeks Award on June 26 from the Utah Division of Water Quality.

Utah’s longest-running engineering summer camp concluded its 30th year last week.

One of the state’s largest research laboratories is getting a new director. David Tarboton, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Utah State University, will lead the Utah Water Research Laboratory beginning July 1.

Utah State University PhD student of transportation engineering Yi He won the 2019 Utah Institute of Transportation Engineers student paper competition and was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Northern Utah Women's Transportation Seminar.

The College of Engineering at Utah State University welcomes David A. Kunz as the new senior director of development. Kunz joined the college on April 24. He will oversee all fundraising efforts and in-kind donations from industry partners.

Students, faculty, staff and the university community are invited to participate in Utah State University’s College of Engineering Senior Design Night.

The Department of Computer Science at Utah State University will move from the College of Engineering to the College of Science effective July 1, 2019.

Researchers at Utah State University’s Splash Lab discovered a new mode of water surface skipping termed “water walking”.

Theresa Green and Darcie Christensen, two doctoral students in the Department of Engineering Education, presented research at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) held on April 5-9 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Scientists at Utah State University are studying cultivation practices to optimize the yield and quality of hemp for botanical medicines.

USU engineering professor, Elizabeth Vargis was awarded the ‘Early Career-Faculty award’ from the Center for Women and Gender.

Engineering students at USU placed third at a recent national robotics challenge held in California.

Researchers at Utah State University are improving the ways we model muscle loss during spaceflight.

In six well-regarded hydrology and water resources journals published in 2017, the estimated percentage of studies whose results could be fully reproduced was only between 0.06 and 6.8 percent.

The College of Engineering extends its congratulations to the two faculty award winners recognized at Friday’s Engineers Week Awards Banquet.

College of Engineering professor and air quality expert Randy Martin will be the first to present at Utah State University’s upcoming Research Landscapes speaker series on Tuesday, Feb. 26.

The worlds of engineering and baseball have collided. Researchers at Utah State University are breaking down the physics of a new baseball pitch that’s been getting a lot of attention.

Utah State University’s College of Engineering is joining universities and engineering firms around the country in celebrating the 2019 National Engineers Week.

Utah State University’s Department of Biological Engineering is under new leadership. Industry veteran and professor D. Keith Roper took the helm at the department.

USU’s College of Engineering welcomes Dixon Nielson as the new director of industry relations. Nielson joined the college on February 1.

USU biological engineering assistant professor Elizabeth Vargis received a three-year grant from the National Eye Institute for her ongoing research in better understanding why new blood cells form during retinal disease.

College of Engineering academic advisor Leslie Buxton received the Region 10 Excellence in Advising Award. Buxton was selected among nominees from five western states.

An engineering education expert is encouraging institutions of higher education to reevaluate the professional experience of engineering faculty, specifically women professors.

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jeff Horsburgh is challenging Utah State University students to develop a visualization of high resolution water use data that provides visual feedback to both water providers and water consumers....

The Metal Factory opened Thursday, Nov. 15 with a tour of its facilities. The 7,300-square-foot factory is located in the Tech Building on USU’s campus.

Marc Maguire, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at USU, has been named educator of the year by the Structural Engineers Association of Utah.

Utah State University assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Ryan Berke and psychology professor Renee Galliher received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Broadening Participation in Engineering program.

This year, the MAE Department acquired a new wind tunnel for use in thermal and fluid dynamics labs.

The USU student team, Engineers Without Borders, continues their water quality improvement project in rural Mexico.

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers is quickly becoming one of Utah State University’s most active student organizations.

Lucy Campos and her brother José don’t shy away from responsibility. The Brownsville, Texas natives both studied engineering at USU and both served as president for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers student chapter.

José Campos graduated from Utah State University in 2016 with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering.

Researchers in Northern Utah have demonstrated that the Logan River is highly dependent on karst aquifer discharge to maintain summer low flow when water demands are the highest.

