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Sep 06, 2024
Building a Successful Career in Medical Robotics From Co-op
Co-ops at Barrett Technology and Z-Kat introduced David Dybala, E’01, electrical and computer engineering, to his postgraduate career and allowed him to have a hand in developing a groundbreaking robotic arm for orthopedic surgeries.
Sep 06, 2024
Portable Tube Bender Streamlines Metal Conduit Installation
Jaison Patel, E’22, mechanical engineering, and Joshua Baum, E’23, mechanical engineering, co-founded startup Tubender to make tube bending for metal conduits an affordable and efficient process. Their technology is based on a prototype created during their senior engineering capstone.
Sep 06, 2024
Alumnus Is Revolutionizing Snacking as Founder of AshaPops
Alongside his mother, Jai Farswani, E’12, industrial engineering, created AshaPops, which sells popped water lily seeds in multiple flavors inspired by family recipes. Their goal is to revolutionize snacking habits nationwide by continuing to bring ayurvedic plant-based foods to major retail chains such as Whole Foods and ShopRite.
Sep 05, 2024
Creating International Deep Tech Partnerships
ECE Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute for NanoSystems Innovation David Horsley, in collaboration with Innovation Impact International, was awarded a $299,898 NSF EAGER grant for “Catalyzing Deep Tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship via International Partnerships.”
Sep 05, 2024
A Bio-Inspired Approach to Material Design
MIE Postdoctoral Research Associate Richard Nash, PhD’23, and Associate Professor Yaning Li published their research, “On-demand Auxeticity and Co-existing Pre-tension Induced Compression Stage in a Sandwich Design With Kinematically Constrained 3D Suture Tiles,” in Nature Communications.
Sep 05, 2024
SENTRY Spotlight: Mahshid Asri
Mahshid Asri, PhD’24, electrical engineering, who as a student was a researcher at SENTRY and ALERT research centers, is a new postdoctoral research associate in SENTRY’s Advanced Sensing Technologies research area, working on the Stationary and Aerial Based Radio Frequency/Radar Detection of Drones and Concealed Threats project.
Sep 05, 2024
Testing Well Water To Help Owners Manage Water Quality
Kyla Drewry, PhD’25, civil and environmental engineering, under the guidance of CEE Assistant Professor Kelsey Pieper, led a team of PhD students on a research trip to North Carolina where they tested private well water. One in four residents using private wells in that region is faced with contamination issues.
Sep 04, 2024
New Modeling for Intestinal Health
Research conducted by Kyla Kaiser, PhD’24, chemical engineering, Jessica Snyder, PhD’23, bioengineering, ChE Associate Professors Ryan Koppes, and Abigail Koppes on “A Pumpless, High-Throughput Microphysiological System To Mimic Enteric Innervation of Duodenal Epithelium and the Impact on Barrier Function” was published in Advanced Functional Materials.