Best-Poster winners from the Undergraduate Summer Research Poster Session (USRA) enjoyed lunch with President Bloomberg, Provost Sridhar, and Associate Vice President for Research Roman Kondrato

Dr. Hongkai Yu, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) will join researchers from the University of Kentucky to apply computer vision and artificial intelligence to the task of improving crop quality and yields in large scale greenhouses.

Dr. Shaowei Yang, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (BME), has been awarded a two-year, nearly $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) award.

Dr. Kevin Mueller and Dr. John Van Stan, both members of the Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences (BGES), have been awarded $672,505 over three years for their project.

Dr. Liqun Ning, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MCE), has been awarded a two-year, $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) award from the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Navid Goudarzi, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MCE), has received a five-year, $550,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from

Becky Odom-Bartel and Chansu Yu will lead National Science Foundation-funded collaborative grant supporting computer science career awareness and preparation

Dr. Becky Odom-Bartel, an assistant pro

Mustafa Usta joins researchers from SUNY Binghamton and Lehigh University to develop a water-powered desalination system

Dr. Mustafa Usta, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Eng

Associate Professor of Environmental Science will study the relationship of leaf composition to satellite and airborne imaging methods

Dr. Kevin Mueller, an assistant professor in the Department of

Mehdi Rahmati, Emmanuel Kidando, and Josiah Owusu-Danquah will utilize swarms of drones and machine learning to provide real time, precise environmental monitoring

Dr. Mehdi Rahmati, an assistant p