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Students Demonstrate Firefighting, Grasshopper-Catching and Bruise-Measuring Tech at Design Day

On April 29, 616 senior engineering students will display projects they’ve developed over the course of a year. There are inventions to fight fires, reduce cyclist fatalities and combat child abuse, as well as more than 100 other projects to make our world better and bigger.
Close up of a woman holding a plastic device onto her left arm.

UA Students Working to Build a Device to Fight Child Abuse

KGUN features a senior design team creating a method to measure the age of bruises.
Photo taken from inside an airplane flying above the cloud layer.

Probing Wildfire Smoke Plumes Up Close

Using data collected by planes flying directly through clouds of wildfire smoke, a team of UA researchers is investigating the impact of aerosols on the weather and public health.
Marvin J. Slepian stands in front of a Sarver Heart Center sign wearing a lab coat

2019 da Vinci Fellow: Dr. Marvin J. Slepian

Researcher recognized for achievements at the intersection of engineering, medicine and entrepreneurship.

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