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Kevin Camelo Bonilla and Natalie Petryk Receive Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Contributions to Human Values
The Office of Academic Affairs announced that Kevin Camelo Bonilla and Natalie Petryk have been selected to receive the 2021 Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Contributions to Human Values. Candidates for this award are nominated by faculty members. A committee of…
Engineering and Computer Science 2021 Research Day Award Winners Announced
On March 12, the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) held its annual Research Day. During the event, industry representatives, faculty and students from a wide range of disciplines learn about novel approaches to solving challenging research problems. Through…
Twelve Selected as 2021 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars
Twelve seniors have been named as the 2021 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2021 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic…
Professor Vir Phoha Examines Ethics of Facial Recognition Software
The use of facial recognition technology has been controversial and it has been criticized as being prone to misuse and reinforcing existing biases. Cities across the United States have been banning the use of facial recognition software and in the…
US Army Awards Meritorious Civilian Service Medal to Professor Mark Glauser
Mark Glauser, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a Meritorious Civilian Service Medal by the U.S. Army for his work with the Army Science Board. The board provides independent…
Honeywell and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Establish Research Partnership to Develop Next-Generation Air Quality Technology
Honeywell and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ have established a research partnership to fund research on emerging indoor air quality technologies. The partnership will include the naming of a Honeywell Indoor Air Quality Laboratory at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, which…
Aerospace Engineering Alumni Profile: George Kirby ’92
Great technology requires an equally impressive business plan supporting it. The goal is to have a company led by someone who understands what makes the company innovative and also the business and analytical skill to grow it into an industry…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Named as One of Top Fulbright Award Producing Institutions in the US for 2020-21
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has been included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities (doctoral institutions) that produced the most 2020-21 Fulbright U.S. students. The announcement is made annually by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs…
ECS Receives National Recognition for College’s Diversity and Inclusion Efforts
The College of Engineering and Computer Science was recently awarded bronze level status from the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) Diversity Recognition Program. The program’s goal is to help engineering, engineering technology and computing programs promote diversity, equity and…
What Drugs Cause Birth Defects? Search for Answers Turbocharges Zhen Ma’s Bioengineering Lab
Zhen Ma arrived at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in 2016, fresh from a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, to set up his own lab. Appointed assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering and the Carol and Samuel Nappi…