News Archive

2018

  • April 30, 2018: Katherine Burn and Samantha Burton are selected for the 2018-19 Engineering Undergraduate Research Program. Congratulations Katie and Sam!
Samantha Burton not pictured
  • April 27, 2018: Ethan Nickerson defends his MS thesis, "Ultraviolet Difraction-Assisted Image Correlation (UV-DAIC) for Single-Camera 3D Strain Measurement at Extreme Temperatures." Congratulations Ethan!
  • April 27, 2018: Robert Hansen defends his MS thesis, "A High Magnification UV Lens for High Temperature Optical Strain Measurements." Congratulations Robert!
  • April 26, 2018: Thinh Thai defends his MS thesis, "Importance of Exposure Time on DIC at Extreme Temperatures." Congratulations Thinh!
  • April 3, 2018: Recent alumnus Trevor Bird is awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship for his PhD studies at Purdue University. Congratulations Trevor!
  • Mar 2, 2017: Prof. Berke is awarded an AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship for Summer 2018.
  • Feb 23, 2018: Ethan Nickerson is recognized as the MAE Outstanding MS Student Researcher of the Year. Congratulations Ethan!
  • Feb 23, 2018: Prof. Berke is recognized as the MAE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year for the third consecutive year.

2017
  • Nov 10, 2017: Dr. Berke gives a seminar at Lehigh University.
  • Apr 24, 2017: Trevor Bird wins First Place in the Undergraduate Engineering category for his presentation at USU's annual Student Research Symposium. Congratulations Trevor!
  • Mar 11, 2017: Prof. Berke is awarded an AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship for Summer 2017.
  • Feb 24, 2017: Trevor Bird is recognized as the MAE Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher of the Year. Congratulations Trevor!
  • Feb 24, 2017: Prof. Berke is recognized as the MAE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year for the second consecutive year.
  • Jan 9, 2017: Experimental Solid Mechanics is now permanently listed as MAE 5040 and will be offered every Fall.

2016
  • Nov 15, 2016: Prof. Berke is elected Vice Chair of ASME's committee on Experimental Mechanics.
  • Nov 13, 2016: Trevor presents his poster at the ASME-IMECE Undergraduate Research and Design Expo.
  • Aug 12, 2016: Ethan wins 2nd place in the World's Nuclear Energy Future poster competition at INL's 2016 Intern Expo. Congratulations Ethan!
  • Feb 19, 2016: Prof. Berke is recognized as the MAE Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year.
  • Feb 19, 2016: Prof. Berke gives a seminar at Oak Ridge National Lab at Oak Ridge, TN.

2015
  • Nov 12, 2015: Prof. Berke gives a seminar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD.
  • Nov 5, 2015: Prof. Berke gives a seminar at the Army Research Lab in Aberdeen, MD.
  • August 2015: Prof. Berke gives two seminars at Idaho National Lab
  • Apr 1, 2015: Prof. Berke gives a seminar at the University of Utah
  • Feb 9, 2015: Prof. Berke awarded RGS PhD Assistantship for Fall 2015
  • Jan 1, 2015: Prof. Ryan Berke joins MAE faculty at USU