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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congrats to @urochester.bsky.social's William Renninger, a 2026 @moorefound.bsky.social Experimental Physics Investigator. His lab studies how light and sound interact, with applications in quantum computing, networking, and dark matter detection 🐝 #MoorePhysics www.rochester.edu/newscenter/w...
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Pairing light and sound to explore new frontiers in physics
URochester researcher William Renninger is named one of 21 new Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ten @urochester.bsky.social student interns recently helped 10 NY–based startups, small businesses, and nonprofits harness the power of data science and AI, giving students real-world experience to help local businesses improve their bottom lines #ROC www.rochester.edu/newscenter/i...
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URochester students help New York small businesses harness data and AI
The New York State Center of Excellence in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence connected 10 local businesses with student interns.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Stephen Fantone ’79 (PhD) and Betsy Fantone's $600K gift, matched to $1.5M via the Wyant Optics Challenge, endows a professorship at @urochester.bsky.social's Institute of Optics. 🐝Learn more: everbetter.rochester.edu/stephen-d-fa... #URochester #Optics #ForEverBetter
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Stephen D. Fantone ’79 (PhD) and Elizabeth Fantone establish an early-career professorship in optics - For Ever Better Campaign
As part of For Ever Better: The Campaign for the University of Rochester, Stephen D. Fantone ’79 (PhD) and Elizabeth “Betsy” Fantone have established an endowed early-career professorship at the Unive...
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dozens of @urochester.bsky.social alumni helped design, build, and test the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will let scientists survey the cosmos like never before www.rochester.edu/newscenter/n...
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Helping NASA see the universe in a new light Nancy Grace Roman Telescope: How URochester is giving NASA a lift
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will let scientists survey the cosmos like never before, thanks in part to dozens of URochester alumni.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Mechanical engineers at @urochester.bsky.social are part of a new NSF-funded center focused on predicting—and ultimately controlling—turbulence by combining experiments, theory, simulations, and AI #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/n...
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Can scientists predict—and control—turbulence?
URochester joins a new NSF–funded Science and Technology center to find the answers by combining experiments, theory, simulations, and AI.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Researchers at @urochester.bsky.social hit an important FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies. The technology has the potential to reduce reliance on animal models for drug testing #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/f...
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Could FDA-evaluated tissue chips succeed where animal testing falls short?
URochester researchers hit an FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies.
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New article from @marcoslabur.bsky.social Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Optical Coherence Elastography Reveals Protocol-Dependent Corneal Stiffening in Epi-On and Epi-Off Riboflavin Crosslinking. #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1167/tvst... @urengineering.bsky.social
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Air-Coupled Ultrasonic Optical Coherence Elastography Reveals Protocol-Dependent Corneal Stiffening in Epi-On and Epi-Off Riboflavin Crosslinking | TVST | ARVO Journals
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Thinking about a PhD? @urochester.bsky.social Professor Darren Lipomi offers candid advice on choosing a graduate program, finding the right advisor, funding your education, and building a career in research #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...
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Thinking about a PhD? Your biggest questions, answered How to choose a PhD program and advisor
Candid advice on choosing a graduate program, finding the right advisor, funding your education, and building a career in research.
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Peter Murphy’s #PhD defense! Chasing the cell that encodes defocus signals. #AdaptiveOptics #RGCs #Myopia. Truly enjoyed the work & presentation #RochesterOptics @cvsuor.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social. 📷 Committee Members with Dr Murphy & advisor Prof David Williams
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🎓BME PhD Defense: Antonio Ladron-de-Guevara-Ruiz 📜 "Brain-State and Vascular Regulation of Periarterial Cerebrospinal Fluid Transport” 🗓️8/28/26 9:30AM 🎈 K-307 (3-6408, Med Center) & on Zoom 🧪 Supervised by Dr. Maiken Nedergaard 🔗 events.rochester.edu/event/bme-ph... @urengineering.bsky.social
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We're proud to be part of this coalition focused on building an internationally competitive technology and innovation cluster in the region focused on laser technologies! Thank you to the NSF and our elected officials for the support! #ROC
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ever since Eastman School of Music PhD student Jacob Factor first picked up the French horn, he has battled through pain from a rare throat condition. He harmonized with experts at @urmed.bsky.social and the Hajim School to design an out-of-this-world solution that has him playing better than ever.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Good luck to @urochester.bsky.social's Yellowjacket Racing this weekend as they compete against 100 teams from across the US, Canada, and South America in the Baja SAE New York event in nearby Palmyra. #Meliora
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
While in Valencia, I had the opportunity to participate in site visits, colloquia with young investigators and social hours with the Jaime I committee members, which comprised 25 @nobelprize.org laureates. 👇delightful conversations with Prof Stephen Chu @urochester.bsky.social alumni
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Flaum Eye Institute @flaumeye.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
June is marked as Vision Research Month. At Flaum, we are so grateful to all of our researchers and their work in researching the next generations of cures, treatments, and ways to improve vision for everyone.
