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  USU Power Electronics Lab Collaborates with Strongwell | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  USU has teamed up with Strongwell. Strongwell was awarded the ACE Award at this year's Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) in Dallas, TX. This year's entry by Strongwell featured its DURAGRID® HD-4000 2.5" grating panels, manufactured at the company's Chatfield, Minnesota location, used at the Utah State University Electric Vehicle and Roadway (EVR) research facility in Logan, Utah. The EVR serves as the vehicle systems integration facility for the Center for Sustainable Electrified Transportation (SELECT). Magnetic transfer plates are housed beneath the grating which charge electric vehicles in motion.

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  SPAC 2015 Announcement | Electrical and Computer Engineering

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  IEEE USU Student Branch is excited to announce SPAC 2015: The Practice of Innovation. The Student Professional Awareness Conference (SPAC) will be held on March 28, 2015. We are putting on this event to help students get connected with industry and better prepare them for their future careers.

  The 2015 program includes speakers from IEEE and a key speaker who works as a Disney Imagineer. We are planning multiple workshops, such as technical discussions by companies and current innovators, Arduino and/or soldering workshops, and python and MATLAB workshops. During the conference, there will be tables set up for students and companies to network throughout the day.

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  Tackling Salinity in the Colorado River One Ion at a Time | Biological Engineering

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  10/27/2015 - It’s one of the most overtaxed waterways on the planet, and its shrinking flow is only part of the problem.

  The Colorado River travels 1,500 miles through seven U.S. states before reaching the Gulf of California. Throughout its long journey the river supplies water for approximately 40 million people and is used to irrigate more than five million acres of land in the Western U.S. and Mexico.

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  Process Optimization to Enhance Quality and Quantity of Transiently Expressed Proteins | Biological Engineering

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  Transient transfection is a method to introduce foreign DNA into a healthy cell population. Transient transfection can be accomplished by chemical, mechanical, and electrical delivery. Although foreign DNA is not incorporated into the host cell genome, host cell machinery is used to transcribe and translate the gene of interest. This presentation will illustrate the enhancement of transgene production through reagent optimization and feeds and show benefits of transient work, such as, eliminating the need for generation of a stable engineered cell line; allowing the process scaleability; and decreasing the time for generation of comparable amounts of product.

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  Brigham Young University Honors USU's Todd Moon | College of Engineering

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  Originally posted Oct. 22, 2015 – Brigham Young University’s department of electrical and computer engineering has named its alumn and current USU professor and department head Todd Moon as a 2015-2016 Honored Alumnus.

  The university made the announcement the week of Oct. 19. Dr. Todd K. Moon received his double BS in electrical and computer engineering and mathematics in 1988, and a master's degree in electrical engineering also in 1988 from Brigham Young University.

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  iGEM Jamboree | Biological Engineering

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  The 2015 iGEM Giant Jamboree was an inspiring and enjoyable experience for members of Utah State’s iGEM team. Sara Gertsch, Chad Nielsen, Alex Torgesen, and Tom Overbeck traveled to Boston with Dr. Charles Miller for the 11th annual Jamboree from September 24th to September 28th and presented on this year’s team project, “LactoWare: Reprogramming Lactic Acid Bacteria to Fight Malicious Viruses.” The project was well received, and the judges awarded the team a silver medal.

  When not involved in the oral presentation and two poster sessions, team members were able to attend presentations by other teams and workshops that provided information on emerging technologies and programs for synthetic biology.

  Overall, the event was a tremendous opportunity for team members to network, to meet peers from all over the world with similar interests, to learn about what developments are going on in their chosen field, and to leave inspired by the possibilities of synthetic biology.

  We would like to thank all of our sponsors that made this project possible: MonSanto, IM Flash, Schreiber Foods, ConAgra Foods, IDT, Micron, Utah State University’s College of Engineering and Department of Biological Engineering, Utah State University’s Student Association, and Utah State’s Honors Department.

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  What are the Long-term Affects of Spaceflight on Human Muscle Tissue? | Biological Engineering

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  Sept. 28, 2015 - Biological engineering doctoral candidate Charles Harding wants to know how long-term spaceflight can affect human muscle tissue. It’s an increasingly important topic as scientists and engineers move closer to manned space flights to Mars.

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  UPEL Students Publish Research Papers on Electric Vehicle Battery Management System at COMPEL 2015 | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  UPEL students, M. Muneeb Ur Rehman and Hongjie Wang, published three research papers at COMPEL 2015, the annual IEEE conference for Control and Modeling for Power Electronics. The research work is part of the AMPED project for which UPEL is working with a multi-disciplinary team including the University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado Springs, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Ford Motor Company. The project is funded in part by the United States Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects (ARPA-E).

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  Dr. Regan Zane Interviewed for UK-Based Industry Journal | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  UPEL's Dr. Regan Zane was interviewed for a UK-based industry journal CRI. The journal focuses on electrifying our roadways. The main idea being that in the near future, we will be able to charge electric vehicles by driving down the road. Dr. Zane was interviewed to talk aboutUSU's research and development techniques for dynamic wireless charging.

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  Growing Algae in Produced Water | College of Engineering

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  LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 15, 2015 – The wastewater evaporation ponds that support the oil and natural gas extraction industries in the Uintah Basin may soon help spur the development of alternative bio-based fuels.

