Using an innovative new way of imaging migration dynamics, researchers from the @ianywonglab.bsky.social and Prof. Jacob Rosenstein lab are developing an all-electrical imaging technique to track cell movement, eliminating the need for traditional labeling methods. www.brown.edu/news/2026-10...

All-electrical imaging offers innovative alternative for tracking cell movement

Brown University engineers developed a microchip that tracks cell movement using electrical capacitance rather than optical lenses, which could aid in understanding processes such as cancer metastasis...

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An imaging system that can see and track moving objects in environments like dense fog or muddy water? Prof Arto Nurmikko and postdoc Ning Zhang say it could eventually have a variety of applications, including AUVs, search and rescue efforts, or even medical imaging. www.brown.edu/news/2026-10...

Brown University engineers build brain-inspired imaging system that can ‘see’ through fog

By pairing a retina-like sensor with a spiking neural network, a new technique with potential applications for self-driving cars, search-and-rescue drones or medical imaging can reveal objects invisib...

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Assistant Prof Monica Martinez Wilhelmus and Senior Research Associate Nils Tack, along with researchers from @casewestern.bsky.social, are winners of the Francois Frenkiel Award for Fluids Mechanics, conferred by the @apsdfd.bsky.social. Read more: engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-09...

Martinez Wilhelmus, Tack join researchers from Case Western for top paper award in fluid mechanics

The American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics’ François Frenkiel award is given to young investigators in recognition of significant contributions to fluid mechanics.

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Professor Anubhav Tripathi has launched a collaboration with Cognizant, exploring how AI could support innovation across life sciences and biotechnology. Read more: engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-09...

Engineering’s Tripathi joins with Cognizant to explore AI innovation in life sciences

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Braingate researchers have found that observational activity is tied to how human-like the hand performing an action appears to be. Understanding how the brain "plans and executes" actions like these help inform the next generation of implantable BCIs, they say. www.brown.edu/news/2026-09...

Brain-computer interface study sheds light on neural activity during observation, or 'mirror neurons'

A study provides new details about how the brain’s motor cortex reacts when people watch actions by agents that may appear more human, or less.

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Assistant Prof. Mehdi Saligane has been awarded a @darpa.mil Young Faculty Award to develop a new kind of computer memory that uses biological DNA to store information, and silicon chips to control how it is written and read. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-09...

Saligane awarded DARPA Young Faculty Award to develop a new kind of DNA-based computer memory

The prestigious award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency provides up to $719,358 in research funding for Assistant Professor Mehdi Saligane.

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Engineering celebrates #RhodeIslandStartupWeek with this Q&A from Sabrina Tolppi '25. Tolppi co-founded Lilac Biosciences, using resources from the Brown University ecosystem, taking it from the Tripathi Lab and commercializing ModQuant™️, a reagent RNA kit. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-09...

Q&A with Sabrina Tolppi '25

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Hibbitt Postdoc Jiwon Kim was selected as a ⭐2026 Rising Stars Women in Engineering⭐ by the Asian Deans’ Forum. This workshop is organized by leading engineering schools in the Asia Pacific region. Kim, of @ianywonglab.bsky.social, was also a 2025 MIT Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering.

Dean Tejal Desai's lab granted funding from @breakthrought1d.bsky.social to advance technology that aids in long-term survival and function of transplanted insulin-producing cells. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-09...

Breakthrough T1D awards grant to Brown Engineering’s Desai to support biomimetic scaffold design

A grant from Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, to Brown University's School of Engineering advances a technology developed in Dean Tejal De...

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Microfluidic platforms pioneer Anubhav Tripathi to receive up to $4.6M as part of @arpa-h.bsky.social grant in a collaboration with @mgbresearch.bsky.social. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-09...

Brown Engineering’s Tripathi to receive up to $4.6M as part of federal award revolutionizing RNA medicine manufacturing

Professor of Engineering Anubhav Tripathi has been named a key collaborator on a two-and-a-half-year, $39 million federal award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), illustra...

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Associate Professor Jonghwan Lee has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to transform how we understand and treat late-onset Alzheimer's Disease using high-tech imaging and AI tools. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-08...

Lee awarded up to $3.1M over five years from NIH for brain blood vessel research

Associate Professor Jonghwan Lee is the recipient of a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop high-tech imaging and AI tools aimed at detecting early microvascular failure in people a...

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The School of Engineering welcomes Alp Sunol to its faculty this semester. Sunol's research tackles the complex behaviors of soft materials, complex fluids, and biological systems across scales. Read more: engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-08...

Brown Engineering hires Assistant Professor Alp Sunol

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The NSF CSOE Annual Meeting brought together researchers, students, postdocs, and collaborators at Brown University in Providence, RI, on August 12–13. We shared research, exchanged ideas, strengthened collaborations, and celebrated our growing community. #NSF #CSOE #Electrochemistry #Research

Engineering alumna Erica Schwartz '94, MD'98 has been confirmed by the Senate as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Schwartz is a former deputy surgeon general with experience overseeing the U.S. Coast Guard's healthcare system. (📷Official Portrait, 2019)

Professor Daniel Mittleman, expert in wireless power delivery, is part of a large grant for a new Rice University center to advance secure sensing, imaging and communications, investigating the expansion of capabilities for extremely large-scale antenna arrays. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-08...

