Joining The Conversation

Voice authentication. Electronics recycling. The fourth industrial revolution. These are some of the topics SEAS faculty and researchers have written about for The Conversation. 

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UB SEAS Articles

Personal touching a smart watch on their wrist.

Wearable fitness devices deliver early warning of possible COVID-19 infection

Stretchable electronic device.

Ancient arts are inspiring modern electronics

wind turbine.

Wind energy’s swift growth, explained

American Flag.

How to ensure the fourth industrial revolution is ‘Made in the USA’

smartphone.

Protecting your smartphone from voice impersonators

e-waste.

Why can’t we fix our own electronic devices?

3D illustration of blood cells, plasmodium causing malaria illness.

A vaccine that could block mosquitoes from transmitting malaria

brain password illustration.

My thoughts are my password, because my brain reactions are unique

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  • John Hall.
    John Hall, PhD
    PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

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    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Interests: Complex system analysis and simulation; comprehensive product development methodologies; multidisciplinary decision-making and optimization; wind energy conversion; renewable energy systems; energy efficient products

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  • Kemper E. Lewis.
    Kemper E. Lewis, PhD
    PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

    208 Davis Hall

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    Dean
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Technologies (SMART) CoE
    Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Interests: Large-Scale Systems Design, Design Analytics, Collaborative Design Methods, Decentralized Design, Decision Theory, Decision Networks, Additive Manufacturing, Multiobjective Optimization, Machine Learning for Design and Manufacturing

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    Jonathan Lovell, PhD
    PhD, University of Toronto

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    SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
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    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Nanomedicine; phototherapy

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    Shenqiang Ren, PhD
    PhD, University of Maryland College Park

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    Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Interests: Materials-by-design; self-assembly; emerging functional materials for energy-critical applications

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    Albert H. Titus, PhD
    PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology

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    Professor
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    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Electrical Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Specialty/Research Focus: Analog VLSI Design; silicon-based neuromorphic visual processing systems; neural networks; electronic routing and packaging design; electron beam lithography; sensors; optoelectronics

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    Wenyao Xu, PhD
    PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

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    Professor
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    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Embedded and cyber-physical systems; body sensor networks; biomedical signal analytics; telemedicine; human-computer interaction

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