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Designing a future
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
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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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
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
Assistant Professor Jesse Ault looks to predict fundamental behaviors in complex fluids, an essential step to solving big picture challenges.
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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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Recent PRIME Graduate Awarded Prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship
Johnathan Lovett ScMIME'19 will head to Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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Researchers directly measure ‘Cheerios effect’ forces for the first time
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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Research Provides New Design Principle for Water-Splitting Catalysts
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
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
Professor Kimani Toussaint joins the Brown Engineering faculty, cultivating inspiration for new collaborations in engineering and beyond.
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Unmasking fluid mechanics
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
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Steeled for success
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
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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Brown’s Ng ’20 Takes Top Honors at AIChE National Poster Competition
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Scientists Reveal the Physics of Jackson Pollock’s Painting Technique
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Xie, Ström Named Poster Winners at Annual AEHS East Coast Conference
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School of Engineering Hosts Annual Career and Internship Fair 2015
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Delving into deep learning
Sriram R. Jayakumar ’13 Award allows Jon Nelson ’20 to explore deep learning algorithms for embedded devices.
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Brown Engineering Duo Among RI Inno’s Second Annual "Inno Under 25" List
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New Technique Isolates Placental Cells for Non-invasive Genetic Testing
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Mosquito Incognito: Could Graphene-lined Clothing Prevent Mosquito Bites?
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Undergraduate Research Team Builds Robotic Arm for a Pint-Sized Satellite
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Engineering Students Participate in 2019 Summer Research Symposium
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Highlighting Brown’s Distinction in Energy and Environmental Engineering
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Anita Shukla earns top White House award for early-career scientists
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Molecular thumb drives: Researchers store digital images in metabolite molecules
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Brown Engineering Ph.D. Candidate Nicole Dusang Named 2019 Tillman Scholar
Brown engineering’s first female full professor, Tayhas Palmore, awarded the endowed professorship named after engineering’s first female Ph.D. graduate, Elaine I. Savage.
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