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Zheng Wins 2024 Raymond Viskanta Award
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng is the recipient of the 2024 Raymond Viskanta Award, one of the highest honors for faculty in the field of radiative heat transfer. He received this esteemed award at the 5th International Workshop on Nano-Micro Thermal Radiation (NanoRad 2024) in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He also delivered an invited presentation, “Cost-effective Functional Energy Materials for Thermal Radiative Applications,” at the event.
Predicting Rainfall with Artificial Intelligence
A research model that uses artificial intelligence to quickly and accurately predict weather forecasts will be tested by the Tennessee Valley Authority to forecast extreme rainfall this summer. The model was created by Puja Das, PhD’27, interdisciplinary engineering, who is supervised by CEE Distinguished Professor Auroop Ganguly.
$1.5M NSF Grant to Develop New Photonic Materials
MIE/ECE Associate Professor Yongmin Liu and ECE Assistant Professor Sunil Mittal, in collaboration with Professor Wenshan Cai from Georgia Institute of Technology and Professor Alexandra Boltasseva from Purdue University, are leading a $1,500,000 NSF DMREF grant for “Accelerating the Design and Development of Engineered Photonic Materials based on a Data-Driven Deep Learning Approach.”
Robotics Student Awarded 2024 Amazon Robotics Day One Fellowship
Sophia Jonas, MS’26, robotics, is one of seven new fellows selected for the 2024 Amazon Robotics Day One Fellowship, which supports students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM fields pursuing robotics degrees.