UH team developing IVF tech to help the World’s hunger problems wins PACE competition
Source: The Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship The UH Breakthrough Innovation Challenge sponsored by Accuity LLP is purely about celebrating innovative ideas at UH with commercial potential. This year, we asked contestants for a F.E.W. good ideas in the areas of Food, Energy…
Tsunami expert honored for excellence in teaching, research, and service
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Engineering Professor Ian Robertson has been selected as the inaugural Arthur N.L. Chiu Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The endowment is in the memory of Chiu, a legendary leader in the…
2018 Engineering awards nominations now being accepted
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2018 UH Mānoa College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Service Awards. Recipients will be recognized at the College’s banquet on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center. Nominees for the…
John S. Allen elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa mechanical engineering Professor John S. Allen has been elected into the Acoustical Society of America’s (ASA) College of Fellows for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of ultrasound contrast agents. Ultrasound contrast agents are encapsulated microbubbles used in diagnostic and therapeutic…
New biological identity of inhaled nanoparticles revealed
Molecular dynamics simulations revealed a pulmonary surfactant corona coated on inhaled nanoparticles. This biomolecular corona determines the biological identity of the particles. Image courtesy of Guoqing Hu and Yi Zuo. Nano-enabled consumer products surround people everyday, from personal care, cosmetics,…