Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Self-assembly as a guide

SEAS professor sees possibilities in health, manufacturing

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DateApril 17, 2012

A new study shows that combining angiogenesis inhibitors and nanomedicines only improves cancer treatment when the nanomedicines are at the small end of a size range. Top panels show the control setups. Bottom panels show mammary tumor tissue after normalization of blood vessels. Few of the large nanoparticles are visible in the bottom left panel, while the smaller nanoparticles have penetrated well, as seen in the bottom right panel.

Size matters in drug delivery

Tumor study reveals size limitations for new drugs

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DateApril 11, 2012July 22, 2019

Zachary Hamed '14 (left) chats with Stanford sophomore John Yang-Sammataro (right) during the trip to Silicon Valley.

Nurturing the seeds of innovation

Harvard’s resources, networks help students turn ideas into social change

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DateMarch 29, 2012July 25, 2019

“ 'Harvard's Great Teachers' is a video series that showcases our faculty sharing their ideas, talking about what they do in the classroom, very much in the liberal arts tradition,” said FAS Dean Michael D. Smith. Among the faculty members who will appear in the initial set of videos is Thomas F. Kelly, the Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music, (pictured).

A peek into Harvard classrooms

Video series highlights University’s exceptional teachers

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DateMarch 28, 2012July 19, 2019

Katia Bertoldi, assistant professor in applied mechanics at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, with postdoctoral fellow Jongmin Shim.

Buckling under pressure

Geometric study leads to a new type of compressible capsule

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DateMarch 27, 2012

Wood to receive Alan T. Waterman Award

NSF’s most prestigious award recognizes outstanding early-career research

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DateMarch 8, 2012

The Harvard Monolithic Bee (or "Mobee") pops up within an assembly scaffold, which performs more than 20 origami assembly folds.

‘Pop!’ goes the robot

In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life

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DateFebruary 17, 2012

Designing in the human context

IDEO workshop at SEAS pushes the limits

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DateFebruary 1, 2012April 18, 2019

T. Fettah Koşar, a principal scientist and facility manager at the Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems, taught a mini-course on aerodynamics, taking students up in a light aircraft to view physics in action.

Physics at 2,500 feet

Koşar teaches aerodynamics from the cockpit

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DateJanuary 30, 2012April 26, 2019

“We are very excited about the Experiment Fund; we believe it will provide a much-needed set of people, skills, and financial resources to spur the innovation and idea creation of our students,” says Cherry A. Murray, dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Early-stage venture fund launches

New resource will serve local students and alumni worldwide

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DateJanuary 27, 2012

Brothers David (front left) and Yakir Reshef (front right) developed a tool to evaluate massive data sets under the guidance of advisers Michael Mitzenmacher, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science, and Pardis Sabeti, assistant professor of organismic and evolutionary biology.

Dealing with data

Researchers create versatile, sweeping data-analysis tool

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DateDecember 16, 2011March 6, 2019

Student greeters in Angry Birds costumes provided a hint of the inspired thinking on display at the annual CS 50 Fair.

Creative pursuits

Undergrads show off programming projects at CS 50 Fair

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DateDecember 13, 2011March 20, 2019

To stop and say thanks

Harvard faculty, staff, and students attend sessions lauding colleagues

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DateNovember 17, 2011April 8, 2019

Columbine pollinators include bees, which prefer short, curled spurs; hummingbirds, which enjoy short, straight spurs; and hawkmoths (shown here), which can dig into long, slender spurs.

Tailored to fit

Flowers change to match pollinators’ tongues, causing dramatic diversity

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DateNovember 17, 2011April 16, 2019

Harvard researchers have demonstrated a new design for LEDs by nestling quantum dots in an insulating structure that resembles an egg crate.

SEAS brings good things to light

Inventive technique resolves problems with quantum-dot LEDs

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DateNovember 16, 2011April 17, 2019

Computer scientists identify Yelp security leak

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DateNovember 4, 2011May 15, 2019

Crowdsourcing nutrition in a snap

PlateMate proves the wisdom of the (well-managed) crowd

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DateNovember 2, 2011

"In the 3-D case, the more complex and branched the arteries were, the longer it took to complete the patient diagnosis, and the lower the accuracy was," said lead author Michelle Borkin (right), a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Borkin, SEAS Professor Hanspeter Pfister (left), and their colleagues relied on the input of physicians and others with clinical or laboratory imaging experience throughout the process. Photo by Eliza Grinnell/SEAS

A better view of heart disease

Simpler approach to diagnosis is superior, researchers find

Health|

DateOctober 29, 2011March 6, 2019

Harvard staffer Miguel Espejo uses rain water to wash Harvard Shuttles. Harvard's Transportation Services reuses rainwater at 175 North Harvard St. to wash 250 University vehicles a week, saving 25,000 gallons annually.

