The Department of Mechanical Engineering is active partner with several companies with the objective of helping the state's objective of economic diversification. The following is some of our efforts.
Dr. R. Boehm
· Kells Automotive: Development of a hydrogen engine
· SAIC, SES, STM: Improvement of reliability on solar dish Stirling systems
· Fisher Technical: Developing human "flying" controls for entertainment venues
· Pulte Homes: Technical support for solar water heating applications
Dr. W. Culbreth
· Hastings' Chariots: Collaboration on developing proposals for funding zero-gravity testing on sounding rockets launched from the Nevada Test Site.
Dr. B. O'Toole
· Bigelow Aerospace, Las Vegas, NV: Developing materials test methods and conducting materials tests for space structure applications.
Dr. M. Trabia
· Walker Power System, Mesa, AZ: Compressor Impeller P/A 107805-1 Tail-shaft Structural Optimization Analysis.
. Southern Nevada Water Authority: Characterization
of Stresses in Water Authority Intake Pumps.
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