Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering

10/14/2026

Please join us for the Patton Allison Memorial Lecture
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"What Really Matters: Lessons from Artemis II and the Road Ahead in Space Exploration"
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Jenni Gibbons, PhD
Astronaut - Canadian Space Agency​

Thursday - October 15, 2026 @ 4:30 p.m.​

In Person and Virtual
https://engineering.msu.edu/events/patton-allison-memorial-lecture

10/06/2026

The Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) invites applications for a tenure-system faculty position. Applicants from all areas of mechanical engineering are encouraged to apply.

Please see Job Posting: 1171868 on careers.msu.edu

https://careers.msu.edu/jobs/assistant-associate-full-professor-tenure-system-east-lansing-michigan-united-states-7126e952-22cf-4dfd-8224-9a0e3eafa31b

10/03/2025

George Zhu, Gardner Endowed Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering: Injecting stability into engine evolution

Michigan State University’s Guoming "George" Zhu has spent a career improving the energy and emissions efficiencies of the internal combustion engine (ICE).  The professor of mechanical engineering continues to advance control strategies so engines can better adapt to multiple fuels and combus...

09/17/2025

Congratulations to Tamara Reid Bush, associate dean for inclusion and diversity and professor in mechanical engineering, on her induction as an American Society of Biomechanics 2025 Fellow!

04/28/2025

Sit Sense was named the 2025 MSU Innovation of the Year.

Tamara Bush, professor of mechanical engineering, and Justin Scott, biomechanics research associate, have developed a breakthrough solution to help address medical patient pressure sores, commonly known as bed sores.

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/sit-sense-tackle-hospital-pressure-sores?sc_camp=14CD019AFA0748EE8B69B95803741D92&utm_source=insidemsu-email&utm_medium=em&utm_campaign=standard-promo&utm_content=headline

12/16/2024

Congratulations to Adam Chrzan, Phd student in Dr. Tamara Reid Bush's lab!

Adam won first place in the 3-minute Thesis Competition at the 2024 American Society of Biomechanics meeting. This was a national biomechanics meeting held in Madison, Wisconsin with over 1000 participants. Adam's research highlighted the need for innovative ways to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments for thumb osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a painful disease that will affect 1 in 3 men, and the majority of women in their lifetimes, so it is important to have good medical care. In addition, Adam has developed new approaches to view and determine changes before and after surgical intervention.

Dr. Bush and Adam have, and continue to, work closely with hand surgeons in Grand Rapids and University of Michigan.

12/12/2024

ME Professor, Tamara Bush, worked with the MSU athletics department to develop 3D printed plastic inserts for football helmets to reduce crowd noise so players can hear the coach-to-player communication device.

Researchers in the MSU College of Engineering developed 3D-printed plastic inserts that can snap in and out of the earholes of football helmets and ensure student-athletes who use coach-to-player communication can hear play calls with minimal interference.

11/15/2024

Dr. Shaoting Lin, Assistant Professor in ME, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award that will advance his research efforts with $619,000 over the next five years. Found out more information at: https://engineering.msu.edu/news-events/news/2024/11/13/another-1-7-million-in-nsf-early-career-awards

10/28/2024

We are hiring!

The Department is seeking applications for multiple tenure-system faculty positions. All areas of specialization will be considered.

We are also seeking applications for a tenure-system faculty position in the area of Electric Vehicles.

Please consider applying through careers.msu.edu, posting numbers 993711 and 996342

https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/520719/assistantassociatefull-professor-tenure-system

https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/520836/assistantassociatefull-professor-tenure-system

10/25/2024

From Oct. 21-23, Michigan State University President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., and a group of faculty and administrators, including ME Chair, Minami Yoda, visited locations throughout the western Lower Peninsula of Michigan to build community connections and strengthen MSU’s commitment to education, research, outreach and extension.

https://spartanbustour.msu.edu/