Engineering

Boeing has been an ongoing partner in senior design projects for some of Gonzaga's best and brightest students.

A graduating Gonzaga mechanical engineering student, Areta has been inspired by personal experiences to use her considerable engineering and leadership skills to help others.

The paper co-authored by Dr. Rhonda Young found that awareness of bicycle rolling stop laws was lower in states where the laws were newly enacted, highlighting the need for better educational outreach.

Matt Udell ('25, Engineering Management and Mechanical Engineering) presented his research in San Diego to receive the prize.

Kevin Dang and Jonathan Smoley ('24) are catching the attention of the AI world with their innovative Discord bot powered by Generative AI Large Language Models.

Professor Gina Sprint's Large Language Model (LLM) used more than a million social media messages to predict the 2023 NCAA basketball tournaments. Her paper was recently published in IEEE Access.

Discover how a pioneering research team from Gonzaga University and Montana State University tackles the pressing issue of wildfire impacts on drinking water quality in the Pacific Northwest.

This dynamic risk assessing tool, developed with Dr. Rhonda Young and Roman Campos ('24, Civil Engineering), can help travelers with high-profile light-weight vehicles prevent crashing in blow-over wind gust situations.

Drs. Shimabuku and Baumgardner co-authored "Fluoride removal in batch and column systems using bonechar produced in a top-lit updraft drum gasifier and furnace," published in the October 2023 edition of Water Research.

Gonzaga engineering students earned national recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June for their innovative project in water filtration.

Jackson Swets ('25), a mechanical engineering major, has received the E. Richard Booser Scholarship from the international professional society for tribology.

In September, students will present to the Sustainability Action Committee, suggesting many strategies, including repurposing existing buildings as multi-use facilities, traffic calming, and encouraging entrepreneurs to create new products with recycled materials.

A cross-disciplinary team of Gonzaga University students and professors is working to develop a sustainable filtration material to treat contaminated water.

Dr. Kyle Shimabuku co-authored a paper published April 2022 in Water Research, explaining a new method of biochar carbon adsorbent applies achieves accurate simulation of full-scale PFAS removal from rapid benchtop testing.

Gina Sprint, Ph.D., an assistant professor of computer science at Gonzaga University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, is researching the utility of "smart" home devices to help with the monitoring of people with cognitive decline.

The tribology trade magazine Tribology & Lubrication Technology included Dr. Harman Khare's expertise for its May 2021 cover story on lubricants used in space. Khare is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.