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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certifies First Small Nuclear Reactor Design

March
2023
For the first time, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) design for use in power plants.

Functional Proteins Created by Artificial Intelligence

March
2023
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can generate protein sequences that work as well or better than natural proteins.

Airport Wastewater Monitoring Tracks the Spread of COVID-19

March
2023
Monitoring wastewater at airports could be an effective public health tool for tracking COVID-19 across borders.

Devon Downs

Devon Downs is a rising star among workplace safety attorneys in the United States. She works with energy companies, chemical manufacturers, and pulp and paper companies on a wide range of process safety and workplace safety matters. She has played lead roles in the responses to major industrial incidents and often is her client’s point of contact with agencies such as the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). She directs the legal team and subject matter...Read more

Francisco González III

Francisco González III is the project manager for the Hazardous Materials Research Program at the FRA’s Office of Research, Development, and Technology. Francisco has 31 years of experience with the FRA and has developed a diverse and extensive collaboration with industry and international partners.

Francisco has a strong working knowledge of domestic and international hazardous material transportation regulations (Transport Canada Regulations, Mexican Regulations and International Maritime Dangerous Goods...Read more

Paulos Mengsteab

Dr. Paulos Mengsteab received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and received his M.D. from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is now a general surgery resident at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.Read more

Kathryn Uhrich

Dean Kathryn E. Uhrich, a distinguished polymer chemist, began her tenure as dean of CNAS on January 1, 2016. Previously, she served from 2009 through 2013 as Dean of Mathematical and Physical Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers. Serving more than 300 faculty in six departments, she developed programs to increase research and teaching collaborations between departments and colleges in the university. Working with the department chairs, she led the modification of the university’s promotion process to recognize contributions of academic leadership. Under her leadership,...Read more

Karl Lewis

Dr. Karl Lewis is an assistant professor at the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Dr. Lewis’s research interests center on understanding the interplay of mechanical cues and biological changes in musculoskeletal tissues. His group develops novel intravital imaging techniques for studying mechanotransduction and mechanobiology in vivo. They interrogate how acute sensing mechanisms in musculoskeletal cells relate to tissue-level changes in healthy and disease states, with the objective to use this knowledge to identify new...Read more

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