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Michigan State University is striving for the early detection of several diseases and recently took that message to Houston for an alumni gathering and panel discussion.

Research led by MSU is showing ways that hackers can use ultrasonic waves to secretly control voice assistant devices. Called "SurfingAttack" the attack leverages the unique properties of acoustic transmission in solid materials — such as tables — to "enable multiple rounds of interactions between the voice-controlled device and the attacker."

When NASCAR driver Ryan Newman's car flipped during the Daytona 500, it was the HANS device developed by the late Michigan State professor Robert Hubbard that helped save his life.

Professor Evangelyn Alocilja is a world-renowned researcher on infectious and antimicrobial resistant diseases. Recipient of an MSU William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award in 2019, she travels internationally to speak and build global alliances. She holds 12 U.S. patents and has published more than 125 journal articles. Story by Cameron Rudolph, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

A biomedical engineer at Michigan State University will use a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to improve the biocompatibility and performance of brain implants.

Bryan Smith, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and a team of scientists have created a "Trojan Horse" nanoparticle that can be directed to eat debris, reducing and stabilizing plaque. The discovery could be a potential treatment for atherosclerosis, a leading cause of death in the United States.

Like a video game ghost chomping along a maze to advance to the next level, a novel nanotech therapy created by scientists at Michigan State University and Stanford University have discovered a way to eat away portions of the plaques that cause heart attacks.

Xuefei Huang will receive a William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award when Michigan State University hosts its annual Awards Convocation on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The 2020 convocation is set for 3:30 p.m. at the University Club in Lansing. Colleagues, family, and friends are welcome to attend the event.

Two from the College of Engineering -- Yadu Pokhrel and Erin Purcell -- will receive Teacher-Scholar Awards at Michigan State University's annual Awards Convocation on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The 2020 MSU Awards Convocation is set for 3:30 p.m. at the University Club in Lansing. Colleagues, family, and friends are welcome to attend the event.

Dirk Colbry's "side hustle" as a PhD student at MSU helped him develop into one of the country's "Sherpas of Supercomputing." Colbry is the director of high performance computing studies in the Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering.