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Flexible, foldable implant maps brain activity during seizures

Published Date:November 21, 2011

Scientists have designed an ultrathin implant carrying a dense array of sensors to record the electrical activities of the brain during a seizure. John Rogers and colleagues built a new array that fits 360 sensors in that same 1 square centimeter amount of space. They reduced the amount of wiring drastically by integrating electronics and silicon transistors into the array itself.

Published Date: November 21, 2011


MatSE alumni among finalists for James Dyson Award

Published Date:November 7, 2011

May 2011 B.S. graduates Jon Naber, Ehsan Noursalehi, and Adam Booher (MechSE) are the U.S. finalists for the James Dyson Award. The James Dyson Award is an international student design award running in 18 countries. Its run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dysons charitable trust, as part of its mission to encourage the next generation of design engineers to be creative, challenge and invent.

Published Date: November 7, 2011


Keramos wins at MS&T conference

Published Date:October 31, 2011

The University of Illinois Chapter of Keramos tied for the Diamond Award for exceptional achievement at MS&T'11 in Columbus, OH. The chapter also won the Most Improved Chapter Award.

Published Date: October 31, 2011


Koul wins Student Speaking Contest

Published Date:October 31, 2011

MatSE undergraduate Parul Koul won the Student Speaking Contest at MS&T'11 for her talk "Hex Mesh Degradation Investigation."

Published Date: October 31, 2011


Students selected as Racheff Teaching Fellows

Published Date:September 7, 2011

Joshua Kacher (MSE 307), Hailong Ning (MSE 307), and Xuan Zhang (MSE 401) were selected as Racheff Teaching Fellows for Fall 2011.

Published Date: September 7, 2011