Engineering and Applied Science Year in Review 2019
The University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), already known for its popular experiential learning program and world-class research, had quite a year in 2019.
The 2019 Summer Bridge class. Photo/Corrie Stookey/CEAS
Students
Everything from enrollment and curriculum to co-ops and careers begins and ends with students. And CEAS students accomplished a lot in 2019.
CEAS students did the following in the past year.
- Engineered a flying car.
- Planned drone use for hurricane response.
- Learned from the mousetrap challenge.
- Engineered water solutions in East Africa.
- Created a heating device for people with spinal cord injuries.
- Presented a way to convert plastics to fuel.
- Won an international software competition.
- Placed in international SAE competitions.
- Got their start in the Summer Bridge program.
- Created a prosthetic hand for a 5-year-old.
- Earned recognition from the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Designed and manufactured a butt-brake to help veterans with disabilities return to bike riding.
- Used computer science to see past a disability.
- Touted UC’s co-op program and construction management program on FOX Business.
- Innovated new space management technology.
- Presented research to NASA.
- Won a national award for designing a net-zero energy school.
- Designed and built a winch for a veteran’s scooter.
UC engineering students worked with the nonprofit group QL+ to design and build a custom winch for a retired military veteran to help him attach his heavy scooter lift to his truck. Photo/Michael Miller
Faculty
Faculty in CEAS were busy in laboratories and classrooms, getting plenty of recognition for innovation and excellence.
CEAS faculty accomplished the following in 2019:
- Were named a highly-cited researcher in water treatment.
- Used technology to help people with speech impediments.
- Published a revolutionary design for power plants.
- Safeguarded buildings in post-earthquake fires.
- Helped nations plan for climate change.
- Developed a water demand calculator to drive efficiency.
- Had their sweat research touted by the National Science Foundation.
- Brought a novel approach to quantum mechanics.
- Used wireless technology to heal wounds.
- Received an award to lab-on-a-chip work.
- Inspected additive-manufactured parts with ultrasound waves by freezing them in ice.
- Used visible light to destroy contaminates in water.
- Elected president of the American Society of Engineering Education.
- Created a device that can measure your level of stress.
- Helped roll out the Ohio Cyber Range to advance cybersecurity.
- Won an outstanding paper award to additive manufacturing.
- Discovered that bats bounce sound off leaves to find prey.
- Named department head for chemical and environmental engineering.
- Named department head for civil and architectural engineering and construction management.
- Earned the U.S. Department of Energy’s early career award.
- Further innovated first-year engineering education.
- Used robots to engage area students in science.
- Received the most prestigious mid-career award from the Electrochemical Society.
- Helped the U.S. Navy prepare students for high-tech careers.
- Received a $3.2 million investment in a tech spinoff.
- Launched a national cybersecurity initiative.
- Discovered new applications in medicine and textiles for coaxial electrospinning.
- Were named one of Cincinnati’s 40 under 40.
- Ranked among most-cited researchers by Web of Science.
- Developed satellites that fix other satellites.
- Received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation for preventing flood disasters.
- Pioneered a new brain cancer treatment.
- Used jet-engine expertise to develop technology to unblock congested airways in patients.
- Created low-cost 3D printed skull implants.
UC engineering professor Andrew Steckl, center, talks with senior research associate Daewoo Han, left, and visiting research fellow Serdar Tort. Photo/Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services
Other accomplishments
In addition to student and faculty accomplishments in 2019, CEAS accomplished or was recognized in other ways. UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science:
- Named a national diversity champion.
- Welcomed a new dean.
- Recognized for partnership with GE Aviation.
- Remembered former faculty Neil Armstrong on the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing.
- Helped UC rank No. 3 nationally for cooperative education.
- Named a new director of Women in Engineering.
This review is just a partial list. To read about more CEAS accomplishments in 2019, visit the college’s news page.
Honored on the field during the UC vs. UCLA football game Gary Slater, left, Paul Orkwis, Rick Armstrong, Awatef Hamed, Ralph Spitzen, Mark Armstrong, and Tom Black. Photo/Corrie Stookey/CEAS Marketing
Featured image at top: A student in UC's chapter of Engineers without Borders talks with children at a local school in Tanzania. In Roche, the chapter recently built several water distribution lines for a school, serving 1,400 people. Photo/Provided
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