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05/18/2018

Graduate Students Honored At 2018 Crest & Fest

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

The 2017 Harding Bliss Prize for exceptional achievement in research in Engineering & Applied Science was awarded to Amanda Pellowe, a graduate student in the lab of Anjelica Gonzalez, the...

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05/14/2018

Graduate Genevieve Sertic: a combination of skills ‘unique and rare’

Department: Electrical Engineering

In her four years at Yale, Genevieve Sertic has installed experimental solar panels on the rooftop of Kline Geology Laboratory, co-authored journal articles on new renewable energy technology,...

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05/14/2018

Amir Haji-Akbari Wins Career Award For Work With Crystalline Materials

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Amir Haji-Akbari, assistant professor of chemical & environmental engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF...

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05/11/2018

Desiree Plata and Anjelica Gonzalez Take Top Prizes in Pitch Contest

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

SEAS professors Desiree Plata and Anjelica Gonzalez took the top two prizes of the Tech Pitch contest at the Yale Innovation Summit this week.

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05/09/2018

Afghanistan robotics team meets Yale mentors

Department: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

The all-female Afghanistan robotics team visited the Yale Center for Engineering Innovation and Design (CEID) on Monday, where they met the three Yale students helping them prepare for this summer...

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05/09/2018

Ruzica Piskac Wins Facebook Award For Firewall Proposal

Department: Computer Science

For her work on developing a firewall that repairs itself, Ruzica Piskac, assistant professor of computer science, has received a research award from Facebook.

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05/07/2018

Y-Work Awards honor student employees for their dedication, initiative

Department: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

Dean of Yale College Marvin Chun recognized the 10 student recipients of the inaugural Y-Work Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student Employees in a reception at the Dean's Residence.

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05/04/2018

Thomas Kwan Receives Fellowship from the American Oil Chemists’ Society

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

For his work in lipid processing, Thomas Kwan has received the Ralph H. Potts Memorial Fellowship from the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS).

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04/30/2018

A reimagined future for sustainable nanomaterials

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Engineered nanomaterials hold great promise for medicine, electronics, water treatment, and other fields. But when the materials are designed without critical information about environmental...

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04/30/2018

The simple goal of Daniel Spielman’s complicated work: Make things better

Department: Computer Science

Lots of problems have already been solved. They just don't always have the best solution, said Yale professor Daniel Spielman.

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04/26/2018

Corey O'Hern Wins DoD Grant to Study Grain Movement

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

For his work on how sediment moves, Corey O’Hern, associate professor of mechanical engineering & materials science, physics, and applied physics, has been awarded a Defense University...

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04/23/2018

EnvE Graduate Student Wins Yale Thesis Championship

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Graduate students pour countless hours into producing a thesis in hopes of graduating with a doctorate. But the focuses of graduate schools have also grown to encompass more than preparation for a...

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04/20/2018

Study Shows Need to Broaden Focus on Sources of Air Pollution

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

From the new carpet in your house to the foam cushions in your couch, your cleaning products, or the asphalt in the street, numerous non-combustion-related sources emit smog-forming compounds into...

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04/19/2018

Middle Schoolers Learn about Engineering at Yale GradSWE Event

The Yale chapter of the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) recently hosted about 200 middle school students from across Connecticut to teach them about different types of engineering....

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04/16/2018

Cha receives NSF CAREER Award to explore renewable hydrogen

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Judy Cha, the Carol and Douglas Melamed Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program – CAREER – Award...

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