Here is a sampling of recent media stories on members of the MSU College of Engineering. (Not all the links stay active.)
University Distinguished Professor Anil Jain is ranked #1 in the world in the 2020 edition of Top Scientists Ranking for Computer Science & Electronics, according to Guide2Research, one of the leading portals for computer science research. His H-index is 188. The ranking is based on a detailed examination of more than 6,000 profiles on Google Scholar and DBLP.
Guide2Research
• Also, Anil Jain was quoted in CSO (a media for IT security professionals) on the probability of being able to correlate biometric and facial recognition systems with people's temperatures. "It's very difficult to isolate an individual person" when it comes to tracking their temperatures.
CSO
The threat of COVID-19 has disrupted fieldwork and lab experiments, John Verboncoeur - associate dean for research and graduate studies at MSU Engineering - tells IEEE. Research teams are operating at 80 to 90 percent efficiency. "The main challenge being the ability to explain complicated concepts without our traditional "waving hands about' and interactive work at the white- or blackboard," he explained.
Spectrum IEEE
Environmental engineer Irene Xagoraraki is spearheading a study to determine if viral outbreaks can be identified and forecasted through wastewater sampling. The wastewater may help predict the next COVID-19 outbreak.
ASEE
Bridge Magazine (Lansing)
dBusiness - Detroit
Dearborn Patch
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News
MLive
MSUToday
New York Times
Science Blog
WJBK - Fox Detroit
WXYZ TV 7 Detroit
USAToday
Tom Wolff, associate professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, served as an expert for state and national media following devastating floods in the Midland area in mid-May. He provided background information on dam infrastructure and dam failures for NBC Digital News and the Wall Street Journal, along with:
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NBC 25/Fox 66 Flint
Researchers at MSU are using a first of its kind nanoparticle imaging technique that could one day help diagnose and treat cancer. "We engineered the ability to measure and quantify the nanomechanical properties of individual living cells within the body of a living animal for the first time," said Bryan Smith, associate professor of biomedical engineering.
dBusiness Detroit
Futurity
Science Daily
An MSU researcher is studying octopuses to see if they hold the key to restoring limb function in humans. Galit Pelled received a $2.35 million National Institutes of Health grant to analyze the complex movements of octopuses' eight arms. She is a professor of biomedical engineering, radiology and neuroscience.
MSUToday
WOOD TV Grand Rapids
Mechanical engineers have built a ventilator prototype from commonly available parts that only cost around $200. The experimental mechanical ventilator prototype can be assembled with high volume, in-stock materials and without advanced engineering training, said Ricardo Mejia-Alvarez, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. The project could help alleviate developing world concerns about medical equipment shortages.
Futurity
WILX TV Lansing
Darrell Donahue was selected as the next dean of the West Virginia University Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design. He has been MSU's chair of the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering since July 2015. WVU's Davis College offers 22 undergraduate, 18 master's, and seven doctoral degree programs. It also maintains thousands of acres of farmland and forests throughout West Virginia.
Dominion Post (West Virginia)
A team of scientists led by an assistant professor of CMSE Wolfgang Kerzendorf has found that a new process of evaluating proposed scientific research projects is as effective -- if not more so -- than the traditional peer-review method.
MSUToday
Science Daily
Biosystems Professor Wei Liao is leading a team that is working with the U.S. Army to improve wastewater treatment systems on forward operating military bases. The pilot-scale system will include solar thermal units and is aided by a $1.3 million grant.
MSUToday
Three assistant professors from CMSE are recipients of one of NSF's most prestigious honors - the NSF Early CAREER Faculty Awards. Honored are Min Chen, Tong (Tony) Gao, and Jianrong Wang. The grants support faculty members early in their profession who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through their outstanding research and excellent education.
MSUToday
Robert Nelsen received the MSU Spring 2020 Unit Research Administrator Spotlight Award. He is a member of the college's Division of Engineering Research and has more than 15 years of experience in grant or program management and grant writing.
MSUToday
Peng Zhang will use a 2020 Young Investigator Program Award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to advance high-power microwaves. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of MSU's NanoPath Group.
MSUToday
MSU's Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation, in collaboration with LIFT, donated personal protective equipment to the Community Health and Social Services Center in Detroit: 300 safety glasses (fit over prescription glasses); 300 safety glasses (fit without prescription glasses); 1,400 Nitrile gloves, and 60 Tyvek lab coats.
MSUToday
Technology Century (Engineering Society of Detroit)
Spartan staffers convert their guest room to print 3D medical supplies. Jon and Cora Walby of DECS have joined MSU's multi-college effort to create critically needed personal protection equipment for medical workers.
MSUToday
Alumni
Kevin Conroy, (BS, '88, electrical engineering) offered an uplifting commencement message to this spring's College of Engineering graduates - which was later sent to 300,000 readers in the Spartan alumni e-newsletter in June. He is this year's Claud Erickson Distinguished Alumni Award winner in the college. Kevin's inspiring video
Advanced Energy Industries has promoted Neil D. Brinker (BS, '01, mechanical engineering) to president, effective May 20. He will continue in his current role as COO. He lives in the Denver area.
BusinessWire
Apple engineer Jordyn Castor (BS, '15, computer science) has been blind since birth, but is taking the tech world by storm. She is helping make computer programming more inclusive. Jordyn is an accessibility quality assurance engineer for Apple in San Francisco.
CBS Unstoppable
Recent MSU graduate Nehemiah Mork (BS, '20, mechanical engineering) helped his neighbors in Midland dig out following devastating floods in mid-May. The academic and athletic award-winner said he was unprepared for the devastation that destroyed so much of his hometown.
Detroit Free Press
Tyler Rozwadowski (BS, '20, computer science) hosted a watch party for the MSU Virtual Commencement on May 16 and told WXYZ TV 7 Detroit that it was "pretty cool, knowing we are not alone going into the world, I was very thankful for that."
WXYZ TV7 Detroit
Jack Wheatley (BS, '89, civil engineering) is the 2020-21 president of the American Council of Engineering Companies/Michigan (ACEC/M). He is the vice president and director of corporate marketing at Farmington Hills-based Rowe Professional Services Co.
Technology Century (Engineering Society of Detroit)
MSU Pride Points
• April 3: High-energy particle physicist Huey-Wen Lin is one of 25 early career academic scientists from across the United States named a 2020 Cottrell Scholar. Lin was selected for her research, "Unveiling the Three-Dimensional Structure of Nucleons." She has a joint appointment in the colleges of Engineering and Natural Science.
• May 26: Peng Zhang, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received a 2020 Young Investigator Program award from the U.S Office of Naval Research. This is one of the nation's oldest and most selective awards in science and technology, which funds researcher's scientific pursuits.