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  Congratulations A-Pin Recipients | College of Engineering

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  Interim College of Engineering Dean Dr. Jagath Kaluarachchi and department heads from across the College of Engineering on Thursday recognized eight students for receiving the prestigious A-Pin award.

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  Bear Lake Telescope Helps USU Researchers Track Orbital Debris | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Researchers at Utah State University recently completed the installation of a specially-constructed telescope designed to monitor space debris.

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  Aggies Sweep American Water Works Association Scholarship Challenge | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Four Utah State University engineering students received scholarships from the American Water Works Association Intermountain Section.

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  USU Biological Engineer Featured in Chemical & Engineering News | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  The ongoing research into alternative bio-based fuels by USU's Dr. Foster Agblevor was featured in a February cover story of Chemical & Engineering News magazine.

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  Civil Engineering Professor Named Educator of the Year | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Utah State University professor of civil engineering Dr. Paul J. Barr has been named the 2017 Educator of the Year by the Utah Engineers Council.

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  Utah Water Research Lab Unveils Latest in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Researchers at Utah State University last week unveiled their newest platform of unmanned aerial vehicles.

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  Biological Engineering Professor Presents Inaugural Lecture | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Biological Engineering faculty Dr. Anhong Zhou reflected on family and the future of bio-technologies at his inaugural lecture last month where he was honored for his promotion to professor.

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  Utah State University’s CEE Department Gets Attention From Industry Magazines | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Utah State University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering was mentioned several times recently in the United States Society on Dams (USSD) Newsletter and the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) Annual Report.

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  National Media Turn to USU Engineering Professor for Developing Oroville Spillway Situation | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Reporters around the world are covering the developing story in Northern California where massive water flows are threatening the integrity of the Oroville Dam’s main and auxiliary spillways.

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  UWRL Researchers Develop Genetic Tool to Improve Arsenic Studies | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Environmental engineers are making it easier to identify the bacterial species responsible for releasing a form of arsenic that contaminates the water supplies of millions of people worldwide.

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  USU Seeks Computer Science Department Head | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Utah State University seeks applications for the Head of the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering.

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  Dr. James L. Moore Presents BPE Program Seminar at USU | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Dr. James L. Moore III will visit Utah State University on Jan. 30 as the guest speaker at a seminar on the Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) program.

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  USU College of Engineering Development Director Sworn into Legislature | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  The Utah State Legislature welcomed several new lawmakers to its ranks on Monday, including Val K. Potter, the executive director of development at Utah State University’s College of Engineering.

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  USU Engineering Students Receive Design Award | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  A team of USU student engineers were awarded a plaque for being the Runner Up at the WEF Student Design Competition at WEFTECH 2016.

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  SELECT Partner Proterra Makes Debut in Park City | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

  USU College of Engineering

  The Research Center for Sustainable Electrified Transportation (SELECT) is pleased to announce that partner Proterra is established in Park City, Utah.

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  USU Engineering Faculty Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Grant | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  News Release – Dec. 26, 2016 – A Utah State University professor who specializes in the emerging field of engineering education has been selected to receive a major grant from the National Science Foundation for her ongoing research into improving engineering teaching practices.

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  Mannequin Challenge | Biological Engineering

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  Who says that learning about the various properties of Biomaterials is boring? Clearly, they haven't taken Dr. Yu Huang's BENG 2330 Properties of Biomaterials course. Not only do these students know how to distinguish the differences between natural and synthetic biomaterials.They know how to have a good time bringing the mannequin challenge into their lab clean up.

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  Defense Company Donates $5,000 to Society of Women Engineers | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  News Release – LOGAN, UTAH, Dec. 14, 2016 – The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Utah State University was presented with a check for $5,000 from defense company Northrop Grumman on Dec. 1.

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  USU Classroom Outfitted for Student Stress Research | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  News Release - LOGAN, UTAH, Dec. 12, 2016 – Utah State University will soon be home to a specialized classroom designed to measure the triggers and effects of student academic stress.

  Dr. Idalis Villanueva, an assistant professor of engineering education at USU, is the principal investigator and is targeting her research around engineering programs.

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  Creating Tomorrow - Engineering Stories Heard on Utah Public Radio | College of Engineering

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  Changing the Conversation

  Our perception of who engineers are and what they do is a little skewed. And now, engineers are trying to change that.

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  USU Engineering Professor Wraps Up International Speaking Tour | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  News Release – Nov. 30, 2016 – Engineers around the world are getting a glimpse into the latest electrical engineering research taking place at Utah State University thanks to the ambitious speaking tour of USU Associate Professor Dr. Rose Hu.

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  CEE Dept. Announces Water Cluster Hire | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) seeks talented applicants for a cluster hire of three tenure eligible positions at the assistant or associate level whose research will yield more holistic approaches to solving water problems in natural, built, and/or agricultural environments. We seek bright, creative and interdisciplinary researchers who can increase Utah State University’s (USU) capacity to lead and develop the next generation of resilient solutions to water problems in these linked environments. We especially seek applicants with the passion and ability to work with others from a broad range of disciplines to advance fundamentally new and innovative ideas to study and solve unanticipated and emerging problems.

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  BE Students Visit NASA | Biological Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  Early in November students from Utah State University's Biological Engineering program presented their research project, Eden, to the Scientists and Engineers employed by NASA.

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  USU Students Outshine Peers in National Scholarship Challenge | College of Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  News Release – LOGAN, UTAH, Nov. 15, 2016 – Students and faculty at Utah State University’s College of Engineering are celebrating an unusual success. This fall, eight engineering students received prestigious scholarship awards from the American Nuclear Society – a significant accomplishment considering USU does not have a nuclear engineering program.

  But the university is no stranger to the topic. Two engineering researchers here recently received major research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling $5.8 million, and several other engineering faculty at USU are considered top experts in nuclear engineering fields.

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  Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Center for Integrated BioSystems | Biological Engineering

  USU College of Engineering

  The goal of my research group is to develop and investigate methods and tools to understand and detect diseases. We currently have 3 research thrusts: modeling subretinal tissue, simulating microgravity and radiative effects on skeletal muscle, and separating and identifying bacteria. We use micropatterning and 2D cultures with spider silk to model normal and diseased layers of the subretina. For our muscle research, we are currently using a rotating cell culture system and Cesium disks to replicate the conditions during spaceflight. To identify mycobacterial strands, we are combining dielectrophoresis with Raman spectroscopy for fast and accurate detection. In each of these projects, we asses a wide variety of properties that are important to disease or detection, such as growth factor expression, permeability, double stranded DNA breaks, and classification accuracy. Each of these projects and their results will be discussed in detail.