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Using a Jell-O like model to study cancer, UA researchers hope to discover ways brain metastatic breast cancer evades drug therapies.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 22, 2021 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Shreyas S. Rao
Emma Sanders, who studied chemical engineering at The University of Alabama, received the 2021 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award. A student in the Honors College with a premedical concentration…
Author: Arayna Wooley / Published: April 30, 2021 / Posted in: Alumni, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Home Page Main Story, Students / Features: Dr. Christopher S. Brazel, Dr. Shreyas S. Rao
The Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program recognizes the best research activity conducted by undergraduate students at The University of Alabama.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: August 8, 2019 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. C. Heath Turner, Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, Dr. Nathan Jeong, Dr. Qiang Huang, Dr. Rohan Sood, Dr. Shreyas S. Rao, Dr. Todd Freeborn, Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
Akshay Narkhede routinely prepares polymeric biomaterials during lab work in the Science and Engineering Complex at the University of Alabama. Narkhede, a doctoral student in chemical and biological engineering, uses…
Source: Alabama News Center / Published: January 15, 2019 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Ryan Summers, Dr. Shreyas S. Rao
Akshay Narkhede has other research foci in Rao’s lab, but on this day, he’s focused on duplicating hydrogels to demonstrate to several young, curious shadows: high school seniors in a day-long immersion of hands-on lab experiments at UA.
Author: David Miller / Published: January 7, 2019 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Ryan Summers, Dr. Shreyas S. Rao
With funding from a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a pioneering bioengineering project at The University of Alabama will engineer environments that mimic conditions in the brain to gain insight into this process in metastatic breast cancer.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 23, 2018 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Shreyas S. Rao
The conference is a premier annual event, giving undergraduates the chance to highlight their research or creative activity.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 18, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Chris S. Crawford, Dr. Christopher S. Brazel, Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, Dr. Joshua A. Bittle, Dr. Luke N. Brewer, Dr. Sevgi Zubeyde Gurbuz, Dr. Shreyas S. Rao, Dr. Todd Freeborn, Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
The University of Alabama is launching new breast cancer research focusing on metastasized cells that are active or asleep in the brain. They’ve managed to create a mock brain, testing…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: May 16, 2018 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Shreyas S. Rao
A few local high school students got the chance to work right alongside top researchers at the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA’s scientist for a day event.
Source: WVUA / Published: November 21, 2017 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Shreyas S. Rao
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.
