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NYU Tandon is where unconventional engineers thrive. Our atmosphere of innovation fosters the kind of multidisciplinary collaboration that promotes game-changing breakthroughs as we take unexpected approaches to solve complex challenges. We are a community that’s unafraid to take risks, exploring a variety of perspectives at the intersections of vital fields to engineer smarter, healthier, and more sustainable urban centers around the world.
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We Make Migration Through Cities Safer for Everyone, Even the Birds
A team of our unconventional engineers analyzed data sets to explore the effect of city noise levels on avian migration patterns. Their goal is to improve quality of life in urban centers for both birds and humans based on things such as greenery, dark nighttime skies, and surrounding sounds.
Other unconventional engineers have been collaborating with researchers from universities around the world to develop a model for safely opening the economy during the pandemic. By examining human behavioral trends, local mobility patterns, and similar considerations, the data collected is rich in information that can be used to inform public health decisions.
We Make the Human Heart and the Heart of the City Beat Steadier
NYU Tandon has a storied history of developing unconventional engineers. Barouh Berkovits, Class of 1956, shaped the early field of bioengineering as the inventor of the cardiac defibrillator and artificial cardiac pacemaker, helping to save the lives of millions of people with irregular heart rhythms.
Our current research is equally focused on improving lives and helping those who need it the most. To combat inequities in electrical restoration after a storm causes a power outage, our unconventional engineers assessed data from ConEd to rank the severity of outages around New York City in a way that prioritizes repairs based on need and safety.
We Make Advancements in Public Health Using the Body’s and City’s Highways
Our unconventional engineers are innovating breakthroughs in biomedical engineering such as ingestible electro-technology that can treat disease in the brain. These devices are designed to use the connections of the peripheral nervous system from the stomach to the brain, enabling medical professionals to avoid invasive surgical procedures.
In other research centers on campus, we are creating the maps that allow for the safest, most effective re-emergence from COVID restrictions. By analyzing geographic models and human patterns of mobility, our unconventional engineers help determine a healthy reopening of our cities and towns.
We Make the eclipse and life in virtual reality safe and sound
Our unconventional engineers collect acoustic data from solar eclipses to explore how the disruption of light and circadian rhythms affects our ecosystem. Using these audio recordings collected from several eclipses, the team is designing interfaces that will make studying and experiencing the eclipse accessible to all.
Another research team is innovating AR and VR apps to make virtual spaces more interactive and secure for users. The team is addressing critical factors such as safeguards for digital money and the need to hold people accountable for their behavior in the metaverse.
We Make data networks and cities more protected against flooding
Our unconventional engineers are designing sensors that monitor flooding to prevent storm damage in urban neighborhoods. Heavy rainfall is especially dangerous in areas with industrial contaminants, and our scientists are working to determine where the need to update infrastructure is greatest to offer better drainage and lower the risk of flood-related problems.
We also have teams seeking to manage a flood of information by streamlining encrypted data to improve security. Their work focuses on optimizing the flow of data to relieve some of the burdens on computational resources while keeping our most private information safe in the cyber world.
We Make the your data and your body safer from viruses
Our unconventional engineers have discovered a peptide that reduces the chronic inflammation associated with diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and multiple sclerosis. This discovery could make a significant impact on treatment options for these conditions as well as other pathologies that involve aggregating proteins.
Other researchers are innovating strategies to protect intellectual property and prevent sabotage in 3D printing. In this joint effort between teams in the U.S. and India, researchers are securing the additive manufacturing digital supply chain and using machine learning tactics to detect compromises in 3D printed parts.
We Make communities and the environment healthier
To help protect the environment, our unconventional engineers are innovating next-generation solar cells to increase efficiency and make solar a more competitive source of energy. By using carbon dioxide to alter a key step in processing solar cells, the researchers improved their stability while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Other scientists are collaborating to devise machine learning applications for cardiovascular disease modeling and prediction. Analyzing research from around the globe the team is exploring how a focus on social factors and environmental resources could improve medical practice and communication between doctors and patients.
