Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Feb 25, 2022

MAE team selected for $3.2 million energy-harvesting underwater vehicle project

North Carolina State University’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department was recently selected as part of a multi-institutional team that will be participating in Phase 2 of DARPA’s Manta Ray program. 

Feb 23, 2022

Goodnight Scholar Spotlight: Kerrington Shade

Amid her many accomplishments at NC State, Kerrington Shade '21 holds "overcoming the challenges of and uncertainties of switching [majors] to an unfamiliar field of study" among the highest. Originally an Applied Mathematics major, Kerrington switched into the Mechanical Engineering program with the goal of working on real-world applications through the mathematical lenses that she has grown to appreciate. 

Feb 22, 2022

Goodnight Alumni Spotlight: Asa Augustin

Throughout most of his tenure at NC State, Goodnight Scholars Alumnus Asa Augustin had a dream of becoming a design engineer building cool products - basically being Tony Stark. 

Feb 15, 2022

MAE professor publishes research on human–robot interaction for clinical care in infectious environments

Motivated by an increased need for robotic systems in the field of public health caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, MAE Associate Professor Dr. Hao Su contributed to research published last year in Nature Machine Intelligence, a prestigious scientific journal dedicated to covering machine learning and artificial intelligence. 

Jan 27, 2022

New lung ultrasound research published by MAE professor

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) published their special issue on lung ultrasound research last month, which featured the work of NC State University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Marie Muller.  

Jan 26, 2022

Kirigami robotic grippers are delicate enough to lift egg yolks

Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without breaking them, and that are precise enough to lift a human hair. The work has applications for both soft robotics and biomedical technologies. 

Dec 14, 2021

Technique speeds up thermal actuation for soft robotics

A new design for thermal actuators allows rapid movement in soft robotic devices. 

Nov 30, 2021

Srinath Ekkad awarded the 2022 AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Award

Established in 1975, the Air Breathing Propulsion Award is presented to an individual for sustained, meritorious accomplishment in the arts, sciences, and technology of air breathing propulsion systems. 

Nov 11, 2021

Livestream: 2021 Dr. Hassan A. Hassan Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Robert D. Braun, Director for Planetary Science, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Bren Professor of Aerospace, California Institute of Technology, will lead a lecture entitled, “The Coming Decade of Planetary Science.”