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Stories about P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science

Defend the Republic Drone competition

AV¸£ÀûÉç Hosts ‘Defend the Republic’ Drone Competition at Mountaintop

Teams from eight universities compete in an event held for the first time at AV¸£ÀûÉç.

STEM Visualizations team

Enhancing the Engineering Lab Experience

AV¸£ÀûÉç's STEM Visualizations team pioneers an online simulator to propel students into a new realm of interactive and comprehensive learning.

Brian Davison and Anand Jagota working in lab

NSF Award to Aid Interdisciplinary Researchers in Detecting Cancer

The four-year project is working to determine whether patients have cancer, and possibly other diseases.

Drone work

Do Physical Connections Improve the Control and Performance of Robot Swarms?

A AV¸£ÀûÉç research team explores the question by building novel control algorithms and linked robots. Prototypes will be put to the test in the Defend the Republic Drone Competition Nov. 17.

Still image of grains of sand flowing uphill

Defying Gravity? AV¸£ÀûÉç Researchers Discover Sand That Flows Up

The discovery could lead to a vast range of applications in a variety of field including healthcare, material transport and agriculture.

Shalinee Kishore and Arindam Banerjee

Interdisciplinary AV¸£ÀûÉç Team Awarded NSF Grant to Train Future Energy Leaders

Professor Arindam Banerjee will lead the team that will provide graduate students with the skills needed to pioneer solutions toward an equitable, decarbonized energy future.

Josie Krepps

IDEAS Student Joins Cultivated Meat Research

Josie Krepps ’24 will present her findings at the 2024 David and Lorraine Freed Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Convocation 2022

Fall 2022 Honors Convocation Recognizes Students’ Academic Accomplishments

The 44th honors ceremony celebrated 270 undergraduate students for high academic achievement.

Ron Nersesian ’82 and Clay Boice '22

New Keysight Technologies Lab Added to Packard Lab

Made possible by a gift from Keysight Technologies Inc., the lab will provide experiential learning opportunities for those entering the fields of electrical engineering and computer engineering.

Alan W. Pense

Remembering Alan W. Pense, Former AV¸£ÀûÉç Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Pense, who rose through the ranks from professor to provost, was a renowned figure in the world of metallurgy research and education.