“We focus on the problem solving,” explained Faber, who teaches physics and engineering design to students in the Cook Grand Challenge Honors program. “We talk with them about whether the answer is reasonable and makes sense. There’s a lot of dialogue.”
A Bridge to Success
The Robot that Learns
“We used Titan to run different scenarios through the brain, keeping the ones that worked and ‘killing off’ the ones that didn’t,” said Mitchell. “It’s the neuromorphic equivalent of survival of the fittest.”
A Systems Thinking Approach
Frenando Blevins and the students in the Integrated Business and Engineering Program took on the challenge of designing a new kiosk for Olli, Local Motors’ self driving vehicle.
Rebel with a Cause
“At Notre Dame, my colleagues joked that I worked with every biologist on campus,” shared Emrich. “But what I see as unique about bioinformatics is that we are able to help solve many problems and have the ability to train students with diverse talents through many cool projects.”
Crystal Clear
Mahshid Ahmadi is investigating a novel class of materials for multifunctional detectors, such as the dual gamma ray-neutron detectors used to detect high-energy radiations.
Going Places
“We need to be thinking towards the future,” she said. “As we become increasingly more reliant on our devices as we travel, we need to understand the implications for this on infrastructure.”
Historic 1920s Dodge from Estabrook Getting Restored
“A lot of our engineering alumni, and alumni across UT are familiar with the car,” said Tickle College of Engineering Dean Wayne Davis, who took classes at Estabrook as a student in the early 1970s.
Weathering the Storm
Since a lot of the University of Puerto Rico’s work in biology and microbiology depended on a steady supply of power, destruction of the power grid brought activity to virtual standstill.
Makers Club Helping Turn Student Ideas Into Reality
“There are a lot of good things that can be accomplished when groups of people work together,” said Duty. “The sky is the limit.”
Doing by Thinking
A drone is the first device Zhao, graduate students Reza Abiri and Soheil Borhani, and undergraduate Justin Kilmarx, have demonstrated the ability to pilot using brainwaves, and they are amazing spectators who have the opportunity to see them make the drone fly without a normal hand-held controller.