Aug. 5, 2020 Harnessing the Sun to Purify Concentrated Waste Streams A team of engineers and scientists is developing a solar-powered desalination system to recover water from concentrated waste streams with maximum efficiency.
July 8, 2020 Multi-University Center Aims to Minimize Mine Tailings Risk In response to concern over the sustainability of handling mine waste, UArizona, Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines launched the Tailings Center of Excellence.
June 8, 2020 Underrepresented STEM Students Explore New Frontiers of Sound The New Frontiers of Sound Research Experience and Mentorship program provides mentors and research opportunities for underrepresented students interested in graduate school and careers in engineering.
May 28, 2020 Researchers Develop System to Address $150B Health Care Losses Due to No-Shows An engineering graduate student developed a system to help mitigate no-shows for health care appointments.
April 17, 2020 Quantum Entanglement Offers Unprecedented Precision for GPS and More University of Arizona researchers are using quantum entanglement to detect radio frequencies with more sensitivity and accuracy than ever.
March 9, 2020 Electrical Engineer Trains Computers to Distinguish Between Friend and Foe Gregory Ditzler, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is using a National Science Foundation grant to boost his research on machine learning.
March 5, 2020 Lunar Lasers and Cosmic Crops: NASA Funds UArizona Space Exploration Missions NASA has awarded funding to research teams working on ways to find water and grow food in space. UArizona researchers are focusing on harvesting water from the lunar surface and microgravity crop production.
Feb. 13, 2020 Modifications Elevate Wind Tunnel Capacity – From Subsonic to Hypersonic Department of Defense funding totaling $1.7 million is helping aerospace engineers expand experiments on vehicles traveling at the speed of sound and much faster.
Feb. 12, 2020 Scientists Study Sweat, the Small Stuff A team of researchers at the University of Arizona is developing new methods to collect and analyze sweat for clues about how the body is functioning.
Feb. 10, 2020 Tiny Wireless Device Casts Light on Brain's Inner Workings Researchers have created an ultra-small, wireless, battery-free device that uses light to record individual neurons so neuroscientists can see how the brain is working.