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Research at the University of Utah is heavily involved in using the radio channel for location, location distinction, and wireless network security applications. This talk represents work led by Profs. Sneha K.
Kasera in the School of Computing and Neal Patwari in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The lab combines the research efforts of a dozen Master's and Ph.D. students in both Engineering and Computer Science. The joint lab has been investigating wireless networking technologies for the past two years, and has had success in both academic and commercial efforts. Some of these successes include winning the student research demo competition at the highly selective ACM MobiCom conference, being awarded a $70k Technology Commercialization Grant to develop location distinction technologies, and IP protection, including one patent pending and four provisional patents.
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2018
16 Oct 2018
3D printing cells to produce human tissue
With today's technology, we can 3-D-print sculptures, mechanical parts, prosthetics, even guns and food. But a team of biomedical engineers have developed a method to 3-D-print cells to produce human tissue such as ligaments and tendons, a process that will greatly improve a patient's recovery.7 Sep 2018
Wearables powered by body movements
A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging, according to a team of researchers. The device, about the size of a wristwatch, produces enough power to run a personal health monitoring system.2017
15 Nov 2017
Bioengineered robotic hand with its own nervous system senses touch
Why not make a prosthesis that can actually "feel" its environment?4 Aug 2017
Vertical axis wind turbines can offer cheaper electricity
A vertical axis wind turbine is a wind turbine design where the generator is vertically oriented in the tower, rather than sitting horizontally on top.11 Apr 2017
Non-toxic material that generates electricity through hot and cold
Thanks to the discovery of a new material, jewelry such as a ring and your body heat could generate enough electricity to power a body sensor, or a cooking pan could charge a cellphone in just a few hours.24 Feb 2017
Stabilising energy storage
Because the sun doesn't always shine, solar utilities need a way to store extra charge for a rainy day. The same goes for wind power facilities, since the wind doesn't always blow. To take full advantage of renewable energy, electrical grids need large batteries that can store the power coming from wind and solar installations until it is needed.8 Feb 2017
Smart glasses that focus automatically
The days of wearing bifocals or constantly swapping out reading glasses might soon come to an end.2016
12 Oct 2016
Vaporsens
David Pugh interviewed Angela Mitcham, Business Development and Partnerships manager at Vaporsens, an exciting startup based on nanofibre sensors for detection of over 30 compounds of interest, primarily for the security industry.20 Jun 2016
Turnable, twistable robots
Forget steel and aluminum. The robots of tomorrow may be able to squish, stretch and squeeze.2014
17 Oct 2014
Tiny, sound-powered chip to serve as medical device
Engineers are developing a way to send power - safely and wirelessly - to smart chips programmed to perform medical tasks and report back the results.18 Jun 2014
New optical element sorts sunlight for solar cell efficiency
Electrical engineers have designed a thin layer made of a transparent plastic or glass that sorts and concentrates sunlight to boost the overall efficiency of solar cells by up to 50 percent.24 Mar 2014
Spintronic thermoelectric power generators
Imagine a computer so efficient that it can recycle its own waste heat to produce electricity. While such an idea may seem far-fetched today, significant progress has already been made to realize these devices.2013
2 Dec 2013
Novel LEDs pave the way to cheaper displays
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Regensburg have developed a novel type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED).17 Sep 2013
Physicists develop polymer with tunable colours
y inserting platinum atoms into an organic semiconductor physicists were able to "tune" the plastic-like polymer to emit light of different colors - a step toward more efficient, less expensive and truly white organic LEDs for light bulbs of the future.2012
30 Jul 2012
Utah physicists invent 'Spintronic' LED
New technology promises brighter TV and computer displays14 Jun 2012
A dirt cheap magnetic field sensor from plastic paint
The new kind of magnetic-resonance magnetometer also resists heat and degradation, works at room temperature and never needs to be calibrated.18 Jan 2012
Grant to give University of Utah transit buses of the future
A new federal grant aims to make the University of Utah home to first-in-the-nation transit buses of the future — electric shuttles that recharge without wires from underground pads while they wait for passengers.2010
2 Mar 2010
Rice researchers make graphene hybrid
Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists.2009
9 Nov 2009
Turning heat into sound, then electricity
Scientists in the US have been developing small devices that turn heat into sound and then into electricity. The technology holds promise for changing waste heat into electricity, harnessing solar energy and cooling computers and radars.20 Aug 2009
A new cloaking method might shield buildings from earthquakes
Mathematicians develop a new cloaking method that might shield submarines from sonar, planes from radar, buildings from earthquakes, and oil rigs and coastal structures from tsunamis.