SEAS in the News

An article on Academic Lab News magazine reports on a new study by Jonathan Lovell, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, that suggests that chlorophyll-based nanoparticles suspended in liquid are an effective imaging agent for the gut.

A story on WIVB-TV about the police robot bomb that was used to kill the sniper in last week’s ambush of police officers in Dallas interviews Karthik Dantu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, who said the technology has been used before, although not in civilian situations.

An article on Fox News Latino reports on Bluesmart luggage, which  was developed by a team that includes Martin Diz, a doctoral student studying aerospace engineering.

An article in England’s Daily Mail reports on research by Blaine Pfeifer, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, to use E. coli to make vaccines to prevent diseases such as pneumonia, meningitis and cancer.