Phonons are the quantum units of mechanical vibration. They describe how motion propagates through a solid at the smallest ...

A project is testing whether high-tech objects that look a bit like artificial trees can generate renewable power when they are shaken by the wind -- or by the sway of a tall building, traffic on a ...

1.Thesis Track M.S Students on the thesis track will design a student specific curriculum sequence of 12 credit hours of coursework with the first semester of graduate study. 9 Credit hours of thesis ...

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A collaboration between the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has shown it’s possible to electronically tune the frequency ...

For precision engineering systems, such as CD and DVD players, anti lock braking systems and computer hard disk drives, vibration can significantly affect performance. Now, engineers have developed an ...

Powerful electronics don't have to come at an environmental cost. Scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed ...

Researchers working at the intersection of waste recycling and metallurgy are building a case that dead leaves, once ...

Mechanical Engineering applies the fields of physics, mathematics, and materials science to the design and realization of mechanical and thermal systems. For over a century mechanical engineers have ...