SIUE School of Engineering

05/13/2026

Cougar Rockets attended LDRS, a large annual rocket launch in Pence Indiana. We had multiple members successfully gain their level 1 high power certification as well as one member successfully earn their level 2 certification. Additionally, we had some cool individual projects launch. See the footage taken from one of our rockets. The end shows footage and milage from where the rocket ended up.

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04/24/2026

SIUE engineering students placed in top 3 at the IEEE Region 5 conference that brings together students from Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, parts of Wyoming, parts of Nebraska, and part of South Dakota.

(L to R) Cole Hellman won second place in the Professional Networking competition and Iretomiwa (Tom) Idowu won second place in Three Minute Thesis.

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04/23/2026

04/18/2026

We’re proud to announce that SIUE Cougar Baja received a $3,000 donation from the Gene Haas Foundation of Ventura County, California. The foundation backs university teams in robotics and racing competitions where students design and manufacture the final product. Cougar Baja’s strong track record helped the team earn this honor. Congratulations to the entire Cougar Baja team!

Pictured left to right: Dr. Terry Yan (Chair, Mechanical Engineering), Carson Spies (ME junior, Cougar Baja President), Cole McGrath (ME senior, Cougar Baja Treasurer), Karmen Christlieb (SOE Dean’s Office Manager)

04/10/2026

Steve Klein, Instructor in Computer Science, will be retiring from SIUE on June 30th, 2026. Steve has been an integral part of the Department of Computer Science and has helped shape the lives of countless students. Please join in sharing messages of appreciation, well wishes, and memories by signing his Kudoboard (https://buff.ly/njlcezc) and attending a retirement celebration on Wednesday April 29 from 3:00-4:30 in the Grady Innovation Loft of the Fowler Design Center in the Engineering Building.

03/24/2026

On March 21-22 the SIUE Cougar Rockets successfully competed in the 2026 Argonia Cup against 21 other universities, securing a third-place finish. Organized by the Kloudbusters and held in Argonia, Kansas, the competition challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and launch high-performance two-stage rockets. These rockets must carry a payload of golf balls to altitudes between 9,000 and 40,000 feet while successfully executing stage separation, sustainer ignition, and safe recovery. The team’s qualifying flight reached 21,905 feet AGL, carrying 14 golf balls, and achieved a peak speed of 817 miles per hour, meeting all mission requirements. This marks the Cougar Rockets’ second consecutive year competing in the Argonia Cup, highlighting their continued growth and dedication. The team’s third-place finish secured a prize package that included a cash award, an engraved trophy motor casing, flight computers, a high-power model rocket kit, and gift cards.

Video of flight:

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03/10/2026

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is delighted to celebrate a remarkable achievement by our faculty member, Dr. Serdar Celik, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Dr. Celik’s book, “Sustainable Energy: Engineering Fundamentals and Applications,” has been published by Cambridge University Press and is already making a global impact. The book has been adopted as a textbook in universities across 14 countries, helping educate the next generation of engineers and energy professionals on sustainable energy systems.

Dr. Celik, PhD, is a valued member of the SIUE School of Engineering faculty, and this accomplishment reflects the dedication to research, innovation, and academic excellence that defines our community.

We are proud to see SIUE faculty contributing knowledge that reaches classrooms and learners around the world.

Learn more about this exciting achievement: https://buff.ly/XAmreEQ

Cambridge University Press is reporting the book “Sustainable Energy: Engineering Fundamentals and Applications” authored by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Serdar Celik, PhD, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, is now adopted as a textboo...