Engineering
Michigan State University is partnering with the National Center for Women and Information Technology to recruit and retain more women in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering - fields in which females remain under-represented nationwide.
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Two companies launched by discoveries at an engineering research center based at Iowa State University have won business development grants to help them commercialize their biorenewable technologies.
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R&D Magazine announced the winners and three technologies from Los Alamos National Laboratory and its partners are among the honorees.
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The computing devices and software programs that enable the technology on which the modern world relies, says Hector Muñoz-Avila, can be likened to adolescents.
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Work is scheduled to begin later this summer on the Michigan State University Bio Engineering Facility.
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Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are the most efficient and environmentally friendly light bulbs on the market. But they come at a higher up-front price than other bulbs, especially the ones with warmer and more appealing hues.
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Using star-shaped block co-polymer structures as tiny reaction vessels, researchers have developed an improved technique for producing nanocrystals with consistent sizes, compositions and architectures – including metallic, ferroelectric, magnetic, semiconductor and luminescent nanocrystals.
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Using bundles of vertical zinc oxide nanowires, researchers have fabricated arrays of piezotronic transistors capable of converting mechanical motion directly into electronic controlling signals. The arrays could help give robots a more adaptive sense of touch, provide better security in handwritten signatures and offer new ways for humans to interact with electronic devices.
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Harish Krishnaswamy, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has generated a record amount of power output—by a power of five—using silicon-based nanoscale CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) technology for millimeter-wave power amplifiers.
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Stimulating damaged tissue, bio-sensing gastric health, targeting drug delivery and more could soon be as easy as popping your morning multivitamin — thanks to the joint work of Carnegie Mellon University's Christopher Bettinger and Jay Whitacre.
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For sea turtle hatchlings struggling to reach the ocean, success may depend on having flexible wrists that allow them to move without disturbing too much sand. A similar wrist also helps a robot known as “FlipperBot” move through a test bed, demonstrating how animals and bio-inspired robots can together provide new information on the principles governing locomotion on granular surfaces.
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Solid-state design improves on existing fault current limiters.
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