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03/19/2018

Yale advances in a ‘March Madness’-styled scientific research competition

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Two Yale research teams recently moved forward into round four of a different kind of March Madness competition. The event, called STAT Madness, aims to raise awareness about scientific...

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02/16/2018

New course weds art and engineering

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

A new course this semester in the School of Engineering & Applied Science aims to bridge the worlds of art and engineering.

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02/14/2018

Jordan Peccia named the Golden Professor of Environmental Engineering

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Jordan Peccia, newly named as the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Environmental Engineering, integrates biotechnology with engineering to address emerging environmental problems.

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01/19/2018

Mary Kate Mitchell to Present Research at National Biodiesel Conference

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Biodiesel is an important source of energy in a sustainable world. For instance, for every 100 gallons of biodiesel used instead of petroleum diesel, one metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions is...

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01/09/2018

What they're making at the “maker space”

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

It's a quiet Monday evening in Yale's Center for Engineering Innovation and Design, which is to say, nobody today has won a patent, designed a new musical instrument, created a new technology, or...

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12/14/2017

Menachem Elimelech Elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Cited for his “distinguished contributions to Environmental Engineering and to the promotion of China-USA exchanges and cooperation in engineering sciences and technology,” Prof. Menachem...

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11/22/2017

Elimelech a "Highly Cited Researcher" in Two Fields

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Of the more than 3,300 people listed in this year’s rankings by Clarivate Analytics of “Highly Cited Researchers,” Menachem Elimelech is among the few cited for two fields of research.

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11/13/2017

Recycling the Rare Earth Metals of E-Waste

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Recycling the valuable rare earth metals found in advanced electronics from smartphones to plasma screen TVs has been a challenge for both manufacturers and environmental groups. Yale researchers...

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11/09/2017

Can Nanoscience Quench a Thirsty World? A Conversation with Meny Elimelech

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

California's record-breaking drought may have ended, but for much of the world, shortages of fresh water are the new norm. Within 30 years, at least one out of every four people on Earth will live...

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10/27/2017

With New Technique, Researchers Can Replace $200,000 Magnet With One From a Hobby Shop

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Yale researchers have discovered a technique for modifying self-assembled polymers that allows their structure to be controlled precisely using small low-cost magnets. The result means...

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10/12/2017

Enhancing Solar Power With ‘Jewels of the Sea’

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Diatoms, a kind of algae that reproduces prodigiously, have been called “the jewels of the sea” for their ability to manipulate light. Now, researchers hope to harness that property to boost solar...

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09/15/2017

Greenberg Engineering Teaching Concourse Creating "The Feeling of Community"

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

President Peter Salovey and School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) Dean T. Kyle Vanderlick were among those on hand to dedicate the new Linda and Glenn H. Greenberg Engineering Teaching...

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08/31/2017

Dean to New Grad Students: Work Hard, Talk to Poets, and Other Advice

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

It’s a new school year, which means a new batch of graduate students has joined the ranks of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. SEAS Dean T. Kyle Vanderlick took the time this week to...

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08/21/2017

Yale faculty receive $2 million grant to study health effects of fracking

Department: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

With a new $2 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), researchers from the Yale Schools of Public Health (YSPH), Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES), and Engineering...

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08/07/2017

2017 CEID Fellows Present Their Final Innovations

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

Members of the fifth cohort of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science's Summer Design Fellowship made their final presentations last week. The 10 students in residence at the...

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