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Michael Phillips and Phil Cooper, the two co-founders of Vena Medical, announced their first government approval this week for a device to remove blood clots from the brains of stroke patients. The inflatable balloon temporarily restricts blood flow while surgeons use tools to remove the clot, increasing the chances of success on the first attempt.

The first Associate Chair Teaching position, formerly known as the Teaching Chair has been appointed to Carol Hulls. The role of the Associate Chair of Teaching is to encourage the development of instructors and promote creativity and innovation in teaching within the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering.

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Ehsan Toyserkani publishes new book

MME professor, Ehsan Toyserkani, worked in collaboration with fellow co-authors to publish a new book titled Metal Additive Manufacturing.

This textbook is one of the firsts to link the basics of fundamental undergraduate Engineering courses with metal additive manufacturing processes. It serves as an introduction to principal physical concepts, metal additive manufacturing processes, and their applications. This book can be used as foundational material for a core MME undergraduate course, as well as graduate courses.

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Carolyn Hansson and Rick Culham Retire

Congratulations on two wonderful careers, Carolyn and Rick!

Although Carolyn's calendar is still jam packed with commitments (member of 3 boards of directors,  2 CSA committees, 2 ACI committees, treasurer of a Probus club, supervising 2 grad students, among others), at least she'll be removing one of them, that of teaching our undergraduates!