STEM
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Is Part of Elite Multi-Institutional Physics Research Hub
Top physicists from five institutions from around the United States, including Duncan Brown, Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, will come together to explore the physics of neutron stars—the densest form of matter…
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Team Receives $1.5M NSF Grant to Establish Research Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Quinn Qiao and a research team from the College of Engineering and Computer Science received a $1.5 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and industry members to develop an Industry/University Collaborative Research Center…
Forensic Scientists Design the First Machine Learning Approach to Forensic DNA Analysis
As the field of forensics evolves, more complex evidence is being processed with greater precision, sensitivity and speed than ever before. To give a real-life example, consider a bank robbery where the perpetrator uses a pen, available to all customers,…
Sharing the Importance of Education
The concept of luck goes against the principles of engineering. Luck happens without design. The story behind most great careers may sometimes include luck, but the truth behind it is usually years of hard work, continued learning and the application…
12 Undergraduate Students Awarded WiSE Summer Research Funds
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) awarded research funds to twelve student researchers through its 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Support Program. The program seeks to promote research participation among women in STEM fields, with awards supplementing students’ existing grants to…
How Many Species Have Inhabited the Earth? A&S Researchers Say We May Never Know
Ever since Swedish naturalist and explorer Carolus Linnaeus developed the uniform system for defining and naming species of organisms, known as binomial nomenclature (e.g., Homo sapiens for human beings), scientists have wondered if they will ever be able to predict the…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s First NIH S10 Grant Funds State-of-the-Art Microscope
For the first time in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s history, a department has received a prestigious S10 Instrumentation Grant from the National Institutes of Health. The S10 program, which supports the purchase of high-tech instruments to enhance research of NIH investigators, funded…
When It Comes to the Environmental Impact of Hydrofracking vs. Conventional Gas/Oil Drilling, Research Shows the Differences May Be Minimal
Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country’s dependence on foreign oil and provided financial relief to U.S. consumers, but have also raised longstanding concerns about environmental damage, such as groundwater contamination. A…
CASE Welcomes New Incubator Company NSION Technologies Inc.
The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) welcomes a new company to its business incubator: NSION Technologies Inc. The company provides situational awareness and secure communications channels with live data transmission through encrypted management platforms, while utilizing equipment owned…
Philanthropy that Empowers Students to Succeed in STEM
When Ed Mitzen ’88 graduated from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, he could never have imagined that he would one day own a multimillion-dollar company and employ hundreds of people. But the man who dreams big—and achieves those dreams—also never forgot his humble…