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Engineering’s Gary Wnek’s curiosity sends him in wide-ranging directions
Gary Wnek is always thinking about developing materials to address problems—from enhancing fire-retardant coatings to protecting older people from the devastating consequences of falls. His broad interests stem from a desire to tackle research areas early. “I’m not a bandwagon person,” said…
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June 27, 2016
Risk score would determine who would benefit from chemoradiation alone
Researchers estimate that, in the United States annually, up to 10,000 rectal cancer patients undergo unnecessary surgery, and more than 25,000 suffer from pelvic sepsis, wound infection and permanent impairments from aggressive ...

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June 17, 2016
Rigoberto C. Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was an invited speaker at TECHCONNECT 2016 in Washington, D.C.
The event, which was held in May, is considered the premier nanotechnology and business innovation conference. With more than 900 paper submissions, only 5 pre...

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June 14, 2016
Researchers from ӰƵ, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center and around the world will perform the largest fire-safety experiment ever in space when the unmanned Cygnus cargo module backs a safe distance from the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for this afternoon...

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May 27, 2016
Rigoberto Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, recently received a $300,0000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his work, titled "Supramolecularly Templated Living REP-ROP Polymerizations and Block Copolymers.”
Celtic art, Boy Scout knots, Mobius strip ring ...
May 24, 2016
Finding may help in understanding memory formation, treating epilepsy
Researchers at ӰƵ discovered a new way that brain waves spread through the hippocampus—a possible step toward understanding and treating epilepsy.
The researchers discovered a traveling spike generato...

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May 23, 2016
Five-year, $6.7 million federal grant for new Center for Multimodal Evaluation of Engineered Cartilage aims to make cartilage knee implants from patients’ cells
ӰƵ will open a new center designed to develop evaluation technology and set standards for testing and improvin...
May 13, 2016
Rigoberto C. Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, worked overseas in the Philippines as part of Visiting Professor Program (VPP) with Philippine Development Foundation in late April.
Advincula is on the board of trustees of the organization.
During his time in the Philip...
May 06, 2016
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was recently awarded U.S. patent 9,292,933, titled “Method and apparatus for shape based deformable segmentation of multiple overlapping objects.”
The present inv...

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May 04, 2016
Five ӰƵ junior faculty members have been awarded National Science Foundation CAREER grants, bringing more than $2.5 million for research to campus.
The five-year grants support the scientists as they delve into how nanopartical organization controls properties of materi...

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May 03, 2016
Effort to understand risks of treatment, and prognostic clues to long-term outcomes
Prostate cancers are either low-grade, low-risk forms that may be monitored but otherwise untreated, or they’re serious enough to require surgery and radiation.
Monitoring can cause patients anxiety. Radical treatme...