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Using adsorbents to help society

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Such a model will be an important engineering design tool to advance work in drug delivery, power production, energy storage, atmospheric water harvesting and carbon capture technologies,” says Yamil. It is an exciting time to consider a chemical and biomolecular engineering career! How does the team do this research?

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How machine learning is revolutionising materials science

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Professor Dane Morgan and Dr Ryan Jacobs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US are investigating the opportunities and challenges this advancement poses. A digital abundance All areas of science have benefited from the rise of computation and the internet. “We

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Pathways to STEM Update

Northeastern University

Students have the ability to ask faculty and professors about their research, and educational journey among other things. Week 1 Tuesday (September 28th): [Electrical Engineering]. Josep Jornet , Professor, Defining the Future of Wireless Communication Networks. Week 1 Thursday (September 30th): [Chemistry].

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Scientific simulations — an advanced type of computational model that not only represents a real-world phenomenon, but aims to predict how the phenomenon might change under different conditions or parameters. Software — a set of instructions, scripts or programmes that are used to operate computers and perform specific tasks.

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The Many Faces of #GirlsLeadSTEM

STEM Next

Evans’ advice for others looking to pursue STEM careers is a quote from Admiral Grace Hopper, an American pioneer in computer science and programming. “ Thanks to this support and her ability to advocate for herself, Bunmi graduated college as a chemical engineer. Andria rowing for USC.

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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It is often implemented in software on a computer. At the University of Melbourne, Professor Michael Cantoni and Professor Erik Weyer are collaborating with engineers at Rubicon Water, including Professor Iven Mareels, Dr Adair Lang and Dr Yuping Li, to improve the efficiency of gravity-fed irrigation networks.

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging. Nowadays, it encompasses artificial intelligence (AI), the brain-computer interface, synthetic biology, and even social and ethical analysis.

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