Students News - August 2024

Worker fixes electrical wiring in electric vehicle battery.

Preventing car battery fires with help from machine learning

Aug. 29, 2024 | Alexandra Pere

Basab Goswami's framework sets the stage for car manufacturers to more accurately predict and prevent dangerous EV battery fires with machine learning.

EV battery safety >>

‘Sign me up,’ says new engineering student at every turn

Aug. 26, 2024 | Katy Smith

Incoming student begins with course credit, a stellar career plan and an invention she may use to launch a startup.

Prepared Pupil >>

A cube-like box drifts around earth with a beach-ball like antenna on its right side.

Signals from student-built CatSat finally reach home

Aug. 19, 2024 | University Communications, Arizona Daily Star and College of Engineering staff

After a tense wait, the Wildcat team at the University of Arizona is receiving data from its CubeSat and getting set to test an inflatable antenna as well as study radio communication in the ionosphere.

Student-built satellite >>