SEAS
SEAS Struggles to Attract Minority Students
The number of undergraduate concentrators in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has grown rapidly over the past three years, rising by more than 39 percent over that period.
Biomedical Engineering Concentration Draws SEAS Students
The new undergraduate concentration in biomedical engineering may attract a large number of students when sophomores declare their concentrations next month.
SEAS Group Wins National Science Foundation Grant
A team of computer scientists and education researchers at SEAS has been awarded a three-year, $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Heart and Lung Researchers Earn Grant
Two of Harvard’s biomedical engineering professors have been awarded a $3.3 million federally funded grant to develop a “Heart-Lung Micromachine” that can test the effectiveness and safety of cardiopulmonary drugs.
Harvard SEAS Create Institute for Computational Science
The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced last week the creation of a new research institute focused on computational science to enhance graduate study in the field.
Harvard SEAS Seeks To Grow Faculty
SEAS hopes to maintain instruction quality in undergraduate classes by hiring a cadre of non-ladder faculty while it continues to search for tenure-track professors.
Harvard Computer Science Expects Faculty Retirements
The faculty members affiliated with Harvard Computer Science are poised to face a wave of retirement over the next few years.
Robotic Insects See Improvement
Flying insect-like robots that would be able to navigate situations too dangers for humans are one step closer to becoming a reality.
SEAS Creates Five New Area Deanships
The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has created five new administrative positions—termed “area deans”—to oversee subfields within engineering and applied physics.
Murray To Draw Upon Management Skills in BP Oil Spill Commission
In her recent appointment to a national commission on the BP oil spill, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Cherry A. Murray will draw upon decades of experience in managing engineers and scientists—an asset that colleagues say will prove fundamental to her government charge.
SEAS Dean Named to Commission on BP Oil Spill
President Barack Obama has appointed School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Cherry A. Murray to a national commission tasked with providing recommendations to prevent future spills that result from offshore drilling.
"Pop" Study May Impact Understanding of Aerosols
The bursting of bubbles is caused by the dissipation of a larger bubble into smaller ones—a finding with larger implications for current understanding of aerosols, according to a recent study at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
SEAS Professor Receives Tenure
Gu-Yeon Wei, an electrical engineering professor who focuses on designing efficient electronic circuits, has been granted tenure in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
SEAS Faculty Hesitate to Approve CS50 Grading Change
Less than a week after Computer Science 50 Lecturer David J. Malan ’99 announced that the class would switch to a satisfactory/unsatisfactory grading system, administrators and teaching fellows have expressed reservations about Malan’s plan.
Accidental Discovery of Black Silicon Holds Practical Applications
A treatment accidentally discovered in the laboratory of physics professor Eric Mazur has the potential to vastly increase the effectiveness of silicon.
SEAS Profs Heat Up Science Courses
Several professors at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have taken a novel approach to teaching physics—cooking in class.
Harvard Attracts More Potential Engineers
Though aspiring Harvard students may spend this week mired in uncertainty as they wait for admission decisions on April 1, one thing is almost certain: more admitted students than ever before will come to Harvard with the hope of pursuing engineering and applied science.
Le Whif To Sell Around the World
After a nine-month testing period, Le Whif will launch its products in cities nationwide and abroad, including London and Tokyo.
SEAS Creates New Concentration
In response to burgeoning student interest over the past few years, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will create a new biomedical engineering concentration, marking the start of the school’s ambitions to expand existing tracks into independent concentrations.