2025 News

Several Brown Engineering-related ventures from students and faculty were featured during the evening that connected new tech out of the University with investors, partners and industry experts.

The critical need for materials that can operate reliably and predictably in extreme conditions, particularly in defense, energy, aerospace, and biomedical applications, was the topic that brought together leading experts and emerging researchers in this rapidly evolving field to identify key forward-looking research challenges and directions.

As a materials science innovator, Brown’s newest Associate Professor of Engineering plans to stay curious. This curiosity is what he believes drives discovery in battery research and energy technologies.

Master’s in Technology Leadership alumni venture Kognitiv Edge creates software engineered to unlock the full potential of human capital for military special operations and other high-risk training environments through smart, data-first innovation.

Researchers from KAIST, Brown, MIT and the Broad Institute use biomaterials and microfluidics to investigate cancer metastasis and predict therapeutic response.

Brown Engineering Ph.D. student Julia Gangemi experiences both sides of advanced neurotechnology study, first as participant and then as researcher.

Seventy-four innovative early-career engineers have been chosen to participate in the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2025 Symposium, a signature activity of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

The prestigious award offers young scholars the opportunity to pursue teaching, research or study internationally.

Jiang’s award-winning dissertation transforms an approach to stubborn bacterial infections.

John Antolik's dissertation combines innovative experiments and theoretical models to transform understanding of fluid dynamics.

The early-career grant will enable Lucas Caretta to broaden the accessible materials palette for next-generation spintronic devices and enable new experimental approaches to controlling spin transport in a growing field that has a thirst for new materials approaches.

Mitchell award winner Claire Poissonnier ’25 creates a board game based on the circular economy.

Brown’s newest Assistant Professor of Engineering Peipei Zhou bridges the gap between computer science and engineering, seamlessly flowing between the physical hardware/operating system, the abstraction/optimization interface, and the software output.

Professor Anita Shukla earns one of nine Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards from the Division of Research.

Four other engineering students and alumni were among those chosen as honorable mention National Science Foundation fellows.

The RE-PLASTIC program (Repurposing of Expended Print-plastic for Sustainability in the Technology and Innovation Community) in the Brown Design Workshop proposes an innovative solution to the problem of 3D print waste.