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2011-11-09

Dr. Vijay Goel and Dr. Mohammad Elahinia designed a intervertebral device to make spine surgery less invasive and recovery time for patients much shorter.

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2011-11-03

Dr. Krishna Shenai, professor of EECS, has been awarded a research grant from the Army Research Laboratory and has been elected a Fellow of the APS.

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2011-10-27

EWB Los Sanchez Assessment Trip a success.

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2011-10-22

On Saturday, October 22, 2011 UTEC coordinated the construction of a float for the homecoming parade.

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2011-09-28

On Wednesday, September 28, 2011 the College of Engineering hosted the Fall Career Expo.

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2011-10-19

Wiona Altic Porath, M.Ed. was elected to serve the OHAAA as treasurer for a two year term.

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2011-10-13

Engineering Team Promotes Institutional Diversity and Equality

IDEAL is a three-year nearly $1 million grant from the NSF to seed gender and minority equity and institutional transformation academic S&E at leading universities in the northern Ohio region. The Year 2 Change Team involved the University of Toledo College of Engineering members Maria Coleman, Isabel Escobar, Cyndee Gruden, and Brian Randolph.

2011-10-06

Dr. Lipscomb, Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded a grant for research in CO2 capturing.

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2011-10-04

Engineering Fall Career Expo a success; bridging students and employers.

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2011-09-28

Dr. Isabel Escobar (Chemical Engineering) and Dr. Cyndee Gruden (Civil Engineering) have been awarded a research grant by the US Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation, to determine the most cost-effective and technologically efficient means by which usable water can be produced from saline water or water otherwise impaired or contaminated.

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2011-09-27

Dr. Isabel Escobar, Assistant Dean and Professor of Chemical Engineering, to receive award.

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the academic, scientific, technological, industrial, or service areas involving separations technologies for individuals under the age of 40. The AIChE Separations Division is pleased to announce Dr. Isabel Escobar (University of Toledo) as the recipient of the 2011 FRI / John G. Kunesh Award.

The award will be presented at the Separations Division Dinner held during the AIChE Annual Meeting.

2011-09-02

UT Engineering alumnus creates emissions control system.

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2011-08-25

UT Professors Dr. Dong-Shik Kim of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Dr. Cameron of Bioengineering play parts in the first Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with a foreign institute.

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2011-08-25

Dr. Rashmi Jha, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been awarded a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Her research project is “BRIGE: Transition Metal Oxide Based Multifunctional Nanoelectronic Memristor Devices”.

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2011-08-25
Dr. Yakov Lapitsky, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded a research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). His research project is “Mechanistic Analysis of Polyelectrolyte-Based Colloidal Drug Carriers”.
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2011-08-11
Dr. Jian-yu Lu, Professor of Bioengineering and Director of the Ultrasound Laboratory, recently was chosen as the President-Elect of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society
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2011-07-24
The University of Toledo Wins ASCE/EWB Sustainable Development Award at EPA P3 Competition.
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2011-07-24
Shelly Smallman-Nielsen, a 2005 Bioengineering alumnus was recently selected as the St. Ursula High School’s 2011 Outstanding Young Alumnus.



2011-07-24
Christine M. Smallman has been elected to the American Society of Engineering Educators North Central Division Board as Unit Research Director. The term is for two years. Christine was also elected to serve on the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Detroit Section Board for a one year term.
2011-06-20
Abhishek Bhat, Ph.D. Civil Engineering, has been awarded first place in this year’s Air & Waste Management Association’s Ph.D. Student Platform Paper competition. Dr. Bhat will receive his award at the Annual A&WMA Student Awards Ceremony in June. The ceremony will take place at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida.


2011-06-14
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers presents the Dedicated Service Award to Mohamed Samir Hefzy, PhD for dedicated voluntary service to the society marked by outstanding performance, demonstrated effective leadership, prolonged and committed service, devotion, enthusiasm, and faithfulness.
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2011-06-14
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recently recognized Dr. Mohammad Elahinia, a mechanical engineering associate professor at The University of Toledo, for the impact his work has had on his profession.
Elahinia received the 2010 Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award at the society’s annual conference in Philadelphia.
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2011-06-10
Richard Hausman, UT engineering alumnus and current doctoral student (CHME) has won the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Student Poster Competition two years in a row! 103 students competed this year event. Twelve recipients of ranked awards in four categories, Rick came out on top within his category "Liquid Separations". Rick's adviser is Dr. Isabel Escobar, Professor and Assistant Dean of Research Development and Outreach.
2011-03-25
More than 100 people gathered in the Driscoll Alumni Center to watch BP donate $225,000 to The University of Toledo to create the BP Scholars Program Feb. 24...