Flaum Eye Institute researchers posing for a group photo on stairs. 10 people, four males and six females.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Yanan Guo from the Department of Computer Science, who won a Distinguished Paper award at the 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy #URochesterResearch
Assistant Professor Yanan Guo holds up an award certificate while standing onstage beside two other people at a conference.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This exciting new research about how the brain’s cleaning mechanisms work was led by Professor Douglas Kelley and published in Advances. Here’s a link to the full study: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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MR-AIV reveals in vivo brain-wide fluid flow with physics-informed AI
Physics-informed AI reveals brain fluid flow from MRI, key to understanding brain health and neurological diseases.
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New pub from @marcoslabur.bsky.social in BOE: Single-shot, depth-encoded multiplexed OCT for multi-spot tracking of induced transient corneal dynamics. #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1364/BOE.... @urengineering.bsky.social
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Single-shot, depth-encoded multiplexed OCT for multi-spot tracking of induced transient corneal dynamics
Fast, non-repeatable transient mechanical events in soft and scattering media are challenging to quantify because they demand high temporal bandwidth, high displacement sensitivity, and multi-point spatial...
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Turning ocean water into pure drinking water—no chemicals, no pollution. 💧 URochester researchers are using lasers to make materials that pull water uphill and leave salt behind—achieving nearly 100% salt removal. bit.ly/4wQMl1M #URochesterResearch
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Alumnus Siddhartha “Sid” Dalal ’71 (MA), ’73S (MBA), ’76 (PhD) and his children—Nemil Dalal and Preeyel Dalal ’06—have committed more than $1 million to establish the Dalal Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in AI Ethics at @urochester.bsky.social #Meliora everbetter.rochester.edu/dalal-family...
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Dalal family establishes fellowship in artificial intelligence ethics - For Ever Better Campaign
As part of For Ever Better: The Campaign for the University of Rochester, Siddhartha “Sid” Dalal ’71 (MA), ’73S (MBA), ’76 (PhD) and his children—Nemil Dalal and Preeyel Dalal ’06—have committed more ...
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It’s time. 💙💛 The University Commencement Ceremony on Friday and other school and department graduation ceremonies on Friday and Saturday will be livestreamed. 🔗 Check out the full livestream schedule: uofr.us/3P3NylD
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This week nearly 700 students will graduate from the @urochester.bsky.social's Hajim School and @sethvoorheestv.bsky.social caught up with a few seniors as they presented their final capstone projects on Design Day #URochesterResearch @uofrbme.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rocheste...
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Meet the U of R's high-tech problem solvers of the future
A year of long hours and hard work has come to this point, for University of Rochester engineering students.
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The University of Rochester Class of 2026 is shaping what’s next—these leaders, creators, and changemakers are ready to make their mark. 🎓 www.rochester.edu/commencement/clas… #URochester2026
Collage of 25 individual photos of students.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Last night we met our challenge! More than 125 donors gave to the Hajim School for Day of Giving, unlocking an additional $25,000 thanks to Wendi Heinzelman, John and Barbara Bruning Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. give.rochester.edu/schools/Univ...
Challenge complete! 125 donors unlocked $25,000 thanks to Wendi Heinzelman.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Match complete! Hajim School $100+ donors contributed $15,000 for Day of Giving and were matched dollar-for-dollar by alumnus Scott DeGhetto ’87. Your gift today still makes a difference. If you haven't already, support the Hajim School before 11:59 p.m. ET: give.rochester.edu/schools/Univ...
