On Capus: Engineering Innovation & Research

Dr. Chris Marianetti, OH G ’97, and a team of engineers from Columbia University have discovered graphene’s weakness.

A paper detailing Dr. Marianetti’s findings has been accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters.
Read the press release for more information about “the mechanisms of mechanical failure of pure graphene under tensile stress.”

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The Wichita Business Journal is reporting that Wichita State University has plans to establish a Center of Innovation and Enterprise Engineering. Read the full article

According to WSU’s College of Engineering Dean, Dr. Zulma Toro-Ramos (KS B ’82), the goal of the new center is “to escalate the development and predominance of our local advanced manufacturing cluster in the world economy by connecting them with WSU’s applied research and technical assistance.”

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Stanford University is reporting on research by Dr. Christina Smolke, CA D ’97, and colleagues at Stanford University on new “sensoractuator” devices.

The “biological devices are capable of sensing disease states in cultured human cells and fine-tuning their own functions in response to the cell’s internal signals.” Click here for more on Dr. Smolke’s bioengineering research

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