Faculty
Faculty
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Data is transforming our understanding of natural disasters
Eric Dunham, Stanford geophysicist, details how new types of data collection and faster computers are helping our knowledge of natural phenomena and how to prepare for them.
June 15, 2022
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Computational modeling can help understand Alzheimer’s disease
A professor of mechanical engineering explains how computational models of Alzheimer’s spread in the brain are providing new information about the disease.
June 14, 2022
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Data is transforming our understanding of natural disasters
A Stanford professor details how new types of data collection and faster computers are helping our knowledge of earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes – and how to prepare for them.
June 14, 2022
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Computational modeling can help understand Alzheimer’s disease
A professor of mechanical engineering explains how computational models of Alzheimer’s spread in the brain are providing new information about the disease.
June 14, 2022
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Faculty Women’s Forum celebrates 2022 award winners
The Faculty Women’s Forum recognizes 14 faculty members and one staffer for their outstanding work supporting women at Stanford through role modeling and allyship.
June 07, 2022
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George Hilley: Snowpack changes how a California volcano 'breathes'
Stanford University study suggests the weight of snow and ice atop the Sierra Nevada affects a California volcano’s carbon dioxide emissions
March 29, 2022
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Gianluca Iaccarino: Don’t be afraid of the non-linear career path
The Director of ICME shares his unconventional journey
March 02, 2022
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Johan Ugander: How misinformation spreads faster than truth
An expert in the spread of misinformation talks about how we might at last conquer falsehood and the surprising new direction his work is taking him
January 07, 2022
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An Equitable Approach to Reducing Traffic Through Congestion Pricing
A team of researchers argues that AI enables a form of congestion pricing that could make everyone at every income level better off.
December 06, 2021
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Improved computer simulation can build faster, cleaner, cheaper planes
Faster supercomputers and better modeling are being paired with optimized wind tunnels and flight testing to design new-age commercial airplanes.
October 22, 2021
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Tenure-track Faculty Position - SoE
Stanford Data Science invite applications for a tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor or untenured associate professor level in the School of Engineering.
September 17, 2021
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Solving the robot off-loading problem
Scholars propose a way to help mobile robots choose when to communicate with the cloud without latency or lost data issues.
September 16, 2021
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An algorithm predicts biological structures more accurately than ever
Stanford researchers develop machine learning methods that accurately predict the 3D shapes of drug targets and other important biological molecules, even with limited data.
August 26, 2021
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Biondo Biondi: How to measure an earthquake through the internet
New technologies that detect motion in the Earth’s crust are emerging in surprising places and reshaping our understanding of earthquakes.
August 24, 2021
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Emmanuel Candès: How to increase certainty in predictive modeling
Today’s predictive algorithms carry too much uncertainty says one mathematician, who is working to bring confidence to the models that, increasingly, rule our lives.
August 09, 2021
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ICME hosted the second virtual Xpo Research Symposium on May 25
Xpo provides an up-close and inside look at current research and future plans for ICME faculty and students. Watch the presentations and discussions & explore students posters.
May 26, 2021
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Stanford ‘gecko gripper’ tested on the International Space Station
Equipped with grippy but not sticky gecko-inspired adhesives, the robotic gripper could be particularly well-suited for tasks such as collecting debris and servicing satellites.
May 24, 2021
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Eric Shaqfeh: Strive for balance in teaching, family and life
A chemical engineering professor discusses how he learned to be a better educator: "I love supporting my graduate students and helping move them along their way."
May 14, 2021
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Noah Rosenberg: How biology is becoming more mathematical
A geneticist explains why biology, a field once thought relatively removed from mathematics, is quickly becoming a hotbed of computational science.
May 10, 2021
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Catherine Gorle: How cityscapes catch the wind
A civil and environmental engineer describes how engineering is designing better built environments that shape rather than bend to the will of the wind.
April 28, 2021