Innovation

Transformational ideas comes from our classrooms, labs, art and music studios, and alumni community. They shape how we look at the world. Big ideas deserve big stories. Here’s a look at some of them.

Improving Driverless Cars

Students work on simulations to enhance technology for autonomous cars and prevent collisions with animals.

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Professor and student work on ways to make 3D printing cost effective

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Biofilm project takes aim at erosion control

Innovative research aimed at controlling water seepage to control erosion

When innovation stops, brands decline

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Aug 28, 2024

Studying the KLF17 gene to better understand stem cells

Assistant Professor of Biology Ezra Lencer and three student-researchers have hit the lab this summer to investigate how stem cells acquire different fates…

Aug 13, 2024

Grandparents, grandkids, and Zoom

Student-researchers partner with Prof. Lauren Myers to examine how families use video chat to interact across distance.

Jul 2, 2024

Mechanical engineering Prof. Ryan Rosario earns $200,000 NSF award

Prof. Ryan Rosario was recently awarded his first National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his research on the mechanics of ligament and tendon failure…