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2011-03-25
UT, SuGanit receive $2million from stat to scale up biofuel research, production. SuGanit and UT college of engineering researchers Dr. Sasidhar Varanasi and Dr. Patricia Relue, have developed a catalyst that enables yeast to convert glucose and xylose into ethanol.
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2011-03-25
Our entry showing UT Bioengineering students’ participation in the NASA project was selected to be featured on the cover of the Ohio Engineer magazine. Special thanks to Dr. Ron Fournier for encouraging and mentoring the students as...
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A University of Toledo alumnus returned to campus Friday to discuss the latest in automotive technology — the electric vehicle and hands-free applications. Jeffrey Liedel, the chief information officer for GM OnStar, brought with him to Toledo the ...
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UT Engineering Alumnus receives prestigious national award in India. The Indian Council of Scientific & Industrial Research has awarded the 2010 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences to Dr. G.K. Ananthasuresh (’92 MSME). Dr. Ananthasuresh is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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Professor, Alumnus and current grad student present their invention. Currently, patent-pending.
Recently, Robert Kinner, a grad student of Prof. Abdul-Majeed Azad in Chemical Engineering Department showcased the entrepreneurial aspects of technological innovation, at Lorraine County Community College organized by the LCCC Entrepreneur Innovation Institute (November 17, 2010).
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Engineers Without Borders receives $10,000 in national competition.
The University of Toledo’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter has been granted $10,000 for another riverbank water filtration system in Honduras.
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Mechanical engineering professor elected Fellow of premier organization.
Dr. Ali Fatemi, professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Toledo, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
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College of Engineering Alumnus, Walter (Chip) Carstensen receives Blue T Award.
Walter “Chip” Carstensen of Brooklyn, Michigan, received the Blue T Award at the 2010 Homecoming Gala. This award, is presented to a UT Alumni Association member and University alumnus who has made outstanding contributions to the progress and development of the association and his/her alma mater.
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UT College of Engineering Names 2010 Distinguished Alumnus.
Mr. Peter F. Hess a 1972 UT College of Engineering Alum of Mechanical Engineering, was awarded this year's Distinguished Alumnus. Mr. Hess along with others from across the university, were honored at Friday night's Homecoming Gala.
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UT College of Engineering Names it's First Distinguished Young Alumnus.
Mr. Thomas L. Miller, a 1997 Alumnus of Electrical Engineering, was named the college's first Distinguished Young Alumnus. Mr. Miller, along with others from across the campus, received special recognition at this year's Homecoming Gala.
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University of Toledo professor Dr.Abdul-Majeed Azad recently won a Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award.
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Graduate Student wins contest.
Richard Hausman, Chemical Engineering graduate student, recently won the poster contest at the 2010 North American Membrane Society-International Conference on Inorganic Membranes (NAMS-ICIM), a Joint Conference. The poster: "Study of the Effects of Antimicrobial Copper-Charged Feed Spacers on Membrane Biofilm Growth Kinetics," by Richard Hausman with Dr. Isabel Escobar as his advisor. There were well over 100 participants in this year's competition.
Dr. Saleh Jabarin named Distinguished University Professor....
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2009 Distinguished Alumnus receives National Space Trophy
William (Bill) Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for Space Operations, NASA and UT College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus-'09, received the 2010 National Space Trophy on April 30, 2010. Gerstenmaier was selected by the RotaryNASA Board of Directors.
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MICHAEL PEPERA, P.E.
UT COE Alumnus - CHME '02
Nominated by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pepera, 29, a chemical engineer, provides a blend of process engineering and automation engineering with a focus on oil refining. He is presently working on water projects as an instrumentation and controls engineer.
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Jeffrey Smith and Braeden Gilchrist will be accompanying Dr. Calvin Li as part of a faculty-student research team at the National Renewable Energy Lab. They have been chosen to participate in state-of-the-art research with the U.S. Department of Energy in Golden, Colorado.
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Dr. Moshin Jamali, Professor EECS, was recently awarded a grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), under the DAGSI program, for the "Fast Fourier Transform FPGA/ASIC Architecture Simulator/Generator" project. This grant will provide support for one research assistant for Dr. Jamail's PhD student for one full year.
University of Toledo's first greenhouse gas inventory was conducted by Dr. Defne Apul's Sustainability Engineering Class students. This first estimate showed that UT's current annual carbon footprint is approximately 82,300 metric tons of CO2. Students presented the results to UT president Dr. Jacobs and his senior leadership team on April 28, 2010. Photo shows Dean Nagi Naganathan, Civil Engineering Department Chair Dr. Ashok Kumar, Civil Engineering assistant professor Dr. Apul and her students posing for a photo after the presentation.
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Graduate Student, Colleen Gorey selected by North American Membrane Society (NAMS) for award.
Colleen M. Gorey, Ph.D. candidate in Chemical & Environmental Engineering has been selected to receive the NAMS 2010 Travel Award. A record-high number of 70 individuals applied this year and the awards selection was extremely competitive. The award includes a prize of $1,000 for reimbursement of travel cost associated with the 2010 NAMS meeting. The awards will be announced dining the dinner banquet of the meeting in Washington D.C. this July.
With the continued efforts of Dr. Abdollah Afjeh, professor & chairman, Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, UT receives $750K federal grant to study wind turbines....
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Dr. Brian W. Randolph, Professor & Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, receives The University of Toledo Outstanding Teachers Award.