Fewer drops to drink

Harvard experts work to solve world’s growing water problems

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DateOctober 26, 2011July 26, 2019

De-identified prescription data: Is it really anonymous? Latanya Sweeney aims to make personal data more secure and to provide recourse for people who are harmed by privacy breaches.

You’re not so anonymous

Medical data sold to analytics firms might be used to track identities

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DateOctober 18, 2011April 17, 2019

The optical table in the Crozier lab at Harvard SEAS.

Next big thing: Improved tiny tweezers

‘Next-generation’ optical tweezers trap tightly without overheating

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DateSeptember 26, 2011June 6, 2019

The digestive tracts of chick (from left), quail, zebra finch, and mouse embryos are shown with the mesenteric tissue still attached. The top row shows the relative size of the eggs (or embryo, in the case of the mammal).

What’s behind the predictably loopy gut

Researchers find its elastic neighbor helps in the coiling

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DateAugust 11, 2011July 19, 2019

The "Watermark Ink" technology has only become possible due to a seamless fusion and interaction between chemistry, optics, condensed matter, and fluidics. (A) In the prototype device, the chip appears blank in the air. When dipped in varying concentrations of ethanol, however, it reveals new markings. (B) Because all liquids exhibit a surface tension, this indicator has the potential to be used to differentiate between liquids of any type.

What’s in a liquid

‘Watermark Ink’ device identifies unknown fluids instantly

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DateAugust 9, 2011May 9, 2019

“Transformation comes from within,” said Ela Bhatt, whose union work with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India has transformed the lives of more than a million women in her country. Bhatt was honored on May 27 with the Radcliffe Medal.

Transforming from within

In Radcliffe Day address, women’s organizer urges empowerment

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DateMay 27, 2011July 19, 2019

William Marks '12 and Nico Hawley-Weld '12 were among 16 SEAS undergraduates whose project for ES 96 involved analysis of Cambridge argillite 1,500 feet below Radcliffe Yard.

Deep knowledge

Undergrads’ project outlines wider potential of geothermal wells

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DateMay 20, 2011June 14, 2019

National Academy of Engineering elects Narayanamurti

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DateMay 18, 2011

Cambridge students showcased their science and engineering projects as part of a citywide science festival. In a tent near Harvard's Pierce Hall, student Lillian Blanchard (center) discussed her research.

Young pioneers of science

Harvard hosts festival for Cambridge 8th-graders

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DateMay 5, 2011July 10, 2019

Lahiru Jayatilaka (above) and Krzysztof Gajos at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have helped develop a new and improved means of finding and removing land mines from current and former war zones. The new system uses smartphones with the conventional metal detectors to help de-miners better visualize what they are detecting.

Targeting leftover land mines

New smartphone-aided technology makes dangerous task easier

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DateMay 4, 2011May 2, 2019

Tina Tchen '78, winner of the Harvard College Women's Professional Leadership Award, speaks with a friend before the ceremony at the Charles Hotel.

Honors among women

Tchen, Ballard receive leadership awards for service, influence

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DateApril 21, 2011July 22, 2019

Two panel discussions, organized by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, examined the “promise and perils” of creating digital repositories of genetic records. The second session, moderated by Jonathan Zittrain (far right, standing), examined the policy implications of an individual’s right to access, control, and interpret his or her own genetic data. Panelists included Michelle Caggana (from left), Dan Vorhaus, John Schumann, Gaia Bernstein, and Art Beaudet.

Ethics and genetics in the digital age

Can privacy, individual autonomy, and scientific enterprise coexist?

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DateApril 21, 2011June 14, 2019

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SEAS professor sees possibilities in health, manufacturing

Tumor study reveals size limitations for new drugs

Harvard’s resources, networks help students turn ideas into social change

Video series highlights University’s exceptional teachers

Geometric study leads to a new type of compressible capsule

NSF’s most prestigious award recognizes outstanding early-career research

In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life

IDEO workshop at SEAS pushes the limits

Koşar teaches aerodynamics from the cockpit

New resource will serve local students and alumni worldwide

Researchers create versatile, sweeping data-analysis tool

Undergrads show off programming projects at CS 50 Fair

Harvard faculty, staff, and students attend sessions lauding colleagues

Flowers change to match pollinators’ tongues, causing dramatic diversity

Inventive technique resolves problems with quantum-dot LEDs

PlateMate proves the wisdom of the (well-managed) crowd

Simpler approach to diagnosis is superior, researchers find

Harvard experts work to solve world’s growing water problems

Medical data sold to analytics firms might be used to track identities

‘Next-generation’ optical tweezers trap tightly without overheating

Researchers find its elastic neighbor helps in the coiling

‘Watermark Ink’ device identifies unknown fluids instantly

In Radcliffe Day address, women’s organizer urges empowerment

Undergrads’ project outlines wider potential of geothermal wells

Harvard hosts festival for Cambridge 8th-graders

New smartphone-aided technology makes dangerous task easier

Tchen, Ballard receive leadership awards for service, influence

Can privacy, individual autonomy, and scientific enterprise coexist?

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