STEM
Innovation Orange: Jane Read
Jane Read, an associate professor of geography in the Maxwell School, specializes in research relating to geospatial technologies. These can include geographic information systems along with remote sensing for aerial photography and drone imagery, all in the name of better understanding…
Join the Women in Technology Event
The second annual Women’s Empowerment Project presents the “Women in Tech” panel, featuring Kate Brodock, CEO of Women 2.0; Lynn Root, site reliability engineer at Spotify; and Maira Benjamin, director of engineering at Pandora. The event will be held April…
Invent@SU Students Design Inflatable Cushion to Help People with Mobility Challenges
As part of the Invent@SU session held in New York City during the summer of 2017, Kalia Barrow ’17 and Ruby Batbaatar ’19 invented “Pneu-Strength.” There device is an inflatable cushion system that can help people with mobility issues to…
Winners Announced for the 2018 Engineering and Computer Science Research Day
More than 80 College of Engineering and Computer Science students presented their current research to judges during the college’s 2018 Research Day at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel on Friday, March 30. Through poster presentations and research pitches, students communicated…
Innovation Orange: Katharine Lewis
Katharine (Kate) Lewis, a professor in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, researches how certain kinds of cells are formed in the spinal cord. In this edition of Innovation Orange, we see how the use…
Engineering Ambassadors Deliver Donated Science Equipment to Syracuse City School Students
Hundreds of middle school students in the Syracuse City School District (SCSD) will benefit from $12,500 worth of science and technology equipment generously donated by SRC Inc. As part of the Engineering Ambassadors program, College of Engineering & Computer Science…
Huang and Wu Take Best Paper Award at 2018 iConference
A research paper authored by School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty member Yun Huang and doctoral student Qunfang Wu took top honors among academic awards presented at the annual iConference, held in Sheffield, U.K., this week. Huang and Wu were named winners of the Lee Dirks…
Slepecky Lecture, Award Ceremony to Take Place April 4
The Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecture and Undergraduate Research Prize Award Ceremony will take place Wednesday, April 4, at 2:45 p.m. in 304 Schine Student Center. This is a change from the previously announced starting time of 3 p.m. The event…
Engineering and Computer Science Students Help Kids Fly in Vintage Flight Simulator at M.O.S.T.
Known as “blue boxes,” the compact blue mini-planes designed by Binghamton New York engineer Edwin Link in 1929 were the first commercially available flight simulators. To build them, Link used his experience working for his family’s piano and organ business….
Research Team Develops 3D Tissue Model of Developing Human Heart
The heart is the first organ to develop in the womb and the first cause of concern for many parents. For expectant mothers, the excitement of pregnancy is sometimes offset by anxiety over medication they require. Parents and doctors often…