News
Mar 13, 2018
West awarded NSF CAREER Award
ChE Assistant Professor Richard West was awarded a $503K NSF CAREER Award for Predictive kinetic modeling of halogenated hydrocarbon combustion.
Mar 12, 2018
Cutting Edge: Robot Designed to Make Aging Easier
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir was interviewed in WCVB's "Cutting Edge: Robot Designed to Make Aging Easier" about how the robot Frasier could help the elderly in their home.
Mar 06, 2018
Webster Co-Authors New Book
Tom Webster, ChE Professor and Art Zafiropoulo Chair, co-authored the new book Immune Aspects of Biopharmaceuticals and Nanomedicines due for release April 30, 2018.
Mar 05, 2018
Congratulations NUTRONS Team
The NUTRONS team won the Excellence in Engineering Award, Finalists trophy and a wild card ticket for the World Championship during the 15th annual Palmetto Regional FIRST Robotics Competition.
Mar 05, 2018
Highway Breakdown: Unclear Signs, Poor Lines Lead to Confusion on I-95
CEE Professor Peter Furth was interviewed by NECN in the article “Highway Breakdown: Unclear Signs, Poor Lines Lead to Confusion on I-95” for his expertise in traffic safety.
Mar 02, 2018
Research Using Drone Finds Super Colony of Penguins
Using an autonomous aerial drone system developed by ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered a colony of more than 1,500,000 Adélie Penguins on the Danger Islands—more than the rest of the entire Antarctic Peninsula region combined.
Mar 01, 2018
Airport Security Screening Goes to School
ECE Professor Michael Silevitch was featured in the Wall Street Journal Article “Airport Security Screening Goes to School” for his research in airport security during checkpoints.
Mar 01, 2018
Robotics Showcase
A variety of robots, such as a prosthetic hand, drones, mobile robots, and an autonomous car and kayak from ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir’s RIVeR Lab and ECE/MIE Professor Hanumant Singh’s robotics research center were on display at the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex as part of National Engineers Week.