Michigan Tech Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

09/02/2026

It was great to get to meet with Senator Slotkin!

07/01/2026

Love seeing our students putting engineering into action! 🚜💛

Way to go to our work-study student, Jordyn, for taking full advantage of this incredible internship experience at Husco. There's nothing like getting hands-on with the equipment to see how classroom concepts translate into real-world engineering.

Keep learning, keep exploring, and keep making us proud! 👏

06/04/2026

🎉 Michigan Tech MAE seniors win 2nd place at national AFRL jet engine competition!

We're incredibly proud of this Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Senior Capstone team, who traveled to Dayton, Ohio last week to compete in the Air Force Research Laboratory's Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program (APOP) — and finished 2nd Overall out of 21 universities.

The task was no small feat: teams were given an off-the-shelf jet engine and challenged to design, build, and integrate a compact heat exchange system that heats cold incoming air using hot compressed air extracted from the engine's compressor — all without sacrificing thrust or significantly increasing the engine's size or weight. The modified engines were then tested and scored at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Team members Connor Corry, Ben Herzberger, Max Kleiman, Jackson Reese, Alex Rottier, and Miles Slingsby — advised by Dr. Aslihan Vuruskan and Dr. William Endres, with Dr. Kazuya Tajiri as project PI — delivered an outstanding performance and represented Michigan Tech with excellence.

This is the kind of hands-on, high-stakes, real-world engineering experience that defines a Michigan Tech education. If you're a high school student curious about aerospace or mechanical engineering, we'd love to show you what's possible here. 🚀

👉 Learn more about our MAE programs: https://www.mtu.edu/mechanical-aerospace/undergraduate/

06/02/2026

Team Michigan Tech has been selected as a winner of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Power at Sea Prize DEVELOP Phase, receiving a $75,000 cash award.

The team, based in Michigan Tech’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, includes Abishek Subramanian (PhD student), Zach Hardy (undergraduate student), Dr. Shangyan Zou, Dr. Tania Demonte Gonzales, Dr. Gordon Parker, and Dr. Wayne Weaver.

The Power at Sea Prize challenges teams to develop systems that harness marine energy — from waves, tides, and ocean currents — to power off-grid ocean-based applications that support the blue economy. Team Michigan Tech first advanced as one of 20 CONCEPT Phase winners in November 2024, earning a $10,000 award. They have now been selected as a DEVELOP Phase winner, with up to 20 teams sharing a prize pool of up to $1.5 million.

The prize is part of the DOE’s American-Made program and was developed in collaboration with NOAA, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, among other federal partners.

Congratulations, Team Michigan Tech!

05/27/2026

Congratulations to Michigan Tech PhD student Anthony Ciletti on an outstanding showing at the Acoustical Society of America's Philadelphia meeting!

Anthony was selected as one of three awardees in the inaugural ASA Student Paper Competition: Seminal Papers in Acoustics, for his presentation on Johnson, Koplik, and Dashen's 1987 paper on the theory of dynamic permeability and tortuosity in fluid-saturated porous media. Seven students from universities across the country presented on foundational acoustics papers, and were evaluated by a panel of judges on historical context, technical content, seminal impact, and communication.

This follows his First Place win in the ASA Best Young Presenter Award at the ASA Honolulu meeting last December, where he was selected from a field of 15 participants for his presentation on anisotropic acoustic characterization of TPMS architected metamaterials via impedance-tube and multiscale modeling.

Anthony is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow pursuing his PhD in Dr. Bhisham Sharma's Mechanical, Acoustics, and Dynamics Lab. Keep up the great work, Anthony!

05/26/2026

Formula SAE update: Michigan Tech Formula SAE finished 20th overall in a field of 114 teams -- congratulations, Huskies! Dynamic event day was tough. After setting an impressive time (4th overall) in the acceleration event, the car spun and hit a wall. The driver was unharmed! There was significant damage to the car, however (see photos). The team attacked the problem and got the car back on the track within two hours -- then completed all dynamic events. Grace under pressure!

05/26/2026

Watch Michigan Tech's Astro-Huskies receive their Third Place award in the 2026 Lunabotics Challenge at https://www.youtube.com/live/yyLjc4PaIlw?si=tBXa1ZBrjbRzVwmk&t=33284 . Congratulations, Huskies !!!! https://mine.geo.mtu.edu/

Live from the Artemis Arena located at the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Center or Space Edcuation at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.This is Luna...

05/21/2026

The MTU MINE AstroHuskies team and MOOSE had a great second run this morning! The team spent the last three days competing in the final rounds of the NASA Lunabotics Competition at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Results should be out later today - great work, team, and good luck!

05/19/2026

🚀 Michigan Tech's MINE AstroHuskies are headed to the NASA Lunabotics Top 10 Finals! AstroHuskies will have competition runs TODAY at: 3:30 pm! See link below.
After competing over the last 5 days at the University of Central Florida in the qualifying rounds, the AstroHuskies have officially advanced to the Finals at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the next three days! 🚀🌕
Their robot, MOOSE (Mobile Operations for Off-world Surface Excavation), and 12 of the 53 student team members are representing Michigan Tech at the competition this week.

The Top 10 teams include: • College of DuPage • Iowa State University • Michigan Technological University • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology • San Diego State University • University of Alabama • University of Illinois Chicago • University of Utah • University of Virginia • Virginia Tech

Watch the competition live using the links below (run order and exact times are still being finalized):

📺 NASA KSC Day 1 — Tuesday 5/19 — 11:00 AM–6:00 PM
https://sl1nk.com/o3c7rwr

📺 NASA KSC Day 2 — Friday 5/20 — 8:30 AM–6:00 PM
https://sl1nk.com/v5g6e2o

📺 NASA KSC Day 3 — Saturday 5/21 — 8:30 AM–5:00 PM
(Awards Ceremony begins at 4:00 PM)
https://l1nq.com/0egsea0

▶️ Full YouTube Playlist for all 3 livestreams:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEhH5eFliz0OioYzTOSUOCY9As_VgVF4f&si=5Uap348WGYBq2Yt4

The team checks in at 7:00 AM Tuesday, with the first competition runs beginning at 11:00 AM. MTU MINE AstroHuskies will have competition runs TODAY at: 3:30 pm,

Please wish the AstroHuskies good luck as they compete on one of the biggest stages in collegiate robotics and space exploration! 🖤💛🐾

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05/14/2026

The FSAE Enterprise is at Michigan International Speedway, competing with 114 other teams. Today, the car passed all inspections and performance requirements on the first attempt! The team also presented their design and cost strategy to competition judges. The goal is to present to all judges at the Design Finals tomorrow evening.

The remaining driving events are Acceleration, Skidpad, and Autocross on Friday. Competition concludes with the Endurance event and awards on Saturday.

Track our results at https://results.fsaeonline.com/MyResults.aspx?carnum=87&tab=notices