Inquiring Minds: Student Discovery

Spring 2026

The MVPs of Data Analytics

Students and graduates of the Sports Analytics Research Group employ quantitative analysis to give all types of teams the wisdom and hard numbers they need to perform better.

Overhead view of a Formula 1 race car with blue and green light streaks across the image.

Spring 2026

Data in the Driver’s Seat

For Talia Hovsepian, the answers are in the numbers.

Cluster of fresh oyster mushrooms on a white background.

Spring 2026

White Rot to the Rescue

Oyster and turkey tail mushrooms can degrade a wide range of psychoactive pharmaceuticals commonly found in biosolids. 

Illustration of charts, bar graphs, and hands typing on a keyboard in a split-screen layout.

Spring 2026

Course Audit

Discerning Data

Storytelling with Data demonstrates the importance of ethically collecting and interpreting data.

Illustration of a person using an audio recorder and monitor beside a strip of printed photos.

Spring 2026

Change Agents

The Empathy Algorithm

Students developed an AI model that can automate the editing process of interviews and recognize subtle details to help a clinician and patient connect.

Spring 2026

Handshaping Communication

Neural network improves the computational recognition and translation of signed languages.

Comparing breast ultrasound views: two columns labeled Fluid and Solid; top row Old, bottom row New. The new view makes the fluid cyst darker and distinct, while the solid mass remains textured.

Spring 2026

Reliable Imaging for Clinical Impact 

Projects address shortcomings of ultrasound in detecting breast cancer.

Fall 2025

Education That Delivers

For engineers working in rapidly changing industries, the Engineering for Professionals program offers responsive coursework that keeps them on the cutting edge.

Fall 2025

On the Trail of Carbon-Negative Cement

An army of sustainability-minded scientists is currently working on ways to remove the leading greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, from the air.

Fall 2025

Course Audit

Taking Flight

The Aerospace Structures course culminates with a multiday, out-of-class design project related to a single aerospace vehicle structure.

Fall 2025

Change Agents

Microchips, Major Vision

Jacob Heisler is pursuing a master’s degree in electrical engineering with a focus on solid-state devices. At the same time, he is running his own venture: Heisler Semiconductor.

Professor Sanjeev Khudanpur sits beside student, Drew Prinster, and looks at the student's laptop

Spring 2025

Research Meets Reality

An industry-academia partnership with Amazon gives doctoral fellows funding to pursue big ideas in AI research.

Spring 2025

Speeding the Fight Against Chemical Weapons

Tracking the decomposition of hazardous substances in real time.

Spring 2025

Course Audit

When the Going Gets Tough

By exploring historical catastrophes, students learn to lead.

Spring 2025

Grinding It Out

Crushing asteroid rock into dust wasn’t the hard part. Figuring out how to do it in zero gravity was.

Spring 2025

Change Agents

Wiser Counsel for Public Defenders

An AI-powered digital discovery tool could help public defenders manage overwhelming caseloads.