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Materials Science & Engineering News - April 2019

A student in a white polo shirt flies a tethered drone outside Old Main at Engineering Design Day

$36,250 in Prizes Awarded at UA’s Engineering Design Day 2019

Top team helps lost hikers find their way home with cellphone app and solar-powered beacons.
Doug Hockstad, Jennifer Barton and Dr. Robert C. Robbins

I-Squared Awards Ceremony Honors Campus Inventors

Engineers recognized by Tech Launch Arizona for creating devices to make the world a better place.
Joshua Olson, Veysi Demir and Nasser Peyghambarian in the lab

UA Startup to Bring Holographic Video Glasses Into View

Engineering and optical sciences professor forms an augmented reality tech company.
Marvin Slepian

Slepian Named 2019 Regents' Professor

Cardiologist and engineering professor recognized for distinguished accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, research and entrepreneurship.
Marvin J. Slepian stands in front of a Sarver Heart Center sign wearing a lab coat

2019 da Vinci Fellow: Dr. Marvin J. Slepian

Researcher recognized for achievements at the intersection of engineering, medicine and entrepreneurship.