Recent News

09/20/2023

Yale Postdoc Receives Branco Weiss Fellowship for Shape-Morphing Robot Research

Department: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Postdoctoral researcher Robert Baines is among the elite group of eight scientists awarded the Branco Weiss Fellowship this year. Following a rigorous selection process involving 424 candidates,...

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09/19/2023

Yale SOM Launches New One-Year Master’s in Technology Management, Customized for Yale Engineers

Department: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

The new offering is customized for graduates of Yale’s engineering program who want to launch careers that combine technology and business.

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08/24/2023

With NSF Grant, a New Ph.D. Training Program in Quantum Materials

Department: Applied Physics, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

With a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Yale is creating an interdisciplinary Ph.D. training program in the area of quantum materials science and engineering.

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08/21/2023

For making robots adaptable, Ian Abraham wins NSF CAREER Award

Department: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

For a project that aims to give robots greater adaptability, Prof. Ian Abraham has won the 2023 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). ...

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06/12/2023

Jan Schroers named Robert Higgin Professor at SEAS

Department: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Jan Schroers, an internationally recognized leader in the rapidly developing field of bulk metallic glasses, was recently appointed the Robert Higgin Professor of Mechanical Engineering and...

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05/22/2023

Congratulations to the SEAS Class of 2023!

Department: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Members of the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science community celebrated the awarding of 294 undergraduate Engineering degrees Monday.

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05/17/2023

Graduate Students Honored at 2023 Crest & Fest

Department: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Andrew Morgan and Robert Baines were honored Wednesday by SEAS Dean Jeffrey Brock at the annual Crest & Fest celebration for their exceptional achievements in research....

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05/11/2023

Sohrab Ismail-Beigi named Strathcona Professor

Department: Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, who has done pioneering work in the fields of theoretical physics and materials innovation, was recently appointed the Strathcona Professor of Applied Physics and professor of...

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05/01/2023

Austrian Scholar Working with Yale to Quantify Patient Recovery Benchmarks

Department: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Wolfgang Grosek is a visiting Marshall Plan Scholar from the Management Center Innsbruck(MCI) Entrepreneurial School in Austria who is conducting research at Yale thanks to a collaborative project...

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04/26/2023

No need for a super computer: Describing electron interactions efficiently and accurately

Department: Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

One of the outstanding challenges in the field of condensed matter physics is finding computationally efficient and simultaneously accurate methods to describe interacting electron systems for...

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04/21/2023

Grasping the future with a robotic arm-hand combo

Department: Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Reaching into your pocket to retrieve your phone seems like no big deal. For a robot, however, it is. Like many routine gestures that we take for granted, it’s actually very complex. Doing so...

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03/21/2023

How Runners Stay Upright on Uneven Terrain

Department: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

If you go running over a trail in the woods or a grassy field, there are countless bumps and dips in the terrain, each with the potential to trip you up. But typically, runners manage just fine....

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02/23/2023

Yale to make historic investment in engineering, lower Hillhouse Avenue

Department: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Yale University on Thursday announced plans for a historic series of infrastructure investments that would transform the face and trajectory of its School of Engineering & Applied Science (...

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02/21/2023

Roberts Innovation Fund to Support 10 Bold SEAS Faculty Inventions

Department: Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

New and innovative methods of controlling cells with artificial intelligence, securing cryptocurrency and blockchain systems, and advancing natural language processing are just some of...

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01/17/2023

For Glass Discovery, Machine Learning Needs Human Help

Department: Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Machine learning (ML) has been used with impressive success in numerous fields - facial recognition, speech recognition, consumer behavior, and drug discovery. One area where it’s had only limited...

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