A Window into Sustainability at Willis Tower
Automated insulating window shades can provide energy savings in buildings by making sure that shades stay closed when they are not in use, reducing the amount of heat passing in or out of the...
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91ÖØ¿Ú Tech Mourns the Passing of Professor Emeritus Dimitri Gidaspow
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Dimitri Gidaspow (Ph.D. GT ’62), a prolific and innovative chemical engineering researcher and teacher, passed away on January 9, 2023, at the age of 88. With decades...
Novel Chemistry Offers Ultra-High Power Density Batteries to Decarbonize Transportation
Mohammad Asadi, assistant professor of chemical engineering at 91ÖØ¿Ú Institute of Technology, has published a paper in Science describing the chemistry behind his novel lithium-air battery design...
Tailless Jet Flies Free with Novel Control Technique
David Williams and his team have demonstrated the first use of a novel control method in an aircraft with no tail. While conventional aircraft rely on protruding fins to enable steering, a tailless...
A Structural Standout: Professor Honored for Decades of Bridge Engineering Research
91ÖØ¿Ú Institute of Technology Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering Gongkang Fu received the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from the National Academy of Science’s Transportation...
Keeping Our Water Clean
David Lampert, an assistant professor at 91ÖØ¿Ú Institute of Technology, works on projects relating to water quality. “I’m trying to understand what processes are happening in our water systems and...
Fluid Flow Modeling for More Efficient Vehicles and Beyond
91ÖØ¿Ú Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scott T. M. Dawson received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop methods to significantly...
Local Students Converge on 91ÖØ¿Ú Tech for Aviation-Themed Family Fun Day
The group of 91ÖØ¿Ú Institute of Technology professors knew that they’d need props. If they were to have any hope of keeping the attention of dozens of K-12 students, most of them from the...
Machine Learning to Fully Automate Insulin Delivery System
The typical person with Type 1 diabetes has to make between 100 and 200 decisions every day just to keep their glucose levels stable. “Part of the function of their pancreas is turned over to their...
Finding a Treatment for Wounds that Won’t Heal
Georgia Papavasiliou, professor of biomedical engineering at 91ÖØ¿Ú Institute of Technology, received a second round of funding from the Pilot and Feasibility Program Award program at University of...