Studying Health on the International Space Station Thu, August 04, 2022 Biomedical engineer Ronke Olabisi (USFOE 2020) at the University of California, Irvine is working on a multidisciplinary initiative dedicated to fostering the capabilities for interstellar travel and habitats with artificial partial gravity. Read More
Engineered Crystals Could Help Computers Run on Less Power Thu, July 28, 2022 Sayeef Salahuddin (GAFOE 2013) at the University of California, Berkeley has engineered a major breakthrough in the design of a component of transistors that could significantly reduce their energy consumption without sacrificing speed, size or performance. Read More
And Now, a Bionic Ear Mon, July 25, 2022 FOE alum Hod Lipson at Columbia University has engineered a 3D-bioprinted ear implant from the patient’s own living cells and could lead to tissue implants for treating other conditions and traumatic injuries, reconstructive and regenerative therapy, and even the biomanufacture of whole organs. Read More
Sustainable Electronics Mon, July 18, 2022 Ying Diao (USFOE 2017) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is engineering a way to improve the charge capacity of flexible solar cells, which could expand access to affordable renewable energy. Read More
Plant-based Jet Fuel That is More Climate-Friendly Thu, July 14, 2022 Joshua Heyne (USFOE 2021), now at Washington State University Tri-Cities and Pacific Northwest National Lab, is engineering an experimental plant-based jet fuel that dispenses with aromatics and could improve aircraft engine performance and efficiency. Read More
Capturing Carbon With Inspiration From Battery Chemistry Mon, July 11, 2022 Bryan McCloskey (USFOE 2015) at the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is engineering an electrochemistry approach to capture carbon dioxide that could be less energy-intensive than current systems. Read More
Photos Worth 1,000 Words - and Bevy of Medical Diagnostic Tests Thu, July 07, 2022 Ehsan Hoque (EU-US FOE 2019) at the University of Rochester is engineering algorithms that can analyze whether a person who takes a selfie is likely to develop Parkinson’s disease—as reliably as expensive, wearable digital biomarkers that monitor motor symptoms. Read More
Injectable Electrodes Could Prevent Deadly Heart Arrhythmias Thu, June 30, 2022 Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez (CAFOE 2019) at the University of Texas at Austin is engineering a “liquid wire” that can guide hearts to a normal rhythm, preventing the heart attacks and strokes triggered by electrical misfiring in the heart. Read More
Innovative Early-Career Engineers Selected to Participate in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium of the National Academy of Engineering Mon, June 27, 2022 84 of the nation’s brightest early-career engineers have been selected to take part in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium of the National Academy of Engineering Read More
Keeping Plastics Out of Landfills and the Environment Mon, June 13, 2022 Alan Jacobsen (USFOE 2011) at Amazon and Gregg Beckham (USFOE 2017) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are engineering technologies and materials that will lead to less material in landfills and more back into the circular economy. Read More
Using Ultrasound to Command Bacteria to Nuke Tumors Thu, June 09, 2022 Caltech's Mikhail Shapiro (USFOE 2017) is engineering bacteria to attack cancer after being activated by ultrasound-induced heat without harming surrounding healthy cells. Read More
Decoding a Material’s ‘Memory’ Mon, June 06, 2022 Mechanical engineer Celia Reina (EU-US FOE 2017) at the University of Pennsylvania is studying the relationship between particle structure and flow in disordered materials, yielding insights that can be used to understand systems ranging from mudslides to biofilms. Read More
Fighting Climate Change with Carbon Capture and Utilization Technologies Thu, June 02, 2022 At the University of California Riverside, Mihri Ozkan is engineering clean energy technologies, and Kandis Leslie Abdul-Aziz is converting waste products, including recovered carbon, into fuels and valuable industrial chemicals. Read More
Simulated Human Eye Movement Thu, May 26, 2022 Duke University's Maria Gorlatova (USFOE 2020) is engineering virtual eyes that simulate how humans look at the world accurately enough for companies to train virtual reality and augmented reality programs and will help protect user data in the rapidly expanding metaverse. Read More
Upcycling Human Waste to Fertilize Plants Mon, May 23, 2022 Krista Wigginton (JAFOE 2018) at the University of Michigan is engineering plant fertilizer from urine, a less intensive process that produces the same nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrients as synthetic fertilizer. Read More
New Drug Combinations With COVID-19 Therapeutic Potential Thu, May 19, 2022 FOE alum Jingyue Ju at Columbia University is working on an initiative with a consortium of pharmacologists, virologists, medicinal chemists, and structural biologists to engineer new therapeutics with enhanced potency and safety profiles for COVID-19. Read More
New Technology Could Make Biopsies a Thing of the Past Mon, May 16, 2022 FOE alum Elizabeth Hillman at Columbia University is engineering a technology that could guide surgeons to navigate tumors and their boundaries without needing to remove tissues and wait for pathology results. Read More
Five FOE Alumni Elected to National Academy of Sciences Thu, May 12, 2022 The National Academy of Sciences has announced its new members, including five FOE alumni. Belcher, Angela M.; James Mason Crafts Professor and head, department of biological engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Cui, Yi; professor of materials ... Read More
Cloud Hosting for S/4HANA Mon, May 09, 2022 IBM's Hillery Hunter (USFOE 2010) is engineering a process to help enterprise client bases move their estate in a modernized direction and move their estate to cloud and hybrid cloud environments with reliability, control over their environment, and security. Read More
AI Enables Strategic Hydropower Planning Across Amazon Basin Thu, May 05, 2022 Computer science engineer Carla Gomes (USFOE 2009) at Cornell worked with an disciplinary team from more than two dozen academic institutions and NGOs in the US, Europe, and South America to understand how to meet hydropower needs with the least amount of environmental damage. Read More