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Sep 15, 2023
Ocean Sensors Study Wave and Storm Surge as Hurricane Lee Approaches
CEE Assistant Professor Julia Hopkins and CEE/MES Professor Jim Chen are deploying buoys and pressure sensors to collect data during Hurricane Lee to improve storm modeling and design nature-based solutions for coastal resilience.
Sep 15, 2023
Ostadabbas a Finalist of the Eureka Award of the 2023 Oracle Excellence Award
ECE Associate Professor Sarah Ostadabbas was selected as one of the finalists of the Eureka Award of the 2023 Oracle Excellence Awards. With Oracle for Research, researchers in academic, commercial, and governmental settings, across all disciplines, are […]
Sep 14, 2023
Designing Exoskeletons to be More Versatile and Accessible
Bouve/MIE Assistant Professor Max Shepherd, in collaboration with Aaron Young from Georgia Tech, was awarded a $800,000 NSF grant for “Towards Task-Agnostic and Device-Agnostic Ankle Exoskeleton Control for Mobility Enhancement.”
Sep 14, 2023
$2M NSF Award for Improving Power Delivery for High-Performance Computing
ECE Professor Nian Sun and Associate Professor Aatmesh Shrivastava, in collaboration with Cornell University, were awarded a $2 million NSF grant for “Heterogeneous Integration in Power Electronics for High-Performance Computing (HIPE-HPC).”
Sep 13, 2023
Patent for New Methods of Treating Contaminated Water
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Global University Campus Akram Alshawabkeh was awarded a patent for a “Robust flow-through platform for organic contaminants removal.”
Sep 13, 2023
Flooding in Libya a ‘Gray Swan’ Event, but Dam Infrastructure Worldwide Not Ready for Demands of Climate Change
CEE Professor Auroop Ganguly described the extreme flooding in Libya, caused by Storm Daniel, as a “gray swan” event or a rare but predictable event that can reveal deficiencies in infrastructure readiness and resilience.
Sep 13, 2023
How Can Residents in Morocco Guard Against the Next Deadly Earthquake?
CEE Professor Mehrdad Sasani was interviewed by NPR in the article “How Can Residents in Morocco Guard Against the Next Deadly Earthquake?” He was also featured in articles by News9Live, […]
Sep 11, 2023
How Academics Are Working To Solve America’s Groundwater Crisis
MES/CEE Assistant Professor James Dennedy-Frank is using computer models to research how to better manage groundwater resources in the United States.