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As part of our salute to service on Veterans Day, the School of Engineering touched base with two Brown University veterans who are now undergraduates in engineering. See what Francisco Borja ’27 (U.S. Marine Corps, electrical engineering) and Zachariah Puckett ’28 (U.S. Navy, mechanical engineering) shared with our community:

In remarks at Brown University, National Academy of Engineering President Tsu-Jae Liu underscored the fact that “engineering is all about helping people.”

After leading Brown’s School of Engineering to a period of significant growth, Desai will begin a leadership position at Vanderbilt University’s soon-to-open campus in San Francisco.

In an engineering-driven systems neuroscience environment, Assistant Professor Indie Garwood designs intentional solutions for complex neural systems.

The American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics’ François Frenkiel award is given to young investigators in recognition of significant contributions to fluid mechanics.

The prestigious award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency provides up to $719,358 in research funding for Assistant Professor Mehdi Saligane.

A grant from Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, to Brown University's School of Engineering advances a technology developed in Dean Tejal Desai’s lab, designed to help transplanted insulin-producing cells survive and function over a long duration and to reach patients.

Professor of Engineering Anubhav Tripathi has been named a key collaborator on a two-and-a-half-year, $39 million federal award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), illustrating the School of Engineering’s mission to apply rigorous engineering science to challenges that matter from bench to bedside.

Associate Professor Jonghwan Lee is the recipient of a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop high-tech imaging and AI tools aimed at detecting early microvascular failure in people at elevated risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Lily Badiani-Shah Sc.M. ’26 seamlessly bridges creative design with strategic entrepreneurship, thriving in the fast-paced PRIME program by seizing competitive opportunities on a trajectory toward shaping the future of health tech.

The Brown University Division of Research has announced the recipients of this year’s internal funding opportunities which includes Professor Jay Tang as one of 17 Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards and 15 School of Engineering awardees for the 2026 Division of Research Seed Program.

The Brown Engineering professor was elected for his sustained contribution in the field of science or technology of carbon materials.

Seventy-four innovative early-career engineers have been chosen to participate in the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium, a signature activity of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Horacio Espinosa '89 Sc.M., '90 Sc.M., '92 Ph.D. has spent his career finding answers that are reshaping how we understand materials, medicine, and the microscopic world. A three-time Brown graduate and world-leading researcher, Espinosa is the 2026 recipient of the Horace Mann Medal, the Brown Graduate School's highest honor for alumni who have made significant contributions in their field.