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Warnock Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Warnock Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation

John Warnock, a University of Utah alumnus from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a pioneer of the information age, has been named by President Barack Obama to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Read more »


High School Outreach

High School Outreach

A U of U engineering exhibit introduces high school students to engineering using real-life examples. "This is all about taking kids' hobbies and then talking about how engineering has impacted that field," says Jeff Bates. Read more »


New USTAR Faculty Hire

New USTAR Faculty Hire

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Gianluca Lazzi as a USTAR professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. An expert in the field of retinal prosthesis design and development, Dr. Lazzi’s comes to Utah from... Read more »


New COE Videos on YouTube

New COE Videos on YouTube

New Iditarod Engineering Competition video on the College of Engineering YouTube channel. Read more »


Renewable Energy from Biomass

Renewable Energy from Biomass

Kevin Whitty, associate professor of chemical engineering, is leading research to develop clean energy from renewable feedstocks. He is building a unique system to convert biomass into synthesis gas which can be converted into automotive biofuel. Read more »


Shaking the Earth

Shaking the Earth

A study from the Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah shows how water deep underground helps one of the world’s youngest subduction zones mature and paves the way for it to generate powerful earthquakes. Read more »


College of Engineering Day 2009

College of Engineering Day 2009

A half-day event on October 31 for high school students (9-12), undecided majors and transfer students to tour our engineering facilities and attend exciting engineering presentations and demonstrations. Read more »


2009 Research Report

2009 Research Report

The 2009 College of Engineering Research Report highlights some of the exciting research initiatives of engineering faculty. Read more »


Groundbreaking for Civil & Environmental Engineering

Groundbreaking for Civil & Environmental Engineering

Construction began this summer on the new home for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. A $3.3 million dollar donation from Floyd and Jeri Meldrum is providing support for a 14,500 square foot addition to an existing laboratory building. Read more »


ARCS Chapter at the U

ARCS Chapter at the U

A national volunteer women’s foundation called Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) held a kick-off at the home of University of Utah President and Mrs. Michael K. Young to announce the establishment of an ARCS-Utah Chapter at the U of U. Read more »


Chemical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series

Chemical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series

An annual series featuring lectures by leaders of industry and academia. Next one is Tuesday, December 1 at 10:45 am in lower WEB, Room 105. Read more »


Donor Report 2008

Donor Report 2008

260 students received scholarships & grants; the groundbreaking was held for the new James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building-a USTAR Innovation Center; construction began on the Floyd & Jeri Meldrum Civil & Environmental Engineering Building. Read more »


Gates Foundation Award

Gates Foundation Award

Patrick Kiser, assistant professor of bioengineering, received a $100,000 award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study and design new vaginal gel polymers to stop the spread of HIV. The grant may lead to an additional $1 million or more. Read more »


SCI Director Speaks at Library of Congress

SCI Director Speaks at Library of Congress

Chris Johnson, director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute at the University of Utah College of Engineering, was a featured speaker in March at a Library of Congress symposium. Read more »


Students Win Microsoft Award

Students Win Microsoft Award

A team of Civil & Environmental students compete in Microsoft's Imagine Cup Student Technology Competition and win the Windows Mobile Award for their Key2SafeDriving application. Read more »


New Associate Vice President for Research at the U

New Associate Vice President for Research at the U

Cynthia Furse, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been appointed associate vice president for research. Read more »


World Haptics Conference

World Haptics Conference

University of Utah Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science faculty organized the 2009 World Haptics Conference in Salt Lake City. John Hollerbach, professor in the School of Computing, chaired the event. Read more »


ECE Seminar: Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting

ECE Seminar: Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting

Robert Graves, chairman of the ATSC Forum and an alumnus of the University of Utah, will speak on "Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting" on Friday, April 24, at 3:05 pm in lower WEB, Room 105. Read more »


NSF Discovery

NSF Discovery

VisTrails, a data visualization program developed at the University of Utah by computer science professors Juliana Freire and Claudio Silva, is featured on the National Science Foundation's Discoveries. Read more »


Wired Science:

Wired Science: "Mussels' Sticky Feet Hold Clues to New Glues"

The research of Russell Stewart, associate professor of bioengineering in the College of Engineering, is featured in Wired Magazine.
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Study Abroad - Beijing, China

