Jaser Faruq '12, Recently won “The Big Idea” competition for 2011 with his teammate Carolyn Witte, Arts '12 for their idea, The Malaria TechNet - a technology enhanced bed-net that prevents the transmission of malaria while providing clean energy, thereby improving health, fighting energy poverty, and increasing productivity all-in-one. Solar power amenities, chiefly the charging of cell phones, increase both the value and utility of bed-nets. By incorporating microfinance into our business model, they can make this high-tech product accessible to the rural poor. A synthesis of technologies, the Malaria TechNet is a catalyst for sustainable development.
Faruq was also a part of team Gradient Sportswear. They received the Director’s Prize from the 2011 Jung-Hyun Oh – Schramm – SSCP Competition: Advanced Materials Enabled Innovation for their idea which presents a thermoelectric heating and cooling vest that allows users to ride their motorcycle in comfort at any time of the year. The vest uses adjustable thermoelectric elements to heat or cool the wearer to their preferred temperature.
Daniel Bilezikian ’23 is studying genetic changes in southern capuchino birds, building glucose sensors for microrobots, and helping to design flexible batteries for wearable electronics. Read more about Birds, bots, and batteries: MSE undergrad inspired by biology, nanomaterials
Yuan Frank Yao has won the “BioTools top poster prize” at the 18th International Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy at NYU in July. His poster was titled: “Extracting Pure Circular Dichroism from... Read more about Yuan Frank Yao wins top poster prize at the 2022 International Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy
The materials science research projects were enabled by funding from the Engineering Learning Initiatives program. Read more about Undergrads research biomedicine, clean energy, superconductors
