Tsunami expert honored for excellence in teaching, research, and service
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Engineering Professor Ian Robertson has been selected as the inaugural Arthur N.L. Chiu Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The endowment is in the memory of Chiu, a legendary leader in the…
John S. Allen elected Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa mechanical engineering Professor John S. Allen has been elected into the Acoustical Society of America’s (ASA) College of Fellows for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of ultrasound contrast agents. Ultrasound contrast agents are encapsulated microbubbles used in diagnostic and therapeutic…
New biological identity of inhaled nanoparticles revealed
Molecular dynamics simulations revealed a pulmonary surfactant corona coated on inhaled nanoparticles. This biomolecular corona determines the biological identity of the particles. Image courtesy of Guoqing Hu and Yi Zuo. Nano-enabled consumer products surround people everyday, from personal care, cosmetics,…
Water filtering technology would use 1000-times less energy than conventional methods (UH News)
Bright-field microscopy image of the microfluidic channels near the outlets. The CO2 channels are kept at 136kPa whereas the air channels are left open to the atmosphere. According to the World Health Organization, 1.8 billion people worldwide use a source…
Arthur N. L. Chiu Distinguished Professorship Endowment in Engineering
The College is pleased to announce the establishment of an endowment known as the Arthur N. L. Chiu Distinguished Professorship Endowment in Engineering. This endowment has been created in memory of Dr. Arthur N.L. Chiu, a legend in the engineering…
$170M in convention business generated by College of Engineering (UH News)
Since the Hawaiʻi Convention Center opened in 1998, the College of Engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has helped secure meetings and conventions business worth more than $170 million in visitor spending. In March, in recognition of these…
UH Engineering Professor Selected as Top 25 Newsmaker
University of Hawaiʻi Civil Engineering Professor Ian Robertson was recently named to Engineering News-Record’s list of “Top 25 Newsmakers in 2016” for his “crucial contributions to the campaign that resulted in the 2016 adoption of the world’s first standards for…
UH Manoa Begins Search for Dean of the College of Engineering
UH Manoa's Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs hasinitiated the formal search process for the regular appointment of theDean of the College of Engineering."The College of Engineering is an engine for leading edge, applications-oriented research and entrepreneurship on…
DARPA Awards Grant to UHM Engineering Professors
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded UH Mānoa Electrical Engineering Professors Aaron Ohta and Wayne Shiroma with a one-year $184,800 research seedling grant for research on Reconfigurable Liquid-Metal Pixelated Antennas.First popularized in the 1991 blockbuster Terminator 2: Judgment Day in…
