Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

Tiny, perfectly smooth carbon spheres added to motor oil have been shown to reduce friction and wear typically seen in engines by as much as 25 percent, suggesting a similar enhancement in fuel economy.

Medical device manufacturers can license, develop and manufacture a Purdue University design that incorporates an electric seat lift and integrated walker that could help users more easily sit into and get out of a traditional wheelchair.

Purdue University has formed an industry research consortium as part of a national center, led by Professor Tim Fisher, to create temperature-control technologies for dynamic energy systems on aerospace vehicles.

ME alums Doug Field, Roger Linquist, and Patrick Loehrer are among the ten exceptional individuals receiving the CoE Distinguished Engineering Alumni/Alumnae Award this year

The recently announced $40 million Lilly Endowment grant is helping fund a major expansion of the nation's largest university propulsion laboratory for research aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions for next-generation jet engines.

Arezoo Ardekani and colleagues have developed a new, relatively simple process making it possible to create biocompatible particles called shape-controllable microgels that could be custom-designed for specific roles such as drug delivery vehicles, tissue engineering building blocks and biomedical research.

A new cardboard-robotic toolkit allows children to create custom robots they control wirelessly with hand gestures without formal education in programming or electronics.

Rebecca Krone Kramer, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been named to the Forbes’ 2015 "30 Under 30 Who are Moving the World" list in the manufacturing category. The list highlights innovators under the age of 30 "who are modernizing the way things are made in a greener, tech-savvy world."