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NSF CAREER Awardee Develops a 1-Minute Frailty Testing Platform

A University of Arizona professor is developing a quick and accurate way to screen patients for frailty, and better inform physicians’ care decisions. In tandem, he’s helping students at the crossroads of and engineering and medicine choose their paths.
Judith Su in her lab with FLOWER. The lab is dark and lit with blue and purple lighting.

The Nose Knows: CAREER Awardee Developing Bioinspired Optical Sniffer Sensor

With a prestigious grant from the National Science Foundation, a biomedical engineering and optical sciences researcher is creating a device that can sniff out diseases, dangerous chemicals and other substances with the sensitivity of a bloodhound.
Kim Ogden holds a guayule plant

UA Engineers Lead $70M Project to Turn Desert Shrub Into Rubber

Guayule is a sustainable crop with the potential to provide a reliable domestic rubber source.
6 students pose with a manufacturing device

Anti-Snoring Project Excites at Design Day 2023

Engineering students competed for $47,000 in prizes, with projects ranging from the winning Snorpheus to a BattleBot and a system for a swarm of aquatic drones.

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