Match has been met! Gifts of $100+ were matched 1:1 thanks to Scott DeGhetto '87.
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The VivoFlux​ team of Chloe (Kaihua) Chen (BME PhD Alumni ’25), Isabelle Linares (BME PhD Candidate ’26), and PhD student Kevin Ling (BME PhD Candidate ’26) earn recognition at Rice Business Plan Competition. www.hajim.rochester.edu/bme/news-eve...
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BME students earn recognition at Rice Business Plan Competition
The Hajim School and the Ain Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation were proud to support a team of outstanding biomedical engineers to travel to
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This is our moment. For 24 hours, the @urochester.bsky.social community is coming together to make a difference. And right now, your gift to the Hajim School goes further through special matches and challenges! Make your impact today #URochesterGives give.rochester.edu/schools/Univ...
Hajim School challenge! 125 donors unlocks $25,000 thanks to Wendi Heinzelman.Hajim School match! Gifts of $100+ will be matched 1:1 thanks to Scott DeGhetto ‘87.
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Art or science? Why not both? The Ed and Barbara Hajim Art of Science Competition (urengineering.bsky.social) showcases the aesthetic beauty that results when science, art, and technology intersect. 🔗 Read more about this year's winners: uofr.us/4uld44C
3 students posing with their winning art pieces. Close-up of the gills of a pink oyster mushroom.intricate pencil rendering of a structure featuring clocks and other symbols of knowledge. sketch of a DNA molecule made of string.
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🎉 Huge congratulations to #URochesterBME senior Annika Deans and alum Devin Wong on earning #NSF Graduate Research Fellowships! A major achievement that highlights their research excellence and future impact in #STEM. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4w9uczj4 #NSFGRFP #GRFP @urengineering.bsky.social #Meliora!
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Annika Deans and Devin Wong Named NSF GRFP Fellows
Annika Deans (BS BME student, ’26) and Devin Wong (BS BME alumna, ’25) have been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Resear
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A new AI method translates plain-language prompts into experimental procedures, streamlining the discovery and synthesis of novel materials for applications such as carbon dioxide conversion. doi.org/hbxfdv
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AI turns plain-language prompts into lab-ready recipes for novel materials
Advances in artificial intelligence promise to help chemical engineers discover complex new materials. These materials could be used for reactions such as turning carbon dioxide into fuel, but technical barriers have limited catalysis adoption so far.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Can AI help cut catalyst development from a decade+ to just a year? Research in ACS Central Science shows how LLMs can accelerate materials discovery. ARPA-E will invest nearly $3 million to advance the tech @acs.org Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a... Study: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Researchers use large language models to discover recipes for novel materials
The LLMs can discover optimal, step-by-step instructions to accelerate the discovery of new materials.
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Left brain or right? At URochester, we wonder: why not both?
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
A shout-out to Aldo Tecse @uofrbme.bsky.social @marcoslabur.bsky.social #BuckleyLab @cvsuor.bsky.social, presenting today in #GraduateResearch Day @urengineering.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social #URochesterResearch #CornealBiomechanics #OCE
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
#AdaptiveOptics: From #Astromony to the #Eye. Peter Wizinowich, Chief of Technical Development at the WM Keck Observatory in Hawaii visits @cvsuor.bsky.social #RochesterOptics @urengineering.bsky.social. Here with Tianlun, Sabya & Aina discussing one of our #AO Visual Simulators 🔭➡️👁️
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Welcome Adhiti Ramasubramanian & Eduardo Lujan 1st year PhD Students in @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social rotating in our lab, contributing to #SHG & #OCE research projects @marcoslabur.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🔷BME Colloquium Seminar 🗓️Date: 04/28/26, 8:30 AM 📣Wei Ouyang, PhD 📄Title: “Bioelectronics for Organ-Centered Care” 🎈Goergen Hall 101, or on Zoom! 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... #URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium @urengineering.bsky.social
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A new squeezed phonon laser developed by @urochester.bsky.social and @rittigers.bsky.social researchers provides nanoscale control over phonons, which could tell us about gravity, particle acceleration, and quantum physics. Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/w... Paper: www.doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Quantum researchers engineer extremely precise phonon lasers
The lasers developed by University of Rochester researchers utilize individual particles of vibration or sound to measure quantum mechanics.