Brown’s Mittleman shares in $15M center for next-generation sensing and communications

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Read and watch what mechanical engineering concentrator Skye Rosario has been doing this summer at the RI Museum of Natural History and Planetarium. www.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Skye Rosario: Inspiring others to shoot for the Moon

Driven to inspire future space enthusiasts, Brown University student Skye Rosario is designing and installing a new lunar science exhibit at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium this summer.

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Congratulations to Professor Linda Abriola on being selected as the recipient of the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore) Time Capsule Award 2026. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Abriola selected 2026 InterPore Time Capsule Award recipient

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Congrats to our Professor Robert Hurt, who was elected into the newest class of Fellows of the American Carbon Society. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Hurt elected Fellow of American Carbon Society

The Brown Engineering professor was elected for his sustained contribution in the field of science or technology of carbon materials.

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Postdoc Olivia Pomerenk from the Breuer Lab has published new insights on the aerodynamic advantages of the flying "V" formation - researchers say this understanding could help optimize engineered systems like swarms of drones in agriculture or firefighting. www.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Birds’ flying ‘V’ formation saves energy with flatter flaps, new research shows

A study by Brown University researchers provides new insights, which could have implications for engineered systems, into the aerodynamic advantage birds experience when flying in a “V” formation.

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Brown engineers in the Tripathi Lab have enabled small labs without high-throughput automation to more effectively participate in outbreak-monitoring networks operated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control. www.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Researchers develop automated system to accelerate outbreak detection and disease surveillance

New workflow developed by Brown University researchers compresses hours of manual lab labor into a single automated process, unlocking reliable genetic sequencing for local public health labs.

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Associate Professor Ian Y. Wong (@ianywonglab.bsky.social) has been named to the editorial board of the @annualreviews.bsky.social of Biomedical Engineering. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Wong joins Editorial Board of Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

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Brown University has awarded 11 faculty members Research Achievement Awards, including Brown Engineering's @mmwilhelmus.bsky.social, as part of its annual program to honor preeminent scholars for their achievements, discoveries, and contributions. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Engineering’s Martinez Wilhelmus among University faculty honored for research achievement

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Using PINNs to reduce training time for new drug delivery system, Brown researchers have created a model to predict drug-release timelines using a fraction of the usual lab experimental time. www.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Physics-informed AI could accelerate development of controlled-release drug patches, bandages

By baking fundamental physical laws into neural networks, researchers have created a model that predicts drug-release timelines using a fraction of the usual lab data.

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See new photos from the William A. and Ami Kuan Danoff Life Sciences Laboratories under construction -- This building will provide labs and workspaces for Brown-led research in aging, immunity, brain science, cancer and biomedical engineering, among other fields. www.brown.edu/news/2026-07...

Photos: A sneak peek inside Brown University’s under-construction Danoff Laboratories

Construction managers offered a glimpse of Brown’s state-of-the-art facility for integrated life sciences research, which will be the largest academic laboratory building in Rhode Island.

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Assistant Professors Lucas Caretta and Peipei Zhou are among a group of early-career engineers recognized for research and technical work who will participate in the National Academy of Engineering's Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-06...

Brown’s Caretta, Zhou selected for 2026 NAE Symposium

Seventy-four innovative early-career engineers have been chosen to participate in the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium, a signature activity of the National Academy of Engin...

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We invite the Brown community and our friends around the world to join together in observing a moment of silence to mark six months since the shooting that occurred on our campus on December 13, 2025.

Last weekend, Brown Neuroscience, @carneyinstitute.bsky.social & Brown Engineering hosted a Scientific Symposium & Celebration honoring Professor John Donoghue! The event brought together Brown trailblazers in BCI and neurotechnology to celebrate the legacy of a true neuroscience pioneer. #Neurotech

The 2026 Hazeltine Innovation Awards have been announced -- early-stage projects intended to spur innovative research, STEM education and/or discoveries with new equipment were chosen as the ones with greatest potential to attract future external funding. engineering.brown.edu/news/2026-06...

2026 Hazeltine Innovation Awards announced

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Congratulations to Barrett Hazeltine, recipient of Sigma Xi’s 2026 Evan Ferguson Award! He was honored during a special retirement ceremony at Brown University on May 22. The annual award recognizes outstanding service to the Society and its mission. READ MORE: ow.ly/tH6a50Z4q91

The student-led effort underpinned by both grief and catharsis, a Tape Art temporary mural — made with blue, green, yellow and orange artists tape — offers a space for healing, reflection and recovery for those who work, study, research, teach and move through B&H. ☀️ www.brown.edu/news/2026-05...

Student-led tape art mural offers a space for healing, reflection

In partnership with the Brown Arts Institute and renowned Tape Art artists, a team of Brown students led the creation of a temporary mural in the University’s Barus and Holley building.

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