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November 2, 2026
Driving Chip Design at Tesla, Rivian and Beyond: Mukund Chavan ’92
Mukund Chavan ’92 has held leadership roles at Emulex, UnitedLayer and Advanced Micro Devices. At Tesla, he delivered the company’s Full Self-Driving computer into volume production, then joined Apple’s Special Projects Group before moving to Rivian to lead the company’s chip design efforts.
By Alex Dunbar
October 26, 2026
Building on the Moon
Mechanical and aerospace engineering researchers have worked with NASA to develop a composite made from simulated lunar soil that cures at ambient conditions, offering a low-energy path to building habitats, landing pads and other structures on the Moon.
By Alex Dunbar
October 16, 2026
Chasing the Chip That Could Unlock Larger Quantum Computers
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Ethan Arnault has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to help solve one of the biggest problems standing in the way of building bigger, more powerful quantum computers.
By Alex Dunbar
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October 9, 2026
Tackling AI’s Blind Spots
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Junzhe Zhang has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop artificial intelligence systems that make more dependable decisions when the data they learn from is incomplete or no longer matches real-world conditions.
By Alex Dunbar
October 8, 2026
Ph.D. Student's Winter Break Project Grows Into Global Productivity App
Dongda Li, a Ph.D. student in computer and information science and engineering, is the creator and primary maintainer of Mindwtr, a free and open-source app built around the Getting Things Done method, often called GTD.
By Alex Dunbar
October 7, 2026
Citrus Racing Helps Students Prepare for Engineering Roles at SpaceX
Two Engineering and Computer Science graduates are starting their careers at SpaceX this summer—and their experience with Citrus Racing, Syracuse University’s Formula SAE team, helped them get there.
By Emma Ertinger
October 5, 2026
Engineering and Computer Science Faculty to Be Honored by the Technology Alliance of Central New York
Professors Changmin Shi, John Trimmer and Charles Driscoll will be honored on Monday, November 2nd.
By Alex Dunbar
October 2, 2026
Advancing Safer, Energy-Efficient Building Retrofits
Civil and environmental engineering professor Kun-Hao Yu has received a multiyear award from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop energy-efficient building panels that are installed with robotic assistance.
By Emma Ertinger
October 1, 2026
Cosmic Lockdown
A new study suggests the universe could be locked into its current state by the same kinds of quantum effects that scientists study when trying to preserve fragile information inside a quantum computer.
By Alex Dunbar
September 24, 2026
Syracuse University Launches Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Led by Paulo Shakarian, the KG Tan Endowed Professor of Artificial Intelligence in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS), the institute brings together faculty from four schools and colleges.
By Alex Dunbar
September 23, 2026
Micron Gift Powers Student-Built Game Teaching Kids About Microchips
An interdisciplinary team of students built a game that teaches K-12 students about manufacturing microchips.
By News Staff
September 22, 2026
Turning Tiny Creases Into Droplet Traffic Controllers
Syracuse University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Anupam Pandey’s research team has found that microscopic folds in soft materials can act like tiny, programmable traffic gates for liquid droplets.
By News Staff
September 22, 2026
Building Bone Grafts Block by Block
Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Professor Pranav Soman has been awarded funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop a groundbreaking method for fabricating organ-scale bone grafts – one modular unit at a time.
By News Staff
September 22, 2026
Nanoparticle Therapy
Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Professor Yaoying Wu was awarded a National Institutes of Health R21 grant for his project titled “Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles for Precision Multiple Sclerosis Therapy.” He will use the grant to develop a new class of nanoparticle-based therapy for multiple sclerosis – one designed to re-educate the immune system rather than suppress it wholesale.
By Alex Dunbar
September 22, 2026
Robots, Robot Dogs and Batteries Draw a Crowd at the New York State Fair
Faculty, students and staff facilitate a conversation about the role of batteries in everyday life.
By Wendy Loughlin