Nov 8, 2019
STEM Stars: The Innovator
Innovative engineering prof is developing “smart” polymers and sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, including a plant-based glue.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Sep 29, 2019
Glue Made of Plants
By Bryan Hay It’s a sticky challenge for Clark Addis ’20 to come up with a safer, more sustainable wood glue, but he looks to plants for a possible…
Aug 16, 2019
Student Bonds over Polymers
Trisha Pakkala, a 2019 graduate of Phillipsburg High School, is conducting National Science Foundation-funded research on polymers with Prof. Ryan Van…
Aug 15, 2019
Fast-Track Renovation
January interim session allowed for a tear-out-everything HGTV-style renovation project at Acopian Engineering Center and provided a glimpse of things…
Jul 25, 2019
A Food Burst in Your Mouth
A student-faculty team is conducting food spherification research, transforming food into colorful, spherical globules, ready, after a quick rinse and…
May 12, 2019
Making Mozzarella
By Bryan Hay What would be the crowning gastronomical touch on a tempting spread of Italian cold cuts, olives, and marinated mushrooms? Fresh, still-warm…
Jan 20, 2019
Catalysts for Cougars
Photos and story by Stephen Wilson Elephants go through six sets of teeth in their lifetime, and each new set comes in larger than the last. Maybe they’d…
Jan 17, 2019
The Class: “A Plastic World”
The debate: Plastic: the greatest technological advancement of the 20th century or an ecological scourge? Plastics, or polymers, are so pervasive in our…
Dec 5, 2018
The Class: “Coffee”
By Bryan Hay What’s it about? More than a delivery system for caffeine, coffee has been a highly traded commodity for centuries, generates wildly different…
Oct 31, 2018
Gratitude From His Posse
Eleven alumni honor the former mentor of their New York Posse group, retired professor Javad Tavakoli, by creating a scholarship in his name to support…