The University of Tulsa Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Tulsa

The Mechanical Engineering Department has 9 tenure track professors, a department assistant, two research post docs, and two additional research personnel. The faculty excel in teaching and research with over 25 teaching awards, including three national awards, 20 best paper awards, 6 Fellow awards from international technical societies, and in excess of $2 million per year in external research fu

09/16/2023

The ME department is excited to announce that Prof Keller was recently selected for the 2024 M.M. Frocht Award in recognition of outstanding achievements as an educator in the field of experimental mechanics! This award is given by the Society for Experimental Mechanics.

05/06/2023

Join us in congratulating Prof. Sia Shirazi for recieving the University Research Award! Prof. Shirazi was recongized for his significant contributions to the fields of erosion, corrosion, and erosion-corrosion.

Outstanding Researchers 2023 The University of Tulsa is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Outstanding Researcher Award – a lifetime distinction that is received only once

01/19/2023

01/13/2023

More than 520 TU students were named to the President’s Honor Roll for the 2022 fall semester for earning an A grade in all their courses. Congratulations to these students on their outstanding academic achievement!

View the list: bit.ly/3k5WWoF.

01/12/2023

McElroy Manufacturing buys Broken Arrow Baker Hughes facility

01/03/2023

TU students design, build and test device to support outer space exploration NASA recently invited a team of mechanical engineering students and alumni to Johnson Space Center to test their rock anchoring device.

12/20/2022

This fall, over 60 mechanical engineering students and volunteers created mobility aids to allow children of every ability the opportunity to play together. Make A Difference Engineering (MADE at TU) is one of the many donor-funded programs that give students hands-on learning experiences while also serving the Tulsa community.

11/14/2022

Congrats to ME student Chloe Hershenow for recently winning the AAC women’s cross country championship!

TU researchers awarded grant to buy sophisticated robotic arm

10/31/2022

Mechanical engineering professors Joshua Schultz and Steve Tipton, along with Danielle Macdonald from Anthropology, recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to purchase a Barrett WAM® robotic arm. One of the most sophisticated robot manipulators in existence, the device will support experiments in engineering and others that help shed light on the lives of prehistoric people.

TU researchers awarded grant to buy sophisticated robotic arm Mechanical engineering and anthropology researchers received National Science Foundation funding to buy a Barrett WAM® robotic arm.