Two standout members of the Temple Mechatronics Lab—the lead engineers behind the OWL-Sight detection system—spent this past summer as engineering interns at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. Now back on campus as graduate students in Temple’s 4+1 Master’s program, both have secured full-time post-graduation job offers with the company in Baltimore....
Research
Vedat Ulas, an undergraduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering (’28) and a researcher in the Temple Mechatronics Lab, has received a $1,000 scholarship from the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) for the 2026–2027 academic year. The competitive award recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate...
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...
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...
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...
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.”...
As part of the OWL Project, the OWL Strike: Autonomous Drone Neutralization senior design team successfully presented their work in the Fall 2025 semester. The team members are Owen Pelonero, Gavin Buce, Danny Tropeano, and Andrew Freeman, shown from left to right in the picture above. In this project, OWL...
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...
