Interdisciplinary Research Priorities
The School's four Interdisciplinary Research Priorities tackle today's most pressing technological needs and span across all four of our departments and beyond the School to leverage the broad strengths of Yale.
biomolecular engineering & biodesign
Biomolecular Engineering & Biodesign projects target challenges in health and medicine, ranging from membrane-based "shipping containers" for drug delivery to predicting cardiovascular disease with computer modeling.
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Partnerships include:
- Yale School of Medicine
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Department of Molecular,
- Biophysics, & Biochemistry
- Department of Physics
- Department of Applied Physics
energy & sustainability
Projects in this focus area look to increase energy efficiency and sustainability: high-throughput DNA sequencing technology is used on lipid-rich microalgae to improve biofuel development; collaborators work to design new catalysts for use in fuel cell technology; and efforts are made to improve the efficiency of solar cells using a variety of techniques.
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Partnerships include:
- Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- Yale School of Architecture
- Yale Climate & Energy Institute
imaging, sensing & networked systems
Projects in Imaging, Sensing & Networked Systems address challenges in the digital world while leveraging the opportunities it provides. Efforts range from dynamic ad hoc network design for use in situations such as emergency rescue settings and military communications, to developing algorithms that process biological or medical images to filter out noise, detect weak signals, and quantify their geometric content.
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Partnerships include:
- Yale School of Medicine
- Yale School of Architecture
- Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- Yale Climate & Energy Institute
- Department of Molecular, Biophysics & Biochemistry
- Department of Physics
- Department of Applied Physics
surfaces & nanomaterials
Projects in Surfaces & Nanomaterials focus on materials for advanced technologies: developing semiconductors operated by light forces rather than electrostatic energy; increasing computing speed with the use of quantum dots; and investigating the novel chemical, electronic, and magnetic properties that emerge at interfaces between oxides are just a few of the focus areas.
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Partnerships include:
- Yale School of Medicine
- Department of Physics
- Department of Applied Physics