Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science has announced a $10 million grant from the Blavatnik Family Foundation to fund innovative research at the intersection of engineering and health.
Columbia University biomedical engineers have designed a new, biomaterials-based system that takes a soft approach to improving cell manufacturing and may bring new hope to cancer patients for T-cell therapy.
Stroustrup was honored for his creation of the C++ programming language, which has had “a monumental, singular influence on the field of computing,” said National Academy of Engineering President C.D. Mote, Jr.
The researchers are the first to observe the electronic structure of graphene in an engineered semiconductor; their finding could lead to progress in advanced optoelectronics and data processing.
New sensors developed at Columbia will allow mobile and wireless-device users to tap into available, unused radio-frequency channels, enabling future communication systems to flexibly share the spectrum.