News
Jul 01, 2020
Solar-Powered Water Desalination System to Address Water, Energy Crises
MIE Associate Professor Yi Zheng recently received a $355,408 Soleeva Energy Innovation Award to develop a functional interfacial structure for solar driven water desalination and purification. The system would also […]
Jun 22, 2020
Improved Methods of Calorimetry
MIE Associate Professor Gregory Kowalski was awarded a patent for creating a “Stop-start method in a microfluidic calorimeter.”
Jun 22, 2020
Using Magnetic Fields to Produce Porous Articles
MIE Associate Professor Randall Erb was awarded a patent for “Magnetic field alignment of emulsions to produce porous articles.”
May 28, 2020
Busnaina Receives ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award
Professor Ahmed Busnaina, mechanical and industrial engineering, has received the 2020 William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
May 21, 2020
Patent for Generating Precise Liquid Droplets for Biochemical Sensing
MIE Assistant Professor Carlos Hidrovo was awarded a patent for “Platform for liquid droplet formation and isolation.”
May 21, 2020
Patent for Fabricating Carbon Nanoribbons
MIE Professor Yung Joon Jung and affiliated Physics Associate Professor Swastik Kar were awarded a patent for “Fabrication of carbon nanoribbons from carbon nanotube arrays.”
May 20, 2020
Shefelbine Awarded Fulbright to Study Skeletal Mechanobiology
MIE/BioE Professor Sandra Shefelbine was awarded a Fulbright Futures Scholarship to the University of Melbourne to work on skeletal mechanobiology, particularly understanding how mechanical forces influence bone development.
May 20, 2020
Optimizing Mechanical Loading in Bone Formation
MIE/BioE Professor Sandra Shefelbine and COS Associate Professor James Monaghan were awarded a $650K NSF grant for “Manipulating Fluid Flow in Mechanoadaptation of Bone.”