Researchers from the Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine at Brown will lead an effort with Columbia, Johns Hopkins and Yale to increase the number of faculty from historically underrepresented groups.
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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.
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Pennell awarded $1.36M for in situ remediation of PFAS-impacted groundwater
The research can help unlock answers around how cells assemble themselves during embryonic development and what happens when this fundamental process goes awry.
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Four incoming engineering PhD students supported by GEM Fellowships
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Design Engineering concentration added to Brown School of Engineering offerings
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.
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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.
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SBUDNIC, built by an academically diverse team of students, was confirmed to have successfully reentered Earth’s atmosphere in August, demonstrating a practical, low-cost method to cut down on space debris.
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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.
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Biomedical engineering scholars from across the nation called for an overhaul of hiring processes in biomedical engineering to increase diversity.
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University establishes Mechanics of Undersea Science and Engineering Center
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Student Spotlight: Eliana Hornbuckle ’25
Hornbuckle, a rising junior, draws on her rural roots as she explores urban environmental studies.
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Engineering students participate in Brown’s 2023 Summer Research Symposium
More than 225 undergraduates gathered in Sayles Hall on August 3 and 4 to present the results of their research at the annual Summer Research Symposium sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the College.
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Inside Brown’s Prince Laboratory, the engineering Ph.D. student is delving deeper into his passion for flight and working to solve one of the biggest challenges of drone aerodynamics.
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Video: A look inside the Brown Design Workshop
The Brown Design Workshop is the University’s go-to makerspace where its members can use the vast array of tools and machines to create almost anything they dream up.
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Engineering’s Mariah Guevara earns Fulbright Scholarship
The prestigious award offers young scholars the opportunity to teach and pursue research internationally.
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Developed by a team of Brown-led researchers, Pleobot is a krill-inspired robot offering potential solutions for underwater locomotion and ocean exploration, both on Earth and moons throughout the solar system.
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Nurmikko awarded Honorary Doctorate at Finland’s Aalto University
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Brown Engineering faculty appointed to named chairs by Corporation
At the end of her first academic year as dean, Tejal Desai reflects on what she learned and describes how Brown’s School of Engineering is building on distinctive strengths to advance its academic enterprise.
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Hazeltine receives Honorary Doctorate from University of Johannesburg
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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.
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A new imaging technique opens a path toward long-term study of blood vessels in aging brains and could help predict neurodegenerative diseases decades before symptoms begin.
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U.S. Department of Defense selects Engineering’s Rodriguez for DEPSCoR grant
Two teams from Brown were among 28 selected this year through DEPSCoR, which is designed to strengthen basic research infrastructure at higher education institutions and propel forward science in areas important to U.S. defense.
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Engineering Dean Tejal Desai: Inviting Brown Community Involvement
Fluid mechanics researchers from Brown University and the University of Toulouse found that surfactants give the celebratory drink its stable and signature straight rise of bubbles.
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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.
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A team of Brown University researchers created a solution to a nanoscale resolution challenge that has for decades limited the study of materials that could lead to more energy efficient semiconductors and electronics.
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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.
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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.
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