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Sep 24, 2024
Designing a Bat-Inspired Robot for Confined Space Exploration
ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani developed a bat-inspired robot called Aerobat that can navigate tight spaces, opening up new possibilities for exploration and inspection in confined environments. Ramezani published his research on “A morphology-centered view towards describing bats dynamically versatile wing conformations” in The International Journal of Robotics Research.
Sep 24, 2024
Herrero Publishes Book on ‘Fundamentals of IoT Communication Technologies’
Rolando Herrero, program director of the master’s programs in cyber-physical systems and telecommunication networks, published a book on “Fundamentals of IoT Communication Technologies.”
Sep 24, 2024
Dai Selected as BMES Fellow
BioE Professor Guohao Dai was selected as a Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) for contributions in vascular mechanobiology, 3D bioprinting vascular networks for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine applications, and transcriptional regulation of arterial venous vascular differentiation in health and diseases.
Sep 23, 2024
$1.95M NIH MIRA R35 Award for Developing New Strategies To Combat Bacterial Infections
BioE Assistant Professor Mona Minkara was awarded a $1.95 million NIH R35 MIRA Award for Early-Stage Investigators for “Foundational Investigations Into Bacterial Surface Glycan Dynamics.” The project aims to advance knowledge of bacterial and glycan behavior, leading to new ways to enhance health and prevent infections.
Sep 23, 2024
Algorithm To Detect AI-Generated Fake Scientific Papers
MGEN Assistant Teaching Professor Ahmed Abdeen Hamed published his work, “Detection of ChatGPT Fake Science With the XFakeSci Learning Algorithm,” in Scientific Reports. His algorithm is nearly twice as successful as more common data-mining techniques, detecting up to 94% of inauthentic papers.
Sep 23, 2024
SFPE 2024 Jack Bono Award for Engineering Communication
MIE Distinguished Professor Yiannis Levendis is one of 15 collaborators who received the 2024 Jack Bono Award for Engineering Communication in the field of fire technology from the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) for their paper “The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Outdoor Fire Fighting.”
Sep 21, 2024
$13M ARPA-H Award for Breakthrough 3D Imaging To Detect Lung Cancer Early
Soner Sonmezoglu, ECE assistant professor, was awarded a $13 million grant from the ARPA-H, titled “PAIL: PhotoAcoustic Imaging technology for diagnostic Lung assessment.” The result of the effort will be a radically new optical photoacoustic imaging system with advanced image reconstruction algorithms to assist in diagnosing and treating cancer and other major diseases.
Sep 19, 2024
Explaining Continued Consequences of Cyberattack on a Healthcare Provider
ECE/Khoury Professor Kevin Fu explains why some healthcare providers may still be suffering from a cyberattack that occurred this February on medical payment processing provider Change Healthcare and how the continued consequences represent a need for heightened government scrutiny.