If we are successful, we will realize the potential to create models that replicate human disease.
Marsha Rolle
Associate Professor, Biomedical EngineeringMarsha Rolle
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Engineering Human Blood Vessels
Marsha Rolle has spent more than a decade developing a method for building engineered blood vessels. It involves growing rings of human smooth muscle cells, stacking the rings inside a bioreactor, and flowing growth media over them until the rings merge into tubes. These “three-dimensional tissue constructs” closely mimic the characteristics of real blood vessels.
Emmanuel Agu
Professor, Computer ScienceEmmanuel Agu
Professor, Computer Science
The Clinic in Our Pockets
Modern smartphones are equipped with powerful CPUs and graphics processors, still and video cameras, inertial measurement units and gyroscopes, GPS receivers, and wireless and cellular transceivers. Emmanuel Agu is interested in how these capabilities can be used to build powerful nodes in our modern healthcare system.
Ivon Arroyo
Associate Professor, Social Science and Policy StudiesIvon Arroyo
Associate Professor, Social Science and Policy Studies
Improving Learning by Putting Math in Motion
In most elementary school classrooms, there is a time for play and a time for learning. But research by Ivon Arroyo, associate professor of social science and policy studies and learning sciences and technologies, shows that games can be a powerful tool for enhancing learning in mathematics.
Marja Bakermans
Associate Professor, Social Science and Policy StudiesMarja Bakermans
Associate Professor, Social Science and Policy Studies
Promoting Vibrant Ecosystems by Studying Migratory Songbirds
Marja Bakermans, associate teaching professor in undergraduate studies, is a biologist who conducts research on wildlife, ecology, environmental science, and conservation biology, with a particular interest in promoting the conservation of biodiversity by maintaining viable wildlife populations across the landscape.
DISCOVERY WITH PURPOSE
Raghvendra Cowlagi
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace EngineeringRaghvendra Cowlagi
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering
Getting Autonomous Vehicles to Work Together
Raghvendra Cowlagi, associate professor of mechanical engineering and aerospace engineering, conducts research on a number of problems related to the challenges presented by autonomous vehicles, including optimal methods for planning and controlling their movements.
Soussan Djamasbi
Associate Professor and Area Head for Information Systems, The Business SchoolSoussan Djamasbi
Associate Professor and Area Head for Information Systems, The Business School
Improving Technology by Studying the User Experience
Soussan Djamasbi, associate professor in The Business School, is a leader in the study of how people respond to and interact with information displayed on screens, and how designers and organizations can use that knowledge to not only make better devices, applications, and sites, but to bolster companies’ bottom lines and improve people’s lives.
Cagdas Onal
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Robotics EngineeringCagdas Onal
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Engineering
A New Class of Soft Robots Inspired by Origami
The robots developed by Cagdas Onal, associate professor of mechanical engineering and robotics engineering, are soft, with parts made from deformable plastics and rubber. Soft robots are safer to operate around people and are ideally suited to carry out a variety of tasks that their traditionally rigid cousins can’t.
Carlo Pinciroli
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Robotics EngineeringCarlo Pinciroli
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Robotics Engineering
The New Frontier of Swarming Robots
Inspired by nature, Carlo Pinciroli, assistant professor of computer science and robotics engineering, leads a research team that is trying to give swarms of fairly simple robots a sort of collective intelligence so they can sense their environment, communicate, and work together efficiently and safely.
Scarlet Shell
Assistant Professor, Biology and BiotechnologyScarlet Shell
Assistant Professor, Biology and Biotechnology
Overcoming Bacterial Defense Mechanisms
To develop effective treatments for infectious diseases that are growing antibiotic resistant, we need to know more about the strategies bacteria use to survive stresses. Scarlet Shell, assistant professor of biology and biotechnology, is seeking to do just that by probing the molecular changes that underlie these mechanisms.
Craig Shue
Associate Professor, Computer ScienceCraig Shue
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Building Strong Defenses Against Cyber Threats
Craig Shue, associate professor of computer science, is developing innovative technologies aimed at closing significant gaps in systems that should protect enterprise and home computer networks from a host of threats, but in practice have shortcomings that may leave those systems vulnerable.
Alexander Wyglinski
Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAlexander Wyglinski
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Making the Roads Safer by Getting Cars to Talk to One Another
Alexander Wyglinski, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and an internationally recognized expert in wireless communications is interested in the wireless technology that will be needed to connect vehicles as they share the road.