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Ms. Wiona A. Porath, academic program coordinator, Department of Bioengineering is one of three recipients of the Outstanding Adviser Award for 2010.

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On April 13-17, 2010, Dr. Vijay K. Goel, Ph.D. received the ISSLS Wiltse Lifetime Achievement Award.The award is sponsored by NuVasive, Creative Spine Technology.

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Satish Reddy, a Founders Emerald from Houston, was recently awarded the Silver Snoopy Award from NASA for two significant achievements as chief engineer of a design and analysis group at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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UT student engineering society to compete in concrete canoe race

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Mechanical Engineering Professor Mohammad Elahinia recently won the 2010 Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award, presented by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Technical Committee
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UT College of Engineering's Dr. Mark Pickett, professor emeritus, Civil Engineering, is part of the ASCE Team who will assess the damage caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti.

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Alumnus Aaron Stange (BME '02) pilots his racing Craft for a practice run on the ice of Maumee Bay in Point Place.
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The University of Toledo College of Engineering will celebrate North Engineering renovations that will enable its Department of Engineering Technology to collocate with the college's five other departments ....
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David Kvale, an EECS Graduate Student here at UT College of Engineering, recently received the "Superior Presentation Award" in the Sigma Xi International Research Conference
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Soma Shekara Sreenadh Reddy Depuru, a UT College of Engineering graduate student (EECS), entered the Finals of the 2009 Student Essay Competition by Earthzine.
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Dr. Isabel C. Escobar, Asssociate Professor & Graduate Director of the Chemical & Environmental Engineering Department, was one of 20 Northwest Ohioans to be awarded the "20 Under 40 Award".
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When Ryan McChesney, a 2009 graduate of UT's College of Engineering, was selected as the Outstanding Engineering Student for 2009 by the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers....
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On 27 June 2009, the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Board (MGA) recognized the IEEE University of Toledo Student Branch of the IEEE Toledo Section as a recipient....
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Dr. Steven LeBlanc, UT professor of chemical engineering and associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
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UT College of Engineering's graduate student is awarded 3rd place in the A&WMA Student Poster Competition...
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UT Team among top 6 finalists in the Oak Ridge Labs Global Venture Challenge...
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Professor Vijay Devabhaktuni receives award at conference...
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Chemical & Environmental Engineering Professor Abdul-Majeed Azad, along with Sara Lynn McKelvey, a recent graduate of the College of Engineering have research published...
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Dr. Isabel Escobar, Associate Professor, UT College of Engineering Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering was one of seven area women selected as this years YWCA Milestones: A Tribute to Women honoree.
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Engineering Faculty, Drs. S. Varanasi (Chemical Engineering) & P. Relue (Bioengineering) awarded biofuels grant by US Department of Energy (Sep 10, 2008).
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Engineering professor receives Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Research.
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UT, Rotary unite to give village clean water. Student group gets $10,000 to build system in Honduras.
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Dr. Mark Pickett, Professor Emeritus in the department of civil engineering, is honor at the Diamante Awards.
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UT Bioengineering graduate students win National Science Foundation fellowships to pursue doctorial degrees.
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UT Bioengineering Sr. Design project takes 3rd place in the RERC-AMI National Design Competition. Katherine Strock, Chelsea Worstall and Michael Taylor... Click here for more information
Alena Barga a bioengineering student receives "The Best of Co-op 2007" award in the sixth annual National Co-op Scholarship Program... Click here for more information
Tully Esterline, a 2001 cum Laude Graduate from UT's College of Engineering is a part of the race team competing in the 2007 Indy 500... Click here for more information
UT students have been listed in the 2006-2007 edition of "The Best Of Co-op" magazine for winning scholarships at the 5th annual Scholarship Program.... Click here for more information
UT College of Engineering's Formula SAE Car places 8th in this years FSAE East Competition at the Ford Proving Grounds in Romeo, MI..... Click here for more information
Dr. Thomas E. and Elizabeth Brady, special friends of the College of Engineering, receive the 2006 Outstanding Individual Philanthropist Award.... Click here to see the NPD Presentation
UT College of Engineering launches a new marketing campaign developed around a baseball theme....
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UT to honor former women's basketball star Kim Knuth-Klaer by retiring her No. 52 jersey....
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Jason M. Bechtel, a grad student pursuing a M.S. degree in bioinformatics on the Health Science Campus, is this year's winner of the Dr. MLK Jr. essay contest.... Click here for more information
Dr. Brent Cameron, a Bio-engineering Professor, was featured in the Toledo Blade for the Glucose Monitoring Device he developed.... Click here for more information
Rama Chennamsetty, a Chemical Engineering student at UT wins an award for his paper at the State Conference in Cleveland....
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The University of Toledo Formula SAE team participates in the Road and Track Triathlon as one of the five best-performing teams.... Click here for more information
UT Researchers Dr. Sasidhar Varanasi, Dr. Connie Schall and Dr. Jared Anderson featured in Los Alamos - DOE bulletin for their contribution towards synthesis of Ethanol from Cellulose.... Click here for more information
Dr. Vijay Goel, Professor and Chair of the Department of Bioengineering receives the North American Spine Society's 2006 Henry Farfan Award.... Click here for more information
UT Alumnus Dr. William V. Mars receives the prestigious Sparks-Thomas award from the ACS Rubber Division....
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Ms. Christine M. Smallman, Director of College Relations and Facilities Management has recently been selected to serve on the National SWE Scholarship Committee.
Clint Cochran, a UT Rocket Quarterback and current Bio-engineering junior with a GPA of 4.0, talks about The University of Toledo.... Click here for more information
UT students Abhilash Vijayan and Charanya Varadarajan win Scholarship and Contest respectively at the A&WMA's 99th Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, LA.... Click here for more information
Dr. Brian W. Randolph, was presented with the 2006 Robert Schlembach Award on Friday, September 8, 2006 at the Annual H.S. Guidance counselors breakfast.... Click here for more information
University of Toledo and Catacel collaboration a success for fuel reforming technologies ....
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A Thank you Dinner was held on at The Legacy Restaurant and Grill Room in Avon Lake, Ohio where Dr. Keith was honored with a scholarship in his name..... Click here for more information
Ms. Atousa Plaseied, receives first place for best research and presentation in the Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium division.... Click here for more information
Adrian Grapenthin, a MIME student at the College of Engineering, mentioned in an article about Third Frontier Internship Program... Click here for more information
UT - St. Francis deSales Partnership - 'Introduction to Engineering' course... Click here for more information
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As part of Project SCOUT at UT, Ms. Laurel Volk joins the COE's Office of College Relations and Facilities Management...
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Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad's research on alumina nanofibers was highlighted in the July '06 issue of Bulletin of American Ceramic Society... Click here for more information
UT considered one of the leading universities offering students some of the best co-op programs.
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Rama Krishna Chennamsetty wins $500 in 2006 North American Membrane Society annual conference student poster presentation. Click here for more information
University of Toledo, College of Engineering Student, Nathan Green featured in Toledo Blade....
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University of Toledo, College of Engineering Student, Fengjie Yin recognized for research....
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Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad's work was featured on the cover for International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, Volume 3, Number 3.... Click here for more information
Researchers develop a novel technique to detect low levels of CO...