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Meet Robusto! UR Baja SAE Yellowjacket Racing unveiled their 2026 car, designed and built by teams of URochester students from majors across the University. The team will compete against more than 100 other colleges at off-road racing events over the summer. Go Yellowjackets!
Close up of a baja racing car painted in blue and yellow.Group of students pull a white tarp off of a baja racing car to reveal it to a crowd of onlookers. Group of students posing with their baja racing car. Looking down onto a baja racing car surround by a crowd of students.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Professor Zhen Bai and her computer science students participated in the @museumofplay.bsky.social's annual Deaf Day of Play this weekend, showing their AI-powered technologies to help hearing families learn ASL together with their Deaf and hard-of-hearing children www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a...
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MarcosLab UR @marcoslabur.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Great job by Sabyasachi Goswami in his @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social #GraduateStudent Lunch Talk. Impressive results aiming at understanding #vision, #accommodation, #oculardominance with CLs for #myopia control & #monovision @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social #NEI
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
How will augmented reality reshape the way humans interact with computers on a daily basis? Barry Silverstein, director of @urochester.bsky.social Center for eXtended Reality, discussed it on Connections with @evandawson1.bsky.social on @wxxirochester.bsky.social www.wxxinews.org/show/connect...
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Are you ready for augmented reality?
In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 3/19/26, a former Meta employee breaks down the ways he expects augmented reality will become a routine part of our lives.
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
🔷BME Colloquium Seminar 🗓️Date: 03/26/26, 8:30 AM 📣Mohamed Ghanem, PhD 📄Title: “Acoustic radiation force and its applications” 🎈Goergen Hall 101, or on Zoom! 🔗 Event Page: events.rochester.edu/event/bme-se... #URochester #URochesterBME #BME #colloquium @urengineering.bsky.social
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University of Rochester BME (Biomedical Engineering) @uofrbme.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Interested in #orthotics and #prosthetics? Join the UR BMES student chapter for a #CareerTalk featuring URMC O&P residents, who will share insights on the field and the #biomechanics behind it. 📅 Wednesday, 3/25 ⏰ 5:30 PM 📍 Dewey 1-101 #BME #URochesterBME @urengineering.bsky.social
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Illustrations by Hajim students have graced the covers of several notable journals recently. Sinhara Perera's work graced the front cover of the latest issue of EES Catalysis, and Felix Wong created the back cover of the February issue of Advanced Optical Materials. Well done!
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Cardenas Lab @cardenaslab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
03/09-12/2026 Students, faculty, and professionals participate in the AIM Photonics PIC testing and packaging workshop. @urengineering.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
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University of Rochester @urochester.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Just 15 projects nationwide were named National Science Foundation (NSF) Engine national finalists—only one from New York State, led by the University of Rochester Learn much more about the URochester-led STELLAR project: uofr.us/4cEudkk
Posed group photo of researchers and officials visiting the innovation space at Sibley Square.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
For a little fun before spring break, mechanical engineering students in the ME 205 Senior Design class taught by Professor Chris Muir designed and built remote-controlled cars mounted with Barbies and put them to the test in a 12-team double elimination contest.
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Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences @urengineering.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Happy Engineers Week! 🎉 We’re very proud of the @urochester.bsky.social students, faculty, and alumni who push boundaries, ask questions, and create solutions that make a difference. ⚙️💙🐝 #engineeringstudent #urochester #hajimschoolofengineering #engineersweek
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
NEW paper from @marcoslabur.bsky.social Photobonding of silk fibroin-based hydrogels to rabbit corneas. doi.org/10.3389/fbio... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Photobonding of silk fibroin-based hydrogels to rabbit corneas
IntroductionCorneal abrasions are common ocular injuries characterized by the loss of epithelial cells. Severe cases are often treated with amniotic membrane...
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UR Center for Visual Science @cvsuor.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
1of2) NEW publication from Jannick Rolland in Optics Express: A new design method optimizes large-scale metasurfaces with many parts while modeling near-field coupling also known as crosstalk... doi.org/10.1364/OE.5... #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social
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