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Feb 07, 2025

Patent for Durable Enzyme-Based Biosensor

CEE Professor Ming Wang was awarded a patent for “Durable enzyme-based biosensor and process for drop deposition immobilization.”

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Feb 06, 2025

Sustainability Research Recognized at ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference

ECE Associate Professor Devesh Tiwari and a group of his PhD students were recognized at the ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conference for four papers focused on cutting-edge solutions to address the climate challenge of the massive energy usage of quantum and high performance computing.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 06, 2025

Inclusive STEM for Neurodiverse Learners

Erik Brenner, director of belonging initiatives and engagement, is a speaker at the 2025 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in Boston. He will participate on the panel “How To: Inclusive STEM Programs for Neurodiverse Undergraduate/Graduate Students.”

Feb 04, 2025

Frog Biology Could Provide Insights Into Human Response to Allergens

COS/BioE Professor Jing-Ke Weng published “Rapid Expansion and Specialization of the TAS2R Bitter Taste Receptor Family in Amphibians” in PLOS Genetics. His research explores how warnings frogs receive about potentially dangerous compounds in food they taste could help scientists understand how humans could detect similar signals, like allergens.

Bioengineering

Feb 04, 2025

Auguste and Hung’s Research Featured on Cover of Langmuir

ChE Professor Debra Auguste and Associate Professor Francisco Hung’s research on “Effects of Lipid Headgroups on the Mechanical Properties and In Vitro Cellular Internalization of Liposomes” was featured as a supplementary journal cover of Langmuir.

Chemical Engineering

Feb 03, 2025

Mosallaei Selected as Optica Fellow

ECE Professor Hossein Mosallaei was selected as a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA) for outstanding contributions in active and time-modulated optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Feb 03, 2025

ONR Young Investigator Award for Engineering Clostridia Microbes

ChE Assistant Professor Benjamin Woolston received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research for “Expanding the Product Range of Anaerobic Methanol Fermentation.” He is engineering Clostridia microbes that absorb methanol and convert them into a protein-based biomass deriving a wide range of materials, from food to plastics.

Chemical Engineering

Dagmar Sternad

Jan 31, 2025

Internal Models for Complex Object Control

COS/ECE University Distinguished Professor Dagmar Sternad published research on “Simplified Internal Models in Human Control of Complex Objects” in PLOS Computational Biology.

Electrical & Computer Engineering