News
Apr 05, 2018
ME Alum Josh Levin Featured on Olympic Channel
ME Alum Josh Levin, E’17, was featured in the Olympic Channels video “Meet Josh Levin – the NASA Intern Reaching for the Stars” for his rock climbing expertise and his co-op at NASA’s JPL Laboratory in California.
Apr 05, 2018
River Engineering of the Mississippi Might Lead to Severe Flooding
MES/CEE Assistant Professor Samuel Munoz is researching how the re-engineering of the Mississippi River to straighten and channelize it has had the unintended consequences of increasing the risk of severe flooding.
Apr 05, 2018
Prof. Webster's Nano Implant Receives FDA Approval
ChE Professor and Chair Thomas Webster's nano spinal implant commercialized by Nanovis, LLC just received FDA approval for implantation. The novel spinal implant design includes the first nanostructured surface features in which […]
Apr 04, 2018
2018 NSF GRFP Recipients
Several current students and alumni are recipients of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awards.
Apr 02, 2018
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
ECE Professor Vincent Harris was awarded a patent for his “Device and method for deep transcranial magnetic stimulation”.
Apr 02, 2018
Compositions and Methods of Using Alginic Acid Hydrogels
ChE Professor Shashi Murthy and PhD Adam Hatch were awarded a patent for his “Methods, compositions and devices employing alginic acid hydrogels for highly specific capture and release of biological materials”.
Apr 02, 2018
Piezoelectric Microcantilever Sensor System
MIE Professor Nader Jalili was awarded a patent for a “Sensor system utilizing piezoelectric microcantilever coupled with resonating circuit”.
Apr 02, 2018
Sharing of Wireless Network Frequency Bands
ECE Associate Professor Tommaso Melodia was awarded a patent for creating a “Method for sharing of unlicensed radio frequency bands by cellular LTE and WiFi networks”.