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Faculty News - January 2021

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UArizona Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test

The new test uses a smartphone microscope and could deliver results in about 10 minutes.
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Startup Licenses Sustainability Technology for Mining Industry

Auxilium Technologies has brought together multiple inventions from UA mining and geological engineers that improve the output of mines while reducing their environmental impact.
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CAREER Awardee Investigates Quantum’s ‘Sweet Spot’

Electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Boulat Bash applies quantum methods to super-secret sensing and communication.
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Women in Engineering Lead Campus

Betsy Cantwell and Liesl Folks help guide the university through a difficult year and look ahead to the college’s growth.