Mechanical Engineering

Building better car seats

By Website Administrator | Jun 30, 2009

Kettering University's Crash Safety Center worked with Dorel Juvenile Group to develop a ground-breaking new car seat safety technology that better protects kids in side impact crashes.

Blowing stuff up

By Website Administrator | Jul 8, 2009

It was for a class, no really, there was actual scientific research being performed when Dr. Henry Kowalski and four students, blew stuff up at the end of last semester (the students got actual credit for it too).

'America's Best Colleges'

By Website Administrator | Aug 20, 2009

Kettering University's IME program is ranked #1 and its Mechanical Engineering program is #2 in the 2010 edition of 'America's Best Colleges' by U.S. News & World Report.

Physical therapy for co-op

By Website Administrator | Sep 9, 2009

Sam Perlmutter '06, Mechanical Engineering graduate of Kettering University and current Ph.D. fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences at Northwestern University, created a one-of-a-kind professional cooperative education program that students would pay him to join.

Oswald Fellowships awarded

By Website Administrator | Dec 23, 2009

Three Kettering University faculty were awarded two Oswald International Faculty Fellowships to pursue teaching and research opportunities in China and the United Arab Emirates.

New vehicle durability test lab

By Website Administrator | Jan 5, 2011

Kettering has added a vehicle durability and integration lab to its stable of research facilities on campus. This lab can really SHAKE things up!

New fuel and old cars

By Website Administrator | Jan 4, 2011

Two Kettering professors continue their research into the effects of ethanol-blended gasoline on older-model cars.

MAGMA

By Website Administrator | Feb 11, 2011

Kettering hosted the Michigan Academy for Green Mobility Alliance and is committed to helping retrain workers for the emerging green mobility economy.

Next generation of Engineering textbooks

By Website Administrator | Mar 9, 2011

Kettering's Dr. Bassem Ramadan and colleagues at Michigan State University are taking the concept of "text book" to a whole new level.

Electric sports boats coming soon!

By Website Administrator | Oct 21, 2011

Alex Smith '09, helped develop the world's first all electric power boat and now he's tackling an electric powertrain for an electric motorcycle.