Imagine if you could hold a stethoscope to your heart and find out with almost 90 percent accuracy if you were developing heart disease. Ph.D. student Valentina Dargam is working on a method to do just that. Heart valves, like vocal cords, often make different noises...
Anyone who owns a tire, toothbrush or water bottle knows how practical plastics are. Engineers know this, too. Plastics are inexpensive, strong and easy to make. One application for plastics, however, is truly out of this world. Plastics have enormous potential in...
When a severe thunderstorm warning pops up on your phone, lightning and rain aren’t all you should be worrying about. Thunderstorms can produce winds exceeding 100 miles per hour (mph), according to the National Weather Service. These winds come from tornadoes but...
Dr. Trina Fletcher was recently awarded the 2022 WEPAN (Women in Engineering ProActive Network) Educator’s Award for excellence and innovation in STEM education work for girls and/or women at the collegiate level. WEPAN Awards honor key individuals, programs, and...
For the quarter of a million people who use the Dolphin Expressway every day, the sight is impossible to miss. Gigantic concrete pillars stretch high above the road, making commuters on the already-elevated expressway feel small. A fleet of construction equipment...
At a young age, Deidra Hodges was well-positioned to become an engineer. Her parents were educators and her older brothers worked with technology, constantly fixing things around the house. Wanting to be like her siblings, Hodges signed up for her high school’s...
