Dr. Osman Sayginer presented two engineering education research papers at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2026 Annual Conference, held June 21 to 24 in Charlotte, North Carolina. A Cost-Effective Hands-On Learning Kit for Enhancing Engagement and Design Skills This work investigated the implementation of a low-cost, 3D printed...
Grants & Awards
Temple University Mechatronics Lab, Counter-UAV research team was proud to participate in the Tech Expo at the 2026 NDIA DVC Aerospace Conference on 6/9/2026, Advancing the Future Battlespace: Unmanned Aerial Systems and Counter-UAV Technologies. The team was honored to receive the Best Undergraduate Research Award as well as an...
Hannah Tugado and Santiago Troya earned the Best Visual Poster award at the ASME Philadelphia Section Banquet for their presentation on the Drone Mounted Air Quality Sensor System initiative. The project was developed as part of cOllab: Community Impact, a research and mentorship initiative within the Mechatronics Lab that connects...
Congratulations to Rachel Harmon, a Mechanical Engineering student in the College of Engineering, on being selected for the highly competitive 2026 Diamond Research Scholars Program at Temple University. Her project, titled “Development of a Thermal Stimulation Device for Assessing Vascular Reactivity in Functional Microvascular Diagnostics,” focuses on designing and evaluating...
Mechatronics Lab is pleased to share that Jonah Tesler received 2nd Place for Early-Stage Research at the Spring 2026 Temple University College of Engineering Graduate Research Poster Competition. His poster, titled “Ultrasound & Audible Range Signatures of Rolling Element Bearings Under Varying Lubrication Conditions” focuses on analyzing acoustic signatures of...
Dr. Osman Sayginer has received a Community-Engaged Course Award from Temple University’s President’s Office of Community Impact & Civic Engagement, providing $2,500 in support for the development and delivery of a new special topics undergraduate course, Mechatronic Solutions for Community Impact, planned for Fall 2026. The course is designed to...
A Temple University student team has received $600 in funding from the ASME Philadelphia Section to support the development of an autonomous waste collection and sorting robotic system and to help the team compete in the 2025 to 2026 ASME Student Design Competition. The student team includes Jake Scarsellato,...
A student team affiliated with cOllab and the ASME Temple University Section has been awarded $600 in project funding by the ASME Philadelphia Section to support the Drone Mounted Air Quality Sensor System initiative. The team includes Samuel Mikus, Hanna Tugado, Santiago Troya, and Allen Anthony. Through this cOllab effort,...
Samira Akther, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering and a member of the Temple Mechatronics Lab, has received a $750 scholarship from the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). The competitive scholarship supports students with a strong interest in tribology, lubrication, and condition monitoring. Samira...
Dr. Sayginer has been awarded a ~$3,000 Innovative Teaching with Makerspace Technology Grant from Temple Libraries’ Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio to expand hands-on, experiential learning in the curriculum beginning Fall 2025 and Spring 2026. The project will enhance the MEE 2305 Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Lab by upgrading crank...