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UT teams up with EPA on $1M hybrid hydraulics project

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Fuel Cell partnership with UT College of Engineering

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On Thursday, November 17, 2005, a reception was held to honor Dr. and Mrs. Tom and Betsy Brady for their generous gift to help launch the Engineering Freshman Entrepreneurship Program.
UT-MUO Merger Information

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Students toil on Katrina relief for spring break

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The University of Toledo, College of Engineering Co-Op Program noted in the "The Best of Co-Op" 2005-2006 Edition...
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Executive Summary by National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine...
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LifeTime Achievement Award to Dr. Saleh Jabarin

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Prof. Hongyan Zhang, Ph.D, publishes a book on "Resistance Welding"
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UT's Engineering researchers featured in Toledo Blade's article for their work in Nanotechnology
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American Ceramic Society Bulletin Features UT Research

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Civil Engineering Student recevies OCA Hall of Fame Scholarship

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NSBE Student Awarded Prestigious GE African American Scholarship Forum
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UT Students make it big at the ASCE Geo-Frontiers Congress 2005

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Heather Ritz, a senior in industrial engineering at the University of Toledo was honored...
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Students receive NASA awards for research efforts

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TST Luncheon Gets News Coverage Advanced Materials Development and Manufacturing: An Economic Driver for Northwest Ohio... Click here for more information
$1 .3MM grant creates NW Ohio Small Turbine Institute

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This month, CUTTING TOOL ENGINEERING covers technologies that can help manufacturers streamline wheel dressing and monitor grinding forces...
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Nanomachining Bridges Precision Engineering and Technology

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When engineering is job #1
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Polymer Institute Set to Cast New Initiatives

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Researchers Collaborate, Create Model of Human Vocal Folds

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