Mechanical Engineering News & Events

Congratulations to the 2009 Solar Decathlon Team!

mdonohoe@scu.edu (Michael Donohoe) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:16:00 PST

Team California, comprised of students from all disciplines at Santa Clara University and California College of the Arts took Third Place in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Solar Decathlon Competition. Team California finished 3rd overall, taking 1st Place awards in both the Architecture and Communications categories. Congratulations to all those students who worked tirelessly on this project.

Welcome Professor Hohyun Lee

mdonohoe@scu.edu (Michael Donohoe) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:11:00 PST

The Mechanical Engineering Department is thrilled to welcome its newest member, Professor Hohyun Lee! Professor Lee joins Santa Clara University from M.I.T. and will be teaching in the thermo-fluids area.

SCU Students Control NASA Satellite

mdonohoe@scu.edu (Michael Donohoe) — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:42:26 PST

Engineering students in the Robotic Systems Laboratory are performing
mission operations for a NASA satellite that was launched on May 19. The
satellite contains an experimental biological payload that is exploring
how microbes may become resistant to drugs used to treat sick
astronauts. SCU students have engineered all of the communications and
control systems used to operate the spacecraft, and they are performing
their own research on advanced techniques to detect and diagnose faults on
remote spacecraft.

Professor Kitts receives the School of Engineering's Award for Teaching Excellence.

mdonohoe@scu.edu (Michael Donohoe) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:33:34 PST

Congratulations to Professor Christopher Kitts for receiving the School of Engineering's Award for Teaching Excellence for 2008. Professor Kitts, the head of the Robotics Systems Lab, teaches courses and conducts research in the areas of dynamics, controls, robotics, and mechatronic systems. Besides being an outstanding teacher and researcher, he serves well as advisor and mentor to many students. We are very proud and lucky to have such a unique and dynamic individual as our colleague .