Steven Wereley and colleagues have demonstrated a new technology that combines a laser and electric fields to create tiny centrifuge-like whirlpools to separate particles and microbes by size, a potential lab-on-a-chip system for medicine and research.

Mechanical engineering students completing a senior design course will demonstrate a diverse collection of inventions, from a hovering skateboard to a heart-assist device and a foldable wing for a flying car. Their work was displayed during the School of Mechanical Engineering Thomas J. and Sandra H. Malott Innovation Awards competition.

Heather Coar (New Employee Award) and Dave Koester (Professional Achievement Award) were recognized at the annual Staff Awards Banquet on November 16, 2012.

Among our 2012 awardees is an innovator of aerospace technology; a product development engineer and community spokesperson; an inventor and entrepreneur; an esteemed oncologist looking into cutting edge treatments and medical program director; a leading researcher in the automotive industry; an astronaut and aviator; an esteemed, beloved professor; and a rocket scientist and engineering team leader.