STEM
Engineering Success: Alfred U. MacRae ā54, Gā57, Gā60 a Pioneer in Integrated Circuits, Satellite Communications
āIāve always wanted to play the bagpipes,ā says Alfred U. MacRae ā54, Gā57, Gā60, one of the Universityās most celebrated alumni. āMy ancestors were from the Highlands of Scotland, and it was only natural for me to play them. They’re…
Maroo Awarded Grant to Cool Off Electronic Devices
Anyone who has ever felt their laptop toast their lap or their smartphone suddenly become a hot potato in their handsĀ can understand that electronics need a way to stay cool. The more powerful our devices become, the more heat they…
Syracuse Awarded $3.7 Million for Particle Physics Research
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are closer to understanding what happened after the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The High-Energy Physics (HEP) Group in the…
Wearable IV Device Wins SU Campus Session of Invent@SU
It was a perfect meeting of tech and design. Industrial and interaction design majors Quinn King ā20 and Alec Gillinder ā20 saw a need for a portable, lightweight device that could deliver intravenous (IV) fluids and spent six weeks designing…
Back to the Future of Climate Change
Researchers at Syracuse University are looking to the geologic past to make future projections about climate change. Christopher K. Junium, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the lead author of a study…
Nangiaās Research Featured on Journal of Physical Chemistry Cover
Associate Professor Shikha Nangiaās research on the blood-brain barrier is prominently featured on the coverĀ of the Aug. 2 Journal of Physical Chemistry B. The paper, “Self-Assembly Simulations of Classic ClaudinsāInsights into the Pore Structure, Selectivity, and Higher Order Complexes,” is…
Varshney Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Distinguished Professor Pramod K. Varshney in the College of Engineering and Computer Science has been awarded the Yaakov Bar-Shalom Award for Lifetime Excellence in Information Fusion by the International Society of Information Fusion. He received the honor at the University…
Hosein Delivers TED Talk on Revolutionary Material
Ian D. Hosein, assistant professor of biomedical and chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), recently delivered a TED talk at Clarkson Universityās Spring TEDx event. Hosein discussed the development of strong materials that are also…
iSchool Researchers to Participate in Twitter-funded Study on Discussion Quality
In the context of growing political polarization, the spread of misinformation, and increases in incivility and intolerance, how canĀ the Twitter social networking service assess and improve the quality of its conversations? Ā Two researchers from the School of Information Studies (iSchool)…
Syracuse University Establishes International Center on Information Fusion with Chinaās Xidian University
Syracuse University and Xidian University have jointly established an International Center for Information Fusion and laid the foundation for potentially broader collaboration between the two institutions in areas of mutual academic interest. The agreement follows a recent trip to China…