2020 News

As researchers explore faster data transfer rates in the terahertz range, new strategies for thwarting eavesdropping attempts by utilizing atmospheric effects were investigated by Malachi Hornbuckle ‘22, funded in part by a Nielsen summer fellowship.

Energy storage technology interests led mechanical engineer Elizabeth Healy ’21 to the Sheldon Lab. A DiMase Family Internship allowed her to develop those interests in an academic research setting, pushing the boundaries on next generation lithium-ion batteries.

Jayakumar Fellowship allows Andrew Duncombe ’21 to design computer architectures that make the implementation of complex computing processes, like neural networks, feasible for real-world applications. 

New lab studies are helping researchers to better understand how so called “forever chemicals” behave in soil and water, which can help in understanding how these contaminants spread.

After nearly a year of designing, planning, and testing, the Brown School of Engineering has launched its new website today. 

Biomedical engineering projects were named two of the five Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact awards intended to accelerate medical solutions into commercial technologies.

Researchers reveal for the first time why bubbles are a good gauge of alcohol content in the traditional Mexican spirit.

By combining a ceramic material with graphene, Brown University engineers have made what they say is the toughest solid electrolyte built to date.

Engineers build the future, and a Brown engineering education gives the tools to help build it. Engineering faculty have recorded some messages and well wishes for our graduates. We can't wait to see the accomplishments of the Class of 2020!

Halpin prize funds enable undergraduate engineer to iterate bio-inspired wings, test designs in wind tunnel

Brown biomedical engineering’s Ramisa Fariha, Sc.M. ’20 and Benjamin Wilks, Ph.D. ’20, along with John Santiago Ph.D. ’20 (molecular biology, cellular biology and biochemistry), have been named recipients of the 2020 Graduate Student Contribution to Community Life Awards.

Four doctoral students from Brown University have been awarded for their extraordinary devotion to teaching, including Christina Bailey-Hytholt Ph.D. ’20 (biomedical engineering).

Brown School of Engineering seniors Abbie Kohler ’20 and Greg Boudreau-Fine ’20 were named winners of the MedTech track last week at the 2020 Rhode Island Business Competition. Winners were announced Wednesday, May 13 at a virtual awards ceremony.

Brown School of Engineering professors Allan Bower and Kenny Breuer were among those honored with Brown University’s awards in teaching, sponsored by the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. Bower was honored with the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in Engineering, while Breuer was presented with the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring in Engineering.

Peter Damian Richardson, longtime Brown University faculty member who previously served as chairman of the executive committee of the center for biomedical engineering, passed away April 21 at age 84. Richardson taught at Brown for 57 years until his retirement in 2015, ultimately becoming professor emeritus of Engineering and Physiology.

Four engineering professors on fast-track list of innovative projects to be funded by University.

Recent graduates Bergstrom ’15 and Brown ’19 also among those chosen for National Science Foundation fellowship.

Ph.D. candidate Yuan Liu will graduate this May with his doctoral degree in chemistry, after utilizing the Open Graduate Education program to earn his engineering master's degree in May 2018.  In July, he will begin a postdoctoral associate position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Center for Ultracold Atoms.

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.

Halpin prize helps launch online training and certification program during pandemic

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).

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.

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

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.