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10/19/2020

For Security Innovation, Anurag Khandelwal Wins Usenix Award

Department: Computer Science

For his work on a system that efficiently prevents hackers from obtaining sensitive information, Anurag Khandelwal was awarded the Distinguished Paper Award at the 29th USENIX Security Symposium....

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10/19/2020

Environmental Engineering's Undergraduate Program Places High in Latest Rankings

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Its graduate program has been listed among the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report for several consecutive years, and now Environmental Engineering’s undergraduate program is also getting some...

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10/16/2020

Student Spotlight: Alessandro Zulli

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Alessandro Zulli had been planning to work over the summer as an environmental consultant for a construction firm back home in southern California, and maybe go to Italy to visit family. Instead,...

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10/13/2020

Hong Tang Named Fellow of OSA

Department: Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering

Prof. Hong Tang has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Optical Society (OSA).

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10/13/2020

Q&A: Ann Miura-Ko on Her Innovators Lecture Series

What does a CEO do? Or a venture capitalist? For an inside look at professional life in Silicon Valley after Yale, Ann Miura-Ko ’98 BSEE is leading the lecture and discussion...

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10/12/2020

Researchers Create a Single-Molecule Switch – a Step Toward Ever-Smaller Electronics

Department: Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering

A team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time a single-molecule electret - a device that could be one of the keys to molecular computers.

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10/12/2020

AP Alums Win National Society Awards

Department: Applied Physics

Two Applied Physics graduate student alums, Irfan Siddiqi and Elie Track, were recently selected for prestigious awards by national societies.

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10/08/2020

Yale Cancer Center Receives NIH Grant to Fund COVID-19 Research in Patients with Hematologic Cancers

Department: Biomedical Engineering

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a Research Project Cooperative Agreement grant to Yale Cancer Center (YCC). The 2-year, $1.4 million U01 award will fund immuno-serological...

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10/08/2020

Mochrie Named Allen Distinguished Investigator

Department: Applied Physics

Simon Mochrie, PhD, professor of physics and of applied physics, and Megan C. King, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, have...

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10/06/2020

Yale PET Center Receives $10.2M BRAIN Initiative Grant to Build New Scanner

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Yale scientists will build the next-generation human brain PET scanner, the NeuroeXplorer (NX), to be installed at the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center in two years.

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10/05/2020

With multilayered approach, a filter to meet freshwater supply needs

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

In search of a better way to desalinate water, a Yale-led team of researchers has turned to swimsuit material for inspiration.

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10/01/2020

Y-IEEE kicks off 'Quaranteams’ and Makes History

Department: Electrical Engineering

Despite its membership being located across the country due to the impact of COVID-19, Y-IEEE, the Yale Student Branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, remains energized...

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09/28/2020

Robotic Fabric: A Breakthrough with Many Uses

Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Researchers at Yale have developed a robotic fabric, a breakthrough that could lead to such innovations as adaptive clothing, self-deploying shelters, or lightweight shape-changing machinery....

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09/21/2020

Students Work With State on Making Trains Safer During COVID-19

Reducing the spread of coronavirus on railcars is a complicated matter, but with the work of two students, transportation officials are a few steps closer to safer travel.

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09/18/2020

Study: Wastewater Predicts COVID-19 Outbreaks Days Before Diagnostic Testing Results

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

By taking daily samples from the New Haven-area wastewater treatment plant, researchers have been able to track the progression of COVID-19 up to seven days before the same pattern is reported by...

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