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Andrew Cuomo shaking hands with Danny Wegman
Science & Technology
September 14, 2017 | 04:05 pm

Governor Cuomo announces support for University-led data science consortium

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced $20 million in state support for the creation of a Rochester Data Science Consortium at the University of Rochester, with Harris Corporation as the consortium’s first partner.

topics: data science, featured-post-side, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, New York governor, School of Arts and Sciences,
the back panel of a flat screen prototype
Science & Technology
September 8, 2017 | 02:56 pm

Designing a world of immersive sound

Using a new approach to flat-panel design, Mark Bocko and his team are creating inexpensive prototypes of speakers that double as wall hangings and overhead lights.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, audio engineering, augmented reality, Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Light and Sound Interactive, Mark Bocko, virtual reality,
large group of students standing around a small red machine with their professor
Science & Technology
August 31, 2017 | 11:39 am

An appreciation: David Quesnel, 1952–2017

The professor of mechanical engineering was remembered by friends, family members, and colleagues at a recent memorial service in Rush Rhees Library for his “unbounded curiosity.”

topics: David Quesnel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, obituaries,
Adam Sefkow
University News
August 17, 2017 | 12:06 pm

Adam Sefkow recognized for research in fusion, high-energy density physics

Sefkow, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and senior scientist at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, has received a prestigious Early Career Research Program award from the US Department of Energy and the Fusion Power Associates 2017 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award.

topics: Adam Sefkow, awards, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, high-energy-density physics,
student in lab
Science & Technology
August 11, 2017 | 04:13 pm

Undergraduate’s summer research is a glass act

Chemical engineering major Tianhao Yu ’19 has a unique job this summer: testing organic light-emitting diodes that may help improve the screen displays of devices such as cell phones and televisions.

topics: Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Lewis Rothberg, Materials Science Program, OLED, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, summer-of-research-2017, undergraduate research,
young man in a lab coat, holding up a transparent polymer in a gloved hand
Science & Technology
August 10, 2017 | 02:35 pm

Shape-memory polymers expand with student research

A mechanical engineering student visiting from the University of Maryland, Ricardo Cardoza stretched himself—and the shape-memory polymers he worked with—in Mitchell Anthamatten’s chemical engineering lab this summer.

topics: Department of Chemical Engineering, engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Mitchell Anthamatten, polymers, research finding, summer-of-research-2017, URnano,
four team members pose behind a table covered in bricks
Campus Life
August 10, 2017 | 01:21 pm

Down to the wire for Team Meliora in $1M competition

The four 2017 graduates on Team Meliora are days away from learning if their project to build refugee housing from recycled plastic bricks will go from wildcard winner to finalist in the Hult Prize.

topics: awards, Class of 2017, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Economics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Psychology, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hult Prize, School of Arts and Sciences,
man adjusting metal measuring device
Science & Technology
August 7, 2017 | 12:26 pm

Freeform optical device packs more punch in a smaller package

Spectrometers are used in a variety of applications, from environmental monitoring to astronomy to healthcare diagnostics. A new design using freeform optics upends more than a century of optical design.

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jacob Reimers, Jannick Rolland, optics, research finding,
Miles Davis album cover
The Arts
August 5, 2017 | 08:34 am

What we learn when a machine ‘listens’ to Miles Davis

Two undergraduates are spending their summer analyzing a recording that was first released nearly four decades before they were born.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, Darren Mueller, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, jazz, research finding, Stephen Roessner, summer-of-research-2017, undergraduate research,
sheet music
The Arts
August 3, 2017 | 10:16 am

With automatic transcription, musicians can save themselves the treble

Two undergraduates have joined a summer research project focused on building a machine-learning interface that generates musical scores from audio files.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, summer-of-research-2017, undergraduate research, Zhiyao Duan,