Yale Engineering

08/28/2026

As part of a $30 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant led by The University of Texas at Austin, Yale researchers will help build a new science of "human-robot co-adaptation" – studying not only how people change as they live alongside assistive robots, but how those robots themselves must change and adapt as they spend longer and longer in use with an individual person.

Seven Yale faculty will collaborate on this research, including professors from the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science and members of the psychology, cognitive science, sociology, and public health departments.

Learn more about the newly established Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation: https://bit.ly/4gY0swn

08/27/2026

Earlier this month, five graduate students attended the 2027 International Physics of Living Systems (iPoLS) Annual Meeting in Munich, Germany, alongside other members of the Physical & Engineering Biology (PEB) program at Yale University.

Over 150 participants from leading institutions around the world came together to discuss the latest advances in biophysics and quantitative biology.

08/26/2026

Can you believe the first day of classes is only ONE WEEK away? 😮

08/25/2026

A Yale-led multidisciplinary team of researchers has been awarded a $37.5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for a center aimed at designing practical and self-correcting quantum computers, and pointing the way forward for industry to build reliable machines.

The grant is one of 8 that NSF has awarded for large-scale interdisciplinary research centers, known as Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, that address major challenges at the frontiers of quantum information science and technology.

Learn more about how physicists, engineers, computer scientists and chemists from Yale and partner universities are working together to solve quantum computing's biggest obstacle: https://bit.ly/4hOT8UM

08/24/2026

Will Johnson ’26, Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science) was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence alongside several co-authors for their research developing Tribar, a three-bar tensegrity robot that can withstand high-impact landings.

Johnson, who is an assistant professor of engineering at Swarthmore College, credits his Ph.D. advisor, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, and his time at Yale for leading him toward a career in academic research. "Now, my goal is to support my students to be successful in their research the way Prof. Kramer-Bottiglio supported me," said Johnson.

Read the full article: https://go.nature.com/4glAqBV

08/21/2026

Biofilms—bacterial communities encased in a sticky, polymer-rich matrix—can be difficult to treat because that matrix slows antibiotics and drug-carrying particles. By using salt, Yale researchers have found a way to steer these particles into some biofilms, and even deform the biofilm itself in certain cases.

The study, led by mechanical engineering professor Amir Pahlavan, was recently published in Soft Matter, an academic journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xDBlV6

08/20/2026

Robert Schoelkopf, Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics, appeared on FOX61 this week to talk about how Connecticut is playing a vital role in the development of quantum technology. Watch his appearance at the link below!

With the quantum computing industry set to explode in the coming years, there's already a lot of people in Connecticut working to make sure some money stays local.

08/20/2026

We are counting down to the fall semester!

08/19/2026

Yale Engineering researchers in Prof. Lisa Pfefferle's lab have partnered with members of Yale’s Earth & Planetary Sciences and Chemistry departments, and the U.S. Navy, to create materials that "act as superconductors under normal pressure levels and at relatively high temperatures."

Currently, they are focusing on the compound sulfur trihydride, which acts at a superconductor at higher-than-normal temperatures, but loses its superconductivity abilities once extreme pressure is released.

Pfefferle's lab has made a significant breakthrough developing a technique to synthesize this highly unstable compound under lower pressure, thanks in part to using tools found in the Kline Geology Lab.

Learn more about their encouraging results: https://bit.ly/3Ttq6jz

08/18/2026

Quinn Angell ’27 (Chemical Engineering) has received a scholarship from The Tau Beta Pi Association, The Engineering Honor Society, after being selected as part of their 2026 cohort of scholars.

According to TBP, award winners are selected based on their "high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession."

"This award means that I have the support to not only finish my senior year strong, but look onwards to what engineering pursuits come next. I am so thankful that it helps with my flexibility to explore options like the FE exam, exploring public and private sectors, and graduate degrees down the road," said Angell.