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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 […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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 […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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. […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering

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 […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

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 […]

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Sep 01, 2012

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship is a highly competitive, merit-based award for outstanding students in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering who are interested in pursuing a career in research. Sophomores and […]

Aug 29, 2012

Mi Receives NSF Grant

ECE Assistant Professor Ningfang Mi was awarded a $272K NSF grant to develop techniques to handle software and hardware failures of large scale computing systems. Large-scale computing environments such as […]

Electrical & Computer Engineering