The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced the 2010 Guggenheim Fellows. There were 180 Fellowships awarded from a group of 3,000 applicants in the eighty-sixth annual competition. Read the press release for more on this year’s Fellows.
Leon O. Chua, Ph.D. (IL A ’59), is the only Tau Beta Pi member to named a Guggenheim fellow this year.
Here is the announcement from UC Berkeley News about this year’s Guggenheim Fellows.
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An engineering professor from UCLA has “created a miniature microscope, the world’s smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.”
The new microscope builds on the imaging technology known as LUCAS, also developed by Aydogan Ozcan.
For more on the design and uses of the lensless microscope, read this article
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s School of Computing and Engineering is partnering with QM Power Inc., as a way to offer faculty and students opportunities with a “green company.”
Dr. Kevin Truman, MO G ’78, UMKC School of Computing and Engineering dean, says “Cutting-edge research opportunities with companies like QM Power enhance SCE’s ability to offer students an education that includes state-of-the-art science, research and entrepreneurial opportunities.”
Read the full article for more on QM Power’s clean technologies and its partnership with UMKC.
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