New way to make batteries safer
Coating prevents electrical current from damaging the digestive tract after battery ingestion.
Outside-the-box thinker
Senior Nathan Spielberg uses 3-D printing to build everything from nanoscale chips to houses.
Faculty highlight: Christopher Schuh
Metallurgist pushes grain boundaries: Nanostructured metal alloys deliver tougher materials, lower costs, and safer outcomes.
Stretching oxides to modulate electrochemical properties
Grad students Lixin Sun and Qiyang Lu are developing techniques for applying strain to materials to accelerate oxygen-reduction reactions for applications in solid-oxide fuel cells.
Raising cryptography’s standards
Calculating encryption schemes’ theoretical security guarantees eases comparison, improvement.
Harnessing error-prone chips
New system would allow programmers to easily trade computational accuracy for energy savings.
Concrete Sustainability Hub names Randolph Kirchain as co-director
Engineer studies materials' role in manufacturing and infrastructure.
Beating battery drain
Startup’s power-conserving chip may increase smartphone battery life, save energy in cell towers.
Better chemotherapy through targeted delivery
New approach could kill tumor cells in the brain more effectively and avoid side effects.
A double-edged sword
An enzyme key to DNA repair can worsen tissue damage caused by stroke and organ transplantation.