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Mar 20, 2024

Securing Health Care Infrastructure Against Potentially Devastating Cyberattacks

ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu advises the health care industry to more effectively protect its infrastructure from hackers who can infiltrate medical devices such as cancer radiation therapy machines.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Mar 20, 2024

“Emerging Investigators” Are Studying Flow of Soft Materials through Tiny Spaces

Barrett Smith, PhD’24, chemical engineering, and ChE Assistant Professor Sara Hashmi were recognized for their work focusing on soft materials flowing through small spaces in the “Emerging Investigators” series of Soft Matter, which published their paper, “In Situ Polymer Gelation in Confined Flow Controls Intermittent Dynamics.”

Chemical Engineering

Mar 19, 2024

Ghoreishi Receives U.S. Army Grant for Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research

CEE/Khoury Assistant Professor Fatemeh Ghoreishi received a $60,000 grant from the US Army for “BRITE: Bayesian Inference and Preference Learning for Unknown and Time-Sensitive Environments,” to further research on AI systems in unpredictable environments.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mar 19, 2024

Patent for Hybrid Nanopore Design Enhances Biodetection

COS/BioE Professor Meni Wanunu received a patent for “Lipid-free anchoring of thermophilic bacteriophage G20C portal adapter into solid-state nanopores.”

Bioengineering

Mar 18, 2024

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

Sinan Müftü, COE Distinguished Professor, MIE, and Ozan Özdemir, assistant professor, MIE, are leading a team that was awarded a $4.38 million grant from the Army Research Laboratory to advance wire-arc direct energy deposition for large-format metal additive manufacturing.

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 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.”

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