Mechanical Engineering Research Works

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History of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, College Park: 1894 to 2018
(2018-10-15) Anand, Davinder K.; Hazelwood, Dylan A.
Research and education activities of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park from 1894 to 2018. Significant growth in the student body, research depth and breadth, and the size and quality of faculty is covered. The Department grew from two faculty members in 1945 to 50 faculty members in 2018, teaching and doing state of the art research in all facets of Mechanical Engineering.
Opportunity Denied
(2024-08-01) Anand, Davinder K.
After a considerable amount of discussion, I decided to touch on a topic mostly ignored in the engineering curriculum. That is the participation of Black people in the areas of engineering and technology. The issue of Black Lives Matter and the widespread protests in 2020 have forced us to examine the long-standing opportunities in technology denied to this community. In this paper I review a brief history of how we got to this point and the challenges inherent in the educational system. At the end I discuss some deeply ingrained and difficult-to-change issues and present some final thoughts on this very complex situation. - Davinder K. Anand.