News
Mar 30, 2020
Potts Awarded Fulbright Scholarship
Bioengineering BS/MS student Jake Potts was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship which he will use to conduct research at Sorbonne University to try to determine how certain cancerous mutations happen as DNA is “misrepaired,” a process that occurs when, say, radiation or harsh chemicals break the two strands of our DNA, and our cells respond by trying to repair this damage.
Mar 30, 2020
Using Behaviors of Rhododendron Plants in Robotics
MIE Professor Moneesh Upmanyu is studying how the leaves of rhododendron plants react to cold temperature changes to help him design smart, foldable structures.
Mar 30, 2020
Bencherif’s Research Featured on the Front Cover of Trends in Biotechnology
ChE Professor Sidi A. Bencherif’s research on “Injectable Cryogels for Biomedical Applications” featured on the front cover page of the April issue of Trends in Biotechnology.
Mar 30, 2020
Applied Physics Letters Featured Article
ECE Assistant Professor Cristian Cassella recently had his article, Aluminum Nitride Two-Dimensional-Resonant-Rods accepted in Applied Physics Letters Journal.
Mar 27, 2020
3D Mineralization Printer
MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb was awarded a patent for “Three dimensional mineralization printer.”
Mar 27, 2020
Auguste Selected as AIMBE Fellow
ChE Professor Debra Auguste was selected as an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow in recognition of “her distinguished and continuing achievements in medical and biological engineering”.
Mar 27, 2020
Loretta Fernandez and Alice Wang recognized for 2019 Top 10 Exceptional Papers by ET&C
CEE/COS Assistant Professor Loretta A. Fernandez and doctoral alumna Dr. Alice Peiying Wang were recognized with a 2019 Top 10 Exceptional Paper Award by the editors of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (ET&C) for their article titled “Bioaccumulation in Functionally Different Species: Ongoing Input of PCBs with Sediment Deposition to Activated Carbon Remediated Bed Sediments”.
Mar 26, 2020
Research Reveals Air Pollution Costs US Estimated $1B a Year in Perennial Crop Yield
CEE Professor Yang Zhang co-authored a paper titled “Impacts of ozone and climate change on yields of perennial crops in California,” which was recently published in Nature Food.