At the College of Engineering and Applied Science, research is more than discovery — it’s about impact. Our commitment to addressing the world’s most pressing challenges has fueled record growth in research funding, which has increased 200% since 2019. The surge in funding underscores our goal to make a tangible impact on society through transformative work happening in our labs, centers, and institutes.
Central to our research success are our talented graduate student researchers, who are learning by doing and pushing the boundaries of critical research work. These innovators collaborate with faculty experts to advance knowledge and develop solutions in areas that matter most. Together, they are making AI more trustworthy and explainable, improving health outcomes, and reducing carbon emissions. Our researchers are also shaping the future of infrastructure, creating safer and more sustainable roads and vehicles, and leading efforts to map the world’s rivers and connecting our energy infrastructure to better understand flooding impact and to mitigate disasters.
The college’s vibrant research ecosystem fosters collaboration, innovation, and real-world problem-solving. By engaging with industry partners, government agencies, and the broader community, we ensure that the breakthroughs made here drive meaningful progress worldwide.
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.
June 4, 2024
The city of Cincinnati has a goal of being carbon neutral by the year 2050. Amanda Webb, assistant professor of architectural engineering at the University of Cincinnati, is making strides to bring this to fruition. She has received three major awards from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy to reduce carbon emissions.
March 6, 2023
Football helmets made by four leading manufacturers showed vulnerabilities in tests designed to better understand player concussions, according to a study by the University of CIncinnati.
November 18, 2024
The UK Daily Mail highlights UC engineering technology that can track conversational synchrony to determine if your date is into you.
February 9, 2024
Founders of Cincinnati-based Genexia developed artificial intelligence to diagnose coronary artery disease risk during a mammogram — providing women with an important additional preventative diagnostic health marker.
February 9, 2024
UC chemical engineering Associate Professor Jingjie Wu led a national research project to demonstrate a more efficient method for converting carbon dioxide to useful products for industry while simultaneously addressing climate change.
January 31, 2024
UC College of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Ou Ma will use an $11.5 million grant from the U.S. Space Force to develop robotic satellites that can fix other satellites in space. UC will work with Clemson University and the University of Arizona on the project.
September 25, 2024
Researchers are using 3D bioprinting to create artificial blood vessels that can be used to test new custom-tailored drugs and study why brain tumors are so resilient.
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.
November 20, 2023
The University of Cincinnati will work with Honda Motor Co., infrastructure engineering firm Parsons Corp., consulting firm i-Probe and the Ohio Department of Transportation to demonstrate that new cars can help evaluate roads.
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.
September 22, 2023
UC's semiconductor project is among 24 the National Science Foundation is supporting with $45 million in grants.
November 1, 2023
Matt Steiner, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), is working to solve a piece of the puzzle that could lead to the development of more accessible alternative magnets. Steiner received the prestigious Department of Energy Early Career Research Award in 2023, granting him $875,000 to continue this research project over the next five years.
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.
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.
April 14, 2023
Aashish Priye, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Cincinnati, is using microfluidics to make infectious disease testing faster, more cost-effective and easily accessible. He received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2023 to continue this research for the next five years.
July 5, 2023
Ashley Paz y Puente is an assistant professor of materials engineering at the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science. Supported by the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant she was awarded in 2022, Paz y Puente is researching how to create stronger and lighter weight materials that could be applied to almost everything we use in our daily lives. She is seeking to better understand the Kirkendall effect in the process of diffusion.
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.
March 25, 2024
At the University of Cincinnati, Gibin Raju was able to combine his passions for engineering and teaching. UC is home to a prolific engineering education program, one of the first of its kind. As a doctoral student, Raju uses biomarkers like eye-tracking and electrodermal activity to understand how students go about solving problems in engineering.
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.
February 28, 2024
Vamshi Kiran Gogi always wanted to be an engineer. During the first semester of his master's program at the University of Cincinnati, he developed a passion for semiconductor research, leading him to transition into a PhD program. Throughout his years as a Bearcat, Gogi has served as the president of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Student Association, trained students in cleanroom processes, acted as a graduate assistant in the Office of College Computing and more. He was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science.
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.