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  Uintah Basin’s Wastewater Evaporation Ponds Could Yield Bioenergy | Biological Engineering

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  LOGAN, Utah, Sept. 15, 2015 – The wastewater evaporation ponds that support the oil and natural gas extraction industries in the Uintah Basin may soon help spur the development of alternative bio-based fuels.

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  B.E. Club Lab Tour | Biological Engineering

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  Happy September 14th, 2015 (Monday) everyone! A reminder that tomorrow, September 15th, we are doing a lab tour of Dr. Miller’s lab. You can meet us at either the lab (SER 117) or in the ENGR building’s atrium 10 to 15 minutes before 5 pm so we can walk over as a group. The lab tour should last about 20 minutes, give or take. If you have not paid the membership fee ($5) and would still like to, we will be able sign you up either before or after the lab tour. Hope to see you there!

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  Opening Social | Biological Engineering

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  Welcome back AGGIES! Here is to hoping your first week has been going well.

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  BE Sweep Awards at 2015 IBE Conference | Biological Engineering

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  LOGAN, Utah – March 10, 2015 – Students from Utah State University’s Biological Engineering department brought home three of eight awards at the Institute of Biological Engineering Annual Conference in St. Louis, Mo, March 5-7. There were a total of about 60 posters, with 37 in the graduate student division and 23 in the undergraduate student division.

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  Biological Engineering Faculty Awarded for Cutting-Edge Eye Health Research | Biological Engineering

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  8/18/2015 - More than six million Americans are affected by age-related macular degeneration and other retinal diseases, and despite the prevalence of these disorders, few methods of prevention and treatment exist today.

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  Dr. Britt - Wins 2015 Robins Award for Teaching | Biological Engineering

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  Dr. David Britt won the Robins Award for Teacher of the year. If you are unaware the Robins award is the most prestigious award at USU. In our department Dr. Tim Taylor is the only other person to have one.

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  Mount Logan Middle School Students Test Electric Cart | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  On June 12th, students from Mount Logan Middle School test out their electric cart on the EVR (Electric Vehicle & Roadway) track. They will be participating this fall in a Green Power competition at the Bonneville Salt Flats to see how far their car can go on a charge using just two 12 volt batteries. Last we counted, they were over 40 laps and the cart was still going!

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  Department of Energy Announces $18M to Accelerate EV Development | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  The Department of Energy announced $18M to accelerate development of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and alternative fuels. The funds will be distributed between five different projects across the nation, including $3.9M to PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power. The project will establish an interstate PEV charging network of over 1,500 miles across Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming through installation, operation, and data collection. Target goals include deployment of #200 PEVs to fleet deployment partners, along with #13,000 PEV rentals to be used through on demand rental programs.

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  Infant Eye Disease Research at USU Gets Funding From Knights Templar | Biological Engineering

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  6/1/2015 - TJ Robertson, right, Grand Commander, Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Utah, presents Dr. Elizabeth Vargis with eye health research funding alongside College of Engineering Dean Christine Hailey and Robert Bennett, left, Deputy Grand Commander, Knights Templar of Utah.

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  Utah State Signs 2-Year Research Deal with Korean Bio Medical Institute | Biological Engineering

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  May 20, 2015 – It was a meeting of East and West on Wednesday morning at the Innovation Campus where a new deal was signed by USU researchers that could help bring fresh answers in the fight against cancer, diabetes and other diseases.

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  Cindy Hanson, PhD Student received an Education Scholarship from SPIE | Biological Engineering | Biological Engineering

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  Cindy Hanson PhD Student has been awarded an SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

  BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA – 15 May 2015 – Cindy Hanson has been awarded a 2015 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics for her potential contributions to the field of optics, photonics or related field.

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  Electric Vehicle and Roadway (EVR) Facility Operational | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  Utah State University's new Electric Vehicle and Roadway(EVR) test facility is complete and is nearing full operation. Construction on the test track and lab building is complete and new equiptment, including a state of the art dynamometer for testing vehicle capabilities, has arrived. The facility will be fully operable by September 2015.

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  Students Compete in 2nd Annual Electric Bike Race | Utah State University Power Electronics Lab

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  Students in the Electric Vehicle Lab course (ECE 6930) competed in the second annual Electric Bike Race. The students designed and built the bikes as a part of the course, and then had a race at the end of the year to see whose bike was the fastest. The Electric Vehicle Lab is the final course in a sequence of courses on Power Electronics at USU.

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  Position Announcement and Job Description Head | Biological Engineering

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  Utah State University seeks applications from candidates for the Head of the Biological Engineering Department. Applicants must have earned a PhD or equivalent in Biological Engineering or a related engineering discipline, have academic experience in a teaching and research institution, and a record of research excellence in the broad area of biological engineering or a related field. Applicants must also be eligible for the rank of tenured full professor. Research excellence can be demonstrated through a combination of scholarly publications, extramural funding, and recognition through professional activities. The successful applicant will be expected to provide strong leadership and a vision for developing a nationally prominent department, including an expansion of the department’s interdisciplinary research activities, and growth in both the undergraduate and graduate student enrollments.

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  From Plants to Bacteria | Biological Engineering

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  LOGAN, Utah – April 12, 2015 – A researcher at Utah State University is developing a cutting-edge method for synthesizing some of the most promising natural compounds found in plants using bacteria.