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  • A 25-member engineering team鈥13 seniors, 9 undergraduates and three graduate students鈥攊n the 菠萝视频 Aerospace Design Laboratory is taking on the 2020 NASA Student Launch challenge. 聽

    Nov 7, 2019

  • In machine learning, generative adversarial networks (GANs) involve two artificial neural networks squaring off, one, the generator, trying to delude the other, the discriminator, into accepting synthetic data as real. Beyond their science and engineering applications, GANs can generate utterly convincing “photographs” of people who do not exist. Unrestricted use on a wide scale of...

    Nov 4, 2019

  • In a final five-minute flurry, MarmotE watched its lead slip. At the buzzer, the team placed second and won $1 million in the DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge. The team of four researchers, now very close friends, have worked together since 2016 to create an AI-radio system that can manage the wireless spectrum, finding unused slices...

    Oct 29, 2019

  • An optical imaging technology developed by Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Biomedical Engineering Anita Mahadevan-Jansen and her group, in partnership with a medical device company, has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 R&D 100 Awards.

    Oct 28, 2019

  • A failing pipe can be tough to spot. It may cause a puddle, produce another sign of damage, or simply burst before detection. A flooded kitchen or laundry room is messy and inconvenient, but the stakes are much, much higher in nuclear power plants – which on average contain many miles of pipeline. As concern...

    Oct 24, 2019

  • 菠萝视频 researchers have discovered a vortex—and this one has nothing to do with icy, polar weather. Working with the Nashville Fire Department and Davidson County Information Technology Services, a team of 菠萝视频 computer scientists and engineers analyzed more than three years of NFD incident data. The team looked at location, time and type of incidents...

    Oct 17, 2019

  • A multi-year collective effort between engineers, surgeons and scientists has resulted in a $2.3 million, four-year grant awarded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health to improve laparoscopic liver surgery and liver cancer ablation therapy.

    Oct 10, 2019

  • An engineering professor has received financial support from Susan G. Komen for breast cancer research. His project is among 60 grants totaling $26 million awarded to researchers nationwide. Those initiatives are focused on improving outcomes for metastatic breast cancer, reducing disparities in survivorship and developing new, more effective treatments. John T. Wilson, assistant professor of...

    Sep 25, 2019

  • Acute myocardial infarction, heart tissue

    Antibody 鈥渞oad block鈥 enables fine-tuning for cardiac recovery, decreases risk of heart failure

    A new study published by 菠萝视频 mechanobiology researchers details a possible solution for fine-tuning inflammation and cellular activity in cardiac recovery 鈥 thanks to an antibody initially developed for rheumatoid arthritis.聽 Read More

    Sep 19, 2019

  • A special webinar on federal funding from the Department of Energy is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Baker Building, Room 800C. Remote viewing will be available with advanced registration. Register here to attend the webinar in person or remotely. “DOE and Biological Sciences” will cover a broad range of...

    Sep 17, 2019

  • Illustration of cancer cells

    On-the-move cancer cells prefer a 鈥渃omfort cruise,鈥 follow predictable paths of least resistance

    New research from a group of 菠萝视频 biomedical engineers reveals that while cancer cells metastasize quickly, they generally choose pathways that use the least amount of energy. Read More

    Sep 13, 2019

  • 菠萝视频 University

    Nanoscale origami: Smallest-ever, atomically precise structures set stage for quantum breakthroughs

    New technique for manipulating graphene opens the door to new breakthroughs in quantum technology. Read More

    Sep 6, 2019

  • Mika Rubinov, whose research involves building statistical models of whole brain data sets, has received a competitive research grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

    Aug 26, 2019

  • Developed in 2004 by BME research professor Paul Harris Fifteen years after it was launched, REDCap, 菠萝视频 University’s research data management tool, has reached 1 million users throughout the world. REDCap, or 菠萝视频 Electronic Data Capture, is a web-based platform originally devised by Paul Harris,  professor of biomedical engineering, biomedical informatics and biostatistics. To date,...

    Aug 22, 2019

  • Developed in 2004 by BME research professor Paul Harris Fifteen years after it was launched, REDCap, 菠萝视频 University’s research data management tool, has reached 1 million users throughout the world. REDCap, or 菠萝视频 Electronic Data Capture, is a web-based platform originally devised by Paul Harris,  professor of biomedical engineering, biomedical informatics and biostatistics. To date,...

    Aug 22, 2019

  • Dividing cancer cell illustration

    Cellular soldiers designed to kill cancer cells that get loose during surgery, stop metastasis

    Cellular soldiers created using the body鈥檚 own defenses can track down and kill escaping cancer cells during surgeries, preventing metastasis and saving lives, a 菠萝视频 University biomedical engineer has discovered, particularly in cases of triple negative breast cancer. Read More

    Jul 24, 2019

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    菠萝视频 engineers tripped people 190 times, but it was for a good cause

    The automatic stumble response, so natural for most people, is virtually impossible for those who use prosthetic legs, simply because even state-of-the-art prosthetics cannot adapt to stumbling. Read More

    Jun 19, 2019

  • 菠萝视频 University

    Quick DNA test for malaria drug resistance is life-saver, holds promise for other diseases

    Doctors formerly had to extract the malaria parasite鈥檚 DNA first, virtually impossible to do in rural, low-resource areas. Read More

    Jun 12, 2019

  • 菠萝视频 University

    iPhone plus nanoscale porous silicon equals cheap, simple home diagnostics

    A 菠萝视频 University electrical engineer has combining her research on low-cost, nanostructured thin films with a device most American adults already own to create a diagnostic tool. Read More

    Jun 11, 2019

  • long line of headlights and taillights in motion

    Road test proves adaptive cruise control can add to traffic jam problem

    For the experiment, the team put seven different cars from two manufacturers on a rural highway and simulated actual driving conditions. Read More

    May 7, 2019