Students recognized at national Foundry Educational Foundation conference

Four students and two faculty members from the materials science and engineering department attended the 2025 Foundry Educational Foundation College Industry Conference, held in Chicago in November. The annual conference is FEF’s flagship recruiting and networking event, bringing metal-casting companies …

AI speeds the hunt for better rechargeable batteries

Rechargeable batteries power everything from electric vehicles to laptop computers. They are in-demand, but far from perfect. Improving them means finding the ideal mix of elements from the periodic table, each with unique properties alone and in combination. Like drug …

From pixels to predictions: Students can uncover AI uses in the lab

Cancer research often demands patience – hours of labeling 3D images, tracing tumor boundaries pixel by pixel before the real work can even begin.  In Associate Professor Mahsa Dabagh’s lab, artificial intelligence is reshaping how researchers predict and treat disease. …