Latest news from University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/electrochemical-process-separates-valuable-industrial-chemicals-from-animal-waste/?sc=rsin /articles/electrochemical-process-separates-valuable-industrial-chemicals-from-animal-waste/?sc=rsin Thu, 27 Mar 2025 18:40:03 EST A collaboration between chemical engineers and animal scientists has created a system for recovering valuable industrial chemicals from animal waste, representing a major step towards circularity and environmental sustainability. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/hypersonic-simulation-in-3d-exposes-new-disturbances/?sc=rsin /articles/hypersonic-simulation-in-3d-exposes-new-disturbances/?sc=rsin Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:20:46 EST At hypersonic speeds, complexities occur when the gases interact with the surface of the vehicle such as boundary layers and shock waves. Researchers in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were able to observe new disturbances in simulations conducted for the first time in 3D. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/new-crispr-based-diagnostic-test-detects-pathogens-in-blood-without-amplification/?sc=rsin /articles/new-crispr-based-diagnostic-test-detects-pathogens-in-blood-without-amplification/?sc=rsin Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:50:49 EST University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/new-3d-printing-method-replicates-nature-s-finest-fibers/?sc=rsin /articles/new-3d-printing-method-replicates-nature-s-finest-fibers/?sc=rsin Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:20:38 EST Grainger Engineering professors in Mechanical Science and Engineering, Sameh Tawfick and Randy Ewoldt, as well as doctoral candidate M. Tanver Hossain, and external collaborators have addressed this need with their cutting-edge embedded 3D-printing technique. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/new-research-sheds-light-on-using-multiple-cubesats-for-in-space-servicing-and-repair-missions/?sc=rsin /articles/new-research-sheds-light-on-using-multiple-cubesats-for-in-space-servicing-and-repair-missions/?sc=rsin Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:20:17 EST Researchers in the Department of Aerospace Engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering say their method minimizes fuel consumption, guarantees that servicing agents never come closer to each other than 5 meters, and can be used to solve pathway guidance problems that aren't space related. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/illuminating-an-asymmetric-gap-in-a-topological-antiferromagnet/?sc=rsin /articles/illuminating-an-asymmetric-gap-in-a-topological-antiferromagnet/?sc=rsin Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:40:19 EST A new study led by Illinois Grainger Engineering Physics Professor Fahad Mahmood now reports the experimental discovery of a hidden gap in the electronic band structure of the intrinsic magnetic TI manganese bismuth telluride (MnBi2Te4). University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/flexible-electronics-integrated-with-paper-thin-structure-for-use-in-space/?sc=rsin /articles/flexible-electronics-integrated-with-paper-thin-structure-for-use-in-space/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:45:06 EST Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign successfully integrated flexible electronics with a three-ply, self-deployable boom that weighs only about 20 grams. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/study-introduces-a-new-and-useful-definition-of-sustainable-aviation/?sc=rsin /articles/study-introduces-a-new-and-useful-definition-of-sustainable-aviation/?sc=rsin Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:05:31 EST Illinois Grainger Engineering researchers examined sustainable aviation as a process that connects communities and mobilizes people, goods, and services--all while minimizing negative impacts on human health, fostering a productive quality of life, and conserving natural resources. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/a-mission-design-for-servicing-telescopes-in-space/?sc=rsin /articles/a-mission-design-for-servicing-telescopes-in-space/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:05:51 EST The fate of telescopes in space is looking better now that they are being designed to be serviceable. Illinois Grainger Engineering researchers developed a servicing plan that can be applied to future space observatories based on current missions such as the James Webb Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Gaia. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/a-new-milestone-in-the-study-of-octopus-arms/?sc=rsin /articles/a-new-milestone-in-the-study-of-octopus-arms/?sc=rsin Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:00:14 EST Newly published research by Grainger Engineers in Mechanical Science and Engineering describes an unprecedented computational model that captures the intricate muscular architecture of an octopus arm. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/using-multimode-propulsion-for-more-efficient-trips-in-space/?sc=rsin /articles/using-multimode-propulsion-for-more-efficient-trips-in-space/?sc=rsin Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:40:57 EST Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explore how a multimode propulsion system that integrates both a chemical high-thrust mode and an electric low-thrust mode--while using the same propellant--can succeed. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/ordered-defects-may-be-key-for-solution-deposited-semiconductors/?sc=rsin /articles/ordered-defects-may-be-key-for-solution-deposited-semiconductors/?sc=rsin Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:05:57 EST A new solution deposition process for semiconductors yields high-performing transistors by introducing more defects, counterintuitively. Researchers used these devices to construct high-speed logic circuits and an operational high-resolution inorganic LED display. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/deepspace-design-tool-takes-a-concept-to-a-multitude-of-configurations/?sc=rsin /articles/deepspace-design-tool-takes-a-concept-to-a-multitude-of-configurations/?sc=rsin Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:05:43 EST The new design software developed by an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign takes your concept and requirements and rapidly generates design configurations from conventional to out-of-this-world, including a 3D CAD model and performance evaluations. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/thermal-effects-in-spintronics-systematically-assessed-for-first-time/?sc=rsin /articles/thermal-effects-in-spintronics-systematically-assessed-for-first-time/?sc=rsin Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:05:27 EST A new experimental technique, reported by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the journal APL Materials, directly measures heating in spintronic devices, allowing direct comparison to other effects. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/vishveshwara-seamlessly-weaves-science-and-art-together/?sc=rsin /articles/vishveshwara-seamlessly-weaves-science-and-art-together/?sc=rsin Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:05:18 EST Her father was a renowned physicist who studied black holes, and her mother is a prominent molecular biophysicist. You could say that physics is in her DNA. But physics isn't the only thing in Illinois Grainger Engineering professor Smitha Vishveshwara's blood; so are the arts. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/controlling-molecular-electronics-with-rigid-ladder-like-molecules/?sc=rsin /articles/controlling-molecular-electronics-with-rigid-ladder-like-molecules/?sc=rsin Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:05:34 EST University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers report a unique strategy for controlling molecular conductance by using molecules with rigid backbones--such as ladder-type molecules, known as being shape-persistent. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/using-machine-learning-to-speed-up-simulations-of-irregularly-shaped-particles/?sc=rsin /articles/using-machine-learning-to-speed-up-simulations-of-irregularly-shaped-particles/?sc=rsin Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:05:32 EST Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have trained neural networks to predict interactions between irregularly shaped particles to accelerate molecular dynamics simulations. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/arpa-h-project-to-pioneer-rapid-manufacturing-of-tumor-models/?sc=rsin /articles/arpa-h-project-to-pioneer-rapid-manufacturing-of-tumor-models/?sc=rsin Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:05:18 EST Advanced imaging and AI will power the manufacture of any cancer at the push of a button. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/halogen-bonding-for-selective-electrochemical-separation-path-to-sustainable-chemical-processing-demonstrated/?sc=rsin /articles/halogen-bonding-for-selective-electrochemical-separation-path-to-sustainable-chemical-processing-demonstrated/?sc=rsin Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:05:40 EST With a new polymer that only attracts certain substances from solutions when electrically activated, researchers have taken a major step towards sustainable chemical separation. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering /articles/1m-nsf-advance-project-to-promote-equity-for-stem-faculty-at-illinois/?sc=rsin /articles/1m-nsf-advance-project-to-promote-equity-for-stem-faculty-at-illinois/?sc=rsin Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:05:36 EST The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has won a three-year, $1 million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to mitigate barriers that impede the advancement of underrepresented STEM faculty across the Urbana-Champaign campus. University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering