October 2025

Professor Shannon Curry (Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences) sees missions like MAVEN as a tool for training students and early-career scientists who will make up the “Artemis generation” in how to manage a complex mission in space.

A team of physicists and education researchers led by ̽����Ƶ and the Rochester Institute of Technology is spearheading the largest study of its kind exploring how the United States can meet the needs of the rapidly growing quantum technology industry.

At the annual State of the Research & Innovation Enterprise presentation, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Dean of the Institutes Massimo Ruzzene highlighted key accomplishments, initiatives and insights gained over the past fiscal year from the university’s research and innovation enterprise.

From agriculture to aerospace, NSF I-Corps is a launchpad at ̽����Ƶ, helping innovators bring solutions to the people who need them most. By equipping scientists and inventors with entrepreneurial tools, the program transforms great ideas into startups that tackle real-world problems.

A collaboration between a team led by RASEI Fellow Mike McGehee and scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), just published in the scientific journal Joule, provides evidence to help solve one of the key hurdles to large-scale manufacture of next generation perovskite solar cells.

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a PhD student in computer science, has created a design system software package that uses functions and code to map not just shapes but also where different materials belong in a 3D object.

Activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems on Earth. Studying the sun helps researchers understand how space weather can affect the communications, satellite navigation and power grid systems that keep society functioning.

Funded by a new two-year contract from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), the “Tissue Preservation Under Stress” (TPS) project could lead to new treatments for a host of serious tissue injuries, from battlefield blast wounds to frostbite and diabetic ulcers.

Massimo Ruzzene, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation at ̽����Ƶ, provides guidance to PIs regarding the Oct. 1 federal government shutdown, and its anticipated impact on campus research activities.