The future is nano: Chemical and materials science engineers lead the way with Wayne State’s new nano incubator program

Jul 12 2011

In recent decades, the definition of engineering has expanded to encompass diverse disciplines, and engineering itself has become a more collaborative effort, often with medicine, pharmaceuticals and chemistry. There is no better example of these changes than Wayne State University’s new nano incubator program, co-directed by Guangzhao Mao and Rangaramanujam Kannan, professors in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. The field of nanomaterials takes a materials

Automotive employers zero in on new grads in alternative energy engineering

Jul 12 2011

  According to the U.S. Department of Labor, only four states have unemployment rates higher than Michigan’s. But thousands of automotive related engineering positions in Michigan are begging to be filled. Following the massive restructuring of the auto industry, which is now resourcing for design and production of hybrid and electric drive vehicles, a large gap exists between available positions and qualified engineers. Engineers with skills and experience in hybrid, propulsion,

Mechanical engineering student receives American Tinnitus Association award

Jul 11 2011

Na Zhu, a Wayne State University College of Engineering student, has received the 2011 American Tinnitus Association Student Research Grant Program award. The program financially supports scientific studies that investigate and aim to find a cure for tinnitus. Zhu, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Sean Wu, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing an innovative, 3-D computer-aided diagnostic system to pinpoint the exact locations of

WSU Department of Computer Science to be transferred to College of Engineering

Jul 7 2011

Provost Ronald T. Brown (left) and Dean Farshad Fotouhi on a College of Engineering visit in January 2011. Photo by Rick Bielaczyc. Effective Fall 2011, the Wayne State Department of Computer Science will be transferred from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to the College of Engineering. Talk of such a move has been bandied about for as long as computer science has been taught at Wayne State, but no proposals were made until Jan. 11, 2011,