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student at NASA sitting in plane

Oct 09, 2020

Incredible Co-op, Research, and Global Experiences Make Dreams a Reality

Picture caption: Elizabeth Wig, E’20, electrical engineering, and MS’20, electrical and computer engineering, had a co-op experience at the NASA working at both the Armstrong Flight Research Center and the […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

screen shot of virtual class

Jul 21, 2020

The 2020 Virtual Dialogue of Civilizations Program on Climate Change Science and Policy

While CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly was unable to travel with his Dialogue of Civilizations students to Tanzania, he was able to provide a unique and interdisciplinary experience for his students, one quite unlike a typical virtual course.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

photo of innovative respiratory device

Jun 25, 2020

Bioengineers Develop Innovative Respiratory-Assist Device as Alternative to Ventilator

BioE alumnus Craig Smallwood, PhD’18, invented a respiratory-assist device as an alternative to a ventilator for low-resource environments. BioE Professor and Chair Lee Makowski, in collaboration with physicians at Korle Bu Hospital in Ghana, has made the first few of these devices available for use on patients suffering from respiratory distress.

Bioengineering

michael tormey inside train station

Jun 11, 2020

On the Road to Success

Michael Tormey, E’20, was one of 10 students nationwide named among the New Faces in Civil Engineering 2020 by the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was also honored with the 2020 Marshall Scholarship. A prestigious award given to only 46 U.S. students, it offers exceptional students an opportunity to pursue post-graduate degrees in England.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

students working in lab in Ethiopia

May 21, 2020

Students Traveled to Ethiopia to Design Low-Cost Medical Equipment

Students from the Innovators for Global Health student group spent their spring break in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia helping the second largest hospital in the country design low-cost medical devices that could be made and maintained with locally sources parts.

Bioengineering

Kritika Singh

Apr 17, 2020

Kritika Singh Named NIH OxCam Scholar

Kritika Singh, BioE’20, was selected as a National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge (NIH OxCam) Scholar.

Bioengineering

student in the Peace Corps in Senegal

Mar 23, 2020

Working with the Peace Corps to Develop Sustainable Practices in Senegal

After he graduated, MIE Alum Tavish Fenbert, E’18, joined the Peace Corps to help people in Senegal as an agroforestry volunteer.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Vatsal Prakash, ME’20, MS in engineering management, in the Level 2 Technical Support lab while on co-op at Schneider Electric in India.

Feb 26, 2020

MS Student Lands Co-op at Schneider Electric in India

Picture caption: Vatsal Prakash, MS’20, MS in engineering management, in the Level 2 Technical Support lab while on co-op at Schneider Electric in India. After coming to a new country […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering