Eric Dufresne, recently designated as the John J. Lee Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, focuses his research on understanding, controlling and exploring the properties of soft materials.He points out on his faculty website that at the...
Yale researcher Professor Scott Strobel has been named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow by the Department of Defense (DOD) in recognition of his efforts to convert chemical byproducts of a Patagonian fungus into an alternate fuel...
Two Yale researchers were among 81 recipients of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grants to explore bold and largely unproven ways to improve health in developing countries. The Yale recipients are David Spiegel, assistant professor of chemistry,...
Given that the ancient Greeks theorized the existence of atoms more than 2,500 years ago, it might seem that scientists must know everything about these tiny elements of matter and how they interact with one another by now. But John Tully insists there’s...
Andreas Savvides, the newly named Barton L. Weller Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, focuses his work on wireless embedded systems and wireless sensor networks.His appointment is through June 20, 2013. Savvides, who also holds a faculty...
For Yale’s chemical engineers, summer is clearly not the “slow season”; in the past few months, they’ve garnered no less than five separate awards and grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund research projects ranging from photovoltaics...
Forty years ago, doctoral student Joel Rosenbaum asked this question: How are cilia, the tiny thread-like appendages protruding from most cells, formed from molecules in the interior of cells?The answer to this basic biology question asked by Rosenbaum,...
To hear Professor Ramamurti Shankar discuss the subject he teaches, you might expect him to be describing magnificent works of art or timeless poetry: “Beautiful,” “elegant” and “awe-inspiring” are some of the most common adjectives. It’s not until he...
Two Yale chemists are among the inaugural class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows recognized for their excellence in chemistry and service to society. William Jorgensen and John Tully, both of whom hold the title Sterling Professor of Chemistry...
Want to know how your Game Boy works? Or how robots learn? How about what fossils can tell us about the Earth’s history?These are some of the questions that students from across the New Haven area will explore during this fall’s Science Saturdays program...
