Features & Announcements
An Engineer’s Friend
We all need friends, and who among us wouldn’t appreciate a friend who does the hard, unglamorous, behind-the-scenes work that allows us to shine? Dr. Solares is that friend. He does the behind-the-scenes materials and measurement science research that other engineers can rely on to build the nano-scale devices that amaze the rest of the world.
ASEE names Dr. Saniya LeBlanc to "20 High-Achieving Researchers and Educators Under 40” list
Dr. LeBlanc's varied experiences led her ultimately to academia.
Dr. Keidar installed as A. James Clark Professor of Engineering
Dr. Michael Keidar was installed in the endowed professorship in a recent ceremony at the Science and Engineering Hall.
Innovate to help Puerto Rico
Join the SEAS Innovation Challenge and develop creative technological solutions to help meet needs in Puerto Rico. The entry deadline is January 8. Learn more about the application process.
SEAS receives $300k Clare Boothe Luce Program award
Female sophomore students in SEAS are eligible for one of the four research scholarships that will be awarded this year. Funding for each scholarship will total $37,250. Find out more and apply.
U.S. Patent Innovations LLC awards Dr. Keidar $5.3M in funding for novel plasma cancer therapy
Dr. Michael Keidar has received $5.3 million in funding from U.S. Patent Innovations LLC for a five-year project titled “Plasma Medicine Initiative”.
At the Crossroads of Science
Dr. Elias Balaras conducts research in multi-physics simulations in a variety of fluid mechanics problems.
Dr. Plesniak Honored with ASME Fluids Engineering Achievement Award
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has selected Michael Plesniak to receive the 2017 ASME Fluids Engineering Award.
Adding It All Up
As a doctoral student at Stanford University, Saniya LeBlanc was given a simulation exercise that tasked her with designing an energy portfolio to meet the human population’s demand for energy. With that exercise, Dr. LeBlanc found her field of study.
Smithsonian and NYT Profile Dr. Leftwich's Sea Lion Research
In a piece titled "When a Trip to the Zoo Resulted in an Engineering Breakthrough," Smithsonian.com highlights the work that SEAS Professor Megan Leftwich.
Undergraduate Researchers Making Discoveries
Elizabeth Hubler, B.S. ’14, can likely be found in George Washington University’s Biofluid Dynamics Laboratory, where she is improving machines that closely simulate a human vocal tract. If perfected, these models could help treat the more than 30 percent of people who suffer from voice disorders.
MAE to Offer Scientific Computing MOOC
MAE Professor Lorena Barba is launching the university’s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), titled "Practical Numerical Methods with Python," this fall. Registration is now open.
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