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...
Undergraduate Research
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...
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.”...
William Tuszynski and Thomas O’Brien visited campus on September 27 to present Samira Akther with a $750 scholarship from the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Samira’s project, “Listening to Failure: The Sound of a Failing Bearing,” explores acoustic methods to monitor lubrication degradation in...
We are excited to congratulate Samira Akther, a Mechanical Engineering undergraduate student, on receiving a $750 scholarship from the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). This competitive award recognizes outstanding students with a strong interest in tribology, lubrication, and condition monitoring. Samira’s project, titled “Listening...
Congratulations to Henry Krumrine, a senior Mechanical Engineering student, on receiving the prestigious Creative Arts, Research, and Scholarship (CARAS) Grant from Temple University. His project, titled “Listening to Materials: A Study of Acoustic Emission Signals” focuses on analyzing acoustic emission signal features such as amplitude, frequency, energy, and rise time...
