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Fishing for an agreement on mercury
Charley Driscoll says he’s not trying to scare anyone. But this story may have you looking a little differently at that tuna fish sandwich you have in your brown bag for lunch.
First Cyber Engineering Semester completed by inaugural cohort
On Dec. 14, Syracuse University celebrated the completion of its Cyber Engineering Semester program by the first cohort. The program—the first of its kind in the nation—prepares students to design, build and verify highly assured systems and to meet the…
Hydrocarbon fuel cells show promise for micro power generation systems
Jeongmin Ahn, assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has published a review of Power Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (Power MEMS) in the high-impact combustion society journal Progress…
Interdisciplinary team led by Syracuse University wins $2 million EFRI grant from NSF
EFRI grant only awarded to 14 teams nationally this year
Addressing the challenge of persister cells in bacterial infections
How antimicrobial peptides may offer an answer to challenging problem Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and member of the Syracuse Biomaterials…
Patent awarded for ‘method and system of controlling airfoil actuators’
Syracuse University has been awarded a patent for the development of a “Method and System of Controlling Airfoil Actuators.” This research will lead to greater maneuverability options for wing design on airplanes and is being considered for applications to wind…
Discovery by LCS’s Sureshkumar may be key to solar energy, smart glass technologies
Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, and professor of physics, has developed a patent-pending robust process to manufacture stable suspensions of metal nanoparticles capable of capturing…
Nunan Research Day lecture addresses water challenge
On April 8, Professor Sotira Yiacoumi G’87, ‘92, spoke at Syracuse University about innovative methods to remove ionic pollutants from aqueous solutions. These methods, driven by the formation of an electrical double layer, are part of research aiming to address the…
LCS engineering students place first in IEEE Micromouse Competition
Four engineering students in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University took first prize at the annual IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Micromouse Competition in Boston on March 26. Sponsored by the local…
LCS’s Dacheng Ren given prestigious NSF CAREER Award to study biofilms
Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, has been given the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award by the National Science Foundation (NSF)…