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Computer Graphics Students Demo Final Projects

Students expressed creativity and ingenuity in the design of interactive computer graphic scenes for their final projects in the winter quarter Intro to Computer Graphics course.

Two Faculty Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows

Professors Joshua Leonard and Jonathan Rivnay are part of AIMBE’s College of Fellows Class of 2025, among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers.

Feeling the Future: New Wearable Device Mimics Complexity of Human Touch

The device developed by Professors John Rogers, Yonggang Huang, and J. Edward Colgate goes beyond the buzz to create a sophisticated variety of haptic sensations.

In the Media

Concrete Plans to Transform Cement Production’s CO2 Waste Into New Building Materials

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation produced a radio segment on recent work by Professors Alessandro Rotta Loria and Jeffrey Lopez that shows they can use CO2 to boost the process to produce carbon-negative materials that could be used in materials like plaster, cement and as a replacement for sand in concrete.

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Lucks, Rondinelli Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Professors Julius Lucks and James Rondinelli are part of a Fellows class that includes 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines.

Scientists Break Down Cheap Plastic Using the Air — And Turn It Into Something Far More Valuable

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