News
Sep 28, 2012
Congratulations Craig Schmidt
Craig Schmidt, ME’16, has been selected as a 2012/13 PES Scholarship Plus recipient which supports students interested in pursuing a career in the power and energy industry. Power and energy engineers work with some of today's most exciting technologies, developing solutions to problems that affect our lives and lifestyles. The PES Scholarship Plus Initiative provides […]
Sep 27, 2012
Improving Power Systems
ECE professors Ali Abur and Hanoch Lev-Ari were awarded a $400K NSF grant to use synchronized measurements to determine where faults are in power systems. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to […]
Sep 26, 2012
Wan & Muftu Receive $185K Grant
MIE associate professor Kai-tak Wan and professor Sinan Muftu have been awarded an $185K NSF grant to study Mechano-Lipidomics and Mechano-Cytosis of Drug Delivery Liposomes. The research goal of this proposal is to build a comprehensive model of mechano-lipidomics and mechanocytosis by designing careful experiments and constructing solid-mechanics based models that are consistent with the […]
Sep 24, 2012
Have Wi-Fi, will travel
In an emergency, first responders need to be able to communicate. But with infrastructure damaged by a disaster, the cellular and wireless networks they depend on may be damaged or destroyed, crippling the use of high-tech tools that help find victims or establish a sense of order. Enter Dan Landers and Glen Chiacchieri, both of whom […]
Sep 21, 2012
Prof. Hellweger Researches Toxic Algal Blooms
Associate Professor Ferdi Hellweger and collaborators from three other universities have received a new research grant for $2M from the National Science Foundation to study theecology of cyanbacteria.
Sep 17, 2012
Data mining in the social-media ecosystem
Raymond Fu, a newly appointed assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, wants to build a better social-media ecosystem, one in which Facebook makes expert friend recommendations and consumer-product suggestions. “My goal is to bring the current social-networking system to the next level,” said Fu, a machine-learning expert who will hold joint appointments in both […]
Sep 10, 2012
Ruberti Gets $1.1M Grant
MIE Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti was awarded a 3-year $1.1M grant from the National Eye Institute to determine the “Mechanobiology of Matrix Production by Corneal Fibroblasts”. As part of the federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Eye Institute's mission is to "conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs […]
Sep 10, 2012
Serving — on the court and in the classroom
Beverly Kristenson Jaeger, a faculty member and certified tennis official, channels her inner filmmaker in recalling her most memorable moments as a chair umpire and line judge. “It’s like a movie montage,” says Jaeger, who chaired 10 matches for the US Open in New York City, the men’s final for which is set for this afternoon. Some of […]