NEWS
August 2023
Several students from the Aerospace Engineering and the Industrial and Systems Engineering programs at SJSU joined the MDR group to work on the development of optical sensors and the optimization of energy harvesting devices. The complete list of the current members of the group can be found here.
July 2023
Dr. Rubino was appointed as an Assistant Professor in Aerospace Engineering at San Jose State University where he will teach structural classes and will contribute to the development of the related labs.
May 2023
Congratulations to Nikhil Agarwal who graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at UWP. He has also been accepted to the Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. He will still be working with Dr. Rubino on the development of optical sensors for non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring applications.
August 2022
The manuscript entitled "Effect of Flow Disruptors on the Performances of a Cantilever Piezoelectric Energy Harvester" authored by Dr. Edoardo Rubino and Jordan Meciej, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Vibration Testing and System Dynamics edited by L&H Scientific Publishing
March 2022
The MDR research group presented the progress of the energy harvesting projects through a poster at the Research in the Rotunda event on March 9th. The Research in the Rotunda occurs every year in the Madison State Capitol Building and allows students and faculty from all over Wisconsin to show State Representatives the work done on the research project. More information about the event can be found here and about the MDR group here.
February 2022
Two students, Ryan Davenport and Parker Kluesner, from the Mechanical Engineering Program at UW-Platteville joined the MDR group to work on the project related to wind energy harvesting.
January 2022
Ben Claas, successfully presented the paper entitled "Influence of Turbulence on a Cantilevered Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Using CFD" at the 2022 AIAA- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Forum.
December 2021
Congratulations to Ben Claas and Keegan Jauch for obtaining the Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Platteville.
October 2021
Nikhil Agarwal gave a talk entitled "Analysis of Piezoelectric Beam Vibrational Behavior for Flow Energy Harvesting" at the 2nd Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity online conference.
August 2021
Congratulations to Ben Claas who obtained second place at the WiSys - Student Research and Innovation Showcase with the presentation entitled Turbulence-Driven Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting.
Dr. Rubino has been appointed as Leadership Associate for Undergraduate Research in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science at the University of Wisconsin Platteville.
July 2021
Dr. Rubino and Dr. Fu have been featured on the YouTube channel of the Dairy Innovation Hub. They briefly explained the importance of the project they are working on, and how they intend to test the membranes they are developing. The video can be found here.
June 2021
Dr. Rubino received the Excellence in Advising Award from the college of EMS at UW-Platteville.
Dr. Rubino, together with Dr. Fu and Dr. Obielodan (Mechanical Engineering), Dr. Gopalakrishnan (Engineering Physics), and Dr. Xiao (Civil Engineering) have been awarded a $50k grant from the Dairy Innovation Hub to acquire a Benchtop X-Ray Diffractometer that will be used both for research and for teaching purpose.
May 2021
Dr. Rubino and Dr. Fu from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UW-Platteville have been awarded a $50k research grant from the Dairy Innovation Hub to develop membranes for wastewater treatment.
April 2021
A senior student in Mechanical Engineering, Ahmed Albin Alshaikh, joined the MDR group. He will work on the piezoelectric energy harvesting project.
March 2021
Congratulations to Keegan Jauch who is one of the ten students accepted into the SUSP - Summer Undergraduate Scholars Program at UW Platteville. Keegan will receive a $4,000 scholarship to work on the development of optical sensors for material characterization.
February 2021
Dane Adams, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering will join the research group to work on the project about energy harvesting for automotive applications.
January 2021
Zachary Hebert received the URSCA - Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities scholarship from the ORSP-Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the University of Wisconsin Platteville to continue his work on energy harvesting for automotive applications.
The scholarship consists of a $1000 award plus $250 to be used on supplies.
August 2020
Keegan Jauch successfully presented the paper entitled "Investigation of a Photonic Displacement Sensor" at the SPIE Optics and Photonics virtual forum.
July 2020
A sophomore student enrolled in Mechanical Engineering at UW-Platteville, Nick Pedersen will join the MDR group. He will work on the piezoelectric energy harvesting devices.
May 2020
Congratulations to Andrew Smalley and Daniel Allaire for completing their studies at UW-Platteville and obtaining the Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Andrew is now a process engineer at Energizer Holdings, Daniel has been accepted as a graduate student at the University of Toledo. Good luck to both of them!
Dr. Rubino received the Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activities Award from the College of Engineering Mathematics and Science at UW-Platteville.
April 2020
The research group has been awarded a $50k grant from WiSys Technology Foundation to continue its work on developing and optimizing the energy harvesting device based on piezoelectric materials.
March 2020
The research group received a $3300 SAIF - Scholarly Activity and Improvement Funds grant from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at UW-Platteville to improve the turbulent flow energy harvesting device.
February 2020
The college of EMS at UW-Platteville awarded the research group a $4500 grant to be used as a student salary.
January 2020
Nikhil Agarwal successfully presented the paper entitled "Analysis of a Whispering Gallery Mode Based Displacement Sensor" at the AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Forum held in Orlando, FL.