After two decades of collecting data, a team of researchers discovered new ways in which groundwater moves and controls the export of carbon from land to streams in the permafrost terrain of the Alaskan North Slope.

Researchers at Utah State University are evaluating the effectiveness of using drones to inspect cracks of concern underneath bridges.

Utah State University’s Jonathan Ruesch received one of 288 scholarships from Tau Beta Pi Honor Society.

It was the first round. Bjorn Ironsides was flitting around Hard Reset, a professional, at high speeds.

Researchers at Utah State University are rethinking a 30-year-old technology and giving new meaning to the words limited mobility.

A Utah State University professor of civil engineering has developed an online tool that estimates snow load requirements for new construction of homes and buildings.

A new professorship in Utah State University’s College of Engineering honors longtime supporters David G. and Diann L. Sant and empowers a new generation of the most qualified engineering faculty.

The College of Engineering at Utah State University announced Monday that Rose Hu, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has accepted the position of associate dean for research.

In the United States, we’ve accumulated an estimated 500 million specimens of animals, plants, bugs and mushrooms.

Veteran educator, engineer and hydrologist Dr. David Tarboton has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.

The cramped engineering tutor center is a thing of the past. This summer, the College of Engineering renovated a large portion of the Anderson Engineering Building to accommodate a new tutor center.

Students, faculty and staff members at Utah State University extend their heartfelt congratulations and farewell to Dr. V. Dean Adams who last month officially retired from his role as Executive Associate Dean of the College of Engineering.

United States Air Force officials are taking a close look at a USU student design that may help the planet’s growing space junk problem.

Faculty, staff and students in USU’s College of Engineering extend their congratulations to Leslie Buxton who received the USU 2018 Outstanding New Advisor award.

Mounika Arukala joined the master’s of computer science program at Utah State University in August 2016.

Our bird’s-eye view is about to get much sharper. A researcher at Utah State University received a major research grant to improve the aerial imagery acquired from small, unmanned aerial vehicles.

The College of Engineering at Utah State University congratulates all students who graduated May 4-5.

Nine teams competed in Saturday’s 2nd annual ASME Soapbox Derby. The event was organized by students from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and was held in North Logan.

Utah State University professor and researcher Ling Liu will receive a major research grant for his work in developing more thermally efficient materials.

Christian Morrill, an engineering ambassador and biological engineering student, was named Scholar of the Year at the 60th annual Robins Awards.

Utah State University's College of Engineering faculty promotions for 2018.

A Utah State University College of Engineering student will receive the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award.

A professor of electrical engineering at Utah State University received a $750,000 grant to further develop an antenna technology that could revolutionize the mobile communications industry.

On your next stroll through the woods, take a look at the dew droplets hanging from the leaves. If you see moisture on a cypress or juniper tree with their distinct bifurcated leaves, you’ll likely see those water droplets defying the rules of physics.

Four engineering students at Utah State University participated in the 2018 FRC Bowling Ball Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This spring, 16 students were recognized for receiving the prestigious A-Pin Award.

It doesn’t make Idalis Villanueva uncomfortable to confront assumptions. It's her mission to challenge unquestioned beliefs and conventions that a growing number of educators say are obsolete in 21st century engineering classrooms.

Five engineering students from Utah State University attended the 41st Annual AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference in Breckenridge, Colo.

A Utah State University researcher was among those celebrating a recent successful test flight of the Dream Chaser spacecraft

Hydrologists are looking centuries into the past to better understand an increasingly uncertain water future

Computer science and engineering students from across Utah met on the USU campus recently for the third-annual HackUSU event.

Growing up in China’s Jiangsu province, Rose Hu was a shy girl who studied hard and looked up to her four older siblings

Biological engineering students at Utah State University will host a regional conference aimed at connecting participants with industry

Researchers published new findings that suggest European drought trends are lining up with climate change projections.

Dr. Jixun Zhan presenting at his Inaugural Lecture entitled “Curiosity-Driven Exploration and Reprogramming of Nature’s Biosynthetic Machinery.

