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Jun 18, 2024

Annual Cochrane Fellowship Luncheon Celebrates Academic Excellence and Research Innovation

CEE University Distinguished and CDM Smith Professor and Chair Jerome Hajjar, along with CEE faculty and the development and alumni relations team, hosted the annual Cochrane Fellowship Fund luncheon. The event brings together past and current recipients of the Cochrane Fellowship and provides a unique opportunity for fellowship donors and recipients to engage in meaningful dialogue about their work and academic pursuits.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jun 13, 2024

Prebiotics in Food Are More Certain Source of Health Benefits Than Prebiotic Sodas

While the health benefits of prebiotics in soda are debated, ChE Professor Rebecca Carrier recommends relying on the definitive evidence that food with prebiotics promote a healthy gut and can have overall health benefits.

Chemical Engineering

Jun 13, 2024

Combo COVID-19-Flu Shot Could Have Broad Appeal

Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji says the convenience of a combined mRNA COVID-19 and flu shot, which successfully completed a late-stage trial at Moderna, could drive up the percentage of people vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Chemical Engineering

Vincent Harris

Jun 11, 2024

$3.97M ONR Award To Improve Navy Ship Power Management

ECE University Distinguished and William Lincoln Smith Professor Vincent Harris is leading a multi-institutional $3.97 million Office of Naval Research award to develop advanced magnetic materials that will operate at higher frequency and power levels, enabling more efficient and cost-effective power usage aboard Navy ships.

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Jun 11, 2024

How Slope Failures Can Lead to Critical Highway Collapses

CEE Associate Teaching Professor Craig Shillaber says that highway failures like the recently collapsed section of Teton Pass only happen under certain circumstances. These collapses are caused by slope failures, which depend on the stress of loading conditions and the strength of the foundation soil.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mansoor Amiji

Jun 10, 2024

New Approaches for Blood Disease Treatments

Bouvé/ChE University Distinguished Professor Mansoor Amiji’s research on “Lipid Nanoparticles Target Haematopoietic Stem Cells” was published in Nature Nanotechnology.

Chemical Engineering

Jun 10, 2024

Taking a Healthy Lifestyle One Step at a Time

MGEN Associate Teaching Professor Ram Hariharan debunks the myth of a magic number of steps people need to take each day to stay healthy. He says the true benchmark that people should be setting depends on individual health and fitness goals.

Multidisciplinary Masters (IT Areas)

Megan Hofmann

Jun 10, 2024

Developing Tools for Interactive Smart Knitted Textiles

Khoury/MIE Assistant Professor Megan Hofmann was awarded a $550,000 NSF grant for “Tools for Programming and Designing Interactive Machine-Knitted Smart Textiles.”

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering