Rutgers electrical and computer engineering professors built the first large-scale shared research radio grid (test bed) that allows researchers around the globe to study multiple wireless devices and network technologies which is helping Rutgers to make computing truly pervasive?
(Drs. Raychaudhuri, Seskar, and Ott)
Faculty News
Highlights of a Successful Rutgers Day 2012
A number of articles and blog pages are now available, which offer some highlights and recaps of this past Rutgers Day.
A recap of Rutgers Day (Blog) 2012
ECE Prof. Dario Pompili Wins an ONR Young Investigator Award
ECE Professor Dario Pompili has won a Young Investigator Program (YIP) grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), one of only 26 awarded nationwide in 2012 for his proposal titled: "Investigating Fundamental Problems for Real-time In-situ Data Processing in Heterogeneous Mobile Computing Grids".
Thailand Untapped Premiere on NJTV
"Thailand Untapped: The Global Reach of Engineers without Borders-USA" will premiere on television April 2nd at 10PM on NJTV as part of the new NJDocs series. This just happens to be the day Dr Amadei is visiting Rutgers!
Cellular technology pioneer Richard Frenkiel
Cellular Pioneer Knew Technology Would Be Important, but Never Imagined Billions of Users, Mobile Internet Richard Frenkiel to be honored with School of Engineering's Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Cellular Pioneer Knew Technology Would Be Important, but Never Imagined Billions of Users, Mobile Internet Richard Frenkiel to be honored with School of Engineering's Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award February 24, 2012 .
Medal of Excellence Awards Dinner 2012
Dean Thomas N. Farris and Guest of Honor Terry Stewart (President and CEO, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) induct the newest recipients of the School of Engineering's Medal of Excellence. The School honors this elite group for exceptional achievement in the practice advancement and promotion of engineering. As the capstone event for the school's week-long celebration of National Engineer's Week, this awards dinner is SoE's more prestigious event.
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Rutgers, Massachusetts General Investigators Find Novel Way to Prevent Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Blocking cell-to-cell communication may prevent liver damage and improve drug safety
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rutgers University and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have developed a novel strategy to protect the liver from drug-induced injury and improve associated drug safety.
Engineering Revives Specialty Major to Meet Industry Demand for Packaging Engineers
Recession-proof field attracts local business investment, interest from undergraduates
The lowly package has a big job to do. It has to showcase and
sell the product it encloses. It has to protect its content from all kinds of
threats: heat, moisture, being dropped or shaken. It has to assure the customer that the goods
inside haven’t been tampered with and are safe to consume.
Rutgers Professors Awarded 32nd Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards
Given annually by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey, the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards
are offered to tremendous creators and innovators producing work that “supports the advancement of research and development in New Jersey”. Dr. Elsayed A. Elsayed and Dr. Basily B. Basily, both of Industrial Engineering at Rutgers University School of Engineering, are this year’s winners.
Rutgers-Affiliated Start-Up Company Receives Funding for Technology to Help Choose Breast Cancer Treatments
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a Rutgers-affiliated company (Ibris, Inc.) $207,000 to develop a quick and economical analysis of tissue from breast cancer biopsies. The technology is designed to predict how aggressive a common form of breast cancer is likely to be, helping physicians and patients plan effective therapies that minimize side effects.
Did You Know?
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