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...
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The OWL-Sight Team, Connor Beck, Rocco Haeufgloeckner, and Henry Krumrine, showcased their work at the 2026 Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity on Thursday, March 26, 2026, at the Howard Gittis Student Center on Main Campus at Temple University. The team presented a poster featuring preliminary results from their prototype...
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...
The Mechatronics Lab presented at the Educational Meeting organized by the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), held at Sandy Run Country Club in Oreland, Pennsylvania. Henry Krumrine and Jonah Tesler delivered a poster presentation titled “Listening to Failure: The Sound of a Failing Bearing.”...
Dr. Sayginer presented at the 2026 Temple Research and Creative Works Symposium in Session 6: Engineering, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems. The talk, titled “Fostering Interdisciplinary Research with the Mechatronics Lab at Temple University,” introduced the Mechatronics Lab to symposium attendees and highlighted how the lab supports cross disciplinary collaboration at...
Dr. Sayginer delivered a poster presentation at Temple University’s 24th Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence, presenting a teaching innovation learning kit to the Temple community. This work was first introduced at the ASEE FYEE Conference, and was presented at Temple with updates including student survey findings and other preliminary...
2025 has been a remarkable year, especially because the Mechatronics Lab launched in the second half of the year. Even in this short time, we built meaningful momentum in teaching, student projects, community engagement, publications, and external support. Highlights of 2025 Teaching Presentation: “How Can GenAI Foster Interdisciplinary Research on...
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,...
