Research and Innovation

200 percent research grant funding increase since 2019
143 percent growth in the average size of research grants awarded since 2019

Groundbreaking Research

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Engineering celebrates $46M in public research investment

October 24, 2024

UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science received a record $46 million in grant awards in the last fiscal year that ended in September. This represents a 200% increase over the past five years as UC tackles new frontiers in fields such as space exploration, energy, cybersecurity and disaster preparedness.

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UC professor feels need for speed

September 26, 2024

The world's largest aerospace group named UC Professor Prashant Khare an associate fellow. He is studying hypersonic flight in his aerospace engineering lab.


Early Career Success

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Scientists find shocking changes in global river flooding

December 13, 2024

CNN highlights a study in Science by a University of Cincinnati environmental engineer and the University of Massachusetts Amherst that examined how the flow of rivers is changing dramatically in waterways around the world. Researchers found significant increases in upstream flooding that leads to erosion and sedimentation, among other consequences.

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UC engineering professor awarded $2M NIH grant

November 6, 2023

Leyla Esfandiari, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati, has received $2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to fund her research on small extracellular vesicles (exosomes) and the role they play in nerve regeneration as treatment for nerve injuries or other neurodegenerative diseases.

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The world is driven by liquid-vapor phase change

April 4, 2024

University of Cincinnati professor Kishan Bellur is captivated by evaporation - a phenomena that is happening all the time, all around us, but few of us notice. Most liquid surfaces, for example, water in a test tube, are not flat. There is a slight curvature to it called the meniscus. As the liquid evaporates, it climbs up the side of the tube forming a very thin liquid film that is hard to see with the naked eye. Understanding the evaporation process and the behavior of these films are the focus of Bellur's latest research.


Highlighting Graduate Student Research

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UC student aims to make AI more explainable, trustworthy

July 11, 2024

Artificial intelligence systems have quickly advanced and can answer just about any question, but how they come to their decisions often isn't understood, even by the people who create the AI. Lynn Pickering, a University of Cincinnati alumna who is working on her PhD at UC, wants to make sure AI is used safely and responsibly. She wants people to be able to review how AI models come to their answers and ensure humans have opportunities to make final decisions, not the machines.

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Environmental engineer researches water treatment solutions

June 21, 2024

Katelin “Katie” Weitzel was first drawn to the University of Cincinnati by the esteemed College of Engineering and Applied Science, but her decision was solidified by the groundbreaking work of Dr. Dionysios Dionysiou in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Weitzel’s interest in water treatment came from growing up in Michigan and witnessing firsthand the impact of a water crisis. During her time at UC she has been awarded the Rindsberg Fellowship, a Graduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry, and recently was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by CEAS.

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Engineering student inspired to improve safety in transportation

December 12, 2024

Oluwaseun Adekoya dreamed of becoming a pilot when he was young. After a series of plane crashes in his home country of Nigeria, his passion shifted from piloting planes to improving the safety of transportation. Adekoya opted to continue his educational journey at the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati through the PhD program in mechanical engineering. Recently, he was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month for his hard work and dedication.