What if you could turn common metals, like steel or copper, into mini-solar panels by applying a coating? Professors Nikolai Kouklin, computer science, and Konstantin Sobolev, civil & environmental engineering, stumbled onto a way to do just that. The coating …
Students and faculty from the college were well-represented at a welcome event for U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin when she visited 51ÁÔÆæ’s Connected Systems Institute (CSI) Sept. 24. Baldwin explored the cutting-edge artificial intelligence research at the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab …
Two research projects – one focusing on virtual reality exposure and the other on a pretreatment for battery parts – have received funding by the 51ÁÔÆæ Graduate School’s Discovery and Innovation Grant (DIG) program. This yearlong, internal seed funding prioritizes new …
Researchers at 51ÁÔÆæ are looking for ways to reduce the amount of data that is processed at data centers while still getting good computing results and saving energy. Shuaiqi Roger Shen, assistant professor of electrical engineering, said this research, powered by a …
The new EMS Senior Design & Capstone Studios in EMS 371 have been renovated and will open for use later this month. These spaces are entirely funded by private philanthropy and offer a permanent collaborative workspace for student/industry capstone projects. …
Ryo Amano, professor, mechanical engineering, and his doctoral students, Mohamed Maache and Cheikh Kada, were featured in a story in The American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ magazine about their research into optimizing animal waste for maximum energy output. The story, …
George Davida, professor emerit, electrical engineering & computer science, passed away in August. Davida, a pioneer in the field of cybersecurity, was on the faculty at the college from 1970 until his retirement in 2010. The field of computer science essentially …
When Salman Ibrahim, a senior at Ronald Reagan High School, heard he could take a real college engineering class while still in high school — and for free — he didn’t hesitate. “This way, I can try it out and …
Four researchers in the college recently have been awarded funding from the 51ÁÔÆæ Research Foundation to further projects that aim to better facilitate renewable energy sources, find circulating cancer cells, and provide robotic physical therapy to patients confined to a …
New federal rules require nearly all harmful PFAS compounds to be removed from drinking water – a tough challenge with these so-called “forever chemicals.” Professor Yin Wang and Associate Professor Xiaoli Ma, civil & environmental engineering, recently discussed two innovative …
