Push, pull or swirl: the many movements of cilia
Louis Woodhams and Phil Bayly’s team at the McKelvey School of Engineering built a model to better understand how certain cilia — tiny, hairlike structures throughout our body — beat.
Understanding outsize role of nanopores
Researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering discover the conditions inside tiny pores can have big consequences for chemistry.
He receives NSF grant for new wastewater tech
A National Science Foundation grant will support the research of Zhen “Jason” He at the McKelvey School of Engineering as he works to develop a more economically viable, sustainable waste conversion technology for wastewater.
Modeling personalized medicine for neurocritical illness
ShiNung Ching and collaborators are working with a $1 million NIH grant to predict and prevent some injuries related to neurological illnesses.
Sound may be key to separating molecules, cells
A $1.5 million NIH grant will support J. Mark Meecham’s development of microfluidic technology to separate cells and molecules from other microscopic particles, such as in blood.
Lu studies potential benefits of AI in health care
Chenyang Lu at the McKelvey School of Engineering is evaluating the potential use of artificial intelligence to benefit patients’ health — and doctors’ well-being.
Spongy electrodes designed for better births
Spongy electrodes developed in the lab of Chuan Wang at the McKelvey School of Engineering will help map the uterus to better understand preterm birth.
By design: from waste to next-gen carbon fiber
Joshua Yuan at the McKelvey School of Engineering and collaborators have cracked a chemical code that will take carbon fiber to the next level.
Study reveals novel mechanism behind epilepsy, drug modulation
Researchers in Jianmin Cui’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering have looked at drug interactions and mechanisms behind a group of proteins to potentially develop a new strategy to treat epilepsy.
Safer lithium-based batteries focus of new study
Peng Bai at the McKelvey School of Engineering has received a $355,630 grant from the National Science Foundation to study safer batteries.
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