In drought-prone Central California, grape producers are looking for new ways to improve crop production with less water

Engineering education researchers explore what draws students to technical majors

Megan Gordon is second woman engineering valedictorian in 15 years. Civil Engineering alumna Megan Montgomery never thought she’d be a valedictorian. She hadn’t even considered a degree in engineering.

EWB members Michael Flores, Garrett Wood, Katie Henderson, Heather Nielsen, Camiel Bruneel, Camryn Christensen, Karl Christensen and faculty advisor Dr. Marv Halling traveled to Southern Peru

During construction, the steelworks for USU's Maverik Stadium renovation rose into the air and then branched off left and right, leaving whole sections of the shimmering new building floating in mid-air. It wasn't an optical illusion.

Humans have been rocketing themselves and their stuff into space for more than half a century.

The College of Engineering at Utah State University is debuting its brand new Idea Factory, a state-of-the-art design and fabrication facility on the Logan campus

Engineering students from the Utah State University RoboSub team competed last month in San Diego at Robonation's annual International RoboSub Competition and made it through the qualifying rounds

The College of Engineering at USU is excited to welcome 11 new faculty members. The group of incoming includes seven new assistant professors, two lecturers, an assistant research professor and one assistant professor of practice.

Splash Lab researchers developing the science behind improved watercraft design

A team of fluid dynamics experts created a new math formula that more accurately predicts cavitation and its damaging effects

Utah Water Research Lab team Constructs scale model of Oroville Dam spillway

Biological engineers at USU decoded and reprogrammed the biosynthetic machinery that produces natural compounds found in fungi

Biological Engineering student, Darcie Christensen, named Scholar of the Year.

S-STEM teaching seminar offers a variety of techniques to engage students in active learning

The Technical Writing Competition is sponsored by the College of Engineering and Engineering Council as part of Engineering Week

Institute of Biological Engineering annual meeting comes to Salt Lake City.

Utah State University's College of Engineering faculty promotions for 2017.

Project is part of a growing international effort to keep closer tabs on space junk

Biological Engineering Professor Dr. Foster Agblevor is developing new catalysts to convert unwanted plant waste into bio-based fuels. His work was recently highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News.

The new 'BluJay' line of all-electric aircraft represents the latest in UAV technology

Dr. Anhong Zhou reflected on family and the future of bio-technologies at his inaugural lecture last week where he was honored for his promotion to professor.

Environmental engineers are making it easier to study arsenic contamination

USU hosts Dr. James L. Moore as the guest lecturer for the BPE Program Seminar

Students design new biosolids management system for Central Davis Sewer District

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Utah State University was presented with a check for $5,000 from defense company Northrop Grumman on Dec. 1.

Listen here or on SoundCloud to learn about some of the research the College of Engineering at Utah State University has completed.

CEE department and Utah Water Research Lab open three faculty positions to address critical water challenges

Force a buoyant ball underwater and let it go. The ball springs to the surface and jumps into the air. But let's go deeper

Engineering students from across Utah will hurl ripening jack-o'-lanterns across the sky

A group of USU alumni who work at the Sandia National Laboratories, are doing something to pass along the same benefits they received as students. They created a scholarship fund that has awarded up to $1,000 per year to multiple recipients.

At the end of his junior year fluid mechanics course, Deryl Snyder raised his hand and told the professor he wanted to learn more. The mechanical engineering major had mastered the basics but only felt comfortable solving simple fluid dynamics problems.

For the past seven years, Bethany Neilson has spent part of her summers in the chilly waters of Northern Alaska

Computer science alumnus Subash Gutala donated funding for a scholarship that will benefit future Aggies

Engineering State has become one of the most popular engineering outreach programs at USU

Nephi Jones has spent the last decade developing a more efficient bioreactor for the life sciences industry. The big stainless steel vessels dot the laboratory space where he works at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Logan.

