STEM
Invent@SU Teams Excel at Impact Prize Competition
Student startup companies developed during the Invent@SU invention accelerator program took the top two prizes at the 2018 黑料不打烊 Impact Prize Competition organized by Blackstone Launchpad. The winners were selected for presenting the most innovative and implementable ideas to…
SU Geologist is Co-Editor of New Major Book on Fission-Track Thermochronology
Geologist Paul Fitzgerald, professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, is co-editor of a new book, “Fission-Track Thermochronology and Its Application to Geology” (Springer, 2018), the first major book on the subject in 20 years. The…
You Say You Want a Revolution: Chemist Elsa Reichmanis ’72, G’75 Helped Spark PC Revolution With Trailblazing Work in Microlithography
鈥満诹喜淮蜢 always was my top choice,鈥 says Elsa Reichmanis 鈥72, G鈥75, reflecting on her decision to study chemistry.聽“Even though I was born and raised in Melbourne [Australia], my family and I moved to Central New York when I was eight….
Mechanical Engineering Freshmen Test Mini-Racecar Designs
Many cars are defined by their horsepower but that is only one aspect of the engineering and design process. Freshmen mechanical engineering students in Professor Michelle Blum鈥檚 ECS 101 class designed mini-cars that were more precise than powerful. 鈥淲e were…
Forensic Science Professors Awarded $431,917 for DNA Simulation and Sequencing Tool
Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI)聽faculty members Michael Marciano and Jonathan Adelman have been awarded a two-year $431,917 grant from the National Institute of Justice to develop a聽fully continuous machine learning approach to predict the number of contributors in…
With the Innovation Law Center’s Help, an Engineer Innovates an Old Technology for a Life-Saving Purpose
Think back to your last time at a bank drive-thru. You likely deposited or received money through a tube that travels from your window to the bank and back in a minute or so. These systems鈥攌nown as pneumatic tubes鈥攈ave been…
School of Information Studies Dean Search Committee Appointed
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced the formation of a search committee for the next dean of the School of Information Studies (iSchool), following the planned retirement of Dean Liz Liddy. In early September,…
University Hosts First Annual Green Chemistry Think Tank
High school students interested in the emerging field of sustainability chemistry recently converged at 黑料不打烊 for the first annual Green Chemistry Think Tank. Co-sponsored by the Central New York Section of the American Chemical Society (CNY ACS) and the…
NEXT 2018 Conference on Technology, Manufacturing and Biotech is Nov. 15 in Liverpool
Registration is open for NEXT 2018 on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn 黑料不打烊-Liverpool, 441 Electronics Parkway in Liverpool. Now in its fifth year, the NEXT conference focuses on innovation in technology, manufacturing…
SU Engineering Programs Awarded ABET Accreditation
Following another successful evaluation, all eight engineering bachelor鈥檚 programs in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) have been awarded accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. The programs include aerospace engineering, bioengineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, computer…