Miami University is ranked third among national universities for its commitment to teaching in the just-released U.S.News & World Report 2012 edition of America’s Best Colleges. Only 12 national universities are cited for such faculty commitment, the results of a peer assessment survey by university officials at the national universities included in the magazine.
“It is [...]

NASA Internship to Develop the World’s First Self-Powered Smart Window
Lyndsey McMillon recently completed her internship with NASA’s Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) where she, along with Jeremiah McNatt – the NASA lead for the “Adaptive Windows: Path to Zero Energy Buildings” – helped to develop a “small scale working semi-transparent solar cell,” which will automatically [...]

Michael Bailey-Van Kuren, associate professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering, worked with Donna Scarborough, associate professor of speech pathology and audiology, to develop a medical device to suppress the gag-reflex of the throat muscles. The glove-like acupressure device diminishes the gag-reflex in speech therapy and in people who are sensitive to activities such as dental [...]

During Miami University’s Convocation, eleven students were recognized for their remarkable record of academic achievement and their contribution to the intellectual climate at Miami University. Each of these scholars was honored with the $1,000 Provost Student Academic Achievement Award, which is granted annually to approximately 10 – 15 students who have completed their junior year.
This [...]

During the Feb. 4 meeting, Miami University’s board of trustees approved recommendations for promotion and tenure effective July 1, 2011.
For Promotion to PROFESSOR:
For TENURE and promotion to ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:

Anna Dollár, professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering at Miami University receives recognition through two prestigious awards.

The Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship (OARS) presented the 16th annual Undergraduate Research Forum in April 2010. More than 650 undergraduate students participated in the one-day event, along with 165 graduate students and faculty who served as mentors.
The Forum offers students from every division the opportunity to present results of their independent [...]

Involving students in international research collaboration

Friction Stir Welding research
The research in friction stir welding (FSW) of Dr. Carter Hamilton, assistant professor of mechanical and manufacturing engineering has played an important role in involving students in international collaboration with the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland.

Kevin Korus, Palatine, IL (left) and Bryan Hennessey, [...]

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) students Neal Birchfield, Hallee Deutchman, Joseph Stilla, and Heather Keever, designed and fabricated an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor for their Senior Design Capstone Project. Birchfield, Deutchman, and Stilla later showed their reactor to President and Mrs. Hodge, and Dean Dollár, where they demonstrated the fusion [...]

The mission: Design and build a “Wire Skimmer,” a self-propelled device that will speed along a 24-gage metal wire over an expanse of twenty feet. Your power source? A single rubber band.