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黑料不打烊 Receives $750,000 From U.S. Department of Energy to Accelerate Innovations for 鈥楪rid-Interactive鈥 and Energy-Efficient Buildings
黑料不打烊 has received a $750,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate development and commercialization of innovations for “grid-interactive” and energy-efficient buildings. The project is focused on strengthening the regional innovation cluster in Central New York,…
Professor Shikha Nangia Selected as Rising Star by American Chemical Society
Biomedical and chemical engineering Professor Shikha Nangia has been selected as a recipient of the American Chemical Society鈥檚 Women Chemist Committee聽 2022 Rising Star Award. The award recognizes nine women scientists who have demonstrated excellence in the scientific enterprise and…
BioInspired Institute Partners With Historically Black Colleges and Universities
The BioInspired Institute focuses on leading-edge research in materials and living systems and trains students at the undergraduate and graduate level. When the United States faced a reckoning on racism and structural inequities, BioInspired鈥檚 faculty and staff asked, 鈥淗ow can…
Biology Major Gains Hands-On Experience With Endangered Animals in Costa Rica
From an early age, Leonardo Rivera 鈥22 had a fondness for animals and wildlife conservation. Growing up in tropical Puerto Rico, the biology major on a pre-veterinary track remembers investigating the habits of hermit crabs in the sand, watching as…
Arts and Sciences Physicist Part of a 5-University Team Programming Biological Cells to Design Futuristic Materials
Jennifer Ross, professor and department chair of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is among a team of researchers that was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to design and create…
ECS Doctoral Students Win Research Awards; Aim to Improve Airport Industry
Parisa Sanaei and Michael Ammoury, civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, have been selected for graduate research awards from the Transportation Research Board鈥檚 Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). The ACRP awards support…
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Sucheta Soundarajan Receives NSF CAREER Award
Large networks such as social media platforms, highway systems and even our genes contain vast amounts of data hiding in plain sight. However, the techniques scientists design to learn about the nonlinear relationships within these structures often result in unintentional…
Professors Use Machine Learning to Guide the Design of Stable Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles are tiny particles, made of only a few hundred atoms, that are helping to create the world鈥檚 newest 鈥渟mart鈥 surfaces and systems. Nanoparticles are playing a key role in the development of such cutting-edge consumer products as transparent sunscreens…
Steve Huang G鈥72, G鈥75 Establishes Memorial Scholarship in Honor of 黑料不打烊 Mentor
After rising to the position of vice president of engineering technology at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), one of the top priorities for Steve Huang G鈥72, G鈥75 was to build a culture that supported the needs of everyone in the…
LaunchPad Accepting Applications for 2021-22 Competitions
黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥 Blackstone LaunchPad is now accepting online applications for 2021-22 school year competitions. The universal application for the competitions, with nearly $100,000 in prizes, are for innovative or creative solutions to address problems or opportunities. Competitions are open…