Researchers will tackle urban infrastructure and groundwater, air pollution, green infrastructure and stormwater management, and development of lower-cost solar cells.
The applications could be vast — from dramatically extending the range of drones, to powering back-up generators for remote cell towers, to tiny hydrogen generating machines for cars that run on it.
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences mourns the passing of Erich Bloch (BS ’52), who pioneered the development of IBM’s mainframe computer and later served as director of the National Science Foundation. Bloch died November 26, 2016 at age 91.