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Producing hydrogen from non-fossil fuel sources is a problem that continues to elude many scientists but University of Delaware’s Erik Koepf... See News Clipping »

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07/16/2015 Atherosclerosis and Aquaporin-1: A novel and new perspective on... Multiscale Phenomena in Soft Materials Device Development, Materials Sci & Eng
06/24/2015 Overview of 2014 fieldwork IGERT: Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change (A2C2) Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
05/19/2015 Picking Up on the Smell of Evolution IGERT Program in Comparative Genomics
05/19/2015 Make your home a home for the birds LEAP: Landscape, Ecological and Anthropogenic Processes Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
04/07/2015 BDSS IGERT Trainee Blogging for Pew Research Center IGERT: Big Data Social Science - An Integrative Education... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
04/07/2015 BDSS IGERT Multi-Disciplinary Team Published: SPoTvis Tool IGERT: Big Data Social Science - An Integrative Education... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
03/03/2015 Get Creative at Your Desk With a Little Playtime IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
03/02/2015 FLAMEL Members Participate in Leadership Challenge IGERT-CIF21: Computation-Enabled Design and Manufacturing... Computational Sci & Eng, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
02/15/2015 Project aims for prosthetic that senses like real hand Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
01/20/2015 Emerging technology would improve diagnosis, treatment of eye disorders Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
01/20/2015 Setting the stage for fact-based fight against Ebola Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
01/12/2015 Microtubes create cozy space for neurons to grow, and... IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
12/31/2014 Expanding the tool kit for detecting, treating traumatic brain... Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
12/16/2014 “Yes, And …”: How Improvisational Acting Improves Your Communication... IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
12/01/2014 Visiting Lecturer at Vietnam Forestry University IGERT: WATER - Integrated Water Atmosphere and Ecosystem... Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
11/25/2014 Conference Videos: "Improving the Undergraduate STEM Experience" IGERT Resource Center Project
11/25/2014 Profiling High-School Students with Facebook IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
11/21/2014 ASU's Panchanathan receives national innovation, entrepreneurship appointment Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
11/21/2014 Advances in robotics promise performance boost in prosthetic hands Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
11/17/2014 Taking the pulse of aging Neuroengineering: A Unified Educational Program for... Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
11/10/2014 Better Bomb-Sniffing Technology: University of Utah Engineers Develop Material... Nanobiosensors, Nanomaterials, and Microfluidics Device Development, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
11/10/2014 Emerald ash borer may have met its match LEAP: Landscape, Ecological and Anthropogenic Processes Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
11/04/2014 Superconducting circuits, simplified IGERT: Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science and... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
11/04/2014 Computer Science, Cyber-Archaeology and Cultural Heritage IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/28/2014 Study Shows Excess Parking at Some Denver Sports Stadiums IGERT: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure - Integrating... Civil Infrastructure, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
10/27/2014 Flapping baby birds offer clues to origin of flight Biological and Bio-inspired Motion Systems Operating in... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/21/2014 Researchers send electricity, light along same super-thin wire IGERT: Distributed Renewable Energy: From Science and... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability
10/21/2014 Syracuse Physicists Explore Biomimetic Clocks IGERT: Soft Interfaces - Bridging the Divide in Graduate... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
10/08/2014 Cryptagram photo privacy for social media IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
10/01/2014 Open Sesame Commercial: Using Gestures to Make Security Awesome IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
10/01/2014 Privacy breaches on Ebay IGERT: INSPIRE: Information Security and Privacy: An... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
09/22/2014 Faculty member to present at Acoustical Society of America... IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
09/19/2014 Faculty member receives Army Research Office grants IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
09/09/2014 Mystery Solved: “Sailing Stones” of Death Valley Seen in... Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
08/21/2014 Sustainable wine industry Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From..., IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
06/24/2014 Video: Grad Program Dives into Emerging Fields of Big... IGERT-CIF21: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience
06/23/2014 Hines Interviewed in National Public Radio IGERT: Smart Grids - Technology, Human Behavior and Policy Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Human & Social Dimensions
06/23/2014 Video: Portland State University's Ecosystem Services for Urbanizing Regions... IGERT: Sustaining Ecosystem Services to Support Rapidly... Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
06/23/2014 Promoting Partnership: UMass Boston and Addis Ababa University Continue... IGERT - Coasts and Communities: Natural and Humans Systems Climate Change, Sustainability
06/18/2014 President Obama appoints IGERT PI Sethuraman Panchanathan to National... Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technologies... Device Development, Human & Social Dimensions
06/18/2014 ChemChamps Video Competition: Jennifer Novotney Nanoscale Control of Surfaces and Interfaces Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
06/17/2014 NSF Discovery: Artificial brains learn to adapt: Neural networks... IGERT: Training Program in Wireless Intelligent Sensor... Computational Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
06/17/2014 Rensselaer Researchers Predict the Electrical Response of Metals to... Terahertz Science and Technology - A Studio-Based Approach Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Entrepreneurialism, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
06/13/2014 ChemChamps Video Competition IGERT in Chemical Genomics (ChemGen): Forging... Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng
06/10/2014 Trainee wins Green Fee Grant through the University of... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
06/09/2014 Dr. Cynthia Peterson and Denise Koessler are 'leaning in' IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
06/09/2014 Denise Koessler and Sheryl Sandberg in the USA Today IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
06/06/2014 IGERT Affiliate wins Pike Powers Energy Research Fellowship Competition IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
06/06/2014 Koessler's "Social Fingerprinting" Research ranks cooler than Google Glass IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
06/04/2014 D. Koessler and Systers promote women in engineering IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
06/04/2014 Koessler selected as Tennessee Torchbearer: "The Data Analyst" IGERT: Scalable Computing and Leading Edge Innovative... Bioinformatics, Computational Sci & Eng
05/20/2014 Communication and Collaboration in Graduate Education and Research Evaluating Resilience of Ecological and Social Systems in..., IGERT Resource Center Project Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
05/06/2014 Modeling Soft Robot Motion in Zurich IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
05/06/2014 Increasing the Efficiency of Robot Locomotion IGERT: Soft Material Robotics Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Device Development, Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
04/22/2014 UT Austin IGERT Students Study Abroad IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
04/22/2014 IGERT Alumni Presenting at Austin Energy Symposium IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
04/18/2014 How Political Institutions Influence Marine Spatial Planning IGERT: Sustaining Ecosystem Services to Support Rapidly... Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
04/07/2014 Hot Couture IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
04/07/2014 Stanford researchers reveal more about how our brains control... IGERT: Emergent Functions of Neural Systems Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience
04/04/2014 Characterization of distinct root and shoot responses to low-oxygen... IGERT in Chemical Genomics (ChemGen): Forging... Computational Sci & Eng, Materials Sci & Eng
03/26/2014 Highlights from the IGERT Alumni Career Panel IGERT Resource Center Project
03/20/2014 A Week as an Arctic Council Delegate in Arkhangelsk,... IGERT: Polar Environmental Change Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability
02/18/2014 Climate change, bees, and parasites Biological Invasions: From Genes to Ecosystems, From..., IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
02/12/2014 Science Journalist Visits UC Davis IGERT: Climate Change, Water, and Society (CCWAS), IGERT: REsponding to RApid Environmental CHange (REACH):... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
02/08/2014 Students Compete for UCLA’s Student Grand Challenge Competition Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
01/17/2014 Using BioNanotechnology to Solve Medical Problems IGERT: Training the Next Generation of Researchers in... Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
12/06/2013 Ocean Scientists for Informed Policy Global Change, Marine Ecosystems, and Society, Marine Biodiversity - Understanding Threats and Providing... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
11/26/2013 Dispatches from the Field: Interdisciplinary Team Deployed Near Tip... IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/30/2013 Helping Landowners With Waste Wood While Improving Agribusiness and... IGERT: Bioresource-based Energy for Sustainable Societies Energy, Sustainability
10/28/2013 Students As Oracles: In Delphi, UC San Diego Researchers... IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
10/28/2013 Ordering of Semiconducting Polymers for Organic Electronics IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... Energy, Nanoscience
10/28/2013 Thermal Transport in Conjugated Polymer Nanotubes for Electronics Cooling IGERT: Nanostructured Materials for Energy Storage and... Energy, Nanoscience
10/09/2013 Cation Intercalation and High Volumetric Capacitance of Two-Dimensional Titanium... IGERT Fellowships in Nanoscale Science & Engineering: The... Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience
10/04/2013 Genetically Modified Bacteria Produce 50 Percent More Fuel Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/25/2013 Taking the Brook Trout's Temperature Global Linkages of Biology, Environment, and Society... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Clean Energy Day with Garfield High School (LAUSD) Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Students' assignment: Help Fijians get clean drinking water Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Environmental engineers from UCLA assess rural water conditions Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Uni students assess rural water conditions Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Liao wins international award for renewable energy research Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 UCLA Researchers Win International Award for Groundbreaking Water Treatment... Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 UCLA researchers double efficiency of novel solar cell Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 The Future of Demand Response Technologies Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Science as art: beautiful world under the microscope Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 UC Day in DC Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Grad students are driving force behind research Clean Energy for Green Industry at UCLA Energy, Materials Sci & Eng, Nanoscience, Sustainability, Water
09/24/2013 Energy, Ethics, and Engineering at IGERT IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
09/16/2013 Munich Summer Research Experience for Trainees in the Sustainable... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
09/11/2013 WISeNet IGERT Announces Second Cohort of Trainees IGERT: Training Program in Wireless Intelligent Sensor... Computational Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
09/09/2013 JHU fellows head out on the water to battle... IGERT: Water, Climate, and Health Climate Change, Sustainability, Water
09/06/2013 Uda Walawe elephants The Dynamics of Communication in Context Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
09/06/2013 Sri Lanka: Elephant Island The Dynamics of Communication in Context Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Neuroscience, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
09/04/2013 Big Data Social Science IGERT Names Second Cohort of... IGERT: Big Data Social Science - An Integrative Education... Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions
08/06/2013 Life at the Margin: exploring the Greenland crevasses at... IGERT: Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change (A2C2) Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
07/24/2013 Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and Renewable Resources IGERT... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
07/16/2013 Trainee interviewed on Shades of Green Radio Show about... IGERT: Sustainable Grid Integration of Distributed and... Civil Infrastructure, Computational Sci & Eng, Energy, Sustainability
07/08/2013 Brook trout restoration on the Namekagon River Global Linkages of Biology, Environment, and Society... Biological Evolution, Climate Change, Human & Social Dimensions, Sustainability, Water
07/05/2013 Undergraduates Study Cultural Heritage During Summer Internships IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
07/05/2013 Qualcomm Institute's Ashley Richter Wins Interdisciplinary Research Award IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
07/05/2013 Tom Levy's High-Tech Cyber-Archaeology Roadshow IGERT: Training, Research and Education in Engineering... Biological Evolution, Computational Sci & Eng, Human & Social Dimensions, Materials Sci & Eng, Sensing, Signals & Imaging
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