Lisa Klein has been a pioneering professor and scientist, faculty union president and strong supporter of women and minorities
She was the first female professor in Rutgers University’s School of Engineering in 1977.
She’s performed pioneering research on sol-gel processing – a low temperature way to make ceramics and coatings that led to energy-saving coatings for windows.
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September 2016
September 14, 2016
Experts in coastal climate-related risk and resilience from across Rutgers have successfully teamed to win a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to provide graduate students with training in developing and conducting both basic and applied research addressing real-world challenges. The Institute of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences will administer the grant.
September 6, 2016
Rutgers University engineers have found a simple method for producing high-quality graphene that can be used in next-generation electronic and energy devices: bake the compound in a microwave oven.
The discovery is documented in a study published online today in the journal Science.
August 2016
August 22, 2016
'There is No Gap Between Us and the Professors' How is the classroom environment different in China compared with the United States? Watch our video to see what students from South China University of Technology have to say after studying robotics and engineering at Rutgers this summer.
Produced by Cameron Bowman for Rutgers Today
August 15, 2016
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $18 million to nine teams of engineering-led, interdisciplinary researchers to break the conventional ways in which light and acoustic waves propagate.
Funded through NSF's Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) program, the teams -- comprising 37 researchers at 17 institutions -- will pursue transformative research in the area of new light and acoustic wave propagation, known as NewLAW, over the next four years.
August 8, 2016
“What I learned at Rutgers contributed to my success so far and will continue to contribute to my success in the future.” –Thomas Sessa
August 1, 2016
The School of Engineering’s Stavroula Sofou, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and biomedical engineering, and Liping Liu, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and mathematics, were recently recognized for their contributions as professors and researchers, receiving distinction as Rutgers University Chancellor’s Scholars.
June 2016
June 29, 2016
Rutgers engineers, in a breakthrough, create a soft motor that could power versatile soft robots
A small, squishy vehicle equipped with soft wheels rolls over rough terrain and runs under water.
Future versions of the versatile vehicle might be suitable for search and rescue missions after disasters, deep space and planet exploration, and manipulating objects during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to its creators at Rutgers University.
June 27, 2016
Imagine a material lighter than steel, longer-lasting than lumber and strong enough to support 120-ton locomotives.
Now imagine that material is made from milk containers, coffee cups and other plastics that we recycle.
June 27, 2016
Three Rutgers students with ambitions of building a company around a new device for harvesting wind power won the top prize of $50,000 last April in a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored business pitch competition.