Mechanical engineering student Russell Fearon ’20 is one of nine national finalists for the EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator and will present his work on Oct. 17 at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. A panel of judges will determine the top two candidates to receive grants of $50,000 and $20,000.
Fearon will showcase the wearable diabetes management device he developed with teammate Ricardo Sanchez ’21 during the Invent@SU session on the Syracuse University campus this summer. Their SugEx watch contains a lancer to prick the skin and a built in glucometer to simultaneously calculate a blood sugar reading.
Fearon and Sanchez are working with the Blackstone LaunchPad in Bird Library to advance their project.
In addition to the top prizes, the EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator will award a $5,000 prize to the “fan favorite” selection. Voting is conducted online.
A new nationwide study reveals that ozone pollution—an invisible threat in the air—may be quietly reducing the survival chances of many tree species across the United States. The research, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres is the first…
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University researchers with groundbreaking ideas in semiconductors, microelectronics or advanced materials are invited to apply for an entrepreneurship-focused hybrid course offered through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program. The free virtual course runs from Sept. 15 through…
The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) is excited to announce that Professor Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang has been appointed interim department chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE), as of July 1, 2025. Zhang serves as executive director of…
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