This unrestricted gift will fund student preparation for an AI-Powered workforce – leveraging a new state-of-the-art Design and Make lab.
Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently announced its distinguished 2023 Class of AAAS fellows, which includes two Howard University professors -- Janelle Burke, Ph.D. and Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D. -- among the list of 502 scientists, engineers, and innovators.
Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Mosleh, Ph.D., was recently awarded a $900K grant by the U.S. Department of Education for the Integrating Leadership Education and Development (I-LEAD) into Minority STEM Education program. The I-LEAD program will span over the course of three years.
Howard University mechanical engineering alumna Aprille J. Ericsson (MEng ‘90; Ph.D. ‘95) has been nominated by United States President Joseph Biden to serve as the assistant secretary of defense for science and technology.
Category: Alumni, College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
The Howard University student section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (HU ASME) recently received the ASME Student Section Achievement Award for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Howard University mechanical engineering professor and department chair Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., P.E., was recently elevated to fellow member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The ASEE Board of Directors confers the grade of fellow members to recognize outstanding contributions to engineering education or engineering technology education and considerable individual contributions to ASEE.
Mechanical engineering professor Gbadebo Moses Owolabi, Ph.D., recently received a $794K grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for his research on enhancing advanced materials produced with additive manufacturing technology (AM), commonly known as 3D printing technology.
Autodesk Inc. has donated $1 million to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University, the largest-ever unrestricted gift to the department. The gift for the Department of Mechanical Engineering expands its manufacturing and making facilities and laboratory facilities for students enrolled in the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA).
Howard University chemical engineering senior Olabisi Bello, mechanical engineering senior Yaman Siwakoti and computer science senior Deante Taylor recently received prestigious Tau Beta Pi scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. Scholarships are awarded annually by Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, to junior members on a competitive basis of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.
Category: Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University computer engineering junior Ayron Fears, mechanical engineering senior Khari Fletcher, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Cameron Lewis (BSEE 2019), and electrical engineering sophomore David Toler launched their RockOn!2022 educational payload experiment on the Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility in Greenbelt, Maryland this past summer.
Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University mechanical engineering alumna Aprille J. Ericsson (M. Eng. ‘90; Ph.D. ‘95) was recently awarded the Ralph Coats Roe Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The Ralph Coats Roe Medal was established in 1972 to recognize engineers who have made an outstanding contribution toward a better public understanding and appreciation of engineering and its impact on society.
Howard University mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Mosleh, Ph.D., recently received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The award recognizes those individuals who have made significant contributions to mentoring and supporting the future of the U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce.
Mechanical engineering alumna Delicia Gunn (BSME ‘94), recently launched HEMPSULATION®, the debut product of her new venture HEMPSULATION, LLC. HEMPSULATION® is a sustainable building insulation material for commercial and residential use. The non-toxic, negative carbon footprint building material offers thermal, environmental and health benefits surpassing mineral wool, fiberglass, rockwool and other synthetic building insulation products.
Rising mechanical engineering senior Ananda Nole recently published a paper on her research work at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Nole’s research will be presented in a paper titled “Dual and Miniaturized Semi-Confocal Fabry-Perot Spectrometers for H2O and HDO Millimeter-Wave Sensing” at the 75th Annual International Symposium for Molecular Spectroscopy in Champaign, Illinois in June.
Mechanical engineering alumnus and professor emeritus Lewis Thigpen, Ph.D., PE (BSME ’64) was invited to deliver a lecture as a distinguished alumnus at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (MMAE) Department’s 2022 MMAE Student Research Competition and Departmental Awards.
Category: Alumni, Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering alumnus Oscar Barton, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., F.ASME (MSME ‘87, Ph.D. ‘93) recently received the 2022 District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies (DCCEAS) Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Barton is the first African American mechanical engineering Ph.D. recipient at Howard University and was named dean of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University in 2020.
Mechanical engineering senior Cheikh Badiane from the Howard University chapter of Engineers Without Borders joined community organizations to celebrate the Garden of Eden project in the city’s Ward 8 community – a series of raised garden beds enhancing the accessibility of gardening for seniors and those with limited mobility.
Category: Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University and Xometry, Inc., a leading AI-enabled marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, today announced the creation of the Xometry Scholars Program. Xometry will pledge more than $900,000 to provide eight scholarships over the next four school years to students enrolled in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Howard University College of Engineering and Architecture.
Mechanical Engineering Alumnus David Canada (BSME ‘04) received the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) 2021 Science Spectrum Trailblazers Award. The award recognizes distinguished individuals who are making a difference in mathematics, biological sciences, physical sciences and social sciences.
Mechanical Engineering Junior Oluwatisefunmi Ayo-Idowu recently received the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Student Leadership Award. The BEYA Student Leadership Award serves to recognize students who are striving to make outstanding contributions to the varied aspects of science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) education and who have proved an interest and commitment to volunteering and learning while affecting the academic atmosphere of their campus (BEYA). Ayo-Idowu also received the 2021 BEYA Student Community Award.
Alumnus and professor emeritus Lewis Thigpen, Ph.D., PE (BSME ’64) recently published his autobiography, Born and Rai
Mechanical engineering senior Saleah McFadden won the $50K grand prize at the AT&T HBCU Innovation Challenge along with Howard University (HU) School of Business team members, Ashlynn Donelson, Keoniah Phillips, and Zakiyah Walker. The HU winning team, 4twenty1, competed against 24 other student teams from across seventeen HBCUs.
Mechanical Engineering Alumnus Oscar Barton, Jr. (MSME ‘87, Ph.D. ‘93), the first African American to receive the Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University, was recently named dean of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University. Dr. Barton’s leadership will assist with the efforts of engineering deans at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to diversify the engineering fields and promote the position of HBCUs as leading research institutions in science and engineering.
Department of Mechanical Engineering Chair and Professor Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., P.E., recently received the prestigious SAE International Leadership Citation from SAE International, formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers. The SAE International Leadership Citation provides public recognition to one individual annually who is internationally acknowledged for continuous professional involvement and participation in SAE programs and events worldwide.
Category: Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Architecture Director of Innovation and Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Grant Warner, Ph.D., along with Mechanical Engineering Professor Gbadebo Moses Owolabi, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Hyung Bae, Ph.D., will be leading the AMP3 Summer Immersion Program at Howard University.
Abimbola Oluwade, a 2020 mechanical engineering graduate, has been awarded a graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. Oluwade will receive a cash stipend of $10,000 to pursue graduate studies in mechanical engineering. Oluwade plans to obtain his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a concentration in fluid mechanics and thermal processes. Tau Beta Pi Fellowships are awarded on the basis of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.
Mechanical engineering graduate Melissa Douglas will serve as the student speaker for the 2020 College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) Awards and Recognition Ceremony. This spring, Douglas received a 2020 BEYA Student Leadership Award for her outstanding leadership as president of both the DC Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, and the Howard University chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Mechanical Engineering Seniors Melissa Douglas, Jibri Wright, Alli Ashby, and Brad LeBlanc designed masks in response to the current global crisis and shortage of personal protective equipment. The designs are printable substitutes for traditional protective masks that help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
We celebrate the life of Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus, Peter Bainum, Ph.D. Dr. Bainum served as a Howard University Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty member from 1969 to 2003. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Bainum held many other professional positions in his field.
The Howard University Industry-Research Inclusion in STEM Education (I-RISE) initiative is a cross-cutting institutional project. Mechanical Engineering Professor and Principal Investigator Mohsen Mosleh, Ph.D. was recently awarded $750K for I-RISE by the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
Category: Research, Mechanical Engineering
