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Mar 14, 2024
How This Gordon Institute Fellow Stays Determined To Follow His Dream
After 13 years in the industry, Raymond Tay, MS’24, is gaining new insights on the telecommunications industry as he simultaneously pursues a master’s in telecommunications networks from the College of Engineering, and a graduate certificate in engineering leadership from the Gordon Institute of Engineering Leadership.
Mar 14, 2024
Maine’s First Mobile Biolab Starts Tour of Rural Schools in Fort Kent
BioE Associate Professor Aileen Huang-Saad was featured in the Bangor Daily News article “Maine’s First Mobile Biolab Starts Tour of Rural Schools in Fort Kent.”
Mar 14, 2024
$4.2M NIH Award for Developing Tools To Analyze Individual RNA Molecules
COS/BioE Professor Meni Wanunu and BioE 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.”
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.
Mar 12, 2024
Patent for 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.”
Mar 12, 2024
Patent for Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic
MIE Associate Professor Hongli Zhu received a patent for “Natural fiber composites as a low-cost plastic alternative.”
Mar 12, 2024
NSF CAREER Award To Design Robots To Navigate Crawlspaces
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 will focus on developing an autonomous robotic device that mimics bird and bat movement to effectively move through tight crawl spaces while gathering data through sensors.
Mar 12, 2024
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 focus will be to better understand and improve the immune system response to pathogens.