Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science

Roberts Innovation Fund Awardees

From seawater carbon capture to AI efficiency: 10 groundbreaking Yale Engineering projects receive accelerator funding to bring to market discoveries that will benefit humanity.

Faculty Spotlight

Brian Scassellati

Professor of Computer Science & Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Brian Scassellati's research focuses on building embodied computational models of human social behavior. Using computational modeling and socially interactive robots, Scassellati's Social Robotics Lab evaluates models of how infants acquire social skills and assists in the diagnosis and quantification of disorders of social development. Other interests include humanoid robots, humanrobot interaction, artificial intelligence, machine perception, and social learning.

News

With NSF grant, Yale and industry team up to harness quantum’s potential

A Yale-led project that aims to develop quantum technology into practical applications has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).