As drone applications expand, a USU aerospace engineer is offering the public a free online software tool that could revolutionize the industry

SELECT, the Sustainable Electrified Transportation Center, brings auto industry and engineering researchers together

College of Engineering students brought home a second place prize from the national Autonomous Vehicle Completion held Sept. 17 in Niwot, Colorado

In arid Utah, a marshy wetland, teeming with aquatic life and migratory birds is among the most cherished natural resources in the state.

Biological Engineering faculty will discuss muscles and mentors at October 28 event in the Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall

CEE's Caleb Buahin wins best paper award at 8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling & Software in Toulouse, France

After 22 years of service to Utah State University, College of Engineering Dean Dr. Christine Hailey will step down to begin a new leadership role in Texas and to be closer to family

Utah State University offers nearly $1 million in scholarship funding to high school students attending E-State summer camp.

The fourth annual Conference on Electric Roads & Vehicles (CERV) is coming to Logan May 16-17

USU College of Engineering students place top 3 at ASME's Human Powered Vehicle Challenge

Researchers at Utah State University are taking a fresh look at stormwater management as part of a federally-funded study to improve water reuse in the western U.S

Faculty, students and staff members at USU's College of Engineering shared their sympathies in learning of the passing of Mechanical Engineering Professor Emeritus Dr. Edward Vendell. Dr. Vendell died Saturday April 9. He was 83.

Dean Christine Hailey and department heads from across the College of Engineering recognize 13 students for receiving the prestigious A-Pin award

The annual spring runoff conference brings together researchers, scientists, and top experts in Utah and Intermountain West to discuss water issues. The conference took place on April 5-6, 2016 at the Eccles Conference Center on USU's Logan campus.

A biological engineering researcher has taken a big step toward making a safer, more natural blue dye

Sometimes computers just can’t solve the problem. How would a computer, for example, decide which image in a stack of photos is the prettiest? When a task requires a human touch, problem solvers turn to online crowdsourcing tools for the solution.

ECE researchers are working to better understand the computer security of driverless cars

Engineering education experts at Utah State University are narrowing in on new insights into why young engineering students drop out of their programs or change majors

In the spirit of giving this holiday season, the College of Engineering at Utah State University and ICON Health and Fitness delivered a much anticipated gift to the staff and clients at Logan’s Common Ground Outdoor Adventures.

The American Heart Association is supporting a new study at Utah State University where researchers are developing a technology that may help the human body better protect itself against cardiovascular

Ever wondered what happens to the surge of stormwater you see racing down your street?

Biological engineers developing new methods to treat age-related macular degeneration, retinopathy of prematurity

Members of the Engineers Without Borders Team Mexico have been working with residents in the community of La Salitrera, Mexico for several years to help eliminate arsenic from water supplies using an improved design of the bio-sand water filter.

Nate Ruben and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dr. Jake Gunther can see something on the surface that most people can’t. The two are developing a new technology that uses a video camera to detect a person’s heartbeat.

For Bruce Bishop, a cozy retirement is still a ways off. On his last official day of work, the former dean and professor of civil engineering was waist-deep in activities at the Water Lab and showcasing the College of Engineering across South America.

College of Engineering Names Classroom Building in Honor of Richard and Moonyeen Anderson

On a warm spring day at the USU Organic Farm, computer science professor Dr. Vladimir Kulyukin delivers a few puffs of sweet-smelling pine cone smoke into one of his beehives and gently opens the top.

This year's senior design student showcase featured projects include Solar-powered Backpack, Knock-Detecting Door Lock, Smart Carabiner, and Robotic Hand.

Biological Engineering Team Leads New Study on Growing Algae in Produced Water

Engineering education researchers are identifying the road blocks that keep some students from reaching their academic goals

SHPE members boost STEM awareness and help local high school students and their parents navigate the college admissions process

World War II pilot and longtime Cache Valley resident leaves lasting legacy for future mechanical and aerospace engineers