Date
December 12, 2023
2023 Year in Review
As 2023 comes to a close, take a look back on the top 23 stories of 2023 in the School of Engineering. We analyzed social media metrics across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, and Threads and looked at reach and engagement. In addition, we included website pageviews and prominent media mentions. The compilation below represents the 23 most impactful stories in the School of Engineering during 2023 organized into four categories: faculty awards, student awards, news, and research.
Faculty Awards
October 24, 2023
News from Brown
President Biden awards National Medal of Science to Brown engineer Subra Suresh
In a ceremony at the White House, Biden awarded Suresh, a professor at large at Brown University’s School of Engineering, the nation’s highest scientific honor.
News From Engineering
Desai named BMES Pritzker Distinguished Lecture award winner
News From Engineering
Shukla named one of 10 emerging leaders by National Academy of Medicine
April 10, 2023
News from Brown
Brown professor wins prestigious Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award
Professor Jimmy Xu will study and teach in France next year as a Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair as part of an effort to reinforce collaborative research between the United States and France.
News From Engineering
Engineering’s Abriola named AAAS Fellow
News From Engineering
Padture elected 2023 MRS Fellow
News From Engineering
Coulombe takes top honors for Innovation of the Year
Three engineering projects were among the top six.
Student Awards
News From Engineering
Martin-Welp ’25 wins at AIChE Annual Student Conference poster competition
News From Engineering
Engineering’s Mariah Guevara earns Fulbright Scholarship
The prestigious award offers young scholars the opportunity to teach and pursue research internationally.
News From Engineering
Welch named to 2023 American Chemical Society’s CAS Future Leaders
News From Engineering
Kiara Lee awarded Joukowsky Dissertation Prize for life sciences
Kiara Lee will graduate with a doctoral degree in Biomedical Engineering and a master’s degree in Global Public health, which she earned through the Open Graduate Education Program. Her dissertation, Leveraging Biotransport Mechanisms in the Design of Technologies to Improve Access to Blood-Based Diagnostics, was selected for the Joukowsky Prize in the life sciences.
News Stories
August 14, 2023
News from Brown
National network of biomedical engineers offer a six-step roadmap to diversify faculty hiring
Biomedical engineering scholars from across the nation called for an overhaul of hiring processes in biomedical engineering to increase diversity.
News From Engineering
Design Engineering concentration added to Brown School of Engineering offerings
April 5, 2023
News from Brown
Brown launches new initiative to galvanize research in sustainable energy technology
The newly launched Initiative for Sustainable Energy will serve as a campus hub for driving technological advances in sustainable energy and preparing the next-generation of leaders in net-zero-carbon energy solutions.
News From Engineering
University establishes Mechanics of Undersea Science and Engineering Center
October 2, 2023
News from Brown
New institute convenes biomedical engineers and clinicians to create solutions to improve human health
The new Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine at Brown University is developing and advancing research collaborations to produce biomedical ideas and innovations with clinical impact.
April 20, 2023
News from Brown
Women university presidents, engineering deans issue open letter supporting CHIPS and Science Act
The 13 signatories, including Brown’s Christina H. Paxson and Tejal Desai, call on universities to help meet the U.S. Commerce Secretary’s semiconductor workforce goals by preparing more women, people of color to enter the field.
Research
August 22, 2023
News from Brown
Brown fluid dynamics researchers shed light on how partially submerged objects experience drag
A team of Brown-led engineers show that a sphere held almost completely under flowing water induces drag forces several times greater than if it were fully submerged, detailing new and interesting physics of drag resistance.
August 16, 2023
News from Brown
Brown-led research provides unprecedented look at what influences sea ice motion in the Arctic
A new in-depth analysis of sea ice motion in the fastest-warming part of the globe shows how Arctic Ocean sea ice responds to different ocean currents and reveals that the seafloor plays a crucial role.
August 23, 2023
News from Brown
Brain-computer interface guides speech-disabled person’s intended words to computer screen
Using a brain-computer interface, a clinical trial participant who lost the ability to speak was able to create text on a computer at rates that approach the speed of regular speech just by thinking of saying the words.
September 20, 2023
News from Brown
New drug delivery system developed by Brown engineers has potential to improve cancer treatments
The hydrogel is designed to balance pH levels in a malignant tumor and act as a delivery system for one of the most effective cancer fighting drugs, potentially addressing critical problems faced in current cancer treatment.
February 10, 2023
News from Brown
Brown researchers develop new, automated, powerful diagnostic tool for drug detection
The work by a research team made up largely of Brown graduate and undergraduate students addresses a critical biomedical need and has the potential to be widely adapted by clinicians to monitor antidepressants in patients.
November 8, 2023
News from Brown
The secret to longer lasting batteries might be in how soap works, new study says
Researchers found that one of the most promising electrolytes for designing longer lasting lithium batteries has complex nanostructures that act like micelle structures do in soaped water.