2023

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Engineering Welcomes 22 New Faculty, a Record High

Sept. 12, 2023 | Emily Dieckman

The college’s newest group of hires includes two new department heads, leadership for a new school, professors of practice, and experts in software engineering.

22 in 2023 >>

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UA Scientists Investigate New Frontiers of Sound With $30M Center

Sept. 7, 2023 | Emily Dieckman

The New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center will focus on topological acoustics, an emerging field in which researchers exploit the properties of sound in ways that could vastly improve computing, telecommunications and sensing.

Soundscape STC >>

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CAT Vehicle Students Paving the Way for Self-Driving Cars

Sept. 5, 2023 | Jeff Gardner

Prestigious summer program prepares students for graduate school and to enter an industry projected to generate $300B.

10 Weeks of Rigor >>

Ink Dries on Printable Electronics DOE Award for UA Professor

Aug. 17, 2023 | Emily Dieckman

Printable electronics could enable technologies like highly efficient thin-film solar power and rollable LED screens, but determining how to print these films at manufacturing scale is still a work in progress. A chemical engineering professor is...

Revving up RAPID >>