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Xfund Takes on New Partners, Advisers
The Experiment Fund, a seed-stage venture capital firm started at Harvard, announced on Tuesday that it will form partnerships with Polaris Venture Partners, Accel Partners, and Breyer Capital.
Harvard Hosts Boston Elementary School Students
The student at the Boston public school Elihu Greenwood Leadership Academy in Hyde Park visited Harvard as part of a day-long early college awareness program that invited a group of fourth and fifth graders from two Boston public schools, along with their parents, to campus for an event featuring collaborative science experiments, discussions with college undergraduates, and Harvard campus tours.
SEAS Team Develops Ice-Repelling Technology
A new technology to prevent ice and frost from forming on surfaces has been developed by a team of Harvard researchers led by engineering professor Joanna Aizenberg. The technology, known as Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surfaces—SLIPS, for short—even works in humid and high-pressure conditions, where ice has historically been difficult to repel.
Harvard To Offer Master's Degree in Computational Science and Engineering
Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will launch a new master's degree program in Computational Science and Engineering this fall, with enrollment beginning in September 2013.
Harvard Engineering Students Present Solutions in Medical Device Design
Physicians looking to make surgeries safer took some cutting-edge questions in medical device design to a group of Harvard students, who presented their attempts at solutions this week.
Bioengineering May Relocate To Allston
Bioengineering, an academic unit of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is on the table to move to Allston, according to several University officials.
SEAS Boasts Advising Based On Classwork, Cake, and Nerdy Camaraderie
As the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has almost doubled in undergraduate enrollment since 2008, the rapidly growing school has maintained a firm commitment to intimate, faculty-led advising.
Group for Women in Computer Science is Reborn
The long-dormant organization Women in Computer Science returned to Harvard this spring.
Design Fair
Eliot G. Silva ‘15 and Richard J. Saliba ‘15 showcase their original design, a controllable laser machine capable of writing and drawing via a vibrating laser.
Computer Science Sees Unparalleled Growth in SEAS
Since 2010, the computer science concentration has experienced the highest growth in undergraduate enrollment out of all departments at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—from 95 to 169 students.
Engineering Students Exhibit Senior Design Projects
Students in Engineering Sciences 100: “Engineering Design Projects” exhibited their senior design concepts in a series of presentations that took place from Tuesday through Friday of last week.
New SEAS Engineering Field Planned
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ new mechanical engineering and electrical engineering concentrations will provide students with the opportunity for more unique and personalized plans of study.
SEAS Engineers Two New Concentrations
The new concentrations were designed to accommodate the growing student need for more focus on particular engineering disciplines, according to Joost J. Vlassak, SEAS area dean for materials science and mechanical engineering.
Professor Receives National Science Foundation Award
Harvard Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Robert J. Wood will be one of this year’s recipients of the Alan T. Waterman Award from the National Science Foundation, according to a recent NSF press release.
Professors Explore Alternatives to Traditional Lectures
In physics and applied physics professor Eric Mazur’s classes, hundreds of students debate physics problems in small groups, consulting their laptops and phones as they search for the right answer.
Cheaper Natural Gas Reduces Carbon Emissions, Study Says
The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants in 2009 can be explained by a fall in the price of natural gas, according to an article published last month by researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Speed for the RoboBee
The Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory has refined the process for quickly producing the RoboBee, an autonomous robotic insect.
Flying Robots
On Friday, Harvard graduate student Pratheev S. Sreetharan demonstrates how the robotic fly works when it is cranked manually. He hopes to explore all of the implications of his breakthrough.
New Experiment Fund Launches
The Experiment Fund, a new seed-stage investment fund, officially launched Friday with the hopes of providing budding entrepreneurs with support and capital to build their startups.
Study Sheds Light on Oil-Water Mixtures
Emulsions—mixtures of oil droplets suspended in water—may take much longer to reach equilibrium than previously expected, according to a recent ...
SEAS Develops Inexpensive Swarm of Robots
Harvard researchers have developed a swarm of inexpensive robots, called Kilobots, that can be used to test collective algorithms on a large scale. These robots, designed by members of the Self-Organizing Systems Research Group at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, can be programmed and controlled as a group rather than individually.
SEAS Concentration Gains Popularity
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is growing yet again—with 220 new sophomores, SEAS saw a 62 percent increase in total concentrators this week, according to tentative data provided by the school.
Mark Zuckerberg Returns to Harvard
Harvard dropout and Facebook founder Mark E. Zuckerberg discussed Facebook’s future during a packed press conference.
Zuckerberg to Recruit at Harvard for Facebook Internship
The Harvard dropout and mastermind behind Facebook returns to his for his first official visit to the College since 2004.