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Mechanical Engineering Highlights
- Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Jun Zhang has published an opinion piece on coiled muscles — a type of artificial muscle — in the March 7, 2025 issue of Science magazine. “Ply for a large stroke” discusses advances in the production of coiled muscle, particularly the use of twisted polymer fibers to improve stroke and force output of the coiled muscle. Zhang’s piece appears in the magazine’s Insights | Perspectives section and complements a relevant research paper in the same issue.
- Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student and flight test engineer Jessica Peterson, with two co-authors, has published an article detailing the notable flight tests of 2024 in the December issue of Aerospace America. The magazine is the official publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); the end-of-year issue is dedicated to the year’s biggest aerospace achievements and milestones.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission funds new nuclear microreactor safety research
University faculty to help develop regulations that ensure safe and rapid deployment of sustained electric power capacity to military and disaster sites
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White House appoints Miles Greiner to national board
Greiner’s research on nuclear packaging leads to appointment to board that reviews Department of Energy activities
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