Department of Mechanical Engineering

Suman Kumar ’19 will pursue a master’s degree in international policy, joining students from across the globe for the selective program.

As he prepares for graduation, Beirut native Marc Haddad ’21 says he's had “some of the best experiences of my life” at Rochester.

Measuring carbon at the highest pressures ever achieved in a laboratory, researchers at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics report first model of the carbon structures that may make up planets outside the solar system.

Students and faculty members adapt to new—and safety-conscious—ways of interacting as teachers, scholars, and researchers.

Rochester researchers help lead work to simulate pressures of white dwarf stars, work that may offer ideas for creating new materials on Earth.

The University is the host institution for a NSF-funded national collaboration to explore ‘revolutionary states of matter.’

Using sand, marbles, and mathematical modeling, Rochester researchers from across departments worked to improve the accuracy of data collected from the surfaces of asteroids.

A University engineering team uses 3-D printers and laser cutters to make face shields as part of a community-wide effort to supply much-needed safety equipment.

Two awards from the Department of Energy will help Rochester scientists work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy.

One Rochester graduate and one senior are among the 145 Schwarzman Scholars selected this year from a global applicant pool of more than 4,700 applicants to complete a multidisciplinary one-year master’s program at China’s Tsinghua University.