Chemistry

Engineering ethics expert brings questions about communication, authority and civic responsibility to Flint crisis

by Randi B. Hagi

Yanna Lambrinidou wants to teach today’s engineers-in-training how to listen to their clients and extended communities. To that end, the professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Science and Technology has
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Four students gain research experience with National Science Foundation-funded ‘REU’ summer placements

by Lauren Jefferson

From Virginia to Hungary, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Delaware — four Eastern Mennonite University students were accepted into the National Science Foundation’s highly competitive Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program. Seniors
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Join the ‘Suter West’ campaign: Phase II renovations will host lab spaces, new engineering program and updated museum

by Lauren Jefferson

If a building could have a motto, Suter Science Center, named after longtime professor Dr. Daniel B. Suter, might have “Science, service, success” as its memorable catchphrase. Since its opening
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Student research on hypertension, caffeinated athletes and radio-tracked beetles rewarded at annual STEM symposium

by Lauren Jefferson

Kaylee Ferguson, a junior biology major, and Jared Fernandez, a second year master’s in biomedicine graduate student, took top honors at Eastern Mennonite University’s Annual STEM Student Research Symposium. Their
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Junior Hannah Daley preps for grad school with NSF- sponsored summer lab research on caffeine and athletes

by Andrew Goodstein

Does caffeine provide a benefit to athletes? This deceptively simple question guided Hannah Daley’s research this summer. Daley, who is planning a career in environmental chemistry, is a junior double
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