Matthew Elwin Named Assistant Dean for Master’s Programs
Elwin brings his experience in robotics education to a new role on the school’s leadership team.
Engineering News
Student Team Wins National Prize for ICU Hydration Monitoring Device
Four BME students turned an open-ended capstone challenge into a device designed for existing ICU workflows, earning the Kidney Technology Development Prize in the 2026 DEBUT Challenge.
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- MonOct 26ME512 Seminar Series | Monday, October 26th 3PM | Anirudha Sumant
- TueOct 27ESAM Seminar: Dr. Alan Lindsay on "Advances in Asymptotic and Computational Methods for Biological Transport"
- TueOct 27AI Enabled Quality Improvement in Smart Manufacturing
- WedOct 28CS Seminar: Beyond heuristics: A meta-scientific agenda for generative AI-powered social research (Aaron Shaw)
- WedOct 28WED@NICO SEMINAR: Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Complexity Science Hub Vienna "Why Incarcerating Cartel Members has not Worked to Reduce their Violence"
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