Eight new students from the Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Physics programs joined the research group: Skylar Lopez-Kohler, Jordan Meciej, Nuria Morales, Will Kealy and Sam Bradley will work on the energy harvesting project, Jeff Pingel and Ben Claas will work on the development of optical sensors.
December 2019
Congratulations to Dustin Zittlow and David Kendhammer who obtained the bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from UW-Platteville.
September 2019
Five students, all of them from Mechanical Engineering joined the research group: Keegan Jauch and Collin Guth will work on the development of the WGM based sensors, Nic Oesau and Conor Natrop will work on the energy harvesting project and Travis Kalkofen will work on the characterization of magnetorheological elastomers
August 2019
Dustin Zittlow successfully presented the paper entitled "Force detection using whispering gallery mode-based micro-optical resonators" at the SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in San Diego, CA
July 2019
Jacob Backih and Daniel Allaire presented their posters, Mechanical and Optical Characterization of Polyvinylchloride Elastomers and Wind Energy Harvesting through Coupled Oscillators at the WiSys WSTS Symposium at the University of Wisconsin Stout in Menomonie
June 2019
Michael Terlizzi, an undergraduate student enrolled in the Mechanical Engieering program at UW Platteville, joined Dr. Rubino's research group and will work during the summer on the project related to the optical and mechanical characterization of elastomers.
May 2019
Congratulations to Laine Greenwood and Kolbi Lackey who completed their studies at UW Platteville and obtained the Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Laine has been chosen as valedictorian by the College of EMS, based on comprehensive review of her stellar academic records.
April 2019
Dr. Rubino's research group presented three posters at the PCARD (Pioneer Creative Activities and Research Day). The students, Laine Greenwood, Kolbi Lackey, Dustin Zittlow, Daniel Allaire, Andrew Smalley, Jacob Backih and Nikhil Agarwal presented their progress on their respective projects: Mechanical and Optical Characterization of Magnetorheological Elastomers, Flow energy Harvesting Through Coupled Oscillators and Micro-Optical Resonator-Based Force and Displacement Sensors
March 2019
Congratulations to Dustin Zittlow whose paper about force detection with sensors based on the whispering gallery mode phenomenon was accepted to be presented at the SPIE Optics and Photonics Conference that will be held in San Diego , CA in August 2019.
February 2019
Congratulations to Jacob Bakich who received the Undergraduate Research Scholarship from the College of EMS at UW Platteville. The scholarship consists of a $500 award that let Jacob work on characterization of magnetorheological materials.
Nikhil Agarwal joined Dr. Rubino research group and will work on development of optical sensor. They will also work to create a student chapter of AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Wisconsin Platteville.
January 2019
Several undergraduate students from the Mechanical Engineering program at UW Platteville joined Dr. Rubino and his research group: Joshua Munoz and Andrew Smalley will work on characterization of viscoelastic materials, Daniel Allaire will work on energy harvesting through piezoelectric material and Jacob Bakich will support the work of the other students.
December 2018
Congratulations to Dustin Zittlow who was awarded with the URSCA - Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities scholarship from the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science at the University of Wisconsin Platteville to continue his work on development of optical sensors.
The scholarship consists of a $1000 award plus $250 to be used on traveling to disseminate the results of this research.
November 2018
Dr. Rubino gave a talk at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute in Chicago, IL:"Implementation of Research in Teaching Undergraduate Engineering and Operations Courses".
October 2018
The manuscript entitled "Vibrometer Based on Magnetorheological Optical Resonators" was officially accepted for publication in the journal Vibration edited by MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute).
September 2018
Two undergraduate students, Dustin Zittlow and Brogan Potter from the Mechanical Engineering Program at UW Platteville, joined Dr. Rubino to work on the project "Development of Optical Sensors".
May 2018
Two undergraduate students, Michael Carr and David Kendhammer from the Mechanical Engineering Program at UW Platteville, joined Dr. Rubino to work on the project "Flow Energy Harvesting through Coupled Oscillators".
April 2018
Laine Greenwood and Kolbi Lackey presented a poster about the updates of the project "Flow Energy Harvesting through Coupled Oscillators" at the PCARD (Pioneer Creative Activities and Research Day) event held at the University of Wisconsin Platteville.
February 2018
Dr. Rubino presented a paper at the SPIE Photonic West conference in San Francisco, CA: "Magnetic Field Detection Using Magnetorheological Optical Resonators" .
January 2018
Two undergraduate students, Laine Greenwood and Kolbi Lackey from the Mechanical Engineering Program at UW Platteville, joined Dr. Rubino to work on the project "Flow Energy Harvesting through Coupled Oscillators".
November 2017
Dr. Rubino gave a talk at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute in Washington, DC: “Comparing the Effect of Flipping the Classroom in Business Versus Engineering Disciplines”.
May 2017
Dr. Rubino is appointed as Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the University of Wisconsin Platteville in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
January 2017
Dr. Rubino presented two papers at the 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum in Grapevine, TX: "Design, Fabrication and Performances of a Closed - Circuit Subsonic Wind Tunnel " and "Non-contact Photonic Displacement Sensor Based on the Morphology Dependent Resonances".
December 2016
Dr. Rubino is appointed as Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Platteville in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.