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Newswise: A New Milestone in the Study of Octopus Arms
Released: 12-Nov-2024 5:00 PM EST
A New Milestone in the Study of Octopus Arms
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Newly published research by Grainger Engineers in Mechanical Science and Engineering describes an unprecedented computational model that captures the intricate muscular architecture of an octopus arm.

Newswise: Using Multimode Propulsion for More Efficient Trips in Space
Released: 29-Oct-2024 10:40 AM EDT
Using Multimode Propulsion for More Efficient Trips in Space
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explore how a multimode propulsion system that integrates both a chemical high-thrust mode and an electric low-thrust mode—while using the same propellant—can succeed.

Newswise: Ordered Defects May Be Key for Solution-Deposited Semiconductors
Released: 9-Oct-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Ordered Defects May Be Key for Solution-Deposited Semiconductors
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

A new solution deposition process for semiconductors yields high-performing transistors by introducing more defects, counterintuitively. Researchers used these devices to construct high-speed logic circuits and an operational high-resolution inorganic LED display.

Newswise: DeepSPACE Design Tool Takes a Concept to a Multitude of Configurations
Released: 4-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
DeepSPACE Design Tool Takes a Concept to a Multitude of Configurations
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

The new design software developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign takes your concept and requirements and rapidly generates design configurations from conventional to out-of-this-world, including a 3D CAD model and performance evaluations.

Newswise: Thermal Effects in Spintronics Systematically Assessed for First Time
Released: 25-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Thermal Effects in Spintronics Systematically Assessed for First Time
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

A new experimental technique, reported by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the journal APL Materials, directly measures heating in spintronic devices, allowing direct comparison to other effects.

Newswise: Vishveshwara Seamlessly Weaves Science and Art Together
Released: 17-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Vishveshwara Seamlessly Weaves Science and Art Together
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Her father was a renowned physicist who studied black holes, and her mother is a prominent molecular biophysicist. You could say that physics is in her DNA. But physics isn’t the only thing in Illinois Grainger Engineering professor Smitha Vishveshwara’s blood; so are the arts.

Newswise: Controlling molecular electronics with rigid, ladder-like molecules
Released: 27-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Controlling molecular electronics with rigid, ladder-like molecules
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report a unique strategy for controlling molecular conductance by using molecules with rigid backbones—such as ladder-type molecules, known as being shape-persistent.

Newswise: Using machine learning to speed up simulations of irregularly shaped particles
Released: 23-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Using machine learning to speed up simulations of irregularly shaped particles
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have trained neural networks to predict interactions between irregularly shaped particles to accelerate molecular dynamics simulations.

Newswise: ARPA-H project to pioneer rapid manufacturing of tumor models
Released: 20-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
ARPA-H project to pioneer rapid manufacturing of tumor models
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Advanced imaging and AI will power the manufacture of any cancer at the push of a button.

   
Newswise: Halogen bonding for selective electrochemical separation, path to sustainable chemical processing demonstrated
Released: 14-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Halogen bonding for selective electrochemical separation, path to sustainable chemical processing demonstrated
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

With a new polymer that only attracts certain substances from solutions when electrically activated, researchers have taken a major step towards sustainable chemical separation.

Newswise: $1M NSF ADVANCE project to promote equity for STEM faculty at Illinois
Released: 13-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
$1M NSF ADVANCE project to promote equity for STEM faculty at Illinois
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has won a three-year, $1 million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to mitigate barriers that impede the advancement of underrepresented STEM faculty across the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Newswise: Increasing solid-state electrolyte conductivity and stability using helical structure
Released: 9-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Increasing solid-state electrolyte conductivity and stability using helical structure
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Materials science and engineering researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found that the helical structure shows greatly enhanced conductivity compared to the “random coil” counterparts.

Newswise: Defect engineering leads to designer catalyst for production of green hydrogen
Released: 7-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Defect engineering leads to designer catalyst for production of green hydrogen
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Efficient technology for splitting the hydrogen-oxygen bond in water could be the key to producing low-cost, green hydrogen for energy storage at an industrial scale. Green hydrogen is expected to play a significant role in achieving the target of net zero carbon dioxide emissions. In a new study, an interdisciplinary group of researchers have identified a way to use “defect engineering” to significantly boost catalytic efficiency, taking science one step closer to sustainable, green hydrogen production.

Newswise: Clean Energy Systems: Transitioning to a sustainable future
Released: 31-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Clean Energy Systems: Transitioning to a sustainable future
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Grainger engineers are leaders in the efforts to develop the energy systems needed to achieve a cleaner, carbon-free world.

Newswise: Grainger Engineers to lead Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, shape the future of quantum computing
Released: 30-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Grainger Engineers to lead Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, shape the future of quantum computing
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Today, The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign joined other partners from around the state in officially announcing its leadership role in the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park.

Newswise: DeMarco and Johnson join Governor Pritzker to announce the Illinois DARPA Quantum Proving Ground
Released: 23-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT
DeMarco and Johnson join Governor Pritzker to announce the Illinois DARPA Quantum Proving Ground
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Illinois Grainger Engineering physics professor Brian DeMarco stood on stage in Chicago on Tuesday when Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced the new federal- and state-funded Quantum Proving Ground (QPG), which promises to combine scientific rigor with industry and academic expertise to design the future of quantum computing.

Newswise: Moving from the visible to the infrared: developing high quality nanocrystals
Released: 10-Jul-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Moving from the visible to the infrared: developing high quality nanocrystals
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, quantum dots have a wide variety of applications ranging from displays and LED lights to chemical reaction catalysis and bioimaging. These semiconductor nanocrystals are so small—on the order of nanometers—that their properties, such as color, are size dependent, and they start to exhibit quantum properties.

Newswise: Simulating blood flow dynamics for improved nanoparticle drug delivery
Released: 9-Jul-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Simulating blood flow dynamics for improved nanoparticle drug delivery
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Despite gaining a bad rap in mainstream media in recent years, nanoparticles have been successfully used for decades in targeted drug delivery systems. Drug molecules can be encapsulated within biodegradable nanoparticles to be delivered to specific cells or diseased tissues.



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