STEM
iSchool Faculty Member, Ph.D. Graduate Honored with Dissertation Awards
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Assistant Professor Rachel Ivy Clarke has been honored with the 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the iSchools Organization. Her dissertation, conducted at the University of Washington’s Information School, was judged the best to have been completed…
Sustainable Enterprise Partnership Awards $19,000 to Explore Innovations in Green Building
Syracuse University’s Sustainable Enterprise Partnership (SEP), in cooperation with the U.S. Green Building Council awarded $19,000 to fund new research in the area of green building construction methods, specifically cross laminated timber (CLT) wood products in multi-family housing. Rene Germain,…
College of Engineering and Computer Science Hosts Comp Sci Exploration Day
As part of its National Engineers Week (Eweek) programming, the College of Engineering and Computer Science is hosting a Computer Science Exploration Day for high school students on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. in Link Hall. Students in grades…
How Machine Learning Is Changing Crime-Solving Tactics
Modern forensic DNA analyses are crucial to crime scene investigations; however the interpretation of the DNA profiles can be complex. Two researchers from the Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) have turned to computer technology to assist complicated profile…
National Engineers Week Events
In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the College of Engineering and Computer Science will host a variety of speakers and activities beginning on Saturday, Feb. 18. The events will bring engineering and computer science students and alumni together, and…
Geochemist Breathes New Life into ‘Great Oxidation Event’
A researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences is providing fresh insights into the “Great Oxidation Event” (GOE), in which oxygen first appeared in the Earth’s atmosphere more than 2.3 billion years ago. Christopher Junium, assistant professor of Earth…
Physicist Joseph Paulsen Receives CAREER Grant from NSF
Joseph Paulsen, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been awarded a five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation. The project, titled “Ultrathin sheets on curved liquid surfaces:…
An Engineer for Global Health: Andrew Ramos ’17
Bioengineers are, quite literally, engineers of health. In that role, they have a true responsibility to put their expertise and skills to work for the good of others. Bioengineering senior Andrew Ramos ’17 doesn’t see any reason to wait until…
(Video) Panel Discussion in NYC on Gravitational Waves Discovery
On Thursday, Feb. 2, faculty members from Syracuse University and MIT joined together in New York City for a panel discussion on the historic discovery of gravitational waves. Syracuse University professors Duncan Brown and Peter Saulson and associate professor Stefan…
University to Host 7th International Building Physics Conference in Fall 2018
Experts on the science and engineering of buildings will convene in Syracuse in September 2018 for the seventh International Building Physics Conference (IBPC). This is the first time this conference is being held in the United States; it is coming…