The Fastest Researcher in the Optical World Mon, July 19, 2021 Xi (Vivian) Chen (JAFOE 2021) at Nokia Bell Labs has engineered optical transmitters to blink faster with increased efficiency and advanced the experimental state of the art with new classes of optical components. Read More
Neural Implant Hints at Whole Brain Function Thu, July 15, 2021 Duygu Kuzum (USFOE 2017) at the University of California, San Diego has engineered a neural implant that monitors the activity of different parts of the brain at the same time, showing how cognition and behavior rapidly adapts to changing environments. Read More
Freeze-Dried Vaccines Thu, July 01, 2021 Northwestern University's Michael Jewett (USFOE 2012) has engineered a new way to make shelf-stable vaccines by cracking open a cellular membrane, significantly broadening access to potentially lifesaving medicines. Read More
Black Trailblazers in Engineering Mon, June 28, 2021 FOE alum and NAE member Paula Hammond at MIT recently served as guest editor for the Chemical & Engineering News 2021 Trailblazers issue, which highlighted African Americans making a positive impact on the world through science, technology, engineering, and medicine. Read More
Innovative Early-Career Engineers Selected to Participate in NAE's 2021 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Thu, June 24, 2021 83 of the nation’s brightest early-career engineers have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 27th annual US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) symposium. Read More
AI with Audio Perception Mon, June 21, 2021 Kristen Grauman (USFOE 2016) is engineering a new AI simulator called SoundSpaces, an independent “agent” that guides itself to noise-producing objects through 3D environments to achieve better spatial understanding from audiovisual observations. Read More
NAE Awards The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research Thu, June 17, 2021 Two Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grants of $30,000 each have been awarded to attendees of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 2020 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Read More
A Rainbow Connection Fri, June 11, 2021 Mikhail Kats (USFOE 2020) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has engineered an optical technique to measure transparent, layered structures found in plants, animals, geological samples, and synthetic materials and could lead to a new understanding of climate history. Read More
Dynamic, Cost-Saving Additive Platform Thu, June 10, 2021 FOE alum Yong Chen at the University of Southern California is engineering a prototype 3D printing platform with adjustable metal pins that negate the need to print excess support structures. This could save 30% on material, with biomedical, automotive, aerospace, and maritime applications. Read More
Taking a Patient's Pulse Remotely with Camera Fri, June 04, 2021 Shwetak Patel (EU-US FOE 2014) University of Washington is engineering a way to use machine learning and the camera on an electronic device to take pulse and respiration signals from a real-time video of a patient’s face. Read More
Using AI for Sustainable Energy and Water Thu, June 03, 2021 Seth Darling (USFOE 2016) at Argonne National Laboratory is engineering an artificial intelligence-assisted system for recovery of energy, nutrients, and freshwater from municipal wastewater. Read More
Inhaled Covid-19 Vaccines in Development Thu, May 27, 2021 Bioengineer Renata Pasqualini (GAFOE 2013) at Rutgers University is developing an inhalable covid-19 vaccine that would be easier to administer and more accessible than a jab, and there’s reason to believe it could work better, too. Read More
Using Advanced Light to Reveal How Biofuels Behave Mon, May 24, 2021 The University of Central Florida's Subith Vasu (2019 EU-US FOE) has engineered a model that uses light to help engine designers, fuel chemists, and federal agencies identify cleaner burning and renewable alternatives to gasoline. Read More
Predicting Virus Evolutions Using AI Thu, May 20, 2021 Electrical and computer engineer Paul Bogdan (USFOE 2019) at USC developed an algorithm that identifies how online rumors mutate into full-blown fake news could be retrained and reclassified to detect the next mutation of viruses like COVID-19. Read More
Workplace Air Quality Standards Mon, May 17, 2021 Chemical engineer Leonard Pease (CAFOE 2017) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory joins other researchers in issuing a call to action to improve indoor air quality as a safeguard against the spread of airborne contagions like the coronavirus. Read More
Origami-inspired Medical Solutions Thu, May 13, 2021 MIT's Xuanhe Zhao (USFOE 2013) is engineering a medical patch that can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces to patch up internal injuries. Read More
The Secret of Why Hummingbirds Hum Mon, May 10, 2021 Stanford's David Lentink (USFOE 2016) studies biological flight as an inspiration for engineering design. He recently used 3D sound mapping to show aerodynamic forces during flight that explain the hummingbird's eponymous sound. Read More
New Treatments Post-Heart Attack Thu, May 06, 2021 FOE alum W. David Merryman, a bioengineer at Vanderbilt University, has identified the protein receptor in specialized heart cells that, when removed, preserves cardiac function after a heart attack. A promising therapeutic development is now underway. Read More
Vaccination by Inhalation Mon, May 03, 2021 FOE alum Darrell Irvine at MIT is engineering a method to deliver vaccines directly to the lungs, which can boost immune responses to respiratory infections from viruses such as COVID-19, or lung cancer. Read More
Organ Engineering for Chronic Disease Thu, April 29, 2021 NAE member, FOE alum, and bioengineer Linda Griffith at MIT aims to change the conversation about endometriosis from one of women’s pain to one of biomarkers, genetics, and molecular networks. Read More