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Nano signals
4.07.08

UGA scientists, engineers help develop biosensors to detect breakdowns in food safety and public health..... read more

Musical movement
2.18.08

Collaboration between engineering, music faculty helps turn art of conducting into a science..... read more

Critical shortages and the need for innovation
2.04.08

Global climate change expert outlines stark reality of biofuels..... read more

University's Tunisia program receives international award
1.28.08

The award will be accepted by Takoi Hamrita, engineering professor and the partnership’s founding director, in New York at the United Nations building March 13..... read more

Schnoor, national expert, to discuss climate change
1.22.08

The great convergence of the desire for energy security with the need to mitigate global warming has spawned potential solutions in the area of bio­fuels that meet the needs of both..... read more

National Academy of Engineering president emeritus to lecture at UGA
9.05.07

Fifty years after Sputnik, the basic premises of engineering education are under critical review.... read more Guide

USAID partnership links UGA, Mexican universities
6.22.07

Partnership to focus on production of biofuels in the agricultural sector.... read more additional stories photo

EcoNet reflects growth of UGA leadership in engineering, ecology
5.29.07

Researchers around the world benefit from new ecological modeling website developed by UGA engineering professor Caner Kazanci.... read more

New biofuel from trees developed at UGA: Still-unnamed fuel can be blended with biodiesel, petroleum diesel; Has potential to boost Georgia’s economy
5.18.07

A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new biofuel derived from wood chips..... read more...additional stories

Tunisia honors UGA engineering professor for work on Middle East partnership
5.04.07

The president of Tunisia has bestowed one of his country’s highest honors upon his fellow citizen and UGA engineering professor Takoi K. Hamrita.... read more

UGA researchers design tiny “natural motors” that could one day improve drug delivery
4.20.07

A team of physicists from the University of Georgia has demonstrated for the first time a new technique to create tiny “natural motors” that could lead to new methods of drug delivery, disease treatment and bioengineering.... read more

Seminar series explores role of engineering in society
3.16.07

Impact of engineering – whether on debates over public policy issues or the search for next-generation wonder drugs – growing with the increased complexity of society... read more

The Art of Science exhibit presents collaboration, scale in context
3.14.07

The exhibit, The Art of Science: Nanostructures Un-Structured, shows the work of Zhao and Pan with input from artist Michael Oliveri in a collaboration that demonstrates the interdisciplinary collaboration happening at UGA.... read more

UGA engineering professor selected as distinguished lecturer on green building, sustainability
2.08.07

ASHRAE selects UGA Faculty of Engineering member Tom Lawrence... read more              UGA Engineer Tom Lawrence leads ASHRAE workshop in Dubai on green design and sustainable design practices.

Order of the Engineer Ceremony
12.20.06

The first-ever Order of the Engineer ceremony was held at UGA... read more

Waste not, want not
Columns, 11.13.06

UGA Researchers look for ways to turn waste products into fuels. read more

Student audit of engineering center could save energy costs
Columns, 09.11.06

UGA This semester, seven students armed with sensors, datat loggers and other devices will popke around Driftmier Engineering center searching for ways... read more

Lasting Impression:
Columns, 08.28.06

UGA Summer service-learning course in Tunisia brings history to life for students read more

International insight: Course incorporates global realities into curriculum
Columns, 04.24.06

UGA engineering professor William Kisaalita is making it possible for students to experience world issues firsthand and participate in finding solutions read more

UGA-Tunisia project brings virtual university to reality
Columns, 03.27.06

A delegation of Tunisian professors arrived at UGA last week to take part in the second phase of the UGA-Tunisia Educational partnership read more

University Researches Alternative Fuels
Athens Banner-Herald, 01.24.06

Byproducts from tree harvests could be put to new uses at UGA biorefinery read more

A Matter of Degrees
Columns, 01.17.06

Faculty of Engineering director discusses progress on one of the UGA's strategic intitiatives read more

Engineering Conference to Spotlight Students
Columns, 10.10.05

Details on the Second Annual UGA engineering conference read more

Emerging New Discipline
Columns, 02.28.05

Upcoming conference at UGA will meld engineering, ecology read more

Benefits of Biomass Plentiful
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 02.15.05

Dale Threadgill, Director of the Faculty of Engineering, pens Op-ed discussing the global warming, rural economic development and energy security benefits of biorefining read more

Faculty from Tunisia visit UGA
Columns, 03.29.04

Thirty professors from Tunisia are spending three weeks at UGA, engaging in training and discussions in higher education management and distance learning read more

Learning Laboratory
Columns, 03.22.04

Ecolodge in Costa Rica gives engineering students study-abroad experience, opportunities for research read more

Q & A with NanoSEC Director Bill Dennis
Columns, 02.23.04

Faculty of Engineering member and NanoSEC Director Bill Dennis talks about exciting new work at the molecular scale read more

UGA Engineering Researchers awarded $1 million NSF grant
Columns, 09.02.03

Faculty of Engineering researchers have been awarded a $1 million NSF grant to develop nanoscale biosensors read more

UGA Physics professor David S. Landau discusses ethics instruction
Columns, 09.08.03

Faculty of Engineering professor Landau Q & A about teaching and learning about ethics in the liberal arts environment read more

Engineering Outreach Director Tom Adams discusses biofuels in Georgia
Columns, 03.31.03

UGA Engineering Outreach and the Faculty of Engineering have been integrally involved in advancing new fuel sources. read more

Engineers team up with businesses for new designs
Columns, 04.21.03

UGA Engineering senior design students gain valuable experience and provide companies with fresh ideas on a wide range of products and problems.
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Engineering Degree Proposals Advance
Columns, 02.06.03
The University of Georgia Council approved six new Engineering degrees
. Engineering Degree Proposals Advance.
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UGA delegation begins project planning and Tunisian leaders
Columns, 01.27.03
Takoi Hamrita, associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering, and Ed Simpson, Distinguished Public Service Fellow in the Institute of Higher Education, traveled to Tunisia over the year-end break as part of the next stage in a grant awarded to Hamrita by the U.S. Department of State this past fall.
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UGA Bus Discovers Driftmier
Red and Black, 01.09.03
Beginning in January, 2003, the North/South Bus will pass Driftmier Engineering Center on Ag Drive in both directions, bringing a new level of access and service to Engineering at UGA.
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Professor works to improve efficacy of cancer drugs
Columns, 10.28.02
Pharmaceutics professor works to improve efficacy of cancer drugs and lower their toxicity in the body.
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University receives governor's award for pollution prevention
Columns, 09.30.02
The University of Georgia was named a winner in the 2002 Governor's Pollution Preventions Awards. Engineering faculty, alongside the Physical Plant and the Cooperative Extention Service, were recognized in the presentation of the award.
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Shifting Gears
Columns, 09.09.02
Faculty of Engineering welcomes largest first-year class.

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The Hondurus Connection
Columns, 09.03.02
Engineering faculty and the New Meadia Institute collaborate in Hondurus.
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OVPR Announces Grant Recipients
The Office of the Vice-President for Research announced the winners of Engineering grants funded through the University of Georgia Research Foundation.
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