July 5, 2023

Ashley Paz y Puente is an assistant professor of materials engineering at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. Supported by the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant she was awarded in 2022, Paz y Puente is researching how to create stronger and lighter weight materials that could be applied to almost everything we use in our daily lives. She is seeking to better understand the Kirkendall effect in the process of diffusion.

March 22, 2023

As UC and P&G build on their partnership, they have renamed and celebrated the P&G Digital Accelerator @ The University of Cincinnati.

May 15, 2025

Spectrum News and Fox 19 highlighted University of Cincinnati research designing a user-centered, easy-to-use assistive device to help restore hand grasping motions for people with spinal cord injuries/diseases.

June 9, 2021

University of Cincinnati researchers found that while N95 masks are effective barriers against airborne diseases like COVID-19, poorly fitting masks can have substantial leaks around the face that reduce their effectiveness and increase the risk of infection.

June 21, 2021

University of Cincinnati researchers have developed a semi-autonomous drone that is moored to the ground and can be operated more safely by virtually anyone. No piloting skills are required. Operators simply move the tether to move the drone.

September 9, 2024

Ohio is taking steps to ensure the safety of workers in proximity to these electronic tools. The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation awarded $9.4 million for workforce safety innovation projects, including two led by UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science.

March 3, 2022

Creating synthetic life could be easily within our grasp soon based on a comparison with the evolution of computer chips. Computer programming and gene synthesis appear to share little in common. But according to University of Cincinnati professor Andrew Steckl, an Ohio Eminent Scholar, leaps forward in technology in the former make him optimistic that wide scale gene manufacture is achievable.

November 1, 2023

Matt Steiner, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), is working to solve a piece of the puzzle that could lead to the development of more accessible alternative magnets. Steiner received the prestigious Department of Energy Early Career Research Award in 2023, granting him $875,000 to continue this research project over the next five years.

April 15, 2025

University of Cincinnati researchers, in collaboration with end users in the community, have received a $200,000 grant from Paralyzed Veterans of America to design a user-centered, easy-to-use assistive device to help restore hand grasping motions for people with spinal cord injuries/diseases.

August 19, 2024

Funded by a National Institutes of Health career development grant, University of Cincinnati researcher Daniel Sun is studying the potential of using magnetic nanoparticles as a delivery system for drugs to reach the inner ear to treat hearing loss.