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Jun 05, 2024
Best Short Paper Award for Simulating Connected Cars With ColosSUMO
ECE Research Engineer Gabriele Gemmi, Principal Research Scientist Pedram Johari, Assistant Research Professor Michael Polese, and William Lincoln Smith Professor Tommaso Melodia received the Best Short Paper Award for their paper “ColosSUMO: Evaluating Cooperative Driving Applications With Colosseum” at the 2024 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) in Japan.
Jun 05, 2024
Patent for Single-Molecule Protein Analysis
COS/BioE Professor Meni Wanunu received a patent to create a “Method and system for linearization and translocation of single protein molecules through nanopores.”
Jun 05, 2024
Investigating the Effectiveness of the Longevity Movement
MGEN Associate Teaching Professor Ram Hariharan says the science of longevity is far more complex than much of the anti-aging marketing would suggest. As human clinical trials haven’t yielded definitive results, Hariharan advises sticking to simple and traditional recommendations for longevity.
Jun 05, 2024
Revolutionizing Refrigeration With Tiny Wireless Sensors
ECE Associate Professor Cristian Cassella and Distinguished Professor Nian Sun received a $500,000 NSF grant for “Boosting the Cold Chain Efficiency Through Integrated, Magnetoelectric, Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Devices in pAssive on-Chip Tags (IMPACT).”
Jun 03, 2024
How Communities Can Brace Themselves for an Active Hurricane Season
CEE/MES Professor Qin Jim Chen provides insights into what NOAA and university researchers expect to be a significantly active 2024 hurricane season. Using past hurricanes as a reference, he also details the varying degrees of resiliency among different communities.
Jun 03, 2024
Investigating the Link Between Gut Health and Mental Health
ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier explains the current knowns and unknowns of the connection between gut health and mental health. While the two have been proven to have a clear link between them, the underlying mechanisms that cause these connections to be made are still being researched.
Jun 03, 2024
Oakes Recognized by ASME in Top 25 Early Career Professionals
American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognized BioE Associate Professor Jessica Oakes on the Watch List of top 25 early career professionals. Her ASME magazine profile highlighted her work “What happens when we inhale things?” with applications from wildfire smoke to e-cigarettes.
May 23, 2024
What Recent Bridge Closures Reveal About Our Transportation Infrastructure
CSSH/CEE Associate Professor Serena Alexander explains the importance of a resilient transportation system amidst the many recent bridge closures. She says that the infrastructure needs to be more accessible while many of these bridges undergo repairs.