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UA works on imaging breakthrough - Terahertz device

First of its kind, fills gap in cell, chemical analyses


University of Arizona doctoral student Ning Zhu and professor Richard Ziolkowski perform research related to a terahertz-wavelength imaging instrument - the first of its kind to be built. University of Arizona researchers are building a new kind of imaging device that could offer better ways to track cancer or detect explosives. The National Science Foundation recently awarded scientists at the UA College of Engineering $530,000 to develop a first-of-its-kind terahertz imager for medical and other uses. Under its Major Research Instrumentation Program, the NSF will fund the development of the terahertz spectral imager, to be housed in the University Spectroscopy and Imaging Facilities. The UA College of Engineering and Office of the Senior Vice President for Research add...



UA Student Robotic Rover Team Among Best in Nation

The XSV rover and some team members, from left to right: Lane Ellwood, Jesse Odle, Jordan Odle, and Brandon Pitts.By Pete Brown - June 24, 2011, 12:12 pm

UA Engineering students recently won $10,000 funding to compete in a new NASA robotics competition. 
Only seven teams in the nation qualified for the National Institute
of Aerospace award, which enabled them to design and build a planetary
rover and demonstrate its capabilities at the NASA Johnson Space
Center's Rock Yard in Houston in May 2011.
NASA's multi-acre Rock Yard, officially known as the Planetary Analog
Test Site, simulates lunar and Martian landscapes and is used by NASA
to test habitats, rovers, and spacesuits.
NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace established the new
student rover competition, snappily titled "Revolutionary Aerospace
Systems Concepts, Academic Linkage, Exploration Robo-Ops," aka Rascal,
to...



For They Are Jolly Good (IEEE) Fellows

 By Pete Brown - December 7, 2011, 4:06 pm kathie meldeThree
UA engineers were recently made fellows of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest technical professional
association, with more than 400,000 members in 160 countries.
The IEEE board of directors only confers fellowships upon engineers
with an extraordinary record of accomplishments. The total number of
fellows selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth of one
percent of the total voting membership.
The new IEEE fellows for 2012 are Kathie Melde, professor of
electrical and computer engineering; Bane Vasić, professor of electrical
engineering and mathematics; and Scott Tyo, professor of optical
sciences and electrical and computer engineering.
IEEE cited Melde for contributions to tunable antennas and their
integration in electrical packaging. She has spent her career on small
antennas, establishing numerous patents, and her work has been used in
many smart phone technologies.
"I...



Students Treated to Display of UA Electrical and Computer Engineering Technologies

By Steve Delgado - December 1, 2011, 3:15 pm Students
with a passion for improved solar energy systems, medical imaging,
vehicles that can drive themselves, small powerful antennas, and 3-D
prototyping were treated to a rare simultaneous display of all these
technologies by the University of Arizona electrical and computer
engineering department Nov. 30
The best of UA electrical and computer engineering research was
presented by the faculty who teach these applications and engineering
designs to prospective students interested in learning more about these
programs. All displays and demonstrations took place at the ECE building
on the UA campus.
The event delivered as promised: a better understanding of how
graduates of UA ECE programs can improve quality of life for society
through technology. Attendees had access to these faculty and their
research technologies:
Wolfgang FinkPlanetary rovers for extreme environmentsLinda Powers Rapid water assessment to prevent diseaseRichard Ziolkowski Extreme antennas from metama...



UA Engineer Goes Back Country Biking in Tanzania to Test Local Water Sources

testing water samplesBy Ed Stiles - September 7, 2011, 10:14 am Engineering
professor Linda Powers spent part of her summer biking around Tanzania
testing wells for bacteria using a unique instrument designed at UA.
Fifty miles of dust and ruts separate Ifakara from the nearest paved
road -- a distance more comfortably crossed by foot than rattling
four-wheel-drive, if it weren't for the malarial mosquitoes. Tracks
alongside this "road" bring a train to town twice weekly.
There are few sanitary facilities and no municipal water system in
this remote Tanzanian town. Ifakara and the surrounding region get water
from open wells, the Kilombero River, and more than 100 deeper wells.
Most
of the open wells are hand-dug, shallow, and prone to contamination,
while the drilled wells, which are capped and topped by hand pumps, can
provide pathogen-free water. Despite their humble appearance, these hand
pumps -- and the wells below them -- can be critical to public health.
Water-borne diseases, such as diarrhea...
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