Magnetic Fluids More Complex Than Previously Thought
...mly dispersedthroughout the liquid," says chemical engineering graduate student Eric M.Furst, who co-authored the paper with Professor Alice Gast. "As a result,the suspension still flows relatively easily. When they are exposed to amagnetic field, however, the particles turn into tiny magnets and rapidlyform int...Biomedical engineers working to help kids with special needs
...This spring, as part of their training, biomedical engineering graduatestudents at the University of North Caroli... Goldberg, who earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering at Duke in1994, teaches a class titled "Developing Custom Devices for the Disabled" formaster's and ......n both basic chemical research and chemical engineering process design." Regardless of the resear... practical applications of new materials, chemical engineering and the fundamental aspects of chemistry," Liotta said. "That is a great teaching tool for ou...'Fishboys' - the new cowboys of a world dependent on water...and ceramics.
...re development of ceramicbased technologies. These engineering megaworks will be matched in the future by a scali...egration of the organicand inorganic. "The age of engineering microworks is upon us, and in the comingcentury a global system will evolve which involves the integ......er study, Mucke and his collaborators used genetic engineering toproduce transgenic mice with mutant human APP and A-beta in the brain. Theirfindings showed that high levels of A-beta disrupted the structure and functionof nerve cell circuits in the hippocampus, a brain region that is essential forthe formati......les,worked with two other Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering researchers in his lab, Hasan Oguz and He Yuan, to design,build and test a prototype bubble-based pump. They presented their results atrecent conferences sponsored by the Acoustical Society of America and theDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency....International biotech firm to locate in Southwest Virginia
...workof Dr. William Velander, professor of chemical engineering and director of theuniversity's Pharmaceutical Engineering Institute, the university hasprogressively increased the ability of the world's scientific community tocommercialize transgenic discoveries. Dr. Velander holds several patents on thedevelopm...Fathers pass infertility to sons
...planted, " said Page. Page cautioned that genetic engineering of sperm to correct the defect isstill a farfetched notion "because, of course, any such attempt at gene repairwould carry with it the potential for collateral damage." A more likely remedy, says Page, is the possibility that affected males, whomay ...Farming's genetic revolution has yet to materialise
...vide much support for those who argue that genetic engineering will bringabout a revolution in agriculture. But USDA economic analyst Ralph Heimlichwarns that the study could be misleading. For instance, farmers who haveembraced modified crops might have had worse problems with pests to begin with....Maybe you can get blood from a turnip after all
... Using genetic engineering technology,Pacific Northwest researchers are transplanting applicable human genesinto tobacco plants and producing blood factors. Patents are pending onthe production and c......itional articles. Two articles discuss progress in engineering morenutritious crops. One of these focuses on recent progress in modifying"macronutrients" (oils, proteins, and carbohydrates) in crops such as corn andsoybeans. The other looks at efforts to produce crops with more vitamins andminerals, given that m......resources on high-impact medicalresearch, science, engineering and higher education, launched the five-year, $25million young scholar program this year to support the research of the nation'sbest and brightest young biomedical investigators. Clurman, who earned his degrees from Cornell University 10 years ago is...CWRU physicists invent "supershielding" for MRI devices
...ding. MichaelMorich and Labros Petropoulos, Picker engineering scientists and Brown's former students, are also named on the patentapplication, along with another former graduate student, Hiroyuki Fujita. The researchers have designed a method that can remarkably suppress the magnetic fields outside high-tech de...Modifying plant genes without foreign DNA
...mbination of breeding andtransformation -- genetic engineering -- the latter using bacteria to transferforeign DNA into plant cells. Charles J. Arntzen, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of BTI and oneof the authors on the research, notes that the BTI researchers also havecollaborated with scientist...Computers use Darwinian model to 'evolve' fuel additives
...nts Anantha Sundaram andPrasenjeet Ghosh, chemical engineering Professor James M. Caruthers, all fromPurdue, and chemist Daniel T. Daly from Lubrizol Corp. in Wickliffe, Ohio, whichfunded the research. Genetic algorithms are not limited to the design of gasoline additives. Theyhave been used in other applica...Genetically engineered organisms: Hazardous or beneficial
...d School of Public Health, willdiscuss the genetic engineering of arthropods as tools in the battle againstvector-borne diseases such as malaria. Concerns about the use of these types ofarthropods include the possibility of these insects themselves becoming pests. Phillip J. Regal will provide a historical per...Dr. David A. Stahl, professor of civil engineering at Northwestern University,will be honored for his influential contributions to the fields of microbialevolution and environmental microbiology with the 20th annual Bergey Award. Itwill be presented at the American Society for Microbiology Conference...Purdue helps Indiana companies with pollution dilemma
...delines have fewer than 100 employees and lack the engineering resources tocope with the changes, Noonan says. As a result, a consortium has been organizedby industry, the Purdue institute and the Greater Elkhart County Chamber ofCommerce to research pollution-cutting steps, prove that they work and pay foremplo...New electrical transformers will improve power quality
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- An engineering consortium led by Purdue University and the Univer...rs. The work is sponsored by Asea Brown Boveri, an engineering and technology company with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. A patent recently was issued for th...National Science Board selects leading chemists to establish new Science and Technology Center
...shed professor of chemistry at UNC-CH and chemical engineering atN.C. State, will direct the center. Dr. Ruben G. Carbonell, KOSA professor andchair of chemical engineering at N.C. State, will be co-director. "We understand that this cooperative research agreement ...