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Feb 28, 2012

Alshawabkeh Elected Fellow

CIV Professor Akram Alshawabkeh has been selected as a fellow of ASCE in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the profession.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Feb 24, 2012

Combining Fields of Study

PhD graduate Brian Plouffe was able to expand on the research interests of ChE Associate Professor Shashi Murthy and Professor Laura Lewis to create a miniaturized version of a magnet-activated cell sorting (MACS) device to detect cancer cells.

Chemical Engineering

Feb 16, 2012

Increasing Cell Motility

ChE Associate Professor Anand Asthagiri is featured in the journal Langmuir for showing how changing the geometry of a cell can enhance the cell’s motility.

Chemical Engineering

Feb 10, 2012

Metghalchi Receives ASME Dedicated Service Award

MIE Professor & Chair Hameed Metghalchi is the recipient of an ASME 2011 Dedicated Service Award for his years of loyal service to ASME.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Feb 02, 2012

Vaziri Awarded NSF CAREER Award

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor Ashkan Vaziri has been awarded a $400K NSF CAREER grant to study “Functional Biomimetric Materials with Extreme Topology”.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jan 27, 2012

Jalili Selected as Fellow

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor Nader Jalili has been selected as a fellow of ASME.

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Jan 24, 2012

Tracking MassDOT Performance

CIV Professor Ali Touran has teamed up with Pioneer Institute to create a Massachusetts Transportation Dashboard to monitor how MassDOT is using tax dollars to reduce traffic congestion and increase throughput & safety.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jan 23, 2012

Erdogmus Awarded $95K NSF Grant

ECE Assistant Professor Denis Erdogmus is working with OHSU to apply statistical machine learning technology to minimize any errors that occur during clinical laboratory tests.

Electrical & Computer Engineering