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Students Earn 2019 National Science Foundation Awards

Syracuse University graduate students Jane Pascar, Katie Piston and Thomas Welles ’17 have been awarded 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. This highly selective fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. Each recipient is contributing to fascinating research with the potential to benefit humanity in three distinct ways—stopping the spread of disease, treating brain injuries and reducing automobile emissions. Continue Reading

Hosein’s Research Garners 3M Award, Publication in Key Journals

Ian D. Hosein is on a roll. Since the first of the year, his research in developing new materials with advanced capabilities has earned him the selective 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA) and front-page coverage in two journals, Physica Status Solidi A and Advanced Engineering Materials. These accomplishments follow a productive 2018 in which the assistant professor in biomedical and chemical engineering earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award and delivered a TED talk at Clarkson University.

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NIH Awards Syracuse University Grant to Prevent Catheter-Associated Infections

Urinary catheters are commonly used during surgery and in patients who cannot otherwise control urination. Unfortunately, patients who need long-term catheterization tend to experience blockages and urinary tract infections caused by bacteria that cling to the catheter. Even patients that require short-term catheterization can be at risk. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are one of the most common health care infections in the United States, according to the National Health and Safety Network. New research in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, led by Stevenson Endowed Professor Dacheng Ren, aims to prevent these infections by building a better catheter.

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Turning Student Research into Reality

Avinash “Avi” Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), recently made headlines with his role in the development of a novel class of nanomaterials that could possibly improve cancer detection.

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Air Force Funds ECS Research to Prevent Bleeding Deaths

Despite advances in medical technology, millions of people around the world still bleed to death after being shot or experiencing other traumatic injuries. Many of those deaths occur before the victims ever reach a hospital.

To address this, Assistant Professor Mary Beth Browning Monroe in the College of Engineering and Computer Science is developing a first-aid, biocompatible foam that promotes rapid blood clotting in large wounds. She recently obtained $427,000 in funding for the project through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. Continue Reading