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Human-powered drill strikes water in Tanzania

Field tests in Tanzania show that the human-powered drill built by a team of BYU engineers is a success.

Pixar increasingly tapping into BYU talent

A door was opened more than five years ago when the first BYU student landed an internship at Pixar Animation Studios. Since then, many students have earned internships, worked on some of Pixar's big animated movies and been retained in full-time positions.

Mentorship recipients fund travel to D.C.

Civil engineering students Charles Hope and Bryan Wilson are the first recipients from the Pavement and Materials Endowed Mentorship fund, created last year by BYU alumni Wendy Thompson and Heather Burnham.

ME professor: 'Do something never done before, and have faith'

Larry Howell, professor of mechanical engineering, spoke to students in the de Jong Concert Hall Tuesday in a devotional address titled, "Faith: An Essential Principle of the Gospel."  Watch video

BYU undergrads' hybrid motorcycle shows range

 A team of BYU students recently modified an electric motorcycle into a hybrid model to increase its range by nearly 40 percent.

Global Engineering Outreach students travel to Peru

A couple from Peru learns to build a water filter.

A couple from Peru learns to build a water filter.

Children from the Islands of the Uros get involved with making charcoal briquettes.

Children from the Islands of the Uros get involved with making charcoal briquettes.

BYU engineering students taught large groups of local residents how to make their own sustainable technologies.

BYU engineering students taught large groups of local residents how to make their own sustainable technologies.

Months of hard work led a group of 20 BYU engineering students to a very successful trip to Peru from April 23 to May 7. 

Mechanical engineering professor wins prestigious NSF award

Brian Jensen is the third mechanical engineering professor to win the NSF CAREER award in two years.

Honors student is his family's first college grad; researched solar-powered flight

When he was in elementary school, Joseph Paredes asked his mother to take him to parks in their Queens neighborhood so he could collect empty soda cans to recycle. His mother agreed, as long as he saved part of the money he earned for college and his LDS mission.

Eye-tracking tablet to help people with disabilities

EyeTech Digital Systems enlisted the help of BYU engineers in creating an all-in-one eye-tracking system for people with disabilities in parts of the world where they can’t afford expensive systems.

Chemical engineering professor wins top NSF award for young faculty

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Thomas Knotts with a CAREER award, an honor given to the most promising junior faculty in the nation.

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