Water collection in Turkana, Kenya.

MacArthur Foundation honors drought emergency strategy

Feb. 20, 2020

A 香港六合彩 and Millennium Water Alliance-led program committed to ending humanitarian drought emergencies in the Horn of Africa has been named one of the Top 100 in the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation 100&Change competition, and remains in the running for the competition鈥檚 award of a single $100 million grant.

A microscope

College to start accepting proposals for new IRTs

Feb. 17, 2020

Research leadership in the college is encouraging any and all faculty 鈥 no matter their rank, department or research area 卢鈥 to submit a proposal for a new Interdisciplinary Research Theme to start this summer. Find out how.

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Diane Sieber to serve as Herbst Program director

Feb. 17, 2020

As program director, Sieber will guide one of the college鈥檚 signature programs, which provides seminar-style courses for engineering students that explore technology and ethics through the lens of literature, history, philosophy and global perspectives.

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Alumni Volunteer Spotlight: Vanessa Aponte Williams, AeroEngr'06

Feb. 14, 2020

Vanessa Aponte Williams (AeroEngr鈥06) is a stand out volunteer and proud alumna from the College of Engineering and Applied Science. In 2016, Williams received the College of Engineering and Applied Science Recent Alumni Award for her career achievements, community service, and remaining involved with the college as a volunteer. The...

Tam Vu in the hallway of the Engineering Center

Computer science professor wins Sloan Fellowship for 'earable' device research

Feb. 13, 2020

Tam Vu says the award will help him "innovate and develop a next generation of wearable devices to improve humans鈥 cognitive function and well-being from around and inside their ears."

Kristi Anseth in lab

Professor Kristi Anseth earns international recognition with L鈥橭real-UNESCO For Women in Science award

Feb. 12, 2020

She is one of only five women in the world, and the only recipient in North America, to receive the recognition this year.

Robots inspired by the design of bugs

From insects to robots: Jayaram takes inspiration from nature

Feb. 11, 2020

Assistant Professor Kaushik Jayaram sees nature as a giant catalogue of design ideas. Engineers can 鈥渓eaf through鈥 it to see how various species have overcome problems鈥搈any of the solutions exquisitely developed over time to perfection.

Lahijanian speaking with a student in his lab.

Beyond mundane: Lahijanian鈥檚 work in safety-critical systems pushes autonomy forward

Feb. 10, 2020

After decades of work to make robots more and more capable of helping humans, robotic systems have become ever-present in our daily lives, helping with tasks big and small.

Michelle in the UMC with students moving around her.

Suddenly silent

Feb. 7, 2020

Michelle Galetti (TAM'20) had good reason to leave college. She chose to stay.

T9 Hacks Group in 2019 including Cassandra Goodby second to the right

How a hackathon solution inspired a problem-solver: T9Hacks and Cassandra Goodby

Feb. 6, 2020

Five years ago, Cassandra Goodby sketched out her first website mockups at the T9Hacks hackathon. Now she鈥檚 the lead organizer for the hackathon, a master鈥檚 student in the Creative Technologies and Design (CTD) track of the Technology, Media & Society program in the ATLAS Institute, and a professional user experience specialist for NIST, the National Institute for Standards and Technology. She still remembers the jolt of that initial spark.

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