by Tom Gibson | Dec 3, 2021 | Engineering Schools
Pitt engineers designing a more sustainable electric vehicle By Maggie Lindenberg The global market for electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to grow by more than 25 percent by 2030, with some politicians and manufacturers calling for a phase-out of gasoline-powered...
by Tom Gibson | Sep 27, 2021 | Engineering Schools
SMU professor awarded NSF grant for models to better evacuate natural disasters like hurricanes By Monifa Thomas-Nguyen Halit Uster, an engineering professor at Southern Methodist University, has been awarded a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of...
by Tom Gibson | Jun 11, 2021 | Engineering Schools
UC Riverside engineers create activated carbon from corn stover that filters 98 percent of a pollutant from water By Holly Ober Corn is America’s top agricultural crop and also one of its most wasteful. About half the harvest—stalks, leaves, husks, and cobs— remains...
by Tom Gibson | Apr 19, 2021 | Engineering Schools
Rensselaer researchers to build biosensor capable of measuring critical nutrients in water By Reeve Hamilton The surface of a pristine, transparent freshwater lake may not reveal to ecologists the reality of what’s occurring in its depths. Evaluating the cumulative...
by Tom Gibson | Mar 2, 2021 | Engineering Schools
Missouri S&T wins grant for high-resolution 4-D X-ray CT scanner By Sarah Potter Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology who study the properties of various types of materials will soon have a sophisticated scanning tool available to help...
by Tom Gibson | Nov 26, 2020 | Engineering Schools
Bucknell University gets $2-million grant to create a new engineering education model By Matt HughesThe best engineers in the world won’t stop climate change, ensure everyone has access to clean water, or prevent the next pandemic — at least not alone. The...
