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Jan 29, 2013
Busnaina Awarded Patent
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Professor Ahmed Busnaina was awarded a patent for designing a “3D Nanoscale Circuit Interconnect & Method of Assembly by Dielectrophoresis”. Professor Busnaina has obtained numerous awards […]
Jan 28, 2013
Stronger than Kevlar, light as a tee-shirt, and cheap all over
Forty years ago, Dupont Company revolutionized protective gear when they introduced Kevlar, a fiber made of super-strong, rigid polymer molecules belonging to a small class called aramids. Since then, improvements […]
Jan 04, 2013
Ruberti Awarded Patent
MIE Associate Professor Jeff Ruberti was awarded a patent for his methods in creating “Collagen Fibrillar Construction”. Dr. Ruberti is the director of the EMERL. He has extensive industry experience […]
Jan 02, 2013
Smart pens to help control hand tremors
Approximately 12 million people in the U.S. are affected by uncontrolled tremors as a result of neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. From buttoning a shirt to writing a note, […]
Dec 03, 2012
Honoring Contributions
MIE Professors James Benneyan & Vinod Sahney are 2 of the 10 people that will be honored at the 2013 Society of Health Systems conference for their significant contributions to […]
Nov 20, 2012
‘Popping in’ on the latest research
A young man’s hand movements and body temperature are being tracked as he gesticulates while discussing his research with another student. Elsewhere in the room, someone stares at a computer […]
Nov 09, 2012
For energy-storage devices, thin is in
Cell phones as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper. Energy-storing house paint. Roll-up touch screen displays. These are the sorts of devices that the engineering industry is preparing […]
Oct 31, 2012
Jung’s Research featured in Scientific Reports
MIE Associate Professor Yung Joon Jung’s research on creating “Transparent, flexible supercapacitors from nano-engineered carbon films” was featured in Nature’s Scientific Reports. Online and open access, Scientific Reports is a primary research publication […]