Engineering

Outstanding New-student in the Robotics and Mechatronics Program (ON-RAMP) Award

Posted by ssh93 on March 29, 2025

Outstanding New-student in the Robotics and Mechatronics Program (ON-RAMP) Award

Take the first step toward an exciting future in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering. We can’t wait to see the innovative ideas and experiences you bring to NAU!

Celebrating Incoming Student Excellence in Robotics

The Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (MRE) program at Northern Arizona University is proud to announce the ON-RAMP Award, recognizing exceptional incoming students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in robotics prior to joining NAU.

Award Info and Highlights

· Eligibility: Incoming… Read more

NAU bioengineer develops 3-D simulations of sneezing, coughing to help motivate social distancing during COVID-19 pandemic

Posted by william on May 14, 2020

From NAU News on May 13 , 2020

Not convinced yet that keeping your distance and wearing a mask is worth the trouble? Perhaps scientific evidence to the contrary will help.

Amir Arzani, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is director of the Cardiovascular Biomechanics Lab, which studies the mechanisms behind initiation and progression of different cardiovascular diseases, developing computational models that can capture the multiscale and multiphysics nature of cardiovascular disease.

“In my lab, we routinely use a 3-D computer modeling technique… Read more

Graduate Jayne Sandoval: Gold Axe winner, Fulbright Scholar plans to use degree to improve life on Navajo reservation

Posted by william on May 10, 2020

From NAU News on May 7, 2020

Jayne Sandoval grew up in Ute Pass Valley, a small area of the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona that had been passed down in her family for generations. But it was more than just the place she was raised–it was where she learned to connect with her Native American culture and the Earth.

Because of her fear of gang violence and the growing drug problem surrounding her community, Sandoval’s… Read more

GRA Award Winner Ali Farghadan

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2020 Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award winner, Ali Farghadan, hails from Tehran, Iran where he studied at the Sharif University of Technology and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. During his undergraduate program, he observed the growing significance of engineering in biology and human health and decided to focus on this area of research for his graduate studies. As a student in the Master of Science Mechanical Engineering program at NAU, he joined Dr. Amirhossein Arzani’s Cardiovascular… Read more

NAU Wearable Informatics Lab turns resources to 3-D printing face shields

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Kyle Winfree and Felicity Escargaza turn resources into 3-D printing face shields for health care providers at the Wearable Informatics Lab

From NAU News on April 22, 2020

A professor and doctoral student from the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems are leading an effort to supply regional and tribal health care with face shields during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In normal times, the focus of SICCS assistant professor Kyle N. Winfree’s Wearable Informatics Lab is on wearable technologies for health, assessment and enabling people with physical disabilities to move. One of the ongoing projects is… Read more

‘Major step forward’: NAU engineer developing a more accurate failure prediction model for ductile metals

Posted by dlh378 on October 8, 2019

Every day, Americans rely on engineered systems such as bridges, buildings and offshore structures that are subject to extreme weather, earthquakes and a range of other conditions. Knowing how materials used in these systems respond to stressors is crucial to creating components that successfully and efficiently do the job.

Engineers rely on mathematical models to predict how the materials they use will react to stressors. However, some “state-of-the-art” models for ductile metals that have been in place for years have… Read more

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