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For two years now in December, the School of Engineering has collected pre-packaged cookies for the stockings of the elderly residents of the Jeanne Jugan Little Sisters of the Poor Residence in Pawtucket. This year, when tragedy struck and the building was closed, the collected cookies remained in a fourth floor office as the holidays approached.

School of Engineering alumni John Huddleston ’21 and Anand Lalwani ’18 named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Brown’s School of Engineering has now had seven selections in the past seven years.

Gatesi, an Engineering Physics and environmental sciences concentrator, is researching “the most promising alternative” to standard lithium ion batteries by manipulating Lithium Lanthanum Zirconium Tantalum Oxide (LLZTO) to be more sustainable.

Nitin Padture, the Otis E. Randall University Professor of Engineering at Brown, has received a Humboldt Research Award.

Assistant Professor Peipei Zhou's 2016 paper was honored with the 10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award at the 2025 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design.

MRS Fellows are recognized for their distinguished research accomplishments and their outstanding contributions to the advancement of materials research, worldwide.

Brown doctoral student paves his path to an entrepreneurial career by expanding science from the Shukla Lab through Brown Technology Innovations and the newly-launched NSF I-Corps chapter on campus.

Motivated by the grand challenges in sustainability, Joy Zeng is building a group of electrocatalysis experimentalists at Brown she calls Zengineers.

Accelerating materials innovation for higher durability and higher power cells.

Guduru will be honored by the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM) “for pioneering contributions to the mechanics of dynamic failure, electromechanics of batteries, and the development of high-speed diagnostics and instrumentation.”

The Rising Stars workshop is an academic career workshop that invites 30 leading female postdoctoral researchers or graduate students to develop their career skills, connect with a cohort of peers, and engage with mentors in anticipation of future careers in academia.

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).