From limited English to predicted valedictorian, Randy Roque Sanchez achieves success with help from two Rutgers enrichment programs
Monday, July 24, 2017
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July 2017
July 17, 2017
School of Engineering professor David Shreiber has been named chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Shreiber, whose three-year term commenced on July 1, 2017, replaces Noshir Langrana who served as chair for twelve years.
July 17, 2017
Recognizing Achievement in Asset Management, Automotive Safety, Telecommunications, and Aerospace Innovation
July 17, 2017
Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University devise way to reduce the amount of enzymes needed to convert biomass into biofuels
Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks to experts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Michigan State University.
June 2017
June 27, 2017
Scientists at Rutgers and other universities build technology that could lead to rapid discovery of new medicines and biomarkers hidden in genomes
June 12, 2017
A biomedical engineering senior design project team has been selected as one of five finalists in the MGH-APF 9th Annual Student Technology Prize in Primary Healthcare competition for their work on creating a diagnostic tool that will mitigate the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
June 12, 2017
Rutgers University’s Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi demonstrated the concepts of energy, momentum, and optimization to students in Woodbridge’s Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) by means of a popular trend—the water bottle flip challenge.
As part of the honor society’s MindSET program, the event gave the third- to fifth-grade students a hands-on engineering lesson as they tested which water level, bottle size, and fluid type optimized the bottle’s chances of landing upright once thrown into the air.
June 7, 2017
Rutgers-New Brunswick engineering students’ eco-friendly designs will curb stormwater runoff
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
When Superstorm Sandy assaulted New Jersey in 2012, ocean water invaded dozens of homes and the public works department in Linden’s vulnerable Tremley Point section, causing an estimated $3 million in damages.
May 2017
May 31, 2017
Four School of Engineering students have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. This competitive program recognizes approximately 2,000 students annually based on their demonstrated potential to contribute to STEM related research in the U.S. Fellowships provide a tuition allowance and a $34,000 stipend over three years.
School of Engineering awardees include:
Yoliem Miranda Alarcon (doctoral student, Biomedical Engineering) is developing new bioactive, collagen-based scaffolds with BME professor David Shreiber.
May 30, 2017
Rutgers researchers invent device that detects inflammation in lungs
Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have created a graphene-based sensor that could lead to earlier detection of looming asthma attacks and improve the management of asthma and other respiratory diseases, preventing hospitalizations and deaths.