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  • 10/12/2022

    With morphing limbs, a robot that travels by land and water
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Imagine being able to morph your legs into flippers before you jump in the water. Yale researchers have created a robot that accomplishes this feat through a process they dubbed "adaptive...

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  • 09/14/2022

    de la mora Receives Fuchs Memorial Award

    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Juan Fernandez de la mora, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and one of the leading experts in aerosol science technology, has been awarded the Nikolai Albertovich Fuchs...

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  • 08/26/2022

    The Bionic-Hand Arms Race
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    In Jules Verne's 1865 Novel From the Earth to the Moon, members of the fictitious Baltimore Gun Club, all disabled Civil War veterans, restlessly search for a new enemy to conquer. They had spent...

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  • 08/24/2022

    Research Makes Physics of Glass Formation Clearer
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    The fragility of liquid - that is, how the fluidity of a liquid changes with temperature - has long been believed to be a key factor in understanding liquids and also how they form into glasses....

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  • 07/25/2022

    Thembi Gausi '24 Attends Yale Model African Union Conference in Rwanda
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Meeting with other delegates at the first Yale Model African Union (YMAU) conference, held recently in Rwanda, Thembi Gausi ’24 discussed a wide range of topics addressing the quality of life in...

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  • 05/17/2022

    New SEAS fund will help nurture Yale-borne ideas that benefit humanity
    Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Technologies created in the labs of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) are used to treat cancer, deliver clean water to communities where it is desperately needed, and...

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  • 05/04/2022

    Meet the SEAS Faculty: Roboticist Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    What is a robot? Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio is re-defining what is a robot from the ground up.

    Working at the...

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  • 04/27/2022

    Yale Announces $5M Roberts Innovation Fund to Commercialize Engineering Faculty Discoveries
    Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    In recent years, innovations from Yale’s School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) faculty have aided in cancer treatment, provided clean water to developing countries and advanced the...

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  • 03/24/2022

    Unique Yale Master's Program Will Combine Surgery and Engineering
    Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    In medicine, one size does not fit all. This is especially true for orthopaedic surgery, where medical devices and surgical approaches designed specifically for a patient's anatomy are linked to...

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  • 03/16/2022

    Getting a grip on hand function
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Humans are unparalleled in the animal kingdom in hand dexterity. We use tools, hold pens, thread needles, and more, with little thought about the challenges the nervous system faces when precisely...

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  • 03/02/2022

    Getting a Handle on a Robotics Challenge
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    When we pick something up, we’ll often jostle it around a bit, searching to get the best grip. A team of researchers have now developed a robotic hand that does something similar - a breakthrough...

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  • 02/22/2022

    Yale to make landmark investments in engineering and applied science
    Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Yale University today announced bold new investments in the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) that will accelerate the university's...

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  • 01/12/2022

    Kramer-Bottiglio Named National Academy of Engineering Gilbreth Lecturer
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, the John J. Lee Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, has been selected as one of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Gilbreth...

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  • 12/21/2021

    Nanofabrication Done More Precisely
    Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    With a process known as thermomechanical nanomolding (TMNM), a team of researchers has developed a highly precise method of nanofabrication. 

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  • 12/02/2021

    A Material Reveals Clues About Superconductivity
    Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

    Through their study of two-dimensional iron selenide (FeSe) films, a research team has unlocked some intriguing clues about superconductivity. 

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