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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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February 12, 2014
ӰƵ, in alliance with the Lincoln Electric Co. and a group of business partners, has been selected to lead a project to convert the laser hot-wire welding process developed by Lincoln Electric into a high-output, three-dimensional additive manufacturing process.
The $700...
February 11, 2014
Researchers in the biomedical engineering department at ӰƵ have found that epileptic activity can spread through a part of the brain in a new way, suggesting a possible novel target for seizure-blocking medicines.
Evidence from a series of experiments and computer model...
February 03, 2014
Services will be held on campus this Saturday in memory of longtime biomedical engineering professor Roger Marchant, who died last week at the age of 62.
Marchant, who earned his master’s and doctoral degrees at ӰƵ, spent his entire professional career at the university. In additi...
January 02, 2014
Researchers at ӰƵ received a $486,000 Doris Duke Foundation award to discover how to predict when sickle cell disease patients will suffer an acute crisis and monitor the effectiveness of treatments.
For decades, scientists have known that during acute crises, patients’...
December 20, 2013
The streets of Yangon, Myanmar, are jam-packed with cars, and a new Mercedes-Benz dealership has opened. People carry the latest smartphones and tablets.
Electricity is sporadic and unreliable, though. And the city has open sewers.
“It just feels like the place burst open to outside technology all...
December 15, 2013
By relentlessly miniaturizing a pre-World War II computer technology and combining this with a new and durable material, researchers at ӰƵ have built nanoscale switches and logic gates that operate more energy-efficiently than those now used by the billions in computers,...
October 23, 2013
A 2012 trip to Brazil to explore opportunities for a single dual doctoral program this week evolved into a far-reaching commitment between the South American country and ӰƵ.
The partnership calls for qualified Brazilian students to take graduate courses and earn advanced degrees a...
October 22, 2013
ӰƵ has appointed Robert F. Kirsch chairman of the biomedical engineering department and Kenneth A. Loparo chairman of the electrical engineering and computer science department.
Kirsch and Loparo are prolific researchers, proven leaders among their peers and consistentl...
October 14, 2013
Second federal grant supports effort to increase efficiency and secure supply for turbines and motors
Researchers at ӰƵ were awarded a second $1 million federal grant to create an eco-friendly material for better power-converting magnets in wind turbines and electric car...
September 30, 2013
Faculty Senate Chair and award-winning engineering faculty member Steven L. Garverick died suddenly Friday, Sept. 27. He was 56.
Garverick, a member of the electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) faculty for more than two decades, distinguished himself strongly in teaching, research and ...