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Ten new faculty to join McKelvey Engineering for 2024-25

New faculty bring range of experience from data science to biomechanics.

07.02.2024

Schematic of the python tooth-inspired device interposed between tendon a bone significantly enhances standard rotator cuff repair. Credit: Iden Kurtaliaj/Columbia Engineering

New Device Inspired by Python Teeth Doubles Strength of Rotator Cuff Repairs

Columbia University team uses biomimicry to create a device that may reduce the risk of rotator cuff re-tearing in patients.

07.02.2024

Stratospheric aerosol injection, a geoengineering technology that could offset the warming caused by human-made greenhouse gas emissions, works by seeding aerosols into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun’s rays before they can warm the planet. (Image: iStock)

Chakrabarty, collaborators win Simons Foundation International grant for geoengineering

Rajan Chakrabarty, Rohan Mishra and Lu Xu will explore stratospheric aerosol injection with a $1.5 million grant from the Simons Foundation International.

05.15.2024

Lori Setton, PhD with Mark Lowe, MD. Setton accepted the National Academy of Inventors Senior Member award on behalf of Hong Chen, PhD. (Photo by Katrina Shaw)

McKelvey Engineering faculty recognized for patents, entrepreneurship

The Office of Technology Management honored them April 25.

05.15.2024

From boats to brains

Jordan Escarcega applies mechanical engineering to study brain deformation, biomaterials with an eye on cutting-edge tech.

05.08.2024

Research in Philip Bayly’s lab by Shuaihu Wang, a doctoral student, improves the understanding of shear wave behavior in soft anisotropic materials, or those that have different properties in different directions. (Credit: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America)

Brain injury mechanics get closer look

The research by Phil Bayly’s lab makes cover of Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

05.07.2024

A vector map showing picometer-scale displacements of titanium atoms overlaid onto a scanning transmission electron micrograph that shows the position of different atomic columns. The direction and magnitude of atomic displacements are represented by arrows; direction is also indicated by color. (Image courtesy of Rohan Mishra and Jayakanth Ravichandran)

Tiny displacements, giant changes in optical properties

Materials scientists led by Rohan Mishra and Jayakanth Ravichandran reveal pathway for designing optical materials with specialized properties.

05.06.2024

Lomax awarded Quatrano Prize, Switzer Leadership Award, Kral Prize

She led WURocketry, was active in other student organizations.

04.24.2024

Artificial heterostructures made of freestanding 2D and 3D membranes developed by Sang-Hoon Bae’s lab have an energy density up to 19 times higher than commercially available capacitors. (Credit: Bae Lab)

Novel material supercharges innovation in electrostatic energy storage

Sang-Hoon Bae developed heterostructures with material properties optimal for high-density energy storage, durable ultrafast charging.

04.18.2024