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Sep 17, 2013
A storm in our veins
Suppose you’re hiking through the forest on a sunny afternoon as a light breeze passes through the trees, gently grazing your skin. Suddenly the sky opens up and a rainstorm […]
Sep 16, 2013
Ethics and Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Matthew Eckelman and Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Jackie Isaacs were awarded a $248K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to incorporate ethics education into life cycle design, engineering, […]
Sep 16, 2013
‘All models are wrong, some are useful’
There are good models and there are bad models. For example, how many times have you purchased what amounted to be a garbage sack because it looked so much like a […]
Sep 13, 2013
Mavroidis Wins 3 Grants
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Constantinos Mavroidis was awarded two NSF grants and one NASA grant totaling $750K to study Gear Bearing Drives for robotic joints and MRI Guided Magnetic NanoParticles. The National Science […]
Sep 13, 2013
Optimized Computing Space
Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Gunar Schirner and Professor David Kaeli were awarded a $450K National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop "Power Efficient Emerging Heterogeneous Platforms." The National Science […]
Sep 12, 2013
Student Wins Travel Grant
Bioengineering PhD student David Walsh won a prestigious travel grant to attend the Biomedical Engineering Society annual meeting to present his work on designing microfluidic systems to diagnose disease of […]
Sep 06, 2013
Monitoring at the Next Level
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Jose A. Martinez-Lorenzo received a $225K subcontract from MIT-Lincoln Laboratory for a NOAA grant to create "Advanced Mechanical-Electromagnetic Applications for next Generation Environmental […]
Sep 05, 2013
Awarded for Contributions
Senior Academic Specialist Bala Maheswaran received the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) "Distinguished Educator and Service Award" in the Physics and Engineering Physics Division. Founded in 1893, the […]