Robert Herschbach

The monkeys are a new twist on the final team project that Associate Professor Ryan Sochol, a pioneer in game-based learning for engineering education, has made a cornerstone of the mechanical engineering course since the 2023 release of "Tears of the Kingdom." As before, students spend the semester designing a bio-inspired, reconfigurable robot, modeling it with computer-assisted design (CAD) tools, building it in the Zelda environment, and finally testing their designs during an in-class...

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By Robert Herschbach Oct 07, 2024 A University of Maryland engineer has been awarded a $735,000 grant by the auto recycling industry to develop renewable construction materials from residue produced during the process of auto shredding. The program is part of a Biden administration effort to reduce the environmental impact of construction and materials, which contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions.