Associate Professor Qi An’s research on understanding the twinning process in CdTe homoepitaxial film growth was selected for the cover of Crystal Growth & Design, an American Chemistry Society Publication.
Category: Research
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Nanoink, printing technologies could enable electronics repairs, production in space
Researchers tested new nanoink and printing technologies on the “roller coaster” of NASA microgravity flights. They demonstrated that electronic circuits can be printed in zero gravity. That could lead to astronauts printing electric circuits for spacecraft and equipment repairs. The technologies could also lead to manufacturing high-value electronics in the special environment of space.
Sid Pathak and project partners selected for ARPA-E CHADWICK program
Sid Pathak, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, is the university lead in a project selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) to develop next-generation materials critical to commercializing fusion power.
The bionics (making) woman
Kaylee Herrig set out early on her engineering journey, encouraged by the confident women in STEM fields whom she admired. But it was an “aha” moment in seventh grade that solidified her path — a news story about a man receiving an artificial hand.
“I realized you could apply the fundamentals of engineering to solve the problem of a lost limb,” she says. “When I learned I could study this in college, I thought, this is the way I can help the world.”
Graduate students Ashley, Digavalli, Harris, Eghbalpur receive TEX-REX Awards
Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards for summer 2024 have been presented to four Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students.
Empowering Rural Electric Infrastructure Resilience
Associate Professor Alice Alipour is leading a transdisciplinary team for power infrastructure recovery in natural disasters. After the 2020 derecho, she started working directly with communities and local power plants to address the challenge of preparation and prevention of failure in the future.
Researchers study 3D printing tungsten parts for extreme conditions in nuclear reactors
Sougata Roy and his DREAM-TEAM collaborators are studying 3D printing as an alternative way to process tungsten for use as shields and other components in nuclear reactors. The project is supported by a new, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Levitas research produces a breakthrough finding in silicon phase transformations
Research by Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering Valery Levitas looks at plastic strain-induced phase transformations in silicon. It has seen publication in Nature Communications.
Bion Pierson, longtime Aerospace Engineering faculty member, passes away
Bion Pierson, a noted aerospace engineering researcher and member of the Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty for 43 years, has passed away.
Nigel Reuel receives American Chemical Society BIOT Young Investigator Award
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering faculty member Nigel Reuel has received the 2024 American Chemical Society BIOT Young Investigator Award.
Bastawros awarded for advances in packaging electronic devices
Ashraf Bastawros has been named recipient of the prestigious 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Excellence in Mechanics Award.
Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellowship for Chowdhury’s AI-based protein design research
Ratul Chowdhury was recently named a Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering.
Trusting the robot in the workplace
Jundi Liu, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, graduate student Mobina Amrollahi, and undergraduate research assistant Rindirisia Wangira are actively conducting AGV/human trust laboratory studies using a virtual reality apparatus for human-robot interaction research.
Modern manufacturing is seeing rapid changes in the workplace. One change is integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated technologies like Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) into operational processes.
Teaching and research recognition for aerospace engineering graduate students
Four graduate students from the Department of Aerospace Engineering have received the Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards for spring semester 2024.
Aerospace engineering group takes first place in national student paper competition
A group of Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate researchers and others has received first place in an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics paper competition.