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Mechanical Engineering Highlights

  • Stainless Steel World, a magazine about the manufacture, supply and use of corrosion-resistant alloys, published a story about CISCC research done by Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Pradeep Menezes and Chemical Engineering Professor Mano Misra in its September 2024 issue. The two were awarded a $500,000 grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for their project to strengthen storage canisters used for nuclear waste.
  • Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Floris van Bruegel and postdoctoral researcher David Stupski published the paper “Wind gates olfaction-driven search states in free flight,” in Current Biology explaining a previously not-understood fly behavior. The knowledge could be used to program robotic systems to track chemical leaks. The story was covered in the July 28, 2024 Washington Post story “Why fruit flies are smarter than you think.” 

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Undergraduate researchers helping combat climate change by transforming greenhouse gases

Quinn Padovan and Caden Kuster awarded 3 Nevada Undergraduate Research Awards, presented twice at Wolf Pack Discoveries

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New understanding of fly behavior has potential application in robotics, public safety

Mechanical Engineering faculty publish findings in Current Biology

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Engineering faculty researching solutions for the safe storage of spent nuclear fuels

Pradeep Menezes and Mano Misra lead $500,000 NRC-funded project

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