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Mar 18, 2024

Advancing Wire-Arc Direct Energy Deposition for Large-Format Metal Additive Manufacturing

The Cold Spray Research Group was awarded a $4.38 million grant by the Army Research Laboratory to advance wire-arc direct energy deposition (WA-DED) for large-format metal additive manufacturing. The work will be led by MIE Professor Sinan Müftü and Assistant Professor Ozan Özdemir. The team will include collaboration from Professors Ozlem Ergün, Mohammad Taslim, and […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mar 14, 2024

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Discarded Unexploded Ordnances

CEE/MES Associate Professor Loretta Fernandez explains the environmental risks of unexploded munitions and the toxic heavy metals they contain being left underwater. Lead and mercury, among other toxic chemicals, can leach into ocean water, ground water, and soil sediment. 

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mar 14, 2024

Developing Tools to Analyze Individual RNA Molecules

COS/BioE Professor Meni Wanunu and Assistant Professor Sara Rouhanifard, in collaboration with Anna-Marie Pyle from Yale University, were awarded a $4.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for “Direct RNA sequencing using electro-optical zero-mode waveguides and custom click fluorescent nucleotides.”

Bioengineering

Mar 13, 2024

Building a Floating Pier to Provide Aid to Gaza

CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen says the construction of a floating pier to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza will present many engineering challenges, but none are insurmountable. 

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Matteo Rinaldi and Zhenyun Qian

Mar 12, 2024

Designing Zero-Power Sensors for Crop Water Management

ECE Professor Matteo Rinaldi and Associate Research Professor Zhenyun Qian were awarded a patent for “Zero-power wireless system for crop water content monitoring.”

Electrical & Computer Engineering

hongli zhu

Mar 12, 2024

Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic

MIE Associate Professor Hongli Zhu received a patent for “Natural fiber composites as a low-cost plastic alternative.”

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Alireza Ramezani

Mar 12, 2024

Ramezani Receives NSF CAREER Award to Design Robots to Navigate Tight and Complex Spaces

ECE Assistant Professor Alireza Ramezani was awarded a $681,000 NSF CAREER Award for “Dynamic Locomotion with Plasticity for Remote Sensing in Crawlspaces.” The research seeks to harness the exceptional agility, efficiency, and speed of legged and rotary-wing robots and adapt them specifically for use in crawlspaces, which can contain significant data for scientific and other discoveries.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mona Minkara

Mar 12, 2024

Minkara Receives NSF CAREER Award to Improve Immune Response with AI

BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was awarded a $827,000 NSF CAREER award for “Decoding the Code of Glycan-Collectin Interactions: Computational Engineering of Surfactant Proteins for Tailored Glycan Recognition.” The project objectives are to better understand and improve the binding of collectins to glycans and artificial intelligence tools will be employed to help develop design rules for the improved collectins. This research could drive the development of improved vaccines and therapies.

Bioengineering