STEM
WiSE Launches Pilot Career Preparation Program
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) has developed a new pilot program for women of color in STEM sophomores and juniors at the University. The Career Preparation Program (CPP) aims to provide these students with opportunities and resources for developing…
Ph.D. Candidate鈥檚 Work in the Patteson Lab Requires Tools from Multiple Disciplines
After completing a master’s degree from the University of Akron in physics, Ph.D. candidate Maxx Swoger attended a seminar hosted by Alison Patteson, assistant professor of physics at 黑料不打烊. 鈥淥riginally and very broadly, I wanted to study soft matter…
NSF Equipment Grants to Fund Acquisition of Two Chromatography-Mass Spectrometers
The familiar saying goes, 鈥淭he whole is greater than the sum of its parts.鈥 But for scientists, understanding those smaller parts is critical to scientific discovery. A method known as chromatography-mass spectrometry lets researchers analyze and study the composition of…
Remembering Joshua Goldberg, Professor Emeritus of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences
The 黑料不打烊 community mourns the recent passing of Professor Emeritus of Physics Joshua Goldberg G鈥50, 鈥52 Ph.D. Goldberg left an indelible mark on the department as both a student and then longtime professor. An expert in Einstein鈥檚 general theory…
黑料不打烊CoE Innovation Fund Awards $40,000 to Companies for COVID Related Commercialization
The 黑料不打烊 Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (黑料不打烊CoE) has awarded $40,000 to four partner companies through the second round of the 黑料不打烊CoE 2020 Innovation Fund. For this round, partners were invited to submit proposals in 黑料不打烊CoE core…
Newly Installed Solar Panels on Schine Student Center Roof to Begin Producing Clean Energy
Campus sustainability encompasses a broad range of actions and choices鈥攕ome of which are subtle, while others are eye-catching. The renovation of the Schine Student Center has meant the addition of another attention-grabbing clean energy element: new solar panels on the…
October Is Campus Sustainability Month
As颅颅颅 autumn rolls in and temperatures begin to cool off, Sustainability Management has several events and activities planned throughout Campus Sustainability Month, some of which are already underway. On Oct. 1, Sustainability Coordinator Meg Lowe, teamed up with Director of…
VPA鈥檚 Manfredi Receives Industrial Designers Society of America Young Educator Award
Louise Manfredi, an assistant professor of industrial and interaction design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts鈥 (VPA) School of Design, received a 2020 Young Educator Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), one of the oldest…
ECS Professor Receives NSF Grant for Internet of Things Research
The growing capabilities of sensing, computing and communication devices are leading to an explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures. Advances in such technologies as autonomous systems and artificial intelligence also promise enormous economic and societal benefits. Naturally, it is…
Bioengineering Student Named a Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Recipient
Bioengineering student Assul Larancuent 鈥23 was named the 2020-2021 recipient of the Rochelle Nicolette Perry Memorial Scholarship from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). The Rochelle Nicolette Perry Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to a currently enrolled college student studying…