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BiSSL MS students Samuel Blair and Garrett Hairston were awarded a J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Summer Research Grant for Summer 2021 for their proposals titled: “Ecological Systems Approach to Understanding Makerspace Networks” and “Ecological-modularity as inspiration for community-scale net zero achievement,” respectively. Congratulations Samuel and Garrett!
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SERC TALKS: “How Can a Systems Approach Help Critical Civil Infrastructure Become Smarter, More Sustainable and Resilient?” by Michael Salvato April 28, 2021 12pm CT ABSTRACT: Climate change, NetZero energy, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution are all game changers for infrastructure providers. Inadequate and ill-prepared infrastructure will increase the consequences of rapid urbanization, extreme weather events,…
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Join us for a free design thinking workshop that will start with a focus on bio-inspired system design for resilience and sustainability, followed by a hands-on activity that will exercise your brain to think beyond your normal system boundaries.
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Boolean Girl, a nonprofit founded in 2014 motivated to teach girls, under-represented groups, and low-income kids how to code and about engineering, hosts free monthly events for both coding and ambassador meets where female STEM professionals talk about career paths, education, and life skills.
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The 2021 Undergraduate Teaching Award for the Mechanical Engineering department was awarded to Dr. Astrid Layton in recognition of her undergraduate teaching excellence. Since joining the department in 2017, she has taught the following courses: MEEN 344 Fluid Mechanics, MEEN 401 Senior Design (studio & lecture), and MEEN 440/696 Bio-Inspired Engineering Design.
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Three BiSSL students have had conference papers accepted to the 2021 International Design Engineering Technical Conference! Ph.D. candidate Abheek Chatterjee and MS student Tyler Wilson have co-authored a paper on modifying bio-inspired system design methodologies for supply chains, enabling the impact of storage to be considered when applying resilience characteristics from nature. MS student Garrett…
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BiSSL MS student Samuel Blair has had his first, first-authored conference paper accepted to the American Society of Engineering Education 2021 annual conference! The conference was to be held in Long Beach, CA but unfortunately has since shifted to an entirely virtual format. The paper is titled “Bipartite Network Analysis Utilizing Survey Data to Determine…
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BiSSL MS alum Jewel Williams just had her coauthored full-length research paper accepted and published in the Journal of Cleaner Production! The paper, titled “Matrix Trays: From Waste to Opportunities,” advances a circular economy approach and was done in collaboration with the Department of Architecture Dr. Ahmed K. Ali and his Ph.D. student Patricia Kio. The…
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BiSSL PhD student Abheek Chatterjee and alumn Colton Brehm (MS) just had their full-length research paper accepted and published in the journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling! The paper, titled “A Quantitative Benefits Evaluation of Ecologically-Inspired Nested Architectures for Industrial Networks,” investigates the use of ecological nestedness – a structural characteristic of ecological food webs, to guide the design of eco-industrial…
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We’d like to welcome three new undergraduate students to the BiSSL research group this semester! Learn more about them at out “Students” page on the website! Undergraduate student Jessica Ezemba joined the BiSSL group Spring 2021 to continue with research she started in MEEN 440 Honors – Bio-Inspired Engineering Design. Jessica’s research interests include brain injury prevention. She is…
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