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Researchers solve ‘link discovery’ problem for terahertz data networks

April 24, 2020

A team of researchers from Brown and Rice universities has demonstrated a way to help devices to find each other in the ultra-fast terahertz data networks of the future.

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Improving the CPR success rate with ResusciTech

April 22, 2020

Halpin prize helps launch online training and certification program during pandemic

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Conversations on COVID: A prelude to the pandemic for ENGN 2911R students

April 17, 2020

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Nishanth Kumar named 2020 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar

April 15, 2020

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Brown School of Engineering Announces New Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Blended Degree Option

April 10, 2020

The School of Engineering is introducing a blended (online and face-to-face) offering of its highly successful traditional, classroom based, eleven month master’s degree Program in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (PRIME).

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Conversations on COVID: Designing BrunO2 for the ventilator shortage

April 9, 2020

A team of engineering faculty, students, alumni and other collaborators are designing and creating prototypes for low-cost ventilators with a device constructed of 3D printed and off-the-shelf components specifically designed for the COVID-19 crisis.

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Engineering’s Shukla among seven University faculty honored for research achievement

April 8, 2020

Bahar, Lee, Ault, Harris, Laiwalla and Srivastava earn Seed, Salomon awards.

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Conversations on COVID: Chris Bull engineers equipment to aid in crisis

April 2, 2020

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Shukla Earns NSF CAREER Award

March 27, 2020

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Imaging technique reveals 3D forces exerted by tiny cell clusters

March 3, 2020

A new technique for mapping the forces that clusters of cells exert on their surroundings could be useful for studying everything from tissue development to cancer metastasis.

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Cracks in perovskite films for solar cells easily healed, study finds

February 12, 2020

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Engineering alumnus Horacio Espinosa elected to the NAE

February 7, 2020

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Researchers report progress on molecular data storage system

February 4, 2020

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Designing a future

February 3, 2020

DiMase Family Summer Internship recipient Eric DuBois ’20 is passionate about the intersection of design and research, and where the two may lead.

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Researchers Develop New Bio-inspired Wing Design for Small Drones

January 29, 2020

Taking a cue from birds and insects, Brown University researchers have come up with a new wing design for small drones that helps them fly more efficiently and makes them more robust to atmospheric turbulence.

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Not all of nature’s layered structures are tough as animal shells and antlers, study finds

January 17, 2020

Engineers looking to nature for inspiration have long assumed that layered structures like those found in mollusk shells enhance a material's toughness, but a study shows that's not always the case.

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Brown Engineering Alumna Ka Yee Lee ’86 Named Provost at University of Chicago

January 8, 2020

The University of Chicago has appointed Ka Yee C. Lee as its new provost, promoting her from vice provost of research. The professor of chemistry becomes the first female in the role for the University of Chicago, effective Feb. 1.

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Understanding complex fluids

January 5, 2020

Assistant Professor Jesse Ault looks to predict fundamental behaviors in complex fluids, an essential step to solving big picture challenges.

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Kumar Named Computing Research Association Honorable Mention Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher

December 23, 2019

Engineering undergraduate Nishanth Kumar '21 (Computer Engineering) was among four Brown University students to earn a prestigious Honorable Mention Award for his research by the Computing Research Association (CRA).

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Researchers directly measure ‘Cheerios effect’ forces for the first time

December 19, 2019

In a finding that could be useful in designing small aquatic robots, researchers have measured the forces that cause small objects to cluster together on the surface of a liquid — a phenomenon known as the "Cheerios effect."

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Recent PRIME Graduate Awarded Prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship

December 19, 2019

Johnathan Lovett ScMIME'19 will head to Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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Undergraduate Maker Finds Home in Engineering Research Lab

December 19, 2019

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Research Provides New Design Principle for Water-Splitting Catalysts

December 18, 2019

Understanding why platinum is such a good catalyst for producing hydrogen from water could lead to new and cheaper catalysts — and could ultimately make more hydrogen available for fossil-free fuels and chemicals.

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Boatbuilding Course at Brown Includes Equal Parts Discussion and Construction

December 17, 2019

In "Boatbuilding: Design, Making and Culture," at once a humanities seminar and a hands-on engineering lesson, students from concentrations across the University built and launched a wooden boat.

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Synergy in science

December 16, 2019

Professor Kimani Toussaint joins the Brown Engineering faculty, cultivating inspiration for new collaborations in engineering and beyond.

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Unmasking fluid mechanics

December 15, 2019

Brown Professor of Engineering Roberto Zenit believes in the importance of understanding and predicting fluid behavior.

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Researchers Reconstruct Spoken Words as Processed in Nonhuman Primate Brains

December 12, 2019

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Students Inducted into Tau Beta Pi

December 12, 2019

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Steeled for success

December 5, 2019

Alumnus Harvey A. Heffner ’61 co-owns Empire City Iron Works, which manufactures, installs, and renovates steel works.

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Researchers Demonstrate Strange Melting Point Phenomenon in Metals

December 4, 2019

Quantum mechanical calculations show that the melting point of metals decreases at extreme pressure, meaning even high-density metals can have a liquid phase that's actually denser than its normal solid phase.

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