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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.
Erin Ratcliff

Da Vinci Circle Selects Erin Ratcliff as 2023 Fellow

From a UA postdoc to a national center director, a chemical and environmental engineering professor has brought together disciplines and teams from across the nation to accelerate the pace of science.

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