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Chemical engineer produces biofuels from waste materials

April 1, 2021

Yu Zhang, who first came to the University of Cincinnati in 2014 to begin a master’s degree in environmental engineering., is continuing her research work in developing biofuels from waste as a doctoral student in chemical engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. She shares her research goals, UC experience and the impact she hopes to make through engineering.

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UC student aims to better interpret artificial intelligence

May 24, 2021

Javier Viaña Pérez started his studies in mechanical engineering earning two degrees in his native Spain and then came to the University of Cincinnati for his master’s and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. He has racked up a long list of accomplishments, including creating a high-resolution camera for microsatellites that is currently in use on the International Space Station. His doctoral research in artificial intelligence is dedicated to making a radical shift in how we think about AI. He was named UC College of Engineering and Applied Science Graduate Student Engineer of the Month.

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Engineering student makes sense of waves

July 9, 2021

When Parikshit Boregowda, mechanical engineering doctoral student at the University of Cincinnati, is staring at ocean waves crashing into the shore, he’s thinking about the problems he can solve through better modelling methods to study the motion of fluid.

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UC’s Olympic poetry in motion

July 22, 2021

Five former University of Cincinnati athletes and one current second-year student prepare to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in July and August, representing four nations in five athletic competitions. Former Bearcats include Annette Echikunwoke, hammer throw (Nigeria); Vanessa Gilles, women's soccer (Canada); Nate Fish, baseball (Israel); Jordan Thompson, volleyball (U.S.) and Lewis Johnson (NBC Sports TV broadcaster). Lawrence Sapp, second-year UC student will compete in the Paralympic swim competition in late August.

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Virtual engineering class reimagines global collaboration

June 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a forced pause to the usual international travel experiences at the University of Cincinnati. In response to a call for innovative ideas for virtual global experiences, Cedrick Kwuimy, assistant professor-educator in UC’s Department of Engineering Education, devised a program to give first-year engineering students some of the same growth opportunities they would have with a study abroad or work abroad program. UC students collaborated virtually with students at University of Cape Coast in Ghana and at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia

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Grad student creates drones for disaster relief

February 19, 2021

Ponaravind Muthaiah, an aerospace engineering robotics master’s student at the University of Cincinnati, wants to make it possible for a drone to deliver critical medical supplies to the site of a disaster.

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New UC telehealth drone makes house calls

March 15, 2021

Three colleges at the University of Cincinnati collaborated to develop a semi-autonomous drone that can be dispatched right to people’s homes. The drones are big enough to carry medicine or medical supplies but small enough to maneuver the tight confines of a home using navigational algorithms developed by UC engineers so patients can talk face to face to their doctors or pharmacists.

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Transformative tech

March 15, 2021

Victor Shtrom (CEAS ’90, PhD ’96) is the first to admit that he was in the right place at the right time. “I got lucky,” he says.