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

Read about Chip Bergh '79

Sep 21, 2020

Homegrown Robots

Gabrielle Conard ’21 and Prof. Alex Brown overcame the obstacles of remote learning to bring to life several quadruped robots to boost robotics research…

Sep 1, 2020

New Equipment Will Elevate Teaching and Research

“This powerful research tool will be readily available for research students. It elevates our teaching and research potential.”

Aug 31, 2020

Preventing Zoom Zoning Out

Jelissa Kamguem ’23 developed innovative emotional-intelligence software to help those leading Zoom meetings gauge if their audience is actually paying…