Study Abroad - Beijing, China

Last spring, Phillip Badger, a senior in materials science & engineering, spent a memorable five months studying at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Read more »


Optimizing Technology for Supercomputers

Optimizing Technology for Supercomputers

Mary Hall, associate professor in the School of Computing, is designing programming tools for high-end systems and supercomputers that will be used for projects such as climate modeling or studying nuclear fusion. Read more »


Hybrid Robots

Hybrid Robots

KSL story on mechanical engineering students at the University of Utah designing and developing hybrid robots.
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Thinking and Acting Globally

Thinking and Acting Globally

University of Utah Students in Engineers Without Borders seek to make a difference.
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Carbon Capture Venture

Carbon Capture Venture

A new joint venture from the University of Utah will offer carbon capture services to carbon-dioxide-emitting companies using technologies developed by a team led by Brian McPherson, USTAR faculty in civil and environmental engineering. Read more »


NY Times Article:

NY Times Article: "Exploring a Deep Web"

Juliana Freire, associate professor in the School of Computing, is featured for her work on a project called DeepPeep (www.deeppeep.org) that aims to crawl and index every database on the public Web. Read more »


Remembering Willem J. Kolff

Remembering Willem J. Kolff

Widely considered the “father” of the artificial organ, Willem J. Kolff, University of Utah distinguished professor emeritus of bioengineering, surgery and medicine, passed away on February 11, 2009, in Newtown Square, PA. Read more »


Passing of a Computer Science Pioneer

Passing of a Computer Science Pioneer

We are saddened to report that Robert S. Barton, emeritus professor of electrical engineering at the U from 1968 to 1973, passed away on January 28, 2009, in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 83. Read more »


Students Study Robotics Design

Students Study Robotics Design

Mechanical engineering students who are studying robotics are learning to design and build hybrid robots that can walk and roll.
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New Brain Institute Director

New Brain Institute Director

Bioengineer John White has been named the new executive director of the U of U's Brain Institute.
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Computer Simulation Technology

Computer Simulation Technology

The Center for the Simulation of Accidental Fires and Explosions, or C-SAFE, is recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy for developing technology that models explosions. Read more »


Innovation for Sewage Treatment

Innovation for Sewage Treatment

Civil and environmental engineers at the University of Utah have developed waste treatment “igloos” with the potential for faster and cheaper sewage treatment. Read more »


Device Aims to Stop Teen Driving and Texting

Device Aims to Stop Teen Driving and Texting

Civil engineers have invented a wireless car key device to stop teenagers from talking on cell phones and sending text messages while driving. The bluetooth key device sends a signal that puts the phone in “driving mode” so it cannot be used to talk o Read more »


Superglue for Broken Bones

Superglue for Broken Bones

Sandcastle build sturdy tube-shaped homes from bits of sand, shell and their own natural glue. Bioengineers have made a synthetic version of the glue and hope it will eventually be used to repair small bone fragments in fractured bones. Read more »


Tikalsky Elected to Czech National Academy

Tikalsky Elected to Czech National Academy

Paul Tikalsky, chair and professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering of the Czech Republic. Read more »


Ed Catmull Lecture - From

Ed Catmull Lecture - From "Toy Story" to ‘Wall-E"

School of Computing Alum Dr. Edwin E. Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will discuss his experiences with animation, creativity and risk on Monday, December 8, 2008. Read more »


Students Engage in BioDesign Program

Students Engage in BioDesign Program

The BioDesign Program pairs teams of students in the Department of Bioengineering with physicians to bring ideas for new medical devices to development and commercialization. Read more »


$15 Million Gift for USTAR Building

$15 Million Gift for USTAR Building

Sorenson Legacy Foundation gives lead gift for new biomedical and neurosciences building. Read more »


Civil Engineering Alum Named ASCE President

Civil Engineering Alum Named ASCE President

College of Engineering alumnus Blaine Leonard has been chosen 2009 president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers -- the nation’s oldest professional engineering organization. Read more »


Slicing Solar Power Costs with Germanium - Bamberg and Rakwal

Slicing Solar Power Costs with Germanium - Bamberg and Rakwal

New method of slicing germanium developed by Eberhard Bamberg and Dinesh Rakwal cuts waste in making of most efficient solar cells. Read more »


2008 Research Report

2008 Research Report

The 2008 College of Engineering Research Report highlights some of the exciting research initiatives of engineering faculty. Read more »


Energy & Geoscience Institute

Energy & Geoscience Institute

EGI Director Raymond Levey weighs in on the importance of research institutes and centers to modern research universities.
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Student Project Helps Community

Student Project Helps Community

Civil and Environmental Engineering students spent their summer semester on a feasibility study for completing a segment of the Jordan River Parkway in Salt Lake City. Read more »


Imaging Meets Electrophysiology

Imaging Meets Electrophysiology

College of Engineering Partners with School of Medicine to Revolutionize Treatment for Heart Disorders Read more »


Featured in Discover Magazine

Featured in Discover Magazine

"Amazing Science Projects from Around the Globe" - Discover Magazine story about exoskeleton device designed by University of Utah spinoff company, Sarcos (now Raytheon). Read more »


New USTAR Faculty

New USTAR Faculty

Tolga Tasdizen joins the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute.
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Pixar President is New Engineering Council Chair

Pixar President is New Engineering Council Chair

Edwin E. Catmull, Ph.D., President of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, is the new chair of the University of Utah Engineering National Advisory Council. Read more »


Students Learn to 'INVENT!'

Students Learn to 'INVENT!'

In Dr. Patrick Kiser's freshman bioengineering class, students develop new ideas for inventions such as reducing muscle atrophy in knee brace users, protecting patients from injury during seizures, and safely controlling bleeding after surgery. Read more »


Utah's Water Quality

Utah's Water Quality

Ramesh Goel, an assistant professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, is seeking to advance the treatment of wastewater and remove pollutants from Utah's waters. Read more »


Putting Things nFocus

Putting Things nFocus

A tiny camera that works like the human eye. Ever wondered why even really good cell phone cameras can't compare to a real camera? This is because space is required to move the lenses for best focus and zoom. That's where the eye concept comes in. Read more »


The Mechanics of Robotics

The Mechanics of Robotics

As he advances the basic science of robotics, Dr. Stephen Mascaro hopes his research may one day enable robots to become more humanlike. Read more »


Optics and Microarrays

Optics and Microarrays

Improving information transmission and microarray technology. A look at the research of Dr. Steven Blair in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Read more »


Distinguished Professor

Distinguished Professor

Bioengineer Richard Normann is named a Distinguished Professor at the University of Utah. Read more »


Blending Technology and Medicine

Blending Technology and Medicine

Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) at the University of Utah is leading to the development of biomedical device innovation in the areas of cancer and epilepsy research. Read more »


Utah Spinoff

Utah Spinoff

A look at Utah-based Sarcos (now Raytheon) research company founded by Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Steven Jacobsen. Read more »


Eminent Innovators

Eminent Innovators

USTAR Bioengineering Professor John White joins the U as part of the university's and state of Utah's effort to build our 'knowledge economy.' Read more »


Clear the Air

Clear the Air

Burying and storing carbon dioxide in the earth may not only fight global warming but also assist in oil recovery. A look at the research of USTAR hire Brian McPherson, Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor at the U. Read more »


New Approaches to Preventing HIV

New Approaches to Preventing HIV

Bioengineering Professor Patrick Kiser is testing new drug delivery systems to stop the spread of HIV infection at the source. Read more »


Steve Parker a Member of DARPA

Steve Parker a Member of DARPA

Professor Steve Parker from the U's School of Computing has been selected a member of the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Computer Science Study Group. Read more »


Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology

Feng Liu, a professor in Materials Science and Engineering, is designing innovative devices as small as a few atoms. Read more »


Brain Imaging

Brain Imaging

USTAR Professor Guido Gerig's neuroimaging studies reveal autism in early brain development. Read more »


Medical Diagnostics

Medical Diagnostics

USTAR Professor Marc Porter is developing novel nanotechnology biosensors for early detection of disease. Read more »


Laboratory Innovation

Laboratory Innovation

Chemical Engineering Professor Terry Ring invents automated thawing and mixing workcell to improve laboratory workflow. Read more »


Stopping Traffic

Stopping Traffic

New U study shows that drivers on cell phones slow traffic, create lengthier commutes for everyone. Read more »


Graduating With Honors

Graduating With Honors

Graduates in the honors program receive recognition